SYKP1410 Diseases and Health Deficits Course description

Knowledge of pathology and treatment, including pharmacology, are a precondition for the nurse’s assessment, action and decision processes. In this course, the students will acquire knowledge of the most common diseases in medicine and surgery among children and adults. You must also acquire knowledge of pharmacology. This is a preparatory course leading up to SYKK/SYKPPRA20 Nursing Patients with Acute, Critical and Chronic Diseases 1, taken in the second year.

Admission to the programme.

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

Knowledge

The student

• can describe the most common diseases that might require medical or surgical treatment, with a focus on symptoms and signs, phases of illness and treatment in children and adults
• can describe the most common tests and examinations used to diagnose disease
• can describe different types of medication, administration methods, pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics
• can describe different reasons for variations in the response to drugs
• describing different groups of drugs for the most common internal medicine diseases and conditions requiring surgery, with emphasis on effects, possible side effects and interactions

Skills

The student

• can use reference works such as Felleskatalogen and Legemiddelhåndboka

General competence

The student

• can reflect on how knowledge of the most common diseases and causes of health deficits are key to the practice of nursing

Self-study, lecturers, workshop, digital learning activities,. The flipped classroom is used as a teaching method for part of the course.

The following must have been completed and approved in order for a student to take the exam:

• Participation in workshop, 80 % attendance of timetabled activity marked.
• Multiple-choice assignment, 60% of the answers must be correct.

Supervised individual written exam.

• 4 hours.

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Business firms have many positive impacts on society but are also responsible for social and environmental problems and are under pressure from stakeholders to become more sustainable. Sustainability can be costly but also provide business opportunities, and most firms are now working on a range of sustainability initiatives and practices.

This course aims to give a broad introduction to business and sustainability. The course focuses on how business firms can combine increased levels of social and environmental sustainability with continued financial performance. Topics in the course include the business and ethical case for sustainability, business and climate change, resource use, social sustainability, organization for sustainability, sustainable finance and marketing, sustainability and innovation, regulation, and sustainability reporting.

Language of instruction is English.

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After completing the course, the student should have the following overall learning outcomes defined in terms of knowledge, skills, and general competence:

Knowledge

The student has in-depth knowledge of

• businesses' impact on the climate, environment and society
• theories and frameworks used to explain firms’ sustainability engagement and performance
• different types of sustainability initiatives and practices in business

Skills

The student is able to

• analyse the current sustainability status of a business
• suggest how firms can change towards sustainability
• assess how sustainability initiatives are related to financial results

General competence

The student is able to

• reflect on how their professional life can contribute to business sustainability
• carry out an independent project in a diverse group of students