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

Objective

The student is able to recognize and analyze contemporary challenges related to emergency, intensive and high-dependency care units in various ways and is able to apply them as a basis of developing practices. The student acquires skills to develop versatile emergency, intensive and high-dependency care nursing competencies and knows how to evaluate and use different current care guidelines as a basis for own practice. The student is proficient in the use of different management 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 nursing.

Content

- Developing emergency-, intensive- and high-dependency care nursing processes and situational leadership
- Management of special and challenging situations in emergency-, intensive- and high dependency nursing
- Daily management and team leadership in emergency-, intensive- and high dependency care units
- Multi-professional teamwork and networking in emergency, intensive and high-dependency nursing

Evaluation scale

0-5

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

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.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

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.

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.

Further information

Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL):
A study unit or parts of it may be accredited based on previously acquired competence if the student has completed similar studies of higher education and/or the student has work experience to meet the competence requirements.