General provisions

The course is an introductory course in the Specialist Nursing Programme, with focus on district nurse and consists of 22.5 credits of which 10,5 credits are clinical placement.

Learning outcomes

On completion of the course, the student should be able to:

1. identify and explain diseases in childhood and adolescents in general pediatrics, child psychiatry and disability

2. in consultation with children, adolescents and parents/near relatives observe, assess and identify nursing needs of children and adolescents in different developmental stages, establish nursing care plans, plan, lead, implement and evaluate measures based on current national and international laws, statutes and regulations

3. independently identify health problems and health risks that concern children and adolescents as well as follow and assess their physical, mental, social and spiritual development and living environment from a holistic, global, and intersectional perspective

4. show educational ability to independently be able to inform, communicate with and prepare children and adolescents as well as caretakers before examinations and treatments based on level of development

5. independently plan, organise, carry out and evaluate nursing as well as health promoting and preventive work in child healthcare and school health with focus on medicine, based on (un)equal health on individual, family, group and community level

6. cooperate with other actors in health promoting and preventive work, nursing and integration of health-political and health economic aims

7. evaluate own knowledge, achievement and ability to communication, perceptiveness and cooperation as well as identify the need of continued knowledge development and professional development

8. identify and reflect on ethical dilemmas and apply and protect ethical principles with respect to children, adolescents and their near relatives

Content

Medical Science (8 credits):

General pediatrics

Pediatric surgery

Child psychiatry

The development, growth and developmental psychology of children and adolescents

The activities and aims of child healthcare and school health

Pharmacology

Diet and nutritional needs of children and adolescents

Habilitation

Medical examinations and vaccination programmes

Health risks, patient security and disease transmission

Health sciences (14.5 credits):

The mental health/illness of children and adolescents

Epidemiology

Ethical principles, laws and regulations

Parental support

Management of medical-technical equipment

Health promoting and preventive work for children, adolescents and families on individual, group and community level

Health Politics and Health Economics

Communication and communication methods, motivational interviewing

Person centered communication with children and adolescents and their near relatives

Drug dosage and drug management in pediatrics

Diversity

National and international laws, recommendations and aims for healthcare work with children, adolescents and families

Nursing of children and adolescents in general pediatrics, child psychiatry, habilitation and emergency care

Nursing in child healthcare and school health with focus on medicine as well as of children that get hurt

Nursing related to diet and nutritional needs

Professional occupational role

Transmission of infection

Instruction

Compulsory teaching in Uppsala may occur. The clinical part is carried out in close collaboration with Region Gotland.

To offer students a wider teaching competence, some teaching on Campus Gotland will be via link or other IT-solutions from Uppsala. Apart from web lectures, traditional lectures, seminars, workshops and clinical placement students will work individually, in groups and with peer review with fellow students to solve assignments. The teaching intends to develop an advanced understanding of the students and stimulate to active knowledge acquisition, reflection and critical analysis.

Absence from compulsory parts of the course amounts to supplements.

Theoretical studies

Cohort group work

Lectures

Literature studies

Seminars

Teaching via link or other IT-solution

Web-based teaching

Workshops

Clinical placement

Supervision of a nurse specialist in collaboration with clinical lecturer/clinical senior lecturer.

Proficiency training

Participatory observation

Assessment

Theoretical studies

The aims of the course are continuously examined during the course in the form of oral and written assignments, as well as examinations individually and in groups. When examination in groups the student shall participate actively with knowledge and reflection.

Clinical placement

Examination of clinical placement includes assessment of knowledge, skills and attitudes according to formulated learning outcomes, AssCE-form, (Löfmark, A. et ThorellEkstrand, I., 2009) and clinical examinations related to the aims of the course.

Other directives

Regulations for re-examination

Student failing examination the first time is allowed 4 re-examinations (= in total 5 examinations). After 5 failed examinations, the student can lose his or her spot in the programme. If special circumstances apply, the programme committee can admit additional examination attempts. Each occasion the student participates in an examination is regarded as an examination attempt. Submission of so called blank exam is regarded as one examination. In accordance with 6 chapter 21-22 § 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 clinical placement may redo the clinical placement once. (6 chapt. section 21, the Higher Education Ordinance (1993:100)

Clinical placement interrupted in advance

A student who fail clinical placement may be required to discontinue 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 placement.

An individual plan should be determined for the student and be communicated to the student in writing. In this plan, that is determined by the programme committee, the knowledge and skill shortages should be clearly stated. The plan should also state which support the student can get from the department and how and when the assessments can take place as well as how these should be carried out. A student is entitled to a maximum of two assessments, but no more than once a year.

The student is not allowed to participate in clinical placement again, until the programme committee has assessed and approved that the student has the required knowledge and skills.

Decisions about the individual study plan can be delegated to student welfare committee or an equivalent with student presentation by the programme committee.

Clinical placement may include evening/weekend shifts and commuting.