EPN

SYKPPRA10B Foundations of Nursing 2 Course description

Course name in Norwegian
Sykepleiens grunnlag 2
Study programme
Bachelorstudium i sykepleie
Weight
15.0 ECTS
Year of study
2022/2023
Curriculum
SPRING 2023
Schedule
Programme description
Course history

Introduction

In this course, students will further develop their knowledge of people’s fundamental needs and resources and how health deficits influence these. Reactions, experiences, symptoms and signs of health deficits are key aspects of the course. Students will learn to observe and assess patients’ fundamental needs and resources. They will also gain experience of communicating with patients and their next-of-kin. Students will observe and reflect on the nursing care provided to patients and next-of-kin.

In addition, the students will participate in the interdisciplinary teaching activity INTER1100 ‘One child - different arenas’, scope corresponding to 1.5 credits in the beginning of January. Relevant topics include the welfare state as a framework for girls’ and boys’ development and learning, growing up in a society characterised by cultural and social complexity, children and young people's everyday lives and social participation, the rights of children and adolescents, and explorative conversations with and observations of children and young people. The learning outcomes expected after completion of INTER1100 are marked with *. https://www.oslomet.no/forskning/forskningsprosjekter/interact

Required preliminary courses

Admission to the programme.

Learning outcomes

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

  • explaining a normal development from child to adult
  • describing normal ageing processes
  • describing how people's needs change with age and in connection with health deficits
  • describing people's reactions in the event of crises and loss
  • describing how to address fundamental needs and dignity in patients with extensive needs
  • describing conditions that may affect how fundamental needs are met
  • familiarising him/herself with patient records and how to keep records as a nurse
  • understanding childhood and the process of growing up in a society characterised by social and cultural diversity*

Skills

The student is capable of

  • assessing deficit in patients’ own care resources and suggesting appropriate measures to relieve complaints and compensate for personal care deficits
  • carrying out, under supervision, patient-centred nursing to maintain patients’ fundamental needs and resources
  • applying and explaining hygiene principles
  • conducting and giving grounds for the fundamentals of nursing
  • documenting, under supervision, nursing in the unit’s documentation system
  • communicating with patients and next-of-kin about their experiences
  • exploring girls' and boys' everyday lives and their subjective understanding of it*

Competence

The student

  • is capable of integrating knowledge from relevant subjects when discussing the nursing discipline, based on the steps in evidence-based practice (EBP)
  • is capable of relating to patients, next-of-kin and colleagues in accordance with professional and ethical principles
  • is capable of understanding what it means to be in need of help and dependent on others
  • is capable of reflecting on power and dependency in the relationship between nurse and patient
  • is capable of reflecting on his/her own communication and behaviour when dealing with patients, staff and fellow students
  • is capable of reflecting on ethical issues in relation to patients and next-of-kin
  • is capable of reflecting on death as a phenomenon, and is capable of describing symptoms and signs that death has occurred
  • has an emerging understanding of interprofessional cooperation with children, young people and their families*

Teaching and learning methods

Practical training: in the municipal health service (six weeks), primarily nursing homes and simulation and skills training (4 weeks). Lectures and seminars with the contact lecturer where relevant topics from the learning outcomes are elucidated.

Two seminar days, digital learning resources and conversation and observation assignments related to interprofessional group work and self-study are part of INTER1100 ‘One child - different arenas’.

Course requirements

Part 1 Assessment of practical training

Practical training has requirements for attendance (90 %), self-presentation for the start of the practice and self-assessment for the mid- and final assessment and carrying out a planned observation from the course SYKK/SYKP1200 related to basic infection control procedures. Students who have not completed SYKK / SYKP1200 will be given a case to be completed.

 

Part 2 Supervised individual written exam

The following must have been approved in order for the student to take part 2 of exam:

  • participation om SF-unit, four weeks, compulsory attendance of 90 %

  • INTER1100, submitted individual log. Scope: 500 words (+/- 10%). In order to write the log, the student must first attend a seminar over two days

Assessment

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 grade on both parts in order to pass the course as a whole and earn the credits.

Permitted exam materials and equipment

Part 2 One (1) A4 sheet of paper with the student’s own notes on both sides. The notes can be written by hand or on a computer, but must not include copies/photos from books/literature.

Grading scale

Part 1 Pass/fail. Part 2 Grade scale A-F.

Grade scale stated on diploma.

Examiners

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 Two examiners assess the exam papers. At least 10 % of the exam papers will be assessed by an external examiner. The external examiner’s assessment shall benefit all students.

Overlapping courses

SYKKPRA10 and SYKPPRA10 overlap 100 %.