MINT5100 Intensive and Critical Care Nursing Course description

In this course, the students are expected to acquire advanced knowledge of intensive care nursing in relation to acutely and/or critically ill patients in a vulnerable, critical and life-threatening phase. The students should acquire in-depth knowledge of intensive care patients' psychosocial and existential needs and methods for reducing stress and suffering.

Moreover, students are expected to develop in-depth knowledge of relevant research and quality-related work (quality improvement and quality control work) in the field of intensive care nursing, and thereby understand the importance of research and quality-related work in clinical intensive and critical care nursing. This is intended to enable the students to document, develop the quality of and quality-assure intensive care nursing.

The students are expected to develop an awareness of hoe organisational, financial and legal factors influence nursing and the specialist health service and be able to see this in relation to their responsibility to practise intensive care nursing, be a leader in their field and work in a team. This course also covers knowledge of the working environment in a specialist unit and how stress factors in a working environment can be prevented and reduced.

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 advanced knowledge of the intensive care nurse's functions and areas of responsibility
• 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 in-depth knowledge of quality work, including methods for quality improvement and quality control
• has in-depth knowledge of nursing ethics and different ethical guidelines
• is capable of analysing intensive care nursing problems on the basis of the discipline's history, traditions, distinctive nature and place in society

Skills

The student

• 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 intensive care nursing
• is capable of using relevant methods for research and quality-related work in an independent manner in the field of intensive care nursing

Competence

The student

• is capable of analysing relevant ethical issues in intensive care nursing based on discipline knowledge, research, experience and patient knowledge
• is capable of contributing to new ideas and innovation processes in clinical practice

Lectures, group work, seminars and self-study.

The following coursework requirements must be met before a student can receive an assessment for the course:

• The intensive care nurse's function and responsibility for preventing and treating delirium

  • Individual assignment.
  • Scope: 3,000 words (+/- 20%).
  • The assignment must be written in accordance with the section Assessment of written work in the Assessment chapter of the programme description.
  • The syllabus and selected syllabus by the students must be used in the assignment. The students must find at least two relevant research articles and make use of them in the assignment.
  • The students receive written feedback from the lecturer.

• The intensive care nurse's function and responsibility for addressing intensive care patients' nutritional needs

  • Carried out in groups of up to three students.
  • Scope: 3,000 words (+/- 20%).
  • The assignment must be written in accordance with the section Assessment of written work in the Assessment chapter of the programme description.
  • The syllabus and selected syllabus by the students must be used in the assignment. The students must find at least two relevant research articles and make use of them in the assignment.
  • The students receive oral feedback from fellow students and the lecturer.

• Attendance in compulsory activities

  • Simulation
  • Group work

A written in-depth assignment written individually or in groups of up to three students from the Master's Programme/Advanced Programme in Intensive Care Nursing. The assignment should either comprise a project description for a research work or quality-related work, or a systematic overview of research on a relevant topic.

The project description must be based on a literature review and be written in accordance with the section Assessment of written work in the Assessment chapter of the programme description.

Studenter som velger å lage en Systematisk oversikt (Systematic Review) i fordypningoppgaven(prosjektbeskrivelsen), og

planlegger å bruke denne videre i masteroppgave, må være minimum 2 studenter som skriver oppgaven sammen, på grunn av

metodekrav.

Five weeks are set aside for work on this assignment.

Up to four hours of supervision is provided per assignment. Students who fail the assignment are offered two more hours of supervision.

Scope: 5,000 words (+/- 20%).

All aids are permitted, as long as the rules for source referencing are complied with.

Grade scale A-F. For group exams, all the students in the group are awarded the same grade. Students who are awarded a fail grade (F) are given one opportunity to submit a reworked version of the assignment.

In this course, the students are expected to acquire advanced knowledge required to practise nurse anaesthesia in relation to patients who undergo surgery or examinations that require anaesthesia and acutely and/or critically ill patients. The students should acquire in-depth knowledge of patients' psychosocial and existential needs and methods for reducing stress and suffering.

Moreover, they are expected to acquire in-depth knowledge of relevant research and quality-related work (professional development, quality assurance or quality control work) in the field of nurse anaesthesia, and thereby understand the importance of research and quality-related work in clinical nurse anaesthesia. This course is intended to enable the students to document, develop the quality of and quality-assure nurse anaesthesia.

The students are expected to develop an awareness of how organisational, financial and legal factors influence nursing and the specialist health service and be able to see this in relation to their responsibility to practise nurse anaesthesia, be a leader in their field and work in a team. This course also covers knowledge of the working environment in a specialist unit and how stress factors in a working environment can be prevented and reduced.

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 advanced knowledge of the functions and responsibilities of the nurse anaesthetist in the health service and society
• has in-depth knowledge of quality work, including methods for quality improvement and quality control
• has advanced knowledge of how anaesthesia can feel and its effect on the patient
• has advanced knowledge of self-care deficits in relation to a patient's fundamental needs
• has knowledge of nursing ethics and different ethical guidelines
• has advanced knowledge of professional and ethical challenges in the field of nurse anaesthesia

Skills

The student

• is capable of analysing and taking a critical approach to existing theories on how patients experience anaesthesia, surgical procedures and examinations
• is capable of analysing and taking a critical approach to theories on communicating with patients and their next of kin
• is capable of analysing and taking a critical approach to theories on anaesthesia and analgesia
• is capable of analysing and taking a critical approach to theories on wholly or partly compensatory care in the event of serious self-care deficits in relation to a patient's fundamental needs

Competence

The student

• is capable of analysing relevant academic, professional and research ethics issues in nurse anaesthesia based on discipline knowledge, research, experience and patient knowledge
• is capable, with some supervision, of communicating about issues, analyses and conclusions in nurse anaesthesia, both with specialists and with the general public
• is capable of contributing to new ideas and innovation processes in clinical practice