SYKPPRA30K Nursing Patients with Acute, Critical and Chronic Diseases 2 Course description

This course introduces the students to the life of microorganisms, their virulence and how infection is transferred. Du skal studere smittekjeden og hvordan tiltak kan iverksettes for å bryte hvert ledd av kjeden for å forhindre smitte. Hygiene in relation to the environment surrounding the patients will also be studied, and also how basic infection control procedures can prevent contagion and infections. Students will familiarise themselves with relevant laws and regulations related to the duty to report and the use of force. The course also covers antibiotic resistance, infection prevention and patient safety.

Admission to the programme.

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 nursing practice
• 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

Self-study, lectures, seminars, supervision, simulation and skills training

The flipped classroom is used as a teaching method for part of the course. Digital learning resources will be made available in advance.

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

• oral presentation - each study group is awarded an issue in microbiology to be presented at a seminar
• group assignment - students will plan and describe how infection control procedures can be carried out in practice. Presented at a seminar. Scope of 1,500 words (+/- 10%). Groups of 3-5 students.

Supervised individual written national exam

• 2 hours
• Multiple choice assignment

None.

Grade scale A-F.

The multiple choice assignment is assessed automatically and is quality assured by an internal examiner.

SYKK1200 and SYKP1200 overlap 100 %.