Course content

• Nursing of patients who receive municipal health services
• The ethical competence of the nursing profession
• Disease prevention and health-promoting work
• Teaching and supervision
• Organisation and leadership in nursing
• Professional and quality development in nursing

Learning outcome

Expected learning outcomes:

Knowledge - the student:

• has knowledge about disease treatment and prevention, and health-promoting work in the municipal health service
• has knowledge about legislation and regulations that regulate responsibilities and coordination in the health services

Skills - the student:

• shows readiness to act in disease prevention and health-promoting work in the municipal health service
• masters nursing interventions in accordance with requirements of sound and knowledge-based practice
• teaches, supervises and informs different target groups in the municipal health service
• leads and manages nursing to groups of patients and members of staff under supervision
• shows the ability to approach the practice field, his/her own practice of nursing and his/her own learning process in a critical, innovative and analytical manner
• utilises relevant knowledge and research results and connects them to quality development in practice
• masters data collection and reporting
• masters electronic documentation and communication of patient-related information between different service levels and areas
• shows insight into how e-health can contribute to increased involvement of patients and their relatives in healthcare
• ensures the provision of holistic nursing to people regardless of gender, age, religion or nationality
• shows insight into ongoing professional and quality development projects in the relevant clinical area

General competence - the student:

• initiates discussions about professional and ethical problems
• shows the ability to participate in practical cooperation structures for a sound nursing practice
• shows the ability to engage in purposeful inter-professional cooperation
• behaves, cooperates and practices nursing in accordance with ethical requirements and guidelines for nursing

Learning methods and activities

• Tutoring simulation
• Required written work
• Requirements course
• Requirements according to assessment of practicum

See further information in Blackboard.

Specific conditions

Required previous knowledge

VPK2012D Supervised practicum 2 (surgical ward) or VPM2012D Supervised practicum 2 (medical ward) or VPP2012D Supervised practicum 2 (mental health ward)