Special features and topical themes of perioperative nursing (optional) (5 ECTS)

Learning outcomes

The student gains insight and analyzes the new challenges of perioperative nursing and knows how to utilize them as a basis for development activities. The student gains more competence in versatile perioperative nursing skills and knows how to use various care recommendations as a basis for one’s own actions. The student is proficient in different methods and protocols improving patient safety and knows how to apply them to practice.

Content

- Perioperative nursing process
- Nursing interventions in perioperative nursing
- Daily management in perioperative nursing
- Health technology in perioperative nursing
- Ethical situations
- Multiprofessional teamwork and networking in perioperative nursing

Teaching methods

Activating lectures/contact teaching
Problem based learning, evidence based solution seeking
Independent learning
Small group working
Expert lectures

Location and time

Course is run in autumn 2021. All course assignments need to be returned by the given date/end of course.

Learning materials and recommended literature

Students are not allowed to share the materials on this course without permission by the course teachers.

Alternative completion methods of implementation

Student will accomplish assigned written assignments on the course. This has to be agreed with the course teachers at the orientation.

Student workload

Contact teaching appr. 15 hours
Assignment guided and independent studying appr. 120 hrs

Content scheduling

Period 2 2021

Assessment methods and criteria

Satisfactory (1-2):
The student demonstrates competence in the basic content of the unit, but there are deficiencies in his/her individual ability to find and interpret information and to integrate the learned content with the context of the workplace.

Good (3-4):
The student demonstrates good competence in the content of the unit. She/he is able to find information actively and interpret it in relation to the work environment. The student is able to analyze the learned content and apply it to the context of the workplace.

Excellent (5):
The student demonstrates great and wide-ranging competence in the content of the unit. She/he displays outstanding competence in finding relevant information. The student’s decision-making skills demonstrate independence, responsibility and the ability to guide others. His/her ability to apply the learned content to the context of the workplace is creative and comprehensive.

Evaluation scale

0-5

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

The student demonstrates competence in the basic content of the unit, but there are deficiencies in his/her individual ability to find and interpret information and to integrate the learned content with the context of the workplace.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

The student demonstrates good competence in the content of the unit. She/he is able to find information actively and interpret it in relation to the work environment. The student is able to analyze the learned content and apply it to the context of the workplace.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

The student demonstrates great and wide-ranging competence in the content of the unit. She/he displays outstanding competence in finding relevant information. The student’s decision-making skills demonstrate independence, responsibility and the ability to guide others. His/her ability to apply the learned content to the context of the workplace is creative and comprehensive.

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

Pass: The student demonstrates competence in the basic content of the unit (in reference to the assessment criteria). However, independent search for information, interpretation and the ability to integrate the learned content with the context of the workplace prove inadequate.