SYKPPRA60B Nursing for Patients with Complex Health Challenges Course description

In this course, nursing of patients in the context of care and rehabilitation is a key area. The course covers the nursing of patients with complex health challenges on short-term or long-term stays in different institutions. Students will gain experience of communicating and interacting with patients and next-of-kin related to long-term health challenges. Mapping of loss of function, challenges related to key patient phenomena and cognitive deficits will be part of the course. Emphasis is also placed on attention to the patients’ background as a basis for nursing. Management, organisational competence, ethics and work on the nurse's pedagogical function are also included.

Læringsutbytte

Etter fullført emne har studenten følgende læringsutbytte definert som kunnskap, ferdigheter og generell kompetanse:

Kunnskap

Studenten

• har kunnskap om hva helhetlig arbeid med inkluderende leke- og læringsmiljø innebærer i en digital hverdag

• har kunnskap om ulike pedagogiske og psykologiske perspektiver på samspill- og relasjonskompetanse 

• har kunnskap om hvordan det psykososiale- og fysiske leke- og læringsmiljøet kan bidra til å fremme inkludering og vennskap

• har kunnskap om språklig identitet, norsk som andrespråk og flerspråklig praksis for barn 5 - 10 år

• har kunnskap om inkludering av barn med behov for individuell tilrettelegging

• har kjennskap til aktuelle lovverk og styringsdokumenter

Ferdigheter

Studenten

• kan legge til rette for at leke- og læringsmiljøet stimulerer til kompleks og utfordrende lek, tilpasset alder og modning.  

• kan bidra til å fremme trygge felleskap gjennom å tilrettelegge for psykososiale- og fysiske lekemiljøer som inviterer til deltakelse, mestring og medvirkning og som fremmer barns helse, trivsel og læring

• kan lede barnegrupper og opptre sensitivt og anerkjennende i samspill med barna

• kan avdekke og håndtere situasjoner der barn opplever utenforskap og krenkelser både fysisk og i det digitale rom

• kan møte barns initiativ og skapende uttrykk med respekt, engasjement og anerkjennelse

• kan støtte flerspråklige barn inn i aktiviteter, samspill og lek med andre barn 

Generell kompetanse

Studenten

• har et bevisst forhold til eget samspill med barn.

• kan legge til rette for barns medvirkning

Passed the courses:

• SYKP/SYKP1000 Theoretical Foundations of Nursing, 13 credits
• SYKK/SYKP1100 Anatomy, Physiology and Biochemistry, 12 credits
• SYKK/SYKP1200 Microbiology and Infection Control, 5 credits
• SYKK/SYKP1300 Pharmacology and Drug Administration, 5 credits
• SYKK/SYKP1400 Diseases and Health Deficits, 10 credits
• SYKK/SYKPPRA10 The Fundamentals of Nursing, 15 credits
• SYKK/SYKPPRA20 Nursing Patients with Acute, Critical and Chronic Diseases, 20 credits
• SYKK/SYKPPRA30K Decision-making in Nursing and Patient Safety, 10 credits

or equivalent

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 presenting mental health work in a historical perspective
• is capable of explaining different theoretical perspectives on mental health disorders and mental health work: the significance of relationships, professional ethics, aesthetics, dignity and integrity in dealings with patients and next-of-kin
• is capable of discussing how psychosis, personality disorders, anxiety, mood disorder and drug addiction can influence the patients’ fundamental needs and self-understanding
• is capable of describing mental health and psychosocial challenges among refugees and immigrants: trauma, loss, grief and identity
• is capable of describing how stigma, exclusion, discrimination and racism can influence mental health and psychosocial health
• is capable of assessing what inhibits and promotes communication and how poor health and unmet care needs influence professional relations
• is capable of describing strategies for mastery and concepts such as improvement processes, user participation, recovery and empowerment
• is capable of explaining different understandings of mental health, disease and treatment, and how nurses can interact with patients in a culturally sensitive manner
• is capable of understanding how health and social policy, including applicable official requirements and compulsory provisions, can be of significance to the practice of nursing in mental health work
• is capable of discussing social and health issues, including neglect, violence, assault, drug and socio-economic problems, and can identify and follow up people with such challenges and implement necessary measures and/or treatment, or refer the patient to an expert in the field

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Skills

The student

• is capable of applying key milieu therapeutic principles, and relevant mapping tools related to patients with mental health issues and/or drug addictions
• is capable of integrating knowledge from pathophysiology and pharmacology in the nursing of patients with mental health issues and/or drug addictions
• is capable of applying communication and interaction skills when encountering people with mental health issues and their next-of-kin
• is capable of establishing, maintaining and concluding relationships in academic and professional contexts
• is capable of using relevant documentation tools on the basis of a holistic understanding
• is capable of continuously assessing situations that entail a risk for patients and/or staff and preventing unwanted incidents
• is capable of demonstrating counselling skills, and is capable of receiving and making use of feedback on his/her own conduct

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Competence

The student is capable of

• reflecting on his/her own professional practice and power structures when encountering people with mental health issues and drug addictions
• reflecting on existing procedures and methods, and taking the initiative to engage in dialogue about the implementation of new knowledge and new work methods

Skriftlig individuell hjemmeeksamen på tre dager.

Ny/utsatt eksamen

Arrangeres som ved ordinær eksamen.

Practical training has requirements for attendance (90 %), self-presentation for the start of the practice and self-assessment for the mid- and final assessment, participation in seminars, simulation, relational skills and cooperation, reflection assignment, individual assignment on ethics, power and legislation related to the student's own experience from practical training. Scope of 1000 words (+/- 10%).

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Assessment in practice

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.

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If the student has failed the practical training, the whole practical training course must be retaken. This includes associated requirements

Not relevant.

Pass/fail.

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