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SYKPPRA21K Nursing Patients with Acute, Critical and Chronic Diseases 1 Course description

Course name in Norwegian
Sykepleie til pasienter med akutt, kritisk og kronisk sykdom 1
Study programme
Bachelor's Programme in Nursing
Weight
15.0 ECTS
Year of study
2025/2026
Curriculum
FALL 2025
Schedule
Course history

Introduction

Etter å ha gjennomført dette emnet, har studenten følgende læringsutbytte definert i form av kunnskap, ferdigheter og generell kompetanse:

Kunnskap

Studenten

  • har grunnleggende kjennskap til ulike kunstneriske uttrykksformer

Ferdigheter

Studenten

  • kan arbeide selvstendig ut fra valgt problemformulering
  • kan arbeide eksperimentelt og kontrollert i en kunstnerisk prosess
  • kan velge ut og ta i bruk egnede metoder og visuelle virkemidler i eget arbeid

Generell kompetanse Studenten

  • kan presentere og formidle et budskap, både muntlig, kunstnerisk og digitalt
  • kan anvende relevant faglitteratur

Recommended preliminary courses

  • Completed course SYKK/SYKP1410 Diseases and Health Deficits, 13 credits.
  • Passed course SYKK/SYKP1310 Administration of Medicine, 2 credits.

Required preliminary courses

I emnet brukes det arbeidsformer som forelesninger, seminarer og veiledning knyttet opp til emnets deler beskrevet under Innhold. Hensikten er å utvikle studentens kunnskaper, idéer, praktiske ferdigheter, faglige forståelse og uttrykksevne.

Det forutsettes stor grad av tilstedeværelse og aktiv deltakelse i emnet (se også punktet Arbeidskrav), og at studentene tilegner seg både teoretiske- og praktiske ferdigheter gjennom diskusjoner, selvstudium og praktisk arbeid.

Det oppfordres til å bruke læringssentrene på OsloMet og de ressursene som tilbys der.

Learning outcomes

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 patients’ subjective experiences of disease and suffering and the importance of hope amidst serious illness
  • can describe an account of nursing care for medical or surgical treatment
  • can describe the phenomena pain, treatment of pain and pain relief

Skills

The student

  • can systematically map and assess the patient's resources and problems, formulate goals, implement measures, and evaluate (the nursing process)
  • can explain and perform person-centered nursing related to the current patient situation
  • can use current clinical mapping and communication tools and be able to justify measures in the practice of nursing
  • can document in clinical documentation systems using standardised terminology
  • can carry out and assessing relevant nursing procedures
  • can apply relevant medical technology in the practical performance of nursing
  • can recognise stress and crisis situations in the event of loss and disease and adapting communication based on this
  • can communicate with patients and next-of-kin adapted to the level of development/cognitive function and the condition
  • can implement measures in the event of sub-acute and acute incidents as well as performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation with a defibrillator (CPR)
  • can identify and reflect on ethically charged and challenging situations in clinical practice

General competence

The student

  • can integrate knowledge from pathophysiology and pharmacology in the performance of nursing
  • can reflect on responsible drug administration at an individual and systematic level
  • can demonstrate responsibility, engagement, independence and can follow professional ethical guidelines
  • can reflect on his/her own professional practice and progression
  • can reflect on how culture and a cultural understanding can be important in the practice of nursing

Teaching and learning methods

Alle hjelpemidler er tillatt så lenge regler for kildehenvisning følges.

Course requirements

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. Other compulsory assignments included in the overall assessment of the course are:

  • Courses in blood test.
  • Individual assignment, scope of 1,500 words (+/- 10 %).

Assessment

Eksamen sensureres av én intern sensor. Emnet kan bli trukket ut til ekstern sensur.

Permitted exam materials and equipment

Helle Karine Stølevik

Grading scale

Pass-fail.

Examiners

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

Overlapping courses

  • 15 ECTS overlap with SYKK/SYKPPRA20x Nursing Patients with Acute, Critical and Chronic Diseases 1, 20 ECTS.
  • SYKKPRA21x, SYKPPRA21x and SYKDPRA21x are fully overlapping.