PRAKSB1001 Clinical nursing with focus on basic needs

Contents and structure

The course emphasises knowledge of basic needs and nursing of elderly and individuals in need of help. Central to the course is the acquisition of practical skills. Emphasis will be placed on reflection and knowledge of the patient's experience of his or her own situation.

Practical information

• The student must be prepared to carry out practical training in the district (practical training sites on contracts with HVL campus Stord).
• Staff at practical training site/the student make out a rota of 240 hours, equally distributed over 8 weeks.
• During practical studies the student will focus on clinical work through direct contact with patients and next of kin.
• The rota must be approved by teacher and student supervisor/contact nurse at the practical training site during week 1 or 2.
• The student must by and large adhere to the rota of the contact nurse.
• The student must work day, evening, weekends and night (where feasible).
• Group tutorial with teacher is obligatory and counts as practical training.
• For practical period to be considered as passed, the student must have been present at least 90% of the scheduled time.
• Absence exceeding 10%, regardless of cause, results in failed practical training.
• The student is encouraged to continuously obtain any absence up to 10% (days 1-3), if possible for the practical training site.
• Should illness or other unaccountable circumstances result in absence exceeding 10%, hand in "Absence with doctor's certificate during exam" and a doctor's certificate (or other valid documentation) to the study administration no later than 3 working days after acceptable absence, otherwise the practical training will be regarded as a failed attempt.
• Absence between 10% and 20% can still, if possible, be obtained during practical training in agreement with contact nurse and teacher.
• In special cases, absence can be obtained up to one week after the practical period should have ended. In such cases, Head of nursing department has decision-making authority.
• Change of shifts without approval from nurse or instructor counts as absence.
• The student is responsible for reporting absence to the department.
• Obligatory initial, midway and final conversations will be carried out in all practical periods lasting 8 weeks. Midway and final conversations are carried out in accordance with the assessment form AssCE (cf. guide to AssCE form).
• The obligatory assignments must be approved by the teacher in order for the student to pass the practical period.
• If a practical period is not passed/not completed, the student has to carry out a new practical period in whole, with corresponding tasks. This must be carried out regardless of the cause of the non-passing/non-completion.

For further information the student, contact nurse and student supervisor are asked to consult the curriculum for practical studies.

Learning Outcome

Knowledge:

The Student:

• Has knowledge about meeting and cooperating with patients and next of kin.
• Has knowledge of safeguarding to maintain basic needs.
• Has basic knowledge of nutrition physiology , microbiology and hygiene .
• Has knowledge of the body's normal structure and function (anatomy and physiology).
• Has knowledge of the connection between failure in the body's functional ability and the need for nursing.
• Has knowledge of relevant means of communication, especially communication promoting client participation and interaction with patients and their next of kin.
• Has knowledge of the nursing process as a method in practising nursing to patients living in nursing homes or who receive municipal aid.
• Has knowledge of correct work techniques, especially techniques of handling and moving.
• Has knowledge of preparations, examinations and nursing procedures in relation to basic nursing.
• Is familiar with the distribution of responsibility in the different areas of work at the practical training site.
• Has knowledge of current guidelines, including ethical guidelines and principles as well as regulations and legislation.

Skills:

The Student:

• Uses purposeful communication verbally and non-verbally with patients, next of kin and co-workers.
• Uses relevant principles for information, guidance and instruction for patients, next of kin and other collaborators.
• Identifies, assesses, prioritises, plans, implements, follows up, reports and documents the patient's/user's need for nursing, meeting the demand for basic needs. This is carried out in agreement with the patient, the next of kin and other co-workers.
• Maps the resources and restrictions of the patient in accordance with basic needs.
• Is able to identify the body's normal responses to internal and external influences.
• Uses relevant mapping tools.
• Uses knowledge in microbiology and attends to hygienic principles.
• Manages equipment and appliances in a safe manner.
• Carries out correct work techniques, including techniques of moving and handling.
• Works systematically and modifies the pace of work according to allocated work tasks.
• Cooperates with next of kin and uses their knowledge and resources as contributions to a meaningful and active milieu at the nursing home.
• Works interdisciplinary, cooperates with own as well as other occupational groups about work tasks.
• Prevents complications and attends to the safety of the patient in line with updated knowledge.
• Attends to the patient¿s autonomy and integrity in accordance with ethical and legal guidelines.
• Uses knowledge from syllabus, research and development work in the nursing practise.
• Reflects on own professional practise and adjusts it during guidance.
• Is familiar with the guidelines at the department and complies with them.

General Competence:

The Student:

• Demonstrates insight into the significance of communication in promoting trust and establishing a sense of safety in patients and their next of kin.
• Demonstrates independence, accuracy and a professional justifiable manner of all kinds of nursing, for example through carrying out nursing procedures, management of drugs and through examinations and treatment.
• Complies with the duty of confidentiality and acts in accordance with professional, ethical and legal guidelines.
• Demonstrates respect, understanding and charity and takes each person¿s situation and perception seriously, regardless of culture, religion and perception of reality.
• Demonstrates responsibility for own learning, takes initiative in learning situations and utilises instruction actively and constructively.
• Demonstrates an ability to reflect critically on own capability to practise nursing to patients/users in nursing homes or similar settings.

Entry requirements

Complete compulsory work approved 1st semester in relation to SYKSB1021 and SYKSB1031.

Recommended previous knowledge

Previous subjects

Teaching methods

Integration of theory and practise, guidance and reflection, teamwork, supervised practical training/student follow-up, demonstrations, written obligatory assignments/work and digital assignments, oral presentation, project work, classmate response, skills training, reflection notes, self evaluation, seminars.

Compulsory learning activities

Compulsory days with introduction to practical training, 1st semester.

Assessment

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