course-details-portlet

VPP3002D

Supervised Practicum in Mental Health Ward

This course is no longer taught and is only available for examination.

Credits 15
Level Third-year courses, level III
Language of instruction Norwegian
Location Gjøvik
Examination arrangement Assessment of Practicum

About

About the course

Course content

  • Nursing of patients with psychiatric disorders
  • 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

Knowledge- the student: has knowledge about disease prevention and health-promoting work in the specialist health services has knowledge about factors that influence basic needs in acutely, critically and chronically ill patients with psychiatric disorders

Skills- the student: masters nursing interventions in accordance with requirements of sound and knowledge-based practice for acutely, critically and chronically ill patients with psychiatric disorders teaches, supervises and informs different target groups in the specialist health services leads and manages nursing to groups of patients and members of staff under supervision shows the ability to approach the practice field and his/her own practice and learning process in a critical, innovative and analytical manner utilises relevant theoretical knowledge and research results and connects them to quality development in practice masters data collection, reporting and documentation related to a decline in basic needs communicates patient information between different trajectories of care 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 nursing practice shows the ability to engage in purposeful inter-professional cooperation behaves, cooperates and practices nursing in accordance with ethical requirements and guidelines

Learning methods and activities

  • Learning by experience
  • Reflection and tutoring individually and in groups
  • Mandatory coursework requirements: See assessment portfolio

Further on evaluation

Utfyllende om kontinuasjon: Students who don't pass, can get another try after contacting the leader of the study. Vurderingsformer: See curriculum for study unit 2 for spesific criterias.

Specific conditions

Admission to a programme of study is required:
Nursing (BSPLD)

Required previous knowledge

VPK2012D - Supervised Practicum 2 (Surgical Ward) or VPM2012 - Supervised Practicum 2 (Medical Ward) PRU2002D SPL2031D SPL2041D

Course materials

Litterature in the curriculum for study unit 2.

Credit reductions

Course code Reduction From
VPP3002 15 sp Autumn 2018
This course has academic overlap with the course in the table above. If you take overlapping courses, you will receive a credit reduction in the course where you have the lowest grade. If the grades are the same, the reduction will be applied to the course completed most recently.

Subject areas

  • Nursing and Midwife

Contact information

Course coordinator

Lecturers

Department with academic responsibility

Department of Health Sciences Gjøvik

Examination

Examination

Examination arrangement: Assessment of Practicum
Grade: Passed / Not Passed

Ordinary examination - Spring 2024

Assessment of Practicum
Weighting 100/100

All about examinations at NTNU