Bachelor Programme in Drama and Theatre Programme description

The Master¿s Programme in Intensive Care Nursing has a scope of 120 credits in accordance with Section 3 of the Regulations concerning Requirements for the Master's Degrees, adopted by the Ministry of Education and Research on 1 December 2005. Candidates who pass the programme will be awarded the degree of Master of Intensive Care Nursing.

The programme is based on the national curriculum for further education in intensive care nursing and the regulations relating to the national curriculum for further education in intensive care nursing adopted by the Ministry of Education and Research on 1 December 2005 and meets the requirements stipulated in these documents.

With the exception of the master's thesis, all the courses in the programme are taken as a full-time course of study over one and a half years. These courses correspond to the university¿s Advanced Programme in Intensive Care Nursing and impart action competence in the field of intensive care nursing; see the requirements set out in the national curriculum for further education in intensive care nursing with pertaining regulations. The master¿s thesis is written part-time over one year. The master¿s degree programme is completed in two and a half years.

Intensive care nursingIntensive care nursing is special expertise in nursing acutely and/or critically ill patients with overt or potential failure of vital functions. Intensive care nursing involves taking active part in the process of restoring patients¿ health or enabling them to die with dignity. Among other things, intensive care nursing entails implementing life-saving treatment in acute situations and providing compensatory care in cases of serious failure of patients¿ organs or organ systems. The objective of intensive care nursing is to establish a therapeutic relationship with intensive care patients and their next of kin and to strengthen patients¿ physical, mental, social and spiritual capacity through preventive, therapeutic, pain-relieving, stress-relieving and rehabilitative activities.

Intensive care nursing consists of providing healthcare for acutely and/or critically ill patients of all ages. They are:

• patients in or at risk of an acute physiological crisis due to illness or injury
• patients who need to have their circulatory and respiratory balance restored and need relief of pain and other discomfort following surgery and anaesthesia
• patients with chronic diseases who suffer an additional illness or an acute exacerbation of their underlying condition

The target group for intensive care nursing includes patients¿ next of kin.

Relevance to working life

The Master¿s Programme in Intensive Care Nursing is intended to help to cover society¿s increasing need for specialist nursing skills, primarily in the specialist health service, but also in the municipal health service.

Intensive care nurses are in high demand, as they are key personnel in the specialist health service when it comes to providing professionally sound healthcare to acutely and critically ill patients. The specialist health service seeks intensive care nurses who practise their profession in a sound manner and on a scientific basis. Today, we can treat many diseases and injuries that could not be treated in the past. Also, the patients admitted to somatic hospitals are sicker than they used to be. This development makes new and stricter requirements of intensive care nurses. Society requires intensive care nurses to work in an evidence-based manner where their nursing practice is based on knowledge gained from research and experience, in addition to patient knowledge. Intensive care nurses shall be capable of analysing and taking a critical approach to existing theories and methods in advanced medical treatment and intensive care nursing. Moreover, they shall be able to contribute to new ideas and innovation processes in their own practice, and make independent use of relevant methods for quality-related work (quality improvement and quality control work) in the field of intensive care nursing. Intensive care nurses are qualified to take greater responsibility for evidence-based intensive care nursing of acutely and/or critically ill patients in and outside a hospital setting.

Intensive care nurses primarily work in specialist units such as intensive care units, medical intensive care units, postoperative units and accident and emergency departments. Other potential workplaces include intermediate care units, dialysis units, cardiology laboratories, the ambulance service and the air ambulance service. Intensive care nurses are also qualified to work in disaster and war areas.

The municipal health service is also experiencing a growing need for specialist nursing skills. The Act relating to Municipal Health and Care Services, etc. (the Health and Care Services Act) has given the municipalities a role in the treatment of acute-onset illness, exacerbation of chronic illness and in follow-up care for patients whose hospital treatment is finished. Therefore, intensive care nurses will also be in demand in the municipal health service.

After completing the Master¿s Programme in Intensive Care Nursing, candidates will have action competence in the field of intensive care nursing, but will also be qualified to initiate and implement development projects and participate in research work within their own organisation. Candidates are qualified to take greater responsibility for evidence-based intensive care nursing of acutely and/or critically ill patients in and outside a hospital setting.

Relevance to further studiesCandidates who have completed the Master¿s Programme in Intensive Care Nursing can apply for admission to PhD programmes in health sciences and nursing science, among other things.

The target group for the programme is authorised general nurses who would like to work as intensive care nurses ¿ primarily in the specialist health service, but also in the treatment of acutely ill patients in the municipal health service.

Admission to the programme is in accordance with the Regulations relating to Admission to Studies at OsloMet ¿ Oslo Metropolitan University and the national curriculum for further education in intensive care nursing with pertaining regulations, adopted by the Ministry of Education and Research on 1 December 2005.

The academic basis for admission to the programme is a three-year bachelor¿s degree in nursing or equivalent. Applicants must also hold a Norwegian authorisation as a general nurse and have at least two years¿ somatic nursing experience from the specialist health service after receiving their authorisation. Admission to all master's degree programmes at OsloMet requires an average grade of C or better in the academic basis for admission.

Additional points (maximum one points) are awarded for all higher education beyond the minimum requirement.

Additional points (maximum one points) are awarded for all relevant work experience beyond the minimum requirement. By relevant work experience is meant professional nursing experience from postoperative units, intensive care units, medical intensive care units, intermediate care units in the specialist health service, accident and emergency departments, surgical or medical wards with emergency care functions or similar.

Up to one additional points can be awarded for special work experience, education or other activities. By special work experience is meant experience from intensive care and/or postoperative units. By other relevant activities is meant documented completion of a clinical nurse specialist programme/clinical ladder in nursing of acutely and/or critically ill patients.

Twenty-five per cent of places on the programme are reserved for students who compete for admission on the basis of their grade point average alone.

The programme will only run if there are enough students.

Applicants who are admitted to the programme must submit a transcript of police records, cf. the Regulations for admission to higher education Chapter 6.

The use of clothing that covers the face is incompatible with taking the programme.

After completing the Master's Programme in Intensive Care Nursing, the candidate is expected to have achieved the following overall learning outcomes defined in terms of knowledge, skills and competence:

Knowledge

The candidate

• has advanced knowledge of the intensive care nurse's functions and areas of responsibility
• has in-depth knowledge about intensive medical treatment of acutely and/or critically ill patients
• has in-depth knowledge about scientific theory and research methods
• has in-depth knowledge of the experiences, reactions and needs of patients and next of kin in connection with acute and/or critical illness in an age-related and multicultural perspective
• has advanced knowledge of how to maintain and restore vital functions if they are threatened
• is capable of analysing intensive care nursing problems on the basis of the discipline's history, traditions, distinctive nature and place in society
• is capable of applying knowledge to new areas of intensive care nursing

SkillsThe candidate

• is capable of analysing and taking a critical approach to different sources of information and of using them to structure and formulate intensive care nursing argumentation
• is capable of analysing and taking a critical approach to existing theories and methods in advanced medical treatment and intensive care nursing
• is capable of observing, assessing and identifying a patient's general and special needs, resources and problems through communication and cooperation with the patient and his/her next of kin
• is capable of preventing complications in connection with acute and/or critical illness, advanced medical treatment and intensive care nursing
• is capable of reducing stress, pain and discomfort in connection with advanced medical treatment and intensive care nursing
• is capable of applying pedagogical and subject didactics principles when informing, teaching and providing guidance to patients and caregivers from different cultures, as well as to colleagues and other members of the healthcare team
• is capable of maintaining and restoring vital functions if they are threatened
• is capable of independent work on practical and theoretical problem-solving relating to the functions and areas of responsibility of an intensive care nurse
• is capable of carrying out an independent, delimited research or quality-related project under supervision and in accordance with applicable research ethics standards
• is capable of practising intensive care nursing in accordance with ethical principles and healthcare legislation

CompetenceThe candidate

• has action competence in the field of intensive care nursing
• is capable of carrying out wholly or partly compensatory intensive care nursing in the event of serious self-care deficits in relation to a patient's fundamental needs
• is capable of analysing relevant ethical issues in intensive care nursing based on discipline knowledge, research, experience and patient knowledge
• is capable of applying his/her knowledge and skills to new fields to carry out advanced tasks and projects in intensive care nursing
• is capable of communicating extensive independent work and masters the forms of expression used in intensive care nursing
• is capable of communicating about issues, analyses and conclusions in intensive care nursing, both with specialists and with the general public
• is capable of multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary cooperation in patient treatment
• is capable of contributing to new ideas and innovation processes in professional practice

The programme comprises 9 compulsory courses, which make up a total of 120 credits. Theoretical studies make up 75 credits, including a master's thesis worth 30 credits, while clinical training accounts for 45 credits.

The programme is taken over a period of two and a half years. The first eight courses are taken as a full-time course of study over one and a half years with 30 credits per semester. After completing these courses, the student has acquired action competence in the field of intensive care nursing, cf. the national curriculum for further education in intensive care nursing. The final course, the master's thesis, is completed as part-time studies over one year. The work on the master's thesis is spread over two semesters to allow the student to work as an intensive care nurse while writing the thesis.

National curriculum for further education in intensive care nursing

In order to ensure that students who complete the Master's Programme in Intensive Care Nursing are qualified to work as intensive care nurses, the master's degree programme meets the requirements set out in the national curriculum for further education in intensive care nursing with pertaining regulations adopted by the Ministry of Education and Research on 1 December 2005. The eight courses taken during the first three semesters of the master's degree programme (90 credits) meet the requirements set out in the national curriculum for further education in intensive care nursing, both in terms of content and the breakdown of credits.

Progress requirements

• All coursework requirements in a course must be met before a student can take the exam.
• Students must have passed MAABI4000 Natural Science related to Nursing in order to take the exam in MINT5000 Intensive and Critical Care Medicine
• Students must have passed MINTPRA10 Clinical Studies in Intensive and Critical Care Nursing, Level 1 in order to start MINTPRA20 Clinical Studies in Intensive and Critical Care Nursing, Level 2.
• Students must have passed MINTPRA20 Clinical Studies in Intensive and Critical Care Nursing, Level 2 in order to start MINTPRA3 Clinical Studies in Intensive and Critical Care Nursing, Level 3.
• All other theoretical and practical training courses in the programme must be passed before the student can submit their master's thesis for assessment.
• Students must achieve an interim grade for the written part of the master's thesis in the range A-E in order in order to be permitted to take the oral exam.

The work and teaching methods used in the programme are based on a sociocultural perspective on learning. This means that the student participates in and contributes to a learning community where fellow students, lecturers and others are important to his/her learning. The goal of the work methods is to encourage independence, fresh thinking, own activity and reflection. Feedback, formative (continuous) assessment and supervision will be the learning community's key activities to advance learning. Learning is considered a process that involves the whole person and is manifested through the change in the person learning.

Study methods that promote evidence-based practice are used throughout the programme in that the student integrates knowledge from research and experience and patient knowledge.

The programme emphasises student-active methods intended to encourage the students to actively seek relevant and reliable sources of knowledge. The process will alternate between individual work and interaction with fellow students and others in group work, seminars, simulations and practical training.

Lectures

Lectures are primarily used to introduce new subject matter, give an overview and highlight main elements and links between different topics, and also to communicate relevant issues. The lectures in the three common courses for several of our master's programmes will be held as joint lectures, but joint lectures will also be used in other courses. Most lectures are held in a Scandinavian language, but they can also take place in English.

Group work

Group work, which is compulsory attendance, is used as a teaching method to encourage cooperation between students, support the learning of subject matter and provide training in cooperation and interaction skills, which are necessary skills in professional practice.

Seminars

Seminars, which is compulsory attendance, are held in which students present assignments they have been working on and receive oral feedback from their fellow students and lecturers. The purpose of the seminars is to stimulate each other's learning process, clarify students' own understanding of the subject and develop cooperation skills. The students are given the opportunity to practise their academic formulation skills, and academic discussions between students and lecturers are facilitated.

Master's seminars are organised in connection with the master's thesis at which the students present and discuss the drafts of their theses in a larger forum. Key research-related topics relevant to work on the master's thesis will be raised at these seminars. The purpose of this is to facilitate academic discussion between students and lecturers, critical-analytical reflection on methods and discussions on theory of science.

Simulation

Simulation, which is compulsory attendance, is used to practise procedures and become familiar with equipment and machines. Simulation is also used to gain teamwork experience and skills in relation to rarely occurring and life-threatening situations, particularly complex situations that require prompt and appropriate action.

Self-studyNot all topics are covered by organised teaching activities, and students are expected to acquire knowledge of the remaining topics through self-study. Students come to this programme with different preconditions for learning, and self-study enables them to prioritise topics and areas they want to focus on. Self-study also helps to encourage independent activity and reflection.

Practical training

Practical training, which is compulsory attendance, is an important work method in the programme. See a more detailed description in the chapter on practical training.

Compulsory attendance

Attendance is compulsory for group work, seminars and simulation.

Enkelte emner/studier har praksis som en del av utdanningen. De enkelte emneplaner gir nærmere informasjon om praksis, former for praksis, praksissteder, veiledning og rapportering og lignende.

Studentene må underordne seg de gjeldende lover, forskrifter, instrukser og lokale regler ved praksisstedet. Studentene har taushetsplikt på lik linje med praksisskolens/-stedets lærere/ansatte og avlegger taushetsløfte før de går ut i praksis.

Praksis i drama- og teaterkommunikasjon er ikke underlagt skikkethetsvurdering. Studiet kan imidlertid sammen med PPU brukes i undervisning i skoleverket. Det er da naturlig å kjennskap til regler og normer for hva som ligger i å være skikket når studentene har praksis.

OsloMet ¿ Oslo Metropolitan University has established cooperation with universities and university colleges in and outside Europe, and is a member of different academic networks. Students can apply to take parts of the programme abroad, preferably at institutions that OsloMet cooperates with. Students who wish to go on exchanges at other institutions will have to organise the exchange themselves and obtain the university's approval. They must expect to pay their own travel and accommodation expenses.

It is primarily the practical training courses in the second and third semesters that are suitable for exchanges. Only students who have passed all their exams so far in the programme and are not at risk of failing a practical training assessment can take these courses abroad.

The programme uses guest lecturers from foreign partner institutions, and the programme's own lecturers gain knowledge and experience through exchanges with the same institutions.

Innfrielse og godkjenning av arbeidskrav danner forutsetningen for å kunne framstille seg til eksamen. Arbeidskrav vurderes til Godkjent/Ikke godkjent. Arbeidskrav skal være innfridd innen fastsatte frister.

Studenter som samlet har mer enn 20 prosent fravær i undervisnings- og veiledningssituasjoner der det er krav om tilstedeværelse og aktiv deltakelse, får ikke anledning til å avlegge eksamen. Studenter som står i fare for å overskride fraværskvoten, får skriftlig melding om dette.

Ikke godkjente arbeidskrav Gyldig fravær dokumentert ved for eksempel legeerklæring, fritar ikke for innfrielse av arbeidskrav. Studenter som på grunn av sykdom eller annen dokumentert gyldig årsak ikke innfrir arbeidskrav innen fristen, bør så langt det er mulig, kunne få et nytt forsøk før eksamen. Dette må avtales i hvert enkelt tilfelle med den aktuelle faglærer. Hvis det ikke er mulig å gjennomføre et nytt forsøk på grunn av fagets/emnets egenart, må studenten påregne og ta arbeidskravet ved neste mulige tidspunkt. Dette kan medføre forsinkelser i studieprogresjon

Bestemmelser om eksamen er gitt i lov om universiteter og høgskoler og forskrift om studier og eksamen ved Høgskolen i Oslo og Akershus. Se høgskolens nettsider www.hioa.no

I studiet blir det lagt vekt på sammenheng mellom læringsutbytte, innhold, arbeidsmåter og vurderingsformer. Det vil være en kontinuerlig vurderingsprosess som involverer både studenter og faglærere. Det vil bli foretatt løpende vurdering av studentenes resultater og studieinnsats i forhold til studiets mål. Hensikten med vurderingen er å hjelpe studenten til videre faglig utvikling, selvstendighet og fremdrift i studiet. I denne sammenheng skal studentene delta aktivt i vurderingen der hvor egne og andres prosesser blir gjenstand for en kritisk gjennomgang.

Den endelige formelle vurderingen skjer ved eksamen. Tabellen under synliggjør de emner som inngår i studiet og hvilke eksamensformer som gjelder. Alle deleksamenene i hvert emne må være vurdert til karakter E eller bedre for at studenten skal kunne få endelig bestått karakter. Eksamensformene er både individuelle og i grupper.

Sensur Muntlige og praktiske eksamener skal ha to sensorer da disse eksamensformene ikke kan påklages bortsett fra ved formelle feil. Andre eksamensformer kan ha en sensor og kan påklages. Eksamener som kun sensureres internt, skal jevnlig trekkes ut til ekstern sensurering.

Ny og utsatt eksamen Oppmelding til ny/utsatt eksamen gjøres skriftlig. Ny/utsatt eksamen arrangeres normalt tidlig i påfølgende semester. Ny eksamen - for studenter som har levert eksamen og ikke fått bestått. Utsatt eksamen - for studenter som ikke fikk avlagt ordinær eksamen. Nærmere informasjon om oppmelding til og tidspunkt for ny/utsatt eksamen finnes på Studentweb.

For mer detaljer informasjon om ny og utsatt eksamen, se den enkelte emneplan.

Vitnemål

På vitnemålet for bachelor i drama- og teaterkommunikasjon føres avsluttende vurdering/endelig bestått karakter for hvert emne. Tittel på bacheloroppgaven framkommer også på vitnemålet.

Kvalitetssikring

Hensikten med kvalitetssikringssystemet for OsloMet er å styrke studentenes læringsutbytte og utvikling ved å heve kvaliteten i alle ledd. OsloMet ønsker å samarbeide med studentene, og deres deltakelse i kvalitetssikringsarbeidet er avgjørende. Noen overordnede mål for kvalitetssikringssystemet er:

• å sikre at utdanningsvirksomheten inkludert praksis, lærings- og studiemiljøet holder høy kvalitet å sikre utdanningenes relevans til yrkesfeltet
• å sikre en stadig bedre kvalitetsutvikling

For studenter innebærer dette blant annet studentevalueringer:

• emneevalueringer
• årlige studentundersøkelser felles for OsloMet

Mer informasjon om kvalitetssikringssystemet, se her: http://www.hioa.no/Om-HiOA/System-for-kvalitet-og-kvalitetsutvikling-for-utdanning-og-laeringsmiljoe-ved-HiOA

Tilsynssensorordning

Tilsynssensorordningen er en del av kvalitetssikringen av det enkelte studium. En tilsynssensor er ikke en eksamenssensor, men en som har tilsyn med kvaliteten i studiene. Alle studier ved OsloMet skal være under tilsyn av tilsynssensor, men det er rom for ulike måter å praktisere ordningen på. Viser til retningslinjer for oppnevning og bruk av sensorer ved HiOA, se her: http://www.hioa.no/Studier/Lov-og-regelverk/