SYKPPRA60 Nursing for Patients with Complex Health Challenges Course description

In this course, nursing of patients in the context of care and rehabilitation is a key area. The course covers the nursing of patients with complex health challenges on short-term or long-term stays in different institutions. Students will gain experience of communicating and interacting with patients and next-of-kin related to long-term health challenges. Mapping of loss of function, challenges related to key patient phenomena and cognitive deficits will be part of the course. Emphasis is also placed on attention to the patients’ background as a basis for nursing. Management, organisational competence, ethics and work on the nurse's pedagogical function are also included. You will complete 8 weeks of practical training in this course.

To start this course you must have passed:

• Passed the first year of study.
• SYKP/SYKP2100 Person Centered Care, 15 credits.
• SYKK/SYKPPRA21 Nursing Patients with Acute, Critical and Chronic Diseases 1, 15 credits.
• SYKK/SYKPPRA30 Nursing Patients with Acute, Critical and Chronic Diseases 2, 10 credits.

or equivalent.*

* For year group 2022 at OsloMet, the equivalent is:

• Passed the first year of study.
• SYKK/SYKPPRA20 Nursing Patients with Acute, Critical and Chronic Diseases 1, 20 credits.
• SYKP/SYKP1060 Evidence-Based Practice (EBP) in Health Care, 5 credits.
• SYKP/SYKK2000 Theory of Science and Research Methods, 5 credits.
• SYKK/SYKPPRA30 Nursing Patients with Acute, Critical and Chronic Diseases 2, 10 credits.

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

Knowledge

The student

• can explain age-related diseases and treatments
• can discuss how person-centered nursing can contribute to well-being, health promotion and maintenance of physical and cognitive function in the individual
• can explain the grounds for how health and social care policy can set the guidelines for quality development in the municipal health service and discuss how patient safety measures are expressed

Skills

The student

• can apply the nursing process by observing, assessing, and making clinical decisions in complex nursing and treatment processes, and documenting the patient’s situation and needs for nursing in the patient records
• can administer, observe and assess the effects of medicines, current side effects and prevent polypharmacy
• can apply person-centered nursing, communication skills and communication principles when dealing with people with dementia to prevent and manage challenging behavior
• carrying out prioritised patient safety measures and discussing how this is exhibited and laid as a basis for professional improvement work in the nursing and care services
• taking responsibility for professional management by delegating and following up work
• tasks towards a group of patients and staff and reflect on how this can have an impact on the quality of the nursing service
• can apply educational principles in teaching, guidance and information to patients, next-of-kin, students, and relevant personnel
• can reflect on own and others' attitudes and values ​​in interaction with patients and next-of-kin, and in interprofessional collaboration

General competence

The student

• can assess patients' existential needs, and central phenomena such as meaning, hope, faith and reconciliation to contribute to quality of life
• can reflect on what can prevent and resolve conflicts in the working environment
• can identify and reflect on relevant ethical issues and dilemmas at the individual, group, and society level reflecting on the significance of social relations and the role the patient’s next-of-kin of patients who are on short- or long-term stays in institutionscan
• can reflect on the importance of the patient's social relationships and the role of relatives of patients who are on short- or long-term stays in institutions
• can reflect on the meaning of good care pathways for elderly people and chronically ill patients and how these can contribute to ensuring a coordinated, holistic, and cohesive service
• takes responsibility for own learning by identifying own learning needs and acquiring new knowledge, showing initiative, accuracy and reliability

For å kunne framstille seg til eksamen må studenten ha følgende godkjente arbeidskrav:

Arbeidskrav 1: Mål- og interessentkartlegging (gruppe). Muntlig presentasjon med presentasjonsdokumenter (5-10 minutter).  

Arbeidskrav 2: Milepælsplan (gruppe). Skriftlig innlevering, 2-3 sider.  

Arbeidskravene må være gjennomført og godkjent innen fastlagt frist for å adgang til eksamen. Dersom ett eller flere arbeidskrav ikke blir godkjent gis det anledning til å kunne levere en forbedret versjon én gang innen angitt frist.

Eksamen i emnet består av to deler:

1. En skriftlig sluttrapport på 3-4 sider som dokumenterer gjennomført prosjekt. Rapporten utarbeides og leveres av prosjektgruppa som har jobbet sammen gjennom semesteret.
2. Et individuelt skriftlig refleksjonsnotat på 2-3 sider som gir studenten mulighet til å kommentere gjennomføringen av prosjektet og sette arbeidskravene inn i en prosjektfaglig sammenheng.

De to delene vurderes hver for seg og teller begge 50% av den samlede vurderingen. For bestått eksamen må begge deler bestås. Utsatt eksamen/ny prøve tas i den/de delen(e) av eksamen som ikke er bestått.En student kan ved ikke bestått levere omarbeidet versjon av sluttrapport/refleksjonsnotat til sensur én gang.

Skrifttype og skriftstørrelse: Arial / Calibri 12pkt. Linjeavstand: 1,5.

Alle hjelpemidler er tillatt så lenge regler for kildehenvisning følges.

Bestått/ikke bestått.

Det benyttes en intern og en ekstern sensor til sensurering av besvarelsene. Et uttrekk på minst 25 % av besvarelsene sensureres av to sensorer. Karakterene på de besvarelsene som er vurdert skal danne grunnlag for å fastsette nivå på resten av besvarelsene. 

Part 1 Contact lecturer approves grade after recommendation from practical training supervisor. The final decision on whether to award a pass or fail grade is made by the university.

Part 2 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.

SYKKPRA60x and SYKPRA60x are fully overlapping.