SK150 Basic nursing. Subject 1

After completing the subject, the student shall have been given an understanding of and experience in nursing as a profession based on the patient's basic needs, resources and state of health.

The student:

• Has a knowledge of the basic concepts of nursing and the history of nursing
• Has a knowledge of the nurse's role in interdisciplinary work
• Can explain knowledge about basic human needs and has insight into research and professional development in this area.
• Can explain normal aging and the special needs of the elderly and has insight into research and professional development in this area.
• Asks professional questions and shows the ability for reflection and critical assessment
• Shows respect for the patient's autonomy and integrity
• Can master various definitions and key theories, concepts and models in nursing, and uses these in compulsory assignments and nursing documentation.
• Has a knowledge of and uses the nursing process as a problem-solving method and interpersonal process in assessing and practicing nursing of elderly patients with unfulfilled basic needs.
• Has a knowledge of, performs and states the reasons for basic nursing procedures
• Has a knowledge of and utilises hygienic principles
• Is training to manage and critically evaluate his/her own work

Medication test (subject 4) must be passed before commencing the clinical practice programmes of study in subject 1.

The subject includes research and professional development related to the patient's basic needs and to the nursing of the elderly.

Breakdown of the content by subject:

• Basic principles and history
• Hygiene
• Circulation and activity
• Respiration and body temperature
• Nutrition, elimination and sleep and rest
• Sense of confidence and contact with others
• Nursing the elderly, stroke and dementia
• Spiritual and existential care

• • Introductory lectures
  • Study groups with and without guidance, where the students work on assignments that emphasise the nursing process as a method
  • Work on written assignments
  • Training in basic nursing procedures at the nursing skills centre
  • Active use of PPS (Practical clinical procedures in the nursing service) with assessment of the knowledge that a nurse needs in order to perform basic practical nursing procedures
  • Individual study
  • Assignments and written work, both individually and in groups with feedback from the teacher and response from fellow students
  • Clinics offering clinical practice with a focus on various topics

8 weeks of patient-oriented clinical practice in a nursing home. The clinical practice period in subject 1 comes after completed instruction in subject 3, subject 4 and subject 5.

None.

• ·Introductory lectures

  ·Instruction and active training at the nursing skills centre

  ·Study groups with and without guidance

  ·Nursing plan in clinical practice

  ·Assignments in nutrition

SK150 003 Clinical practice programme of study in basic nursing. Passed/failed.

SK150 001 Basic nursing. Portfolio assessment. Individual. Weighting 50 %. Letter grade.
Portfolio: five written assignments based on subject areas in basic nursing.
Presentation folder: two assignments will be selected by faculty members for the presentation folder.

With the grade of F or with an improvement of the portfolio, there will be a new selection among the five written assignments in the portfolio.

SK150 002 Basic nursing. Practical test with oral examination. Individual. Weighting 50 %. Letter grade

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