Study Guide

Objectives (course unit)

The student
- masters essential evidence based knowledge and skills of the emergency and high dependency unit patient’s nursing
- masters essential monitoring, assessment and supporting of vital functions of the emergency and high dependency unit patient’s
- is able to implement the nursing process of an acutely ill in varied care facilities
- takes the crisis caused by an acute situation into consideration and supports the patient and family
- is able to act professionally according to patient safety and ethical principles in nursing in emergency and high dependency care circumstances in varied care facilities
- masters essential knowledge about continuity and health promotion for the advanced clinical nursing practice of emergency and high dependency unit patients
- masters promoting of coping of the patient and family
- is able to implement the principles of sustainability in nursing emergency and high dependency unit patient’s nursing
- is able to work in multidisciplinary team
- reflects on own actions, sees the development needs and positively effects the work environment.

Content (course unit)

Contents: 6 weeks of clinical training in Emergency unit or High dependency unit or wards with a High dependency unit

Assessment criteria, pass/fail (course unit)

Approved:
The student
- is able to implement evidence based knowledge in the care of emergency and high dependency unit patients
- is able to implement fluid- and pharmacotherapy and calculates accurately
- is able implement the nursing process for acutely ill patients individually while taking family and health promotion into consideration in emergency and high dependency units
- is able to use needed and varied observation and nursing methods in emergency and high dependency nursing
- is able to implement ethical principles in ethical decision making with acutely ill patients in emergency and high dependency units
- puts into practice the principles of sustainability, patient safety, and professionalism with acutely ill patients in emergency and high dependency units
- masters individual guidance taking the needs of the acutely ill and the family into consideration in emergency and high dependency nursing
- is able to work in multidisciplinary team
- reflects on own actions, sees the development needs and positively effects the work environment
Failed:
The student:
- Is not responsible for one’s learning, and cannot utilise feedback for professional growth, or enhancing the work environment
- repeatedly neglects preparation for procedures and/or implementation of the nursing process
- is incapable of implementing evidence based knowledge in the care of emergency and high dependency unit patients
- is incapable of implementing fluid- and pharmacotherapy and calculates inaccurately
- is incapable of implementing the nursing process for acutely ill patients individually.
- does not take family and health promotion into consideration in emergency and high dependency units
- is incapable of using needed and varied observation and nursing methods in emergency and high dependency nursing
- is incapable of implementing ethical principles in ethical decision making with acutely ill patients in emergency and high dependency units
- does not put into practice the principles of sustainability, patient safety, and professionalism with acutely ill patients in emergency and high dependency units
- does not provide individual guidance taking the needs of the acutely ill and the family into consideration in emergency and high dependency nursing
- is able to work in multidisciplinary team

Assessment scale

0-5