SYKPPRA10 Foundations of Nursing 2 Course description

Admission to the programme.

• Completed course SYKK/SYKP1010 Foundations of Nursing 1, 15 ECTS.

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 explain care pathways an in acute, critical and chronic diseases and treatments
• can, under supervision, contribute to nursing services that are of equal value for patients, regardless of gender, ethnicity, religion, and view of life, functional disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression and age
• can explain the significance of nutrition in disease and challenges that can arise from malnutrition, undernutrition, and obesity
• can assess how adverse events can occur, and discuss this in relation to quality improvement, patient safety, and professional adequacy in performance of nursing
• can explain the significance of next-of-kin for the patients’ health and quality of life both when it comes to majority and minority cultures
• can explain key concepts in the nurse’s pedagogical responsibilities: guidance, counselling, health guidance and shared decision-making
• can explain information security in nursing practice
• can explain integrated care pathways in the health service and collaborate with other professionals

Skills

The student

• can carry out and explain person-centered nursing to patients with the most common symptoms, signs of change/deterioration at an early stage, and implementing necessary measures
• can implement national knowledge-based professional procedures and national guidelines
• can apply various pedagogical methods in health education adapted to the individual's needs
• can appropriately adjust communication with patients and next-of-kin from a cultural perspective and across language barriers with the help of an interpreter

General competence

The student

• can show responsibility, commitment, independence and follow professional ethical guidelines in meetings with patients, next-of-kin and colleagues
• can reflect on his/her own professional practice and progression
• has insight into quality indicators in nursing practice
• can safeguard the patient’s dignity and integrity and promoting the patient and next-of-kin’s right of co-determination and autonomy

Practical training consists of both practical training, activities along the way and supervised practical training that takes place during the practical training period. The practical training period (8 weeks) in the specialist health service (medicine/surgery) includes SF-unit, lections and seminars.

For practical training, there is a requirement for 80% attendance in theory, activities and practical training that is marked compulsory in the timetable, as well as 90% attendance during the practical training period itself. The student fills in the self-assessment for the start of the practical training, the rotating schedule during the first week of practical training and the self-assessment form no later than two working days before the agreed mid- and final assessment.

Not relevant.

All answers are assessed by one examiner.

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.

• 10 ECTS overlap with SYKK/SYKP1400 Diseases and Health Deficits, 10 ECTS.
• 3 ECTS overlap with SYKK/SYKP1300 Pharmacology and Administration of Medicine, 5 ECTS.
• SYKK1410 and SYKP1410 are fully overlapping.

SYKKPRA30x, SYKPPRA30x and SYKDPRA30x are fully overlapping.

Part 1 Contact lecturer approves the exam after recommendation from the practical training supervisor. The final decision on whether to award a pass or fail grade is made by the university.

Part 2 Minimum four internal and one external examiner.

The examiner awards points according to predetermined checklists with criteria based on learning outcomes in the course.

SYKKPRA10 and SYKPPRA10 are fully overlapping.