After completing the course, the student, with minimal assistance and guidance, will be able to collect and analyze patient data, develop a basic plan of nursing care, safely and accurately implement basic nursing interventions, and evaluate the plan's effectiveness.
Special focus is placed on:
- Practical basic nursing skills
- Communication/Interpersonal skills
- Interacting with elderly people
- Ethical reflection
Hygiene skills
Patient hygiene and grooming
Bowel and Urinary elimination
Respiration, circulation, temeperature
Well-being, activity, sleep and rest
Positioning, Transfer and Ambulation
Mealtime Interventions, Dietary Planning
Professional Ethics
Nursing documentation
Communication and interpersonal skills
Nursing care for dying patients
Administration of oral medications and suppositories
Preparation and administration of s.c. injections
Nursing home clinical pracitce placement for 1 + 8 weeks
Written assignments, Discussion gruops
Continous assessment throughout the clinical practice placement
