Study Guide

Objectives

The course provides the skills and knowledge to be able to work in advanced clinical nursing environments.

After completing the course, the student
• Knows the essential content of an advanced medical-surgical patient assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of nursing in diverse environments of nursing work.
• Utilizes evidence-based information at different stages of the care path.
• Can act in advanced clinical nursing environment safely and in accordance with ethical principles.
• Can support the patient and his/her family.
• Can evaluate and develop his own activities in a multi-professional environment.

Content

Supervised clinical training in advanced clinical nursing environments.

Prerequisites

At the beginning of the Optional Professional Studies, the student must have completed 135 credits. These should include theoretical studies of the area which the student has chosen for the Optional Professional Studies, as well as courses in anatomy and physiology and minimum six supervised clinical training courses.

Participation in the course Demanding Clinical Nursing Work.

Assessment criteria, pass/fail

Pass:
The student
• Knows the basics of medical-surgical nursing assessment, implementation, and evaluation.
• Utilizes evidence-based information at different stages of the care path.
• Can act under supervision in nursing environment safely and in accordance with ethical principles.
• Can support the patient and his family under guidance.
• Can evaluate and develop his own activities under supervision in a multi-professional. environment as a member of a team.
• Takes responsibility for his/her own learning.

Fail:
The student:
• Is not able to perform under supervision in medical-surgical nursing assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation.
• Does not perform nursing under guidance, and does not know how to justify his/her actions.
• Does not utilize evidence-based information at different stages of the care path.
• Does not know how to work under supervision in nursing environment safely and in accordance with ethical principles.
• Does not know how to support the patient and his/her family under guidance.
• Does not know how to evaluate and develop his/her own activities under guidance in a multi-professional environment as a member of a team.
• Does not take responsibility for his/her own learning.
• Acts dishonestly.