EPN-V2

ABIO6100 Being Acute and/or Critically Ill Course description

Course name in Norwegian
Å være akutt og/eller kritisk syk
Study programme
Advanced Programme in Emergency Nursing
Advanced Programme in Nurse Anaesthesia
Advanced Programme in Paediatric Nursing
Advanced Programme in Intensive Care Nursing
Advanced Programme in Theatre Nursing
Weight
5.0 ECTS
Year of study
2021/2022
Programme description
Course history

Introduction

This course looks at the rules of the Child Welfare Act relating to work in the child welfare service and county social welfare boards, and rules relating to judicial review of the county social welfare boards’ decisions. Particular emphasis is placed on fundamental principles and due process guarantees in child welfare work and the importance of human rights in relation to interventions in family life. The course covers both material and procedural rules. 

Required preliminary courses

The student must have completed and passed the first year of the Bachelor Programme in Child Care and Welfare. 

Learning outcomes

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 in-depth knowledge of patients' psychosocial and existential needs in connection with acute and/or critical illness
  • has in-depth knowledge of coping strategies in connection with acute and/or critical illness and death
  • has in-depth knowledge of the experiences and needs of next of kin
  • has in-depth knowledge of family-oriented care
  • has in-depth knowledge of multicultural competence in nursing

Skills

The student

  • is capable of analysing and taking a critical approach to theories on patients' psychosocial and existential needs in connection with acute and/or critical illness in an age-related and multicultural perspective
  • is capable of analysing and taking a critical approach to existing theories on coping and coping strategies in connection with acute and/or critical illness and death
  • is capable of analysing and taking a critical approach to existing theories on the experiences and needs of next of kin and the bereaved

Competence

The student

  • is capable of analysing relevant ethical issues linked to attending to the psychosocial needs of acutely and/or critically ill or dying patients

Content

  • Patients' psychosocial and existential needs in connection with acute and/or critical illness
  • Use of force in patient treatment
  • Coping strategies in connection with acute and/or critical illness and death
  • The experiences and needs of next of kin
  • Family-oriented care
  • Multicultural competence
  • Facilitating dying with dignity

Teaching and learning methods

The course is taught through lectures, self-study, group work, skills training with and without the use of filming, and other teaching methods as needed. 

Course requirements

None.

Assessment

Written home exam in groups of 3-4 students, 3 days. The students are to discuss a method or theory for coping with mental stress and the patient role in connection with acute and/or critical illness. Scope: 3,000 words (+/- 20%). The exam paper must be written in accordance with the section Assessment of written work in the Assessment chapter of the programme description.

Permitted exam materials and equipment

An individual five-hour written school exam.

Grading scale

Publicly approved law collections with notations according to more detailed guidelines are permitted during the exam. 

Examiners

All answer papers are assessed by two examiners, one of whom must be external.

Overlapping courses

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Julia Køhler-Olsen