Entry requirements

Nursing degree and at least 6 months work experience as a qualified nurse. Diabetes Care I, 7.5 credits.

Learning outcomes

On completion of the course, the student should show skills and abilities to

• explain special needs in children and youth with type 1 and type 2 diabetes

• explain the developmental stages, hormonal changes at puberty and its effect on the diabetes of the child

• identify dangerous behaviours at children and youth with diabetes

• plan and carry out teaching of diabetes to children and youths

• take position to insulin treatment at children and youths with diabetes

• take position to in which situations insulin pump treatment is relevant

• give supports to parents in their parental role.

• suggest nursing actions at acute diabetes complications

• motivate and support children and youth with diabetes to manage self-treatment together with their parents

• compile, evaluate and apply new knowledge and research results about children and youth with diabetes

Content

Diabetes in children and youth

Self-treatment at diabetes

The developmental stages, hormonal changes at puberty and its effects on the diabetes of the child

Dangerous behaviours

Teaching child/youths

Parental supports to children and youths with diabetes

Insulin treatment child/youths

Acute complications due to diabetes

Quality development and evidence-based diabetes care

Instruction

Literature studies, lectures, group assignments, seminars and specific study assignments connected to different subparts.

Assessment

To pass the course, participation in all lectures, passed individual take-home examination and passed group assignment, are required.

If there are special reasons for doing so, an examiner may make an exception from the method of assessment indicated and allow a student to be assessed by another method. An example of special reasons might be a certificate regarding special pedagogical support from the University's disability coordinator.

Other directives

Student that has failed examination has the right to go through renewed examination four times (= total five examinations). After five failed examinations, the student can lose his 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, i.e. also submission of a so called blank exam. Submission of so called "blank" exam is counted as examination. According to chapter 6, section 22 of the Higher Education Ordinance (1993:100) the student have the right on request to change examiner after two failed examinations. The undergraduate education committee has determined that the following principles of handling of failed examinations should apply: that the student should, to participate in the fourth examination trial, submit a written application to the director of studies/course directors. Director of studies/course directors should then together with the student analyse the situation and when necessary offer support efforts in order to optimise the students preparations before examination. Failed parts/examinations should be completed and passed latest within the framework of the following course in order for the student to be able to continue his/her education without interruption. Exemption - if there are special reasons the student may request for exemption (decision by the programme committee).

Registration of personal data Ordinance of studies etc. At the university and university colleges (THE SWEDISH STATUTE BOOK 1993: 1153) certain student data will be registered. The student has the right to obtain extracts from the personal register (according to the Computer law 1973:289) regarding information that concerns him/her.