Practical Training in Medical Nursing (8cr)

Objective

Students implement multi-professional nursing care for medical, infectious and palliative patients 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 know how to support them in the planning, implementation and evaluation of nursing care. Students plan, implement and evaluate nursing interventions for medical, infectious and palliative patients and family members of all ages facing common medical and infectious conditions and end of life. Students are competent in documentation and oral reporting. They use evidence-based interventions developed for medical conditions, infectious diseases and palliative problems to help, support and counsel patients and family members of all ages. Students are competent in common nursing procedures and diagnostic examinations used as part of medical, infectious, palliative patients' total care. Students know how to safely plan, implement and evaluate drug and fluid care and blood transfusions for adult patients. Students know how to implement nutritional care. They know how to support and promote patients' and families' health and ability to function. Students are able to help and support patients and family members of all ages in palliative and end-of-life nursing situations. Students are able to counsel and support patients and families of all ages in self-care. They counsel patients before and after clinical examinations. Students observe asepsis and are able to explain why this is important in the care of chronically ill patients. Students evaluate their professional competence critically from the perspectives of strengths and development needs.

Content

Practical training in settings which allow students to practise nursing with medical and/or infectious and/or palliative patients. eDrug Care Certificate. Writing and presentation of an assignment. Competence test.

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

Assessment criterias written in the sudy entity of Practical Training in Clinical Nursing during the middle phase of the studies.

Qualifications

Workshops, skills labs, simulation, drug calculations
Practical Training in Client-Centred Clinical Nursing