General provisions

The course is included in the Specialist nursing programme with focus on district nurse and consists of 15 credits of which 6 credits are clinical placement . The theoretical part consists of 9 credits.

Entry requirements

Admitted to the Specialist nursing programme, with focus on district nurse 75 credits.

Learning outcomes

On completion of the course, the student will be able to

Knowledge an understanding

• demonstrate advanced knowledge of the development of adults and older people's health and life situation from a national, international, historical and socio-cultural perspective.
• demonstrate advanced knowledge in national, international and historical public health care work and public health political goals for adults and older people.
• demonstrate advanced knowledge about different levels in public health work
• demonstrate advanced knowledge in health theories and health determinants
• demonstrate advanced knowledge of the connection between social development and endemic illnesses
• demonstrate advanced knowledge of various methods and strategies in public health work, county council and municipal policies and goals in public health work
• demonstrate advanced knowledge of different actors' role in health promotion and nursing work, co-operation forms within the field of competence, health promotion - and nursing work for specific target groups
• demonstrate advanced knowledge of strategies and research methods for planning, implementation and evaluation of health promotion and nursing work
• demonstrate advanced knowledge of laws and statutes in the discipline
• describe ethical and research-ethical principles
• demonstrate advanced knowledge of communication, teaching and patient centred teaching and learning, and organisation and leadership
• describe strategies for quality development in the field of competence

Skills and ability

• assess and analyse adult and the older people's life situation at individual -, family -, group and community level from a socio-cultural, psychological, spiritual, medical and gender perspectives
• on a scientific basis independently assess, plan, organise, carry out and evaluate health promotion and prevention activities in the geographical area of responsibility in collaboration with other actors and integrate health-political and health economic goals
• on a scientific basis independently plan, organise and be responsible for nursing from the individual, family and group perspective.
• on a scientific basis organise and carry out specific nursing interventions in collaboration with other actors
• observe and assess complex needs of health care, habilitation and rehabilitation
• lead motivational interviewing at individual and group level based on a patient centred approach
• apply laws and statutes
• compile, evaluate and apply new knowledge and research results
• apply ethical and research-ethical principles

Judgement and approach

• identify, analyse and apply research-ethical principles in primary health care and nursing work, analyse and reflect on the importance of protecting the patient's autonomy and integrity
• reflect on how values related to current age, gender, ethnicity and sexual disposition may influence the nursing work and relate to the district nurse's responsibility to prevent discrimination
• demonstrate an ability to a flexible and problem solving working method in the field of competence
• demonstrate an ability to a holistic approach to make intervention assessments based on relevant scientific, social and ethical aspects, paying particular regard to human rights
• with a professional and empathetic approach treat and communicate with patients and families/close relations

Content

Adult and older people's health and life situation from a medical, psychological, spiritual and socio - cultural perspective and gender perspectives

National and international goals for public health work for adults and older people

The activities, strategies and goal of the county council and the municipality regarding adults and older people

Laws and statutes

Health promotion work and nursing work for specific target groups

Various actors' role in public health work and nursing work, cooperation methods

Psychiatric nursing, home care service, dementia nursing, palliative nursing

The families and close relations' situation

Crisis theories, stress reactions and theories in the nursing

Communication, teaching, patient centred teaching and learning, motivational interviewing

Strategies and research methods for planning, implementation and evaluation of health promotion work and nursing work

Strategies for quality development

Organisation, leadership and working environment

Ethical and research-ethical principles

Educational theories and models

Instruction

Theoretical studies Cohort group work

Lectures

Literature studies

Preparation of short essay

Seminars

Clinical placement

Supervision by specialist nurse in collaboration with clinical lecturer/clinical senior lecturer

Lectures

Proficiency training

Literature studies

Seminars

COMPULSORY PARTS

Introduction to course, scheduled cohort group meetings, seminars, proficiency training, clinical placement, study assignments with written and oral presentation.

Assessment

Theoretical studies: Examination of the objectives of the course is continuous throughout the course in the form of oral and written assignments - examinations individually and in groups. At examination in groups the student shall participate actively with knowledge and reflection. Clinical placement: Examination in clinical placement implies assessment of knowledge, skills and attitudes according to student formulated learning outcomes, AssCE-form (Löfmark, A et Thorell-Ekstrand, I. 2009) study assignments and clinical examinations related to the learning outcomes of the course..

Other directives

Regulations for retake

Student who has failed examination may retake the examinations four times (= total five examinations). After five failed examinations, the student may lose his/her guaranteed place in the education. The undergraduate education committee however may, if special circumstances apply, admit the right to additional examination. Every time the student participates in an examination counts. Submission of so called "blank" exam is counted as examination. In accordance with chapter 6, sections 21-22 of the Higher Education Ordinance (1993:100) the student has the right on request to change examiner after two failed examinations.

Student who has not passed in clinical placement has the right to retake the clinical placement once. (chapter 6, section 21 in the Higher Education Ordinance (1993:100)))

Interrupted clinical placement

A student may fail and be forced to interrupt the clinical placement prematurely if there is a noticeable risk that the student due to incompetence may injure another individual or valuable property if he or she continues the clinical placement.

An individual plan has to be decided for the student and given to him or her in writing. This plan, which has to be decided by the programme committee, must state existing knowledge and skill gaps, student support from the department and, also state how and when an assessment will take place. A student is entitled to a maximum of two assessment occasions, however no more than once a year. The student may not participate in the clinical placement again until the programme committee has assessed and approved that the student has the knowledge and skills required.

Decisions on the individual study plan may be delegated by the programme committee to a student welfare committee or equivalent with student representation.