SYKPPRA20MB Nursing Patients with Acute, Critical and Chronic Diseases 1 Course description

This course teaches students about patients and next-of-kin in an acute, critical and chronic context, and what the nurse’s areas of responsibility entail. Students will learn to communicate and cooperate with patients and next-of-kin in situations of stress and crisis. They will also become familiar with key phenomena in nursing, such as hope, insecurity, fear, fatigue, pain and nausea. Systematic observation and assessment, nursing of somatic diseases, pre and postoperative nursing and competent drug administration are also part of the course.

None.

• Approved work requirements from SYKK/SYKP1300 Pharmacology and Drug Administration, 5 credits

Passed course:

• SYKP/SYKP1000 Theoretical Foundations of Nursing/Fundamentals of Nursing 1, 13 credits
• SYKK/SYKP1100 Anatomy, Physiology and Biochemistry, 12 credits
• SYKK/SYKP1200 Microbiology and Infection Control, 5 credits
• SYKK/SYKPPRA10 Fundamentals of Nursing/Fundamentals of Nursing 2, 15 credits

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

• is capable of describing the patients’ subjective experiences of disease and suffering and the importance of hope amidst serious illness
• can explain nursing care for various diseases
• can explain how depression, anxiety and drug addiction can affect the patient's reactions to illness (e.g. delirium)
• is capable of describing patient-centred nursing of children and adults
• is capable of describing pre and postoperative nursing of children and adults
• is capable of describing the phenomena pain, treatment of pain and pain relief
• is capable of describing measures to preserve life and health in the event of major accidents and in crisis and disaster situations

Skills

The student

• can systematically map and assess the patient's resources, problems and needs as well as implement measures, and evaluate and document effects (the nursing process)
• is capable of applying mapping tools in the practical performance of nursing
• is capable of documenting by using standardised nursing terminology
• is capable of carrying out and assessing relevant nursing procedures
• is capable of applying relevant medical technology in the practical performance of nursing
• is capable of recognising stress and crisis situations in the event of loss and disease and adapting communication based on this
• is capable of communicating with patients and next-of-kin adapted to the level of development/cognitive function and the condition
• is capable of masters general first aid according to the ABCDE principle
• is capable of implementing measures in the event of sub-acute and acute incidents
• is capable of identifying ethical dilemmas in practice and reflect on different choices of action

Competence

The student is capable of

• integrating knowledge from pathophysiology and pharmacology in the performance of nursing
• reflecting on responsible drug administration at an individual and systematic level
• demonstrating responsibility, engagement, independence and can follow professional ethical guidelines when encountering patients, next-of-kin and colleagues
• reflecting on his/her own professional practice and progression
• reflecting on how culture and a cultural understanding can be significant in assessments, planning, performance and evaluation of nursing

Practical training: in the specialist health service, mainly in hospitals (medicine/surgery) (8 weeks), supervised by the practical training supervisor and contact lecturer and simulations and skills treining (4 weeks). Includes digital learning resources, case studies, simulation and skills training and seminars.

Part 1 Assessment of practical training

Practical training has requirements for attendance 90 %. The student fills in a self-presentation for the start of the practice and self-assessment for the mid- and final assessment. Other compulsory activities are:

• courses in first aid
• courses in blood test

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Part 2 Supervised individual written exam

The following must have been approved in order for the student to take part 2 of the exam:

• Participation in the SF-unit and seminars, 4 weeks. Compulsory attendance of 90 %. 

Emnet omhandler ulike problemstillinger knyttet til todimensjonal form, bilde, kunst og digitale uttrykk som undervisningsområde i skolen. Emnet vektlegger skapende arbeid gjennom aktuelle digitale uttrykk. Dette omfatter ulike uttrykk og verktøy som programmering, animasjon, video, tegning og foto m.m. I emnet legges det vekt på utvikling av nysgjerrighet, kreativitet, mot, skaperglede, utholdenhet og evne til å løse problemer gjennom skapende prosesser. Arbeid med kjerneelementer, vurdering, grunnleggende ferdigheter og tverrfaglige temaer står sentralt.

Innhold:

• Formidling av kunst, kultur og miljø i undervisning.
• Fra idé til ferdig produkt gjennom praktisk skapende arbeid i ulike medier.
• Formidling gjennom digitale medier og visuell dokumentasjon.
• Formidling og skoleutvikling gjennom lokalt FoU arbeid.

Part 2 - None.  

Part 1 Pass/fail. Part 2 Grade scale A-F.

Grade scale stated on diploma.

Etter å ha gjennomført dette emnet, har studenten følgende læringsutbytte definert i form av kunnskap, ferdigheter og generell kompetanse

Kunnskap

Studenten:

• har kunnskap om skapende arbeid gjennom kunst- og designprosesser.
• har kunnskap om barn og unge ytringsformer gjennom visuell kommunikasjon der kritisk refleksjon over visuelle virkemidler og kulturelle referanser står sentralt.
• har kunnskap om gjeldende regler om opphavsrett og personvern ved bruk av kilder, bilder og andre digitale ressurser i undervisning
• har kunnskap om tilrettelegging av undervisning forankret i kjerneelementene, grunnleggende ferdigheter og tverrfaglige temaer.

Ferdigheter

Studenten:

• kan anvende kreative prosesser i problemløsning, produktutvikling og eget praktisk skapende arbeid i todimensjonale og digitale uttrykk
• kan tilegne seg tekniske og motoriske ferdigheter i arbeid med omsette en ide til ferdig produkt gjennom ulike verktøy som programmering, animasjon, video, tegning og foto
• kan bruke gjeldende læreplaner for grunnskolen, formulere oppgaver med utgangspunkt i kjerneelementer, grunnleggende ferdigheter og tverrfaglige temaer
• kan anvende teorier i form, farge og komposisjon til å vurdere eget og andres skapende arbeid
• kan reflektere over eget digitalt arbeid i skapende virksomhet og i visuell dokumentasjon
• kan anvende og reflektere over eget FoUI-arbeid ved egen skole/arbeidsplass og kan formidle ulike emner og problemstillinger innen visuell kommunikasjon

Generell kompetanse

Studenten:

• har kjennskap til hvordan ulike kulturuttrykk speiler og former kultur, samfunnsutvikling og folks identitet
• har videreutviklet fagdidaktisk kompetanse og kan tilrettelegge for undervisning, vurdering og arbeid med kjerneelementene og kompetansemål i kunst og håndverk
• kan overføre eget praktiske FoU-arbeid til egen undervisningssituasjon, endringsarbeid og erfaringsdeling på egen skole
• har kjennskap til digitale medier som redskap for kommunikasjon og læring i undervisningen

Knowledge

The student has

• in-depth knowledge about the different philosophy of science perspectives on what constitutes knowledge
• advanced knowledge about the philosophy of science basis for library and information science as a field of study
• specialised insight into criteria for research quality and for ethically sound research
• specialised knowledge about important quantitative and qualitative methods for the collection, processing and analysis of research data
• practical and theoretical knowledge about the stages of a research project, from developing a research question to reporting and publication

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Skills

The student is capable of

• evaluating the quality of existing research and relating it to the philosophy of science basis for library and information science
• articulating research issues and research questions and relating them to relevant choices of methods
• planning and developing an individual, limited research project in the form of a master¿s thesis

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General competence

The student

• can discuss criteria for assessing research quality both in writing and orally
• can design a research project of similar size and scope as an MA thesis and share their reflections both in writing and orally