Treatment and Nursing in Congestive Heart Failure
Syllabus, Master's level, 3ME019
This course has been discontinued.
- Code
- 3ME019
- Education cycle
- Second cycle
- Main field(s) of study and in-depth level
- Caring Sciences A1N
- Grading system
- Pass (G), Fail (U)
- Finalised by
- The Educational Board of Medicine, 12 December 2017
- Responsible department
- Department of Medical Sciences
Entry requirements
Nursing degree and at least 1 years of professional experience as a nurse.
Learning outcomes
The course shall provide deeper knowledge in the subject of heart failure and the care of this patient group. Furthermore, the student will be trained to review scientific articles critically and increase the ability to use these findings professionally, and for further development.
Content
Physiology, pathophysiology and pathogenesisö.
Urgent heart failure.
Chronic heart failure.
Pharmacological treatment at urgent and chronic heart failure.
The nursing situation of the heart failure patient.
Heart transplants and other alternative treatment methods at severe heart failure.
Instruction
The education takes place part-time primarily through lectures, individual assignment, group assignment, seminars and case studies. Clinical practice within the work on a cardiac insuffiency clinic will also take place.
Assessment
Oral and written presentations take place during the course. At the end of the semester, a written examination will take place.