Advanced Nursing Studies (6cr)

Objective

ETHICAL COMPETENCE

Students will be competent in working in an ethical manner and behave appropropriately in interaction with people from different ethnic backgrounds. They will treat their colleagues fairly and with respect.

COMPETENCE IN HEALTH PROMOTION

Students will be competent in promoting health as experts in nursing.

CLINICAL COMPETENCE AND INNOVATION COMPETENCE

Students will be competent in working according to evidence-based nursing principles. They will also be competent in critically evaluating nursing and developing quality in the profession. Students will know how to plan, implement and evaluate a patient's care together with the patient and his/her family members, and with multi-professional teams. They will have command of the nursing interventions commonly used and know how to carry them out safely and economically. Students will also have a comprehensive understanding of drug care. They will be able to work in different nursing situations prioritising their actions in constantly changing situations. Students will be competent in working as co-ordinators of care and in counseling patients and their family members in the various stages of care. Students will be competent to document nursing according to data protection and safety rules and to transfer patient records with the patient's permission.

Content

Common contents and specialities in nursing. Special issues in medicine

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Students
-act with initiative and responsibility in patient and client situations; understand the meaning of clientship
-understand that health promotion is part of nursing expertise
-can describe the principles of evidence-based nursing as part of developing nursing practice and quality
-understand that decision-making has to start with the patients' and families' needs for care
-are familiar with patient and personal safety issues in nursing
-their theoretical understanding is narrow and actions inconsequent, superficial and mechanical.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

Students
- apply profession-specific ethical principles and evidence-based knowledge in their action, but without more profound reflection and evaluation
- as experts of nursing, know how to apply knowledge of health promotion
- know how to meet patients' and their families' individual needs and take their resources into consideration
-management of the patient's comprehensive care and ability to apply knowledge in new situations is still somewhat lacking

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

Students
- develop their action critically and apply profession-specific ethical principles and evidence-based knowledge even in complicated and ad hoc situations
- are competent to manage the overall situation and to take appropriate action
- collaborate and take others into consideration in a flexible manner
- evaluate health promotion with help of evidence-based knowledge and take patients' and their families' resources into consideration
- assess individual needs for care and support the coping of patients and their families
-analyse and evaluate nursing practice constructively using evidence-based knowledge and are qualifed to develop nursing in various settings
-analyse and evaluate their professional action and work community openly and critically
-approach patients and families professionally and support their resources
- demonstrate creativity and ability to develop new practices

Qualifications

Nursing in different environments 1,2,3,4/5