VERB2100 Individual and Society Course description

• 2 ECTS overlap with SYKK/SYKP1300 Pharmacology and Administration of Medicine, 5 ECTS.
• SYKK1310, SYKP1310 og SKOMP1100 are fully overlapping.

Passed VERB1100, VERB1600, VERB1300, VERB1400, VERB1510 and VERB1210.

On successful completion of the course, the student has the following learning outcomes classified as knowledge, skills and general competence:

Knowledge

The student

• can describe the role of those who carry out health and welfare services in a democracy
• can describe the differences between the public and private sectors
• can explain the structure and function of the public administration at the local and national levels
• can describe the interaction/relationship between the individual and the system from a system theory perspective
• can explain different ways of understanding social inequality
• can describe how social inequality and social problems affect living conditions and quality of life
• can explain how stigmatisation can impact people's lives and social relationships
• can describe how diversity and culture impact social relationships
• can explain social identity and group processes
• can describe how diversity and culture affect social relations, including the situation of the Sami indigenous people
• can explain how the public administration works

Skills

The student

• can apply basic concepts and perspectives from sociology, social anthropology, organisational theory and political science to understand the context within which service recipients and service providers operate
• can reflect on the status of the Sami as indigenous people in relation to the design of the health and social services and how different cultures affect the provision of the service

General competence

The student

• can discuss how organisations function
• can discuss political and administrative decision-making processes, the most common organisational and administrative models for welfare services, and the social educator's role as a health and social policy actor
• can reflect on how social conditions can affect people's opportunities and self-understanding, and can take this into account in his/her professional practice
• can reflect on how social barriers can impair people's functioning, and can take this into account in his/her professional practice

The teaching and learning methods include self-study, lectures, group discussion and sharing experience.

None

Individual written home examination over two weeks, up to 3,200 words.

In this course, students will further develop their knowledge of people’s fundamental needs and resources. Reactions, experiences and signs of health deficits are key aspects of the course. Students must develop skills in observing and assess patients’ fundamental needs and resources in clinical practice. Students will also gain experience of communicating with patients and their next-of-kin. You will complete 7 weeks of practical training in this course.

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

• explain normal ageing processes
• describe how people's needs change with age and in connection with health deficits
• describe people's reactions in the event of crises and loss
• describe how to address fundamental needs and dignity in patients with extensive needs
• is familiar with patient records and how to keep records as a nurse
• is familiar with the role of nurses and other relevant professions in the field of practice

Skills

The student

• can assess deficit in patients’ own care resources and observe, assess and implement appropriate measures to relieve complaints and compensate for personal care deficits
• can implement and justify person-centred nursing to take care of the fundamental physiological and psychosocial needs and resources
• can apply and justify hygiene principles
• can document, under supervision, nursing in the unit’s documentation system
• can communicate with patients and next-of-kin about their experiences
• can reflect on ethical difficulty situations by applying the SME model (systematic model for ethical reflection)
• can describe symptoms and signs that death is imminent and reflecting on death as a phenomenon

General competence

The student

• can integrate knowledge from relevant subjects when discussing the nursing discipline, based on the steps in evidence-based practice (EBP)
• can relate to patients, next-of-kin and colleagues in accordance with professional and ethical principles for nurses
• can understand what it means to be in need of help and dependent on others
• can reflect on power and dependency in the relationship between nurse and patient
• can reflect on his/her own communication and behaviour when dealing with patients, staff and fellow students
• can demonstrate accuracy and reliability in the performance of work related to practice
• can take initiative and show responsibility in planning and carrying out own practice in meetings with patients, next-of-kin and colleagues

Practical training: in the municipal health service (seven weeks), primarily nursing homes supervised by a practical training supervisor and contact teacher, as well as simulation and skills training. Lectures and seminars with a contact teacher where current topics are explained based on the learning outcomes.