General provisions

The course is offered in term 2 in the Nursing programme and is a continuation of the contents of the Nursing and Nursing method I 15 credits. 4.5 credits of the course are theoretical studies and 7.5 credits clinical placement .

The clinical placements are located to either medical, surgical, geriatric wards or to different housing types in municipal activities.

The course aims to that the student develops and deepens his/her knowledge in nursing, and develops a professional and scientific approach

Entry requirements

The course Nursing and Nursing methods I, 15 credits

Learning outcomes

Knowledge and understanding

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

- describe the nursing process and its application to basic nursing work

- describe the concept of evidence-based nursing

- describe the meaning of a professional approach

- explain the meaning of an individual approach and in the actual meeting with the patient and listening to him/her to consider the patient's point of view regarding his/her life situation

- apply the basis for assessment of patients' nursing needs, nursing planning and nursing process

- describe and concretise the importance of the nursing environment in nursing

- describe ethical, cultural and gender aspects in nursing

- explain the grounds for discrimination

- outline the needs - and interaction theories in relation to communication and treatment

- outline laws, statutes, regulations and local guidelines

- describe the meaning of professional nursing care in the final stage of life and in cases of death

- describe the quality- and safety aspects in nursing care

- concretise the meaning of information and communication technology (ICT)

- account for hospital hygienic principles

- describe the basic principles for measuring blood pressures, pulse, respiration and body temperature

- account for origin, observation and prevention of pressure sores

- account for basic wound care

- outline the importance of nutritional status in nursing

- describe the principles of literature review

- describe the principles and methods of quantitative and qualitative research approaches

- describe the basic statistical concepts and bivariate analyses

Skills and ability

On completion of the course, the student will be able to

- apply an ethical and professional approach in meeting with patients

- based on a holistic perspective and with a nursing theoretical anchorage plan nursing care for patients and perform basic nursing care

- apply the steps of the nursing process to identify and solve nursing problems

- describe nursing situations with the help of nursing theoretical theories, models and concepts

- implement basic nursing interventions in collaboration with other

- relate and apply the nursing profession's governing document to specific nursing situations

- describe and process a specific nursing situation based on nursing theories, nursing environment and laws and statutes

- implement a minor literature survey in the form of a short essay

Judgement and approach

On completion of the course, the student will demonstrate the ability to:

- reflect on the concept of evidence-based nursing

- establish trusting relationship with people regardless of gender, sex and cultural background and reflect on own role in communication and treatment

- reflect on the importance of the physical and psychosocial nursing environment for the patient

- in nursing interventions respect the patient's integrity and autonomy

- reflect on specific nursing problems in the final stage of life and death

- reflect on nursing situations based on nursing theories, models and concepts

- identify and formulate ethical problems in specific nursing situations and reflect on these based on ethical principles

- identify and reflect on problems on the basis of grounds of discrimination

- reflect on the importance of information and communication technology (ICT) in the nursing work

- reflect on the importance of a professional and scientific approach

- identify own learning needs and be reflective and active in supervision situations

- at a basic level evaluate scientifically presented knowledge based on quantitative and qualitative methods

Content

HEALTH SCIENCES WITH FOCUS ON NURSING

The course consists of theoretical studies and clinical placement.

- the nursing process and its application to basic nursing work

- evidence-based nursing

- professional treatment of patients, families/close relations and staff

- ethical, cultural, gender and equality aspects in nursing

- the importance of nursing environment, hygienic principles and safety regulations

- discrimination grounds

- needs - and interaction theories related to communication and treatment

- quality - and safety aspects in the nursing care

- laws, statutes, regulations and local guidelines

- information and communication technology (ICT)

- nursing in the final stage of life

- methods and documentation regarding blood pressure, pulse, respiration, body temperature and fluid- and food intake

- basic nursing interventions of fluid- and food intake, weight control, oral hygiene, eliminating, personal hygiene, making beds, mobilising and bedridden complications

- basic wound care

- ergonomics

- governing documents for the nursing profession

- literature study as a method

- quantitative and qualitative research methodology

- basic statistical concepts and bivariate analyses

Instruction

The student shall seek and apply evidence-based knowledge and in nursing - and treatment follow current statutes and ordinances.

WORKING METHODS

Lectures, work in cohort groups, individual work, seminars and web-based teaching and clinical/practical proficiency training. Clinical placement with organised supervision.

COMPULSORY PARTS

Introduction to course, scheduled cohort group meetings, seminars, clinical/practical proficiency training, clinical placement, study assignments with written presentation and examination.

Assessment

Examination is continuous throughout the course in the form of written and oral assignments individually and in groups. The assignments are examined during the current course based on the guidelines (date and time), stated by course coordinator/examiner. During clinical placement, examinations are conducted on clinical/practical skills and specific theoretical assignments and on professional approach, treatment and co-operation ability. All parts and written individual final examination must be approved in order to the course in its entirety will be regarded as passed.

Other regulations

Student who has failed examination may retake examinations four times (= total five examinations). Student who has not passed in clinical placement has the right to retake the clinical placement once.

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 shall be decided for the student and given to him or her in writing. This plan, decided by the programme committee, must state the knowledge and skill shortages at hand, the support the student may receive 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 accepted 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.