SYK2810A Prevention and Treatment of Malnutrition Course description

This course teaches students about patients and next-of-kin in an acute, critical and chronic context, and what the nurse’s areas of responsibility entail. Students will learn to communicate and cooperate with patients and next-of-kin in situations of stress and crisis. They will also become familiar with key phenomena in nursing, such as hope, insecurity, fear, fatigue, pain and nausea. Systematic observation and assessment, nursing of somatic diseases, pre and postoperative nursing and competent drug administration are also part of the course.

Etter å ha gjennomført dette emnet har studenten følgende læringsutbytte, definert som kunnskap, ferdigheter og generell kompetanse:

Kunnskap

Studenten:

• har grunnleggende forståelse for molekylærbiologiske prinsipper
• kan forklare hvordan bioteknologiske produksjonsorganismer utvikles ved klassisk mutagenese, protoplastfusjon og rekombinant-DNA teknologi
• kan beskrive hvordan DNA amplifiseres ved vanlig PCR og real-time PCR (qPCR)
• kan skissere hvordan hybridiseringsteknikker som Southern blot, Northern blot og kolonihybridisering benyttes
• kan nevne ulike eksempler på bioteknologiske metoder og prosesser
• kan prinsippene for vekst av mikroorganismer og produksjon av biomolekyler i fermentorer
• kan redegjøre for oppbygningen av virus, hvordan virus infiserer celler og utvikles ved både lytisk og lysogen livssyklus
• kan forklare uspesifikk og spesifikk immunitet samt antistoffers struktur og funksjon i kroppen

Ferdigheter

Studenten:

• kan foreta valg av restriksjonsenzym og vektorer i rekombinant DNA teknologi
• kan transformere bakterier ved bruk av elektroporering
• kan bruke teknikker for isolering av DNA fragmenter fra agarosegeler
• kan oppkonsentrere DNA fragmenter ved bruk av PCR
• kan utføre genotyping ved bruk av real-time PCR (qPCR)

Generell kompetanse

Studenten:

• kan planlegge og gjennomføre bioteknologiske og molekylærbiologiske laboratorieforsøk
• har et bevisst forhold til etiske konsekvenser av genteknologiske metoder i forbindelse med utvikling av genmanipulerte organismer, fosterdiagnostikk, rettsmedisinske analyser og DNA analyser i forbindelse med arvelige sykdommer
• kan vurdere og formidle resultater fra bioteknologiske og genteknologiske laboratorieforsøk både skriftlig og muntlig

Lectures, seminars, supervision, and self-study. All students will be allocated a supervisor.

After completing the course, the student is expected to have achieved the following learning outcomes defined in terms of knowledge, skills and competence:

Knowledge

The student

• is capable of describing the patients’ subjective experiences of disease and suffering and the importance of hope amidst serious illness
• is capable of explaining the most common reactions to crises in the event of illness and loss
• is capable of describing patient-centred nursing of children and adults
• is capable of describing pre and postoperative nursing of children and adults
• is capable of describing the phenomena pain, treatment of pain and pain relief
• is capable of describing measures to preserve life and health in the event of major accidents and in crisis and disaster situations

Skills

The student

• is capable of performing nursing work through systematic mapping and assessing the patient's resources, problems and needs as well as implementing measures, and evaluating and documenting the effect using the nursing process
• is capable of applying mapping tools such as ABCDE (airway, breathing, circulation, disability, expose) and NEWS (National Early Warning Score) and the communication tool ISBAR (Identify, Situation, Background, Assessment, Recommendation)
• is familiar with the classification system (ICNP® - International Classification for Nursing Practice)
• is capable of carrying out and assessing relevant nursing procedures
• is capable of applying relevant medical technology in the practical performance of nursing
• is capable of recognising stress and crisis situations in the event of loss and disease and adapting communication based on this
• is capable of communicating with children, adolescents and parents/guardians adapted to the level of development/cognitive function and the condition
• is capable of masters general first aid according to the ABC principle
• is capable of implementing measures in the event of sub-acute and acute incidents
• is capable of identifying ethical dilemmas in practice and reflect on different choices of action

Competence

The student is capable of

• integrating knowledge from pathophysiology and pharmacology in the performance of nursing
• reflecting on responsible drug administration at an individual and systematic level
• demonstrating responsibility, engagement, independence and can follow professional ethical guidelines when encountering patients, next-of-kin and colleagues
• reflecting on his/her own professional practice and progression
• reflecting on how culture and a cultural understanding can be significant in assessments, planning, performance and evaluation of nursing

Individuell muntlig eksamen på om lag 30 minutter. Eksamensoppgaven blir oppgitt 48 timer før muntlig. Det legges vekt på evne til å kunne trekke linjer, få frem perspektiver og kontraster og å se sammenhenger.

Ny/utsatt eksamen

Ny/utsatt eksamen foregår som ved ordinær eksamen.

Practical training has requirements for attendance 90 %. The student fills in a self-presentation for the start of the practice and self-assessment for the mid- and final assessment. Other compulsory activities are:

• participation in seminars
• simulation, relational skills and cooperation
• reflection assignment, individual assignment on ethics, power and legislation related to the student's own experience from practical training. Scope of 1000 words (+/- 10%).

Bachelor’s thesis.

• Literature review.
• Normally written in group with 2-3 students.
• Scope of 8,000 words (+/- 10%).

Resits/rescheduled exam: If the bachelor’s thesis is awarded a fail grade, the student has the right to submit a reworked version once.

Det benyttes intern og ekstern sensor.

Gradert skala A-F.

SYKK3900, SYKP3900 and SKOMP3910 are fully overlapping.