Child Health Care and School Health in Primary Health Care Nursing
Syllabus, Master's level, 3FV356
- Code
- 3FV356
- Education cycle
- Second cycle
- Main field(s) of study and in-depth level
- Caring Sciences A1N
- Grading system
- Fail (U), Pass (G)
- Finalised by
- The Board of the Nursing Programmes, 8 May 2019
- Responsible department
- Department of Public Health and Caring Sciences
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
9. carry out life saving first aid on children and adolescents as well as be able to use medical engineering equipment in a safe way
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
Life saving first aid on children
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 Thorell-Ekstrand, I., 2009) and clinical examinations related to the aims of the course.
Other directives
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.