Learning outcome

Knowledge

The candidate can:

• Analyze how long-term illness, complex failing health, aging and rehabilitation affect people’s ability to cope and their capacity to fulfil their basic needs
• Integrate knowledge from the study programme’s courses in the planning, implementing, documentation, reporting and evaluation of the nursing of patients of all ages with a health risk or long-term and complex health failure

Skills

The candidate can:

• Identify worsening illness and implement appropriate measures
• Strengthen the patient’s and his/her family’s ability to cope with long-term illness

General competence

The candidate can:

• Analyze the relationships between people’s health, disease, living conditions, culture and society
• Defend his/her views on ethical, health, social and cultural issues in reporting and meetings with partners
• Take responsibility for supervising and delegating work to a group of colleagues/students in the municipality
• Impart knowledge of his/her own practice in interdisciplinary and inter-departmental collaboration
• Identify the need for change/professional development in nursing services in the municipality
• Communicate their own learning process and outcomes in relation to aims - guidance - and evaluation talks

Course Description

Clinical studies - 8 weeks - home nursing with a focus on the integration of knowledge, skills and attitudes related to:

• The patient
• The nurse
• Interaction
• Context

Teaching and Learning Methods

Clinical studies - 8 weeks of home nursing; demonstration - practice - case studies - guidance - reflection.

Assessment Methods

Clinical studies, 8 weeks in home nursing - assessed on a pass/fail basis.

All clinical courses must have received passing grades.

Course requirements:

Requirements are specified in the course plan.

Minor adjustments may occur during the academic year, subject to the decision of the Dean