SYKKPRA20M Nursing Patients with Acute, Critical and Chronic Diseases 1 Course description

Emnet omfatter grunnleggende vitenskapsteoretiske aspekter og metoder som benyttes i planlegging, utførelse og formidling av forskningsprosjekter generelt. Det fokuseres dessuten på spesielle problemstillinger knyttet til helsevitenskapelig og medisinsk forskning, forskningsetikk og aktuell lovgivning.

En ekstern og en intern sensor vurderer alle besvarelsene

Studenten må være tatt opp på studiet. Emnet tilbys også som enkeltemne.

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
• can explain nursing care for various diseases
• can explain how depression, anxiety and drug addiction can affect the patient's reactions to illness (e.g. delirium)
• 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

• can systematically map and assess the patient's resources, problems and needs as well as implement measures, and evaluate and document effects (the nursing process)
• is capable of applying mapping tools in the practical performance of nursing
• is capable of documenting by using standardised nursing terminology
• 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 patients and next-of-kin adapted to the level of development/cognitive function and the condition
• is capable of masters general first aid according to the ABCDE 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

Practical training: in the specialist health service, mainly in hospitals (medicine/surgery) (8 weeks), supervised by the practical training supervisor and contact lecturer and simulations and skills treining (4 weeks). Includes digital learning resources, case studies, simulation and skills training and seminars.

Emnet vil benytte varierte, studentaktive arbeidsformer. Undervisningen vil i hovedsak bli gjennomført digitalt, men suppleres med seminarer på campus i løpet av emnet. 

 Arbeids- og undervisningsformene omfatter digitale forelesninger, digitale gruppeoppgaver, selvstudier samt fordypnings- og refleksjonsoppgaver på seminar med relevante problemstillinger. I seminarene inngår muntlige fremlegg, der studentene får tilbakemelding fra medstudenter og faglærer på sitt gruppearbeid.

Combined assessment and exam

Part 1 Assessment of practical training.

The assessment takes its point of departure in given criteria based on learning outcomes for the course, assessment criteria, the continuous assessment, the suitability assessment and compulsory activities carried throughout the practical training. Students’ practical training can only be assessed if their attendance is sufficiently high (90%). For more information, see the general part of the programme description about the assessment of practical training.

If the student has failed the practical training, the whole practical training course must be retaken. This includes associated requirements.

Part 2 Supervised individual written exam

• 4 hours

Part 1 and part 2 can be taken independently of each other. The student must have obtained a pass on both parts in order to pass the course as a whole and earn the credits.

Skriftlig hjemmeeksamen over 5 dager i gruppe på 3-4 studenter, inntil 3500 ord

Alle hjelpemidler er tillatt så lenge regler for kildehenvisning følges.

Gradert skala A-F

SYKKPRA20M, SYKKPRA20K, SYKPPRA20M og SYKPPRA20K overlap 100 %.