General provisions

The course is an introductory course in the Specialist nursing programme with focus on district nurse and consists of 15 credits of which clinical placement 10.5 credits in child and adolescent public health care in schools and healthcenters The theoretical part consists of 4.5 credits: children's development and needs, health promotion child and adolescent public health care in schools and healthcenters The course includes 11 credits health sciences and 4 credits medical science.

Entry requirements

Admitted to the Specialist nursing programme, with focus on district nurse, 75 credits.

Learning outcomes

On completion of the course, the student will be able to Knowledge and understanding

• demonstrate advanced knowledge of children's and adolescents' health and life situation in a national, international, historical and socio-cultural perspective
• demonstrate advanced knowledge of children's and adolescents' physical, psychological, social and spiritual development, needs and resources in their daily lives
• demonstrate advanced knowledge on health problems and health risks affecting children, adolescents and families from a social perspective
• have knowledge of national and international laws, recommendations and goals for health care for children and adolescents
• demonstrate advanced knowledge of activity and aim in child and adolescent healthcare
• demonstrate good knowledge of target groups and arenas for health care for children and adolescents
• demonstrate advanced knowledge about strategies and research methods for planning, implementation and evaluation of health promotion and nursing work
• demonstrate good knowledge about different actors' role in health promotion and nursing work for children and adolescents and current cooperation forms
• demonstrate advanced knowledge of medical examinations and vaccinations

Skills and ability

• independently be able to follow and assess the children's and adolescents' development and life situation from a socio-cultural, family, group, gender and social perspective
• on a scientific basis independently plan, organise, implement and evaluate nursing and health promotion and preventive work for child and adolescent public health care in schools and healthcenters - based on equitable health at individual, family, group and community in the geographical area of ​​responsibility

• cooperate with other actors in health promotion - and preventive work and in nursing work
• be able to give support to parents in their parenting role
• independently identify, plan and carry out and analyse support initiatives for children and families with special needs and in collaboration with other actors integrate health political and health economical goals
• apply laws and statutes and the UN Children's Convention Rules
• demonstrate skills in compiling, evaluating and applying new knowledge and research results
• demonstrate skills in searching, analysing, evaluating and presenting scientific studies in the field of knowledge

Judgement and approach

• identify and analyse ethical problems and consider and apply ethical principles in the field of knowledge
• independently analyse and evaluate different sources of knowledge and evidence-based nursing research in the district nurse's domain
• evaluate their knowledge, their own achievements and ability to perceptiveness and cooperation and identify the need for continued knowledge development and personal development

Content

Medical science

Children's and adolescents' development, growth and developmental psychology.

Diet and nutritional needs of children and adolescents

Health examinations and vaccinations

Health risks

Activities and objectives in child and adolescent public health care in schools and healaathcenters

Transmission of infection

Health sciences

Strategies and methods for health promotion and preventive work for children, adolescents and families on individual -, group and community level

Activities and objectives in child and adolescent public health care in schools and healthcenters

Nursing in child and adolescent public health care in schools and healthcenters and in ill treated children

Health Policy and Health Economics

Epidemiology

Communication and counselling skills, motivational interviewing

Nursing related to diet and nutritional needs

National and international laws, recommendations and goals for health care work with children, adolescents and families

Professional occupational role

Scientific method

Instruction

Theoretical studies

Cohort group works

Lectures

Literature studies

Preparation of short essay

Seminars

Clinical placement

Supervision by specialist nurse in collaboration with clinical lecturer/clinical senior lecturer

Participatory observation

Proficiency training

Literature studies

Preparation of short essay

Seminars

Assessment

Theoretical studies: Examination of the objectives of the course is arranged continuous throughout the course in the form of oral and written assignments - examinations individually and in groups. At examination in groups the student shall participate actively with knowledge and reflection

Clinical placement Examination in clinical placement implies assessment of knowledge, skills and attitudes according to formulated learning outcomes, AssCE-form (Löfmark, A.et Thorell-Ekstrand, I. 2009) and clinical examinations related to the learning outcomes of the course.

Other directives

Regulations for retake

Student who has failed examination may retake examinations four times. (= total five examinations). After five failed examinations, the student may lose his/her guaranteed place in the education. The undergraduate education committee however may, if special circumstances apply, admit the right to additional examination. Every time the student participates in an examination counts. Submission of so called "blank" exam is counted as examination. In accordance with chapter 6, sections 21-22 in the Higher Education Ordinance (1993:100) the student has the right on request to change examiner after two failed examinations.

Student who has not passed in placement has the right to retake the clinical placement once. (chapter 6, section 21 in the Higher Education Ordinance (1993:100)))

Interrupted clinical placement

A student may fail and be forced to interrupt the clinical placement prematurely if there is a noticeable risk that the student due to incompetence may injure another individual or valuable property if he or she continues the clinical education.

An individual plan should be decided for the student and given to him or her in writing. This plan, which has to be decided by the programme committee, must state existing knowledge and skill gaps, student support from the department and also state how and when the assessment will take place. A student is entitled to a maximum of two assessment occasions, however no more than once a year. The student may not participate in the clinical placement again until the programme committee has assessed and approved the required knowledge and skills.

Decisions on the individual study plan may be delegated by the programme committee to a student welfare committee or equivalent with student representation.