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SYKK1010 Foundations of Nursing 1 Course description

Course name in Norwegian
Sykepleiens grunnlag 1
Study programme
Bachelor's Programme in Nursing
Weight
15.0 ECTS
Year of study
2025/2026
Curriculum
FALL 2025
Schedule
Programme description
Course history

Introduction

Birte Brekketo

Required preliminary courses

Anbefalte forkunnskaper er KDK1300 Innføring i kunstfaglige prosesser, KDK1400 Kunst og formidling i digitale medier, KDK1500 Eksperimenteringer og motsetninger, KDK1600 Grunnleggende innføring i kunstformidling

Learning outcomes

Emnet overlapper 10 studiepoeng mot KDK1200.

Teaching and learning methods

Self-study, lectures, workshop, digital learning resources, group work, seminars with presentations, and simulation and skills training.

The flipped classroom is used as a teaching method for part of the course. Digital learning resources will be made available in advance.

Course requirements

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

  • Individual assignment, scope of 1,500 words (+/- 10 %).
  • 80 % attendance of timetabled activity marked.
  • Participation in workshop, in infection control.

Assessment

Supervised individual written exam.

  • Three hours.

Permitted exam materials and equipment

None.

Grading scale

Pass-fail.

Examiners

All answers are assessed by two examiners.

An external examiner is used regularly, at a minimum of every third completion of the course. When selecting answers for external evaluation, a minimum of 10 percent of the answers shall be included, with no fewer than 5 answers. The external examiner’s assessment of the selected answers shall benefit all students.

Overlapping courses

  • 13 ECTS overlap with SYKK/SYKP1000 Foundations of Nursing 1, 13 ECTS.
  • 2 ECTS overlap with SYKK/SYKP1200 Microbiology and Infection Control, 5 ECTS.
  • SYKK1010, SYKP1010 and SYKD1010 are fully overlapping.