Distinctive aspects and current themes in emergency care, intensive care and high-dependency nursing (optional) (5 ECTS)

Learning outcomes

The student is able to recognize and analyze contemporary challenges related to perioperative nursing in various ways and is able to apply them as a basis of developing practices. The student acquires the skills to develop versatile perioperative nursing competencies (pre-operative, anesthetic, surgical -and recovery nursing) and knows how evaluate and use different current care guidelines as a basis for own practice. The student is proficient in the use of different strategies and procedures in improving patient safety and is able to apply them to practice. The student gains competence in special features of management and leadership styles in acute care and perioperative nursing.

Content

- Developing perioperative nursing processes and situational leadership
- Management of special and challenging in perioperative nursing
- Daily management and team leadership in perioperative nursing
- 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)

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)

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)

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

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.