SYBASPRA2 Clinical Studies, Homebased Services Course description

Passed first year of the programme or equivalent.

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

• clinical assessment processes in nursing aimed at attending to the patient's basic needs and resources, with a focus on patients with permanent or recurring medical conditions
• pharmacology and drug administration related to relevant diseases
• dignity and existential challenges in the target groups
• relevant patient phenomena
• the situation of next of kin
• management of municipal nursing services based on legal provisions: the right to necessary medical assistance, information and participation and individual plans
• welfare technology in the home

Skills:

The student

• is capable of providing nursing care that attends to the patient's basic needs and resources, with a focus on patients with permanent or recurring medical conditions
• is capable of considering relationships between multi diagnoses, polypharmacy and the patient's condition
• masters relevant drug administration
• is capable of knowledge-based practice in people's homes and other forms of housing
• is capable of identifying ethical challenges and making decisions on the basis of professional reflection
• is capable of providing nursing care that safeguards the patient's dignity in relation to existential issues and challenges
• is capable of using the relevant documentation system
• is capable of using knowledge of legislation with particular focus on user participation and capacity to give consent
• is capable of reflecting on the nursing provided in the municipal health service
• is capable of using communication theory related to the target groups' special needs

Competence:

The student:

• has insight into the planning and performing of nursing work in the municipal health service
• has insight into ethical challenges relating to dignity and integrity
• demonstrates a socially critical and analytical approach to the health service
• has insight into cooperation in and between the municipal health service and the specialist health service

Søkere som mangler utdanning i matematikk ut over grunnskolenivå må ha tilegnet seg like ferdigheter gjennom arbeidserfaring, eller regne med å yte en svært stor arbeidsinnsats gjennom hele studieåret.

Ingen forkunnskapskrav.

Etter å ha gjennomført dette emnet har kandidaten følgende læringsutbytte:

Kunnskap

• Kandidaten har grunnleggende kunnskap om matematikk som fundament for dagens teknologiske samfunn.
• Kandidaten har kunnskap om matematiske tema som er grunnleggende for teknologiske fag.
• Kandidaten kjenner til fagets sentrale metoder og kan definere og forklare de viktigste begrepene geometri, algebra, funksjoner og differensialligninger.
• Kandidaten kjenner til fagets sentrale metoder relatert til kombinatorikk og sannsynlighetsregning og kan definere og forklare disse.
• Kandidaten har grunnleggende kunnskap om bruk av digitale verktøy til beregninger og visualisering.

Ferdigheter

• Kandidaten har solide regneferdigheter i algebra og det generelle grunnlaget i matematikk til å kunne fortsette på ingeniørutdanning eller integrert master i teknologi.
• Kandidaten kan løse problemer innenfor hovedområdene geometri, algebra, funksjoner, differensialligninger og sannsynlighetsregning.
• Kandidaten kan anvende regneferdigheter i matematikk på problemstillinger fra fysikk.
• Kandidaten kan uttrykke seg presist ved bruk av matematisk notasjon.

Generell kompetanse

• Kandidaten har evne til abstrakt tenkning og forståelse for hvordan logisk og analytisk tankegang benyttes innen matematikkfaget.
• Kandidaten kan reflektere over mulige anvendelsesområder for de ulike hovedområdene i emnet.
• Kandidaten kan kommunisere med andre om realfaglige problemstillinger ved å benytte seg av matematiske begreper og størrelser.

Passed first year of the programme or equivalent.

After completing the course, the student should have the following learning outcomes defined in terms of knowledge, skills and general competence:

Knowledge

The student can

• explain different forms of medication, routes of administration, pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics
• refer to relevant legislation and regulations for medication management, including guidelines for documentation, handling of non-conformities and disposal
• describe important drugs in relation to pain, anxiety, emergencies, infections, cardiovascular and respiratory diseases, and special drugs used for diagnostic imaging and treatment
• describe the key concepts in drug calculations

Skills

The student can

• explain and perform procedures for administration of medication
• carry out independent and faultless calculations of drug dosages, quantities and strengths for different routes of administration
• use international standards and systems of units in drug calculations
• calculate injection and infusion rates (drops/min and ml/hr)
• assess and check both their own and other people's calculations

General competence

The student can

• communicate correct information about the use and side effects of medication to other health care professionals and next of kin, and identify risk factors in connection with the use of contrast agents and other relevant drugs

The work and teaching methods include flipped classroom, lectures, seminars, skills training and self-study. In seminars, the students work in groups.

The following must have been approved in order for the student to take the exam:

• a minimum attendance of 80% at scheduled seminars and skills training sessions
• an individual written drug calculation test in accordance with set criteria