Study Guide

Objectives (course unit)

The student
- is able to act professionally according to patient safety and ethical principles in nursing in advanced medical- surgical nursing and palliative care circumstances in varied care facilities
- masters essential evidence based knowledge and skills of the advanced clinical nursing
- knows the most common illnesses and is able to recognise disturbances in vital functions of patients
- is able to implement knowledge in different stages of the nursing process for patients individually while taking family and health promotion into consideration in advanced clinical nursing
- is able to implement the principles of sustainability in nursing
- is able to work in multidisciplinary team
- reflects on own actions, sees the development needs and positively effects the work community.

Content (course unit)

Contents: clinical training in Medical- Surgical wards or Medical- Surgical outpatient clinics or specialised care’s Home hospitals

Assessment criteria, pass/fail (course unit)

Pass
The student
- masters and is able to implement evidence based knowledge on advanced clinical nursing
- knows the most common illnesses and is able to recognise disturbances in vital functions of patients
- masters essentials of fluid- and pharmacotherapy and calculates accurately
- is able to analyse and implement knowledge in different stages of the nursing process for patients individually while taking family and health promotion into consideration in advanced clinical nursing
- masters varied observation and nursing methods in advanced clinical nursing
- understands ethical principles in nursing and is able to implement them in ethical decision making with patients in advanced clinical nursing
- understands the meaning of sustainability, patient safety, and professionalism via putting it into action in advanced clinical nursing
- masters individual guidance taking the needs of the person with long term condition and the family into consideration in advanced clinical nursing

Fail
The student
- is not responsible for one’s learning, and cannot utilise feedback for professional growth
- repeatedly neglects preparation for procedures and/or implementation of the nursing process
- is not able to implement evidence based knowledge on advanced clinical nursing
- does not know the most common illnesses and is not able to recognise disturbances in vital functions of patients and is not capable of gaining the knowledge after feedback
- does not master essentials of fluid- and pharmacotherapy and calculates inaccurately
- is not able to analyse and implement knowledge in different stages of the nursing process for patients individually in advanced clinical nursing
- does not take family and health promotion into consideration in advanced clinical nursing
- does not master varied observation and nursing methods in advanced clinical nursing
- does not understand ethical principles in nursing and is not able to implement them in ethical decision making with patients in advanced clinical nursing
- does not put principles of sustainability, patient safety, and professionalism into action in advanced clinical nursing
- is not able to provide individual guidance taking the needs of the client and the family into consideration in advanced clinical nursing

Assessment scale

Pass/Fail