SYKP2100 Person Centered Care Course description

In this course, you will learn about person-centered nursing, particularly related to acute, critical, and chronic illnesses, mental health, and substance abuse. The course builds upon the foundation of nursing and scientific principles from the first year of study. Integrating diverse knowledge that forms the basis for nursing decision-making processes is central and carries a fundamental understanding that physical and mental health are closely intertwined throughout the lifespan.

Key elements of the course also include an introduction to scientific theory and methodology as a basis for searching literature and knowledge related to the course's themes. Here, you will learn about the knowledge pyramid and search using PICO (patient/population, intervention, comparison, and outcomes)."

Admission to the programme.

On successful completion of the course, the student has acquired the following learning outcomes classified as knowledge, skills, and general competence:

Knowledge

The student can

• explain the concept of person-centered nursing for children and adults
• describe normal development from childhood to adulthood
• explain the interaction between physical and mental health across different stages of life
• describe depression, anxiety (mental illness), and substance abuse as possible part of a patient's reaction to illness
• describe the care perspective related to hope and coping
• define what Evidence-Based Practice (EBP) is and understand the rationale behind EBP and shared decision-making
• explain the relationship between scientific theory and research methodology.
• describe various types of studies and characteristics of different issues and scientific articles, and explain how knowledge is placed in the knowledge pyramid

Skills

The student can

• apply knowledge of person-centered nursing to discussions about disease, mental health, and substance abuse issues
• describe methods for collecting and analysing quantitative and qualitative data, including various categorical and continuous measures of association and effect
• develop a relevant search strategy using PICO for a professional/clinical question related to disease, mental health, and substance abuse, and conduct the search for summarised research (from the top of the knowledge pyramid)
• critically evaluate health claims in the media and analyse and interpret the processes by which information and misinformation are distinguished, disseminated, and used in various contexts

General competence

The student can

• reflect on how person-centered nursing, as a working process, can contribute to caring for patients with disease, mental health, and substance abuse issues
• assess research ethical aspects especially related to patients with disease, mental health problems, and substance abuse issues

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

• participation in seminars - compulsory attendance of 80% at seminars
• multiple choice assignments - 60% correct answers on digital multiple choice tests

Supervised individual written national exam

• 4 hours

None.

Grade scale A-F.

Grade scale A-F.

All answers are assessed by two examiners.

An external examiner is used regularly, at a minimum of every third completion of the course. When selecting answers for external evaluation, a minimum of 10 percent of the answers shall be included, with no fewer than 5 answers. The external examiner’s assessment of the selected answers shall benefit all students.

• 5 ECTS overlap with SYKK/SYKPPRA20x Nursing Patients with Acute, Critical and Chronic Diseases 1, 20 ECTS.
• SYKK2100 and SYKP2100 are fully overlapping.