SYKPPRA21M Nursing Patients with Acute, Critical and Chronic Diseases 1 Course description

This course teaches students about patients and next-of-kin in an acute, critical and chronic context, and what the nurse’s areas of responsibility entail. Students will learn to communicate with patients and next-of-kin in situations of stress and crisis. Systematic mapping and assessment, nursing of somatic diseases, pre and postoperative nursing and competent drug administration are also part of the course. You will complete 8 weeks of practical training in this course.

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To start this course, you must have passed:

• SYKP/SYKP1010 Foundations of Nursing 1, 15 credits.
• SYKK/SYKP1110 Anatomy, Physiology and Biochemistry, 15 credits.
• SYKK/SYKPPRA10 Foundations of Nursing 2, 15 credits.

or equivalent.*

* For year group 2023 at OsloMet, the equivalent is:

• Approved work requirements from SYKK/SYKP1300 Pharmacology and Drug Administration, 5 credits.

Passed course:

• SYKP/SYKP1000 Theoretical Foundations of Nursing/Foundations of Nursing 1, 13 credits.
• SYKK/SYKP1100 Anatomy, Physiology and Biochemistry, 12 credits.
• SYKK/SYKP1200 Microbiology and Infection Control, 5 credits.
• SYKK/SYKPPRA10 Fundamentals of Nursing/Foundations of Nursing 2, 15 credits.

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
• is familiar with various documentation systems in nursing
• can describe the phenomena pain, treatment of pain and pain relief
• can describe measures to preserve life and health in the event of major accidents and in crisis and disaster situations

Skills

The student

• can systematically map and assess the patient's resources, problems and needs as well as implement measures, and evaluate and document effects (the nursing process)
• can describe for 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 masters HRL and general first aid according to the ABCDE principle
• can implement measures in the event of sub-acute and acute incidents
• can identify ethical dilemmas in practice and reflect on different choices of action

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 when encountering patients, next-of-kin and colleagues
• can reflect on his/her own professional practice and progression
• can reflect on how culture and a cultural understanding can be significant in assessments, planning, performance and evaluation of nursing

This course introduces students to basic pharmacology, drug administration and drug calculation. They will learn about the connection between drug administration and patient safety and about the accuracy requirements that apply to working with drugs. This is an introductory course in pharmacology and drug administration, and the theme will be continued in the second and third years of study.

Admission to the programme.

Assessment in practical training.

The assessment takes its point of departure in given criteria based on learning outcomes for the course, criteria for failing the practical training, criteria for 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.

Self-study, lectures, work on assignments in groups at worskshop. Digital learning activities. Simulation in drug calculations and drug administration at the SF-unit.

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

• participation at workshops and calculation groups, compulsory attendance of 80 %
• simulation in drug administrations, take place in SF-unit, one day
• reflection assignment based on the simulation with a scope of 1,000 words (+/- 10%).
• multiple choice assignment, qualifying arithmetic problems (100% correct) in the form of multiple choice questions within a set time before the exam. 

Supervised individual written national exam

• In drug calculations
• 3 hours
• To pass the exam, the student must submit a faultless answer paper

Pass/fail.