Practical Training in Paediatric Nursing (6cr)

Evaluation scale

1-5

Objective

Students implement multi-professional family nursing care while taking into consideration the patient's age, growth and development stage, the requirements of ethicality and the care and service setting. Students know how to assess the resources of patients and families from different cultural backgrounds and how to support them in the planning, implementation and evaluation of nursing care. Students plan, implement and evaluate nursing interventions for children, young people and family members facing common health changes and/or problems and/or crises. Students are competent in nursing documentation and oral reporting. Students use evidence-based inerventions to help, support and counsel children and young people and their families. They safely plan, implement and evaluate drug and fluid care of children and young people. Students support and promote children's, young people's and families' health and ability to function. They are able to counsel and support children, young people and family members in self-care. Students evaluate their professional competence from the perspectives of strengths and development needs.

Content

Practical training in placements which allow students to practise nursing children, adolescents and families. Electronic Drug Care Certificate. Assignments.

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

Fail = 0
Students
- do not adequately appreciate or use the knowledge base of client-centred clinical nursing
- are not adequately able to give reasons for their chosen actions in client-centred clinical nursing
-are not adequately able to apply to practice their knowledge of client-centred clinical nursing
-are not capable of adequate client-centred and safe clinical practice
-do not possess adequate decision-making skills for client-centred clinical nursing
-do not adequately take into consideration safety or ethical principles in client-centred clinical nursing
-are not prepared to develop client-centred clinical nursing

Qualifications

Paediatric Nursing
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