Study Guide

Objective

The student
- implements multi-professional nursing care for chronically ill and aged patients while taking into consideration the patient's age, growth and development stage, the requirements of ethicality and the care and service setting.
- knows how to assess the resources of patients and families from different cultural backgrounds and knows how to support them in the planning, implementation and evaluation of nursing care.
- plans, implements and evaluates nursing interventions for chronically ill and aged patients and their family members facing common health changes and/or problems and/or crises medical conditions and/or disability and end of life.
- is competent in documentation and oral reporting.

The student
- uses evidence-based interventions developed for medical conditions, infectious diseases, gerontological and dementia nursing care to help, support and counsel patients and family members.
- is competent in common nursing procedures and diagnostic examinations used as part of chronically ill and aged patients' total care.
- knows how to safely plan, implement and evaluate drug and fluid care and blood transfusions for adult and aged patients.
- knows how to implement nutritional care.
- knows how to support and promote chronically ill and aged patients' and families' health and ability to function.
- is able to help and support patients and family members in palliative and end-of-life nursing situations.
- is able to counsel and support patients and families in self-care and rehabilitation.
- is able to counsel patients before and after clinical examinations.
- observes asepsis and is able to explain why this is important in the care of chronically ill and aged patients.

Content

Practical training in settings which allow students to practise nursing chronically ill or aged patients. eDrug Care Certificate. Writing and presentation of an assignment. Competence test.

Evaluation scale

1-5

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

Fail =0
The student
- is not adequately interested and competent in using the knowledge base of client-centred clinical nursing
- cannot adequately explain his/her actions in client-centred clinical nursing
- is not adequately able to apply the professional competence to client-centred clinical nursing
- does not adequately use a client-centred approach or observe patient safety in client-centred clinical nursing
- is not adequately capable of professional decision-making
- does not adequately take into account safety or the ethical principles of the profession
- is not adequately prepared to contribute to the development of client-centred clinical nursing
- is not adequately familiar with or does not know how to use gerontological nursing concepts
- uses the nursing scientific knowledge base narrowly and is not adequately familiar with sources of information in gerontological nursing

Qualifications

Practical Training in Clinical Nursing 1