Innhold

Norwegian Health Care System – Cross Cultural Nursing

Learning Outcome

After successfully completing the course, the candidate will have achieved the following learning outcomes defined in terms of knowledge, skills and general competence.

Knowledge

The candidate has/can

• Knowledge about the Norwegian Health Care system
• Knowledge about concepts in and performance of Nursing in Norway
• Knowledge about Norwegian Nature and Culture

Skills

The candidate can

• Make him/herself clear in communication
• Adjust him/herself toward cultural challenges
• Demonstrate cultural sensitivity, awareness and competence

General Competence

The candidate can

• Explore cultural factors affecting health and health care in Norway
• Appreciate an International approach to nursing
• Cultural Milestones in Norway
• Norwegian Health Care System
• Nursing care in Norway
• Transcultural theories in Nursing; concepts – performance and research

Course Description

Teaching and Learning Methods

Lessons and reflection groups

Assessment Methods

Participation in learning activities

Mental Health Care

Learning outcome

After successfully completing the course, the candidate will have achieved the following learning outcomes defined in terms of knowledge, skills and general competence.

Knowledge

The candidate has/can

• Broad knowledge of nursing responsibilities and functions in mental health care
• Knowledge of how mental illness affects people’s basic needs, resources and coping skills
• Knowledge of basic nursing care for people with mental illnesses
• Knowledge about various treatments related to patients with mental disorders inclusive medication
• Insight into how the framework of the practical training institution affects nursing of people with mental illnesses
• Update their knowledge in the field of mental health and implement evidence-based nursing care for people with mental illnesses

Skills

The candidate can:

• Carry out nursing functions in various interactions with patients and their families in mental health care
• Integrate and apply relevant scientific knowledge in the nursing of patients with mental disorders
• Apply nursing’s problem-solving approaches in relation to patients with mental disorders
• Observe and assess how mental illness affects basic needs, resources and coping skills
• Master appropriate nursing- methodology
• Carry out professionally appropriate nursing documentation
• Reflect on their own professional practice and assess the need for change
• Reflect on how nursing is carried out in relation to organization and management structures in the institution where the practical training takes place
• Master the administration of medication correctly and responsibly and document effects and side effects

General competence

The candidate can:

• Plan and implement practice of the profession based on ethical guidelines, applicable laws and regulations and reflect on ethical issues
• Identify ethical dilemmas and propose appropriate action
• Communicate relevant subject material such as theories, questions and solutions both orally and in writing
• Explain and propose nursing assessments in professional, interdisciplinary and inter-departmental cooperation
• Assess their own learning needs, seek out learning situations and integrate relevant knowledge

Course Description

Clinical studies in mental health care with a focus on integration of knowledge, skills and attitudes related to:

Patient Nurse Interaction Context

Teaching and Learning Methods

Clinical nursing in mental health care is organized by learning activities like

Demonstration, Clinical performance, Guidance and Reflection – individually and in groups

Assessment Methods

Clinical nursing in mental health care - graded on a Pass/Fail basis

Course requirements:
- developing individual learning agreement & participation in reflection groups

Nursing care in Surgery ward

Learning outcome

After successfully completing the course, the candidate will have achieved the following learning outcomes defined in terms of knowledge, skills and general competence.

Knowledge

The candidate has knowledge of:

• How illness, examinations and surgical treatment affect acutely ill patients’ basic needs,
• resources and ability to cope
• How the organizational and functional framework and health policy priorities of the student’s practical training institution affect health nursing services
• Medication calculation and can update their knowledge in this area.

Skills

The candidate can:

• Observe and evaluate acutely ill patients’ health, capacity for self-care, ability to meet their basic needs, and coping skills
• Assess patient needs and define goals for nursing, planning, prioritizing, implementation, documentation and evaluation in the nursing of acutely ill patients
• Perform pre- and postoperative nursing
• Prevent postoperative complications and worsening of illness, and consider further measures to ensure this
• Inform, guide and instruct acutely ill patients and their families
• Master basic and specific nursing skills, and use common medical equipment with accuracy, attention and dexterity
• Administer medications accurately and responsibly, and report on the efficacy and side effects of drugs
• Use documentation systems in the practical training institutions
• Work using evidence-based practice
• Use appropriate communication skills with patients, families and health personnel
• Integrate knowledge from the natural sciences, social sciences and nursing sciences
• Master skills in medication management.

General competence

The candidate can:

• Follow professional ethical guidelines, applicable laws and regulations
• Argue for appropriate choices in ethical dilemmas
• Participate in professional and interdisciplinary collaboration within and outside the specialist health services
• Carry out a nurse’s administrative tasks for a small group of patients
• Plan, assess and communicate their learning processes and outcome
• Seek and receive guidance
• Reflect on their own behaviour and professional practice in their interactions with patients and their families.

Course Description

Clinical nursing in a surgical ward including observational studies of anesthesia, intensive care and surgery, which is designed to focus on the integration of knowledge, skills and attitudes related to:

• Patient
• Nurse
• Interaction
• Context

Teaching and Learning Methods

Clinical nursing in mental health care is organized by learning activities like

• Demonstration
• Clinical performance
• Guidance
• Reflection – individually and in groups

Assessment Methods

Clinical nursing in specialist health services - graded on a Pass/Fail basis.

Course requirements:

- developing individual learning agreement & participation in reflection groups

Nursing Care in Community Health Care

Learning outcome

After successfully completing the course, the candidate will have achieved the following learning outcomes defined in terms of knowledge, skills and general competence.

Knowledge

The candidate has knowledge of:

• The organizational system for Community Health care
• The legal framework for the practice of nursing and local health services
• The theoretical foundation in Family Nursing

• Local health promotion and preventive care for children 0 – 18 years
• The relationship between social development, living conditions and individual health challenges for children and their families

Skills

The candidate can:

• Explain and apply psychological, educational and sociological / socio-cultural theories and nursing theories to practical and theoretical issues
• Reflect upon the nurse’s opportunities for improving public health for children and their families in the municipality

• Perform nursing care in a Family Nursing Context

General competence

The candidate can:

• Has insight into the importance social context when planning and performing professional nursing issues

Course Description

Clinical nursing in community Health Care includes Preventive Health Care at “Helsestasjon” (in English; Preventive Health Care Clinic); focusing Family Care - Mother & Child Care. The practical placement is designed to focus on integration of knowledge, skills and attitudes related to;

• Patien – Nurse – Interaction and Contect

Teaching and Learning Methods

Clinical nursing in mental health care is organized by learning activities like

• Demonstration
• Clinical performance
• Guidance
• Reflection – individually and in groups

Assessment Methods

Clinical nursing in Community Health Care is graded on a Pass/Fail basis..

Course requirements:

- developing individual learning agreement & participation in reflection groups

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