VEPRA30 Care and Nursing Course description

In this course, students will integrate knowledge from previous theoretical courses by applying it in practice. The students will carry out basic care and nursing tasks, administer prescribed drugs, and acquire an overall understanding of the different care needs of the elderly and chronically ill. Students will familiarise themselves with the framework for service provision, focusing on user participation and interdisciplinary cooperation. This is a full-time course over six weeks.

A pass in the following courses:, VERN1500/VERND1500/VEPRAL1500, VERN2110/VERND2110, VERN2400/VERND2400

Approved required coursework in: VEPRA20/VEPRAD20,VERN2320/VERND2320 and VERNLEG1/VERNLEGD1.

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 using the social educator work model
• is capable of applying knowledge of relevant illnesses and forms of treatment to observe and care for elderly and ill people in different phases of life
• has knowledge of preventive and health promoting work
• has good knowledge of habilitation and rehabilitation
• has good knowledge of basic infection control regimes

Skills

The student

• knows how to carry out basic care and nursing tasks
• is capable of participating in milieu therapy interventions to increase the patient/user’s self-efficacy and well-being
• has practical experience of habilitation and rehabilitation for people with different illnesses/diagnoses
• is capable of carrying out nursing procedures in accordance with a specific list of procedures
• is capable of applying hygiene principles in different situations
• is capable of administering prescribed drugs
• is capable of carrying out lifesaving first aid
• is capable of applying ergonomic principles

Competence

The student

• has knowledge of the laws and regulations that regulate services for users/patients
• has an overall understanding of people with various care needs
• is capable of planning and managing his/her own work
• is capable of reflecting on and assessing his/her own practice
• is capable of presenting and discussing relevant issues, challenges and ethical dilemmas in the professional practice of social educators
• is capable of cooperating and communicating with different users and experts/groups of experts

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 competence:

Knowledge

The student has knowledge of:

• the key concepts in drug calculations
• the role of drug calculations as part of drug administration and the laws and regulations that regulate it

Skills

• The student is capable of:
• using international standards and systems of units in drug calculations
• calculating doses, concentrations and amounts
• calculating injection and infusion rates (dr/min and ml/hr)
• calculating doses, with dose distribution over a specified time interval
• calculating doses when a drug has been prescribed per ml or drops per time interval (0.125 mg/ml or 0.15 ml/kg/min)
• calculating doses in relation to body weight or body surface (in m2)
• calculating the dilution of drugs (drugs in liquid form)
• controlling his/her own and other people’s calculations

The work and teaching methods in the course include student-active work and teaching methods in addition to lectures.

The following required coursework must be approved before a student can receive a final assessment:

• Passed qualifying arithmetic problems in the form of multiple choice questions within a stipulated deadline before the exam. The students have two attempts to pass the coursework requirement before the ordinary exam.

Supervised individual written exam, 3 hours

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