SY-420 Paediatrics, neonatal medicine and child nursing 2

The course is connected to the following study programs

• Master's Programme in Advanced Practice Nursing

Teaching language

Norwegian

Course contents

Common topics

• Ethics

  • Ethics and medical technological development

  • Ethical reflection, argumentation and decision processes

• Organisation, management, and environmental facors

• Quality assurance and patient safety

• Communication and team work

  • Cultural understanding

  • Paediatric surgery and acute respiratory problems

  • The older patient

• Pathophysiology, intensive medicine, surgery and surgical methods in terms of

• • • Arterial and thorax surgery

  • Ear, nose and throat

  • Eyes

  • Back and neck injuries

  • Trauma, near drowning, hypothermia

  • Neurophysiology, neurological examinations, neurological illnesses and injuries, head injuries

  • CPR to adults and children

  • Burn injuries

  • Organ donation

  • Serious infections, sepsis, DIC, multiple organ failure

  • Gynocology, HELLP

  • Gastrological diseases (medicine)

  • Medical technical equipment

Major topics

• General paediatric nursing, areas of responsibility and competence in:

  • terminal treatment and death in the paediatric ward

• Pathophysiology, paediatrics and neo-natal medicine, and specialised paediatric nursing, areas of responsibility and competence in:

  • Eye, ear, nose and throat illnesses and injuries

  • Trauma, near drowning, hypothermia

  • Head injuries

  • Organ donation

  • CPR to children

  • Burn injuries

  • Paediatric surgery

  • Enochrinology (diabetes)

  • Cancer and blood diseases

  • Psychosomatic illnesses and conditions, psychiatry

  • Neglect

  • Neurophysiology, neurological examinations, neurological illnesses (epilepsy, aneurisms) and injuries

  • Withdrawal symptoms

  • Poisoning

  • Digestive system diseases

  • Syndromes and congenital disorders

  • Chronically ill children, child habilitation

  • Auto-immune conditions

  • Nutrition and breast-feeding

• Medical technical equipment on the paediatric ward

Further information can be found in the course booklet that is made available to students via the Canvas learning management system.

Learning outcomes

Students will:

Knowledge

• demonstrate advanced knowledge about various ethical dilemmas, be able to analyse ethical issues and take independent positions on ethical dilemmas in the profession

• demonstrate thorough knowledge of the framework which rules the profession, organisation and management in general and the reception of acutely, critically ill patients in particular

• demonstrate advanced knowledge about how organs and organ systems function in relation to eachother and how pathophysiological processes and medical illness conditions arise, develop and are treated

• demonstrate advanced knowledge of pathophysiology, paediatrics, and neonatal medicine and relevant surgery

• demonstrate advanced knowledge about current topics in paediatric nursing related to preventing complications, reducing stress, and relieving suffering, pain and discomfort, as well as treatment and rehabilitation

• demonstrate knowledge about the rational application of advanced medical equipment used for treatment and monitoring of children

• demonstrate advanced knowledge in paediatrics and neonatal medicine and paediatric nursing to be able to participate in, carry out and monitor advanced medical treatment, observe, assess and understand symptoms and findings in appropriate patient groups

Skills

• be able to make use of recent relevant research related future practice of the profession, as well as be able to critically evaluate and facilitate the application of this knowledge to their own work

• be able to apply prior clinical experience in order to attain advanced knowledge in paediatrics, paediatric nursing and neonatal medicine

General competence

• be able to analyse, show contexts and integrate medical and natural science subjects as a basis for academically justifiable paediatric nursing

Examination requirements

At least 80% class attendance.

Evaluation

The study programme manager, in consultation with the student representative, decides the method of evaluation and whether the courses will have a midterm- or end of term evaluation, see also the Quality System, section 4.1. Information about evaluation method for the course will be posted on Canvas.

Assessment methods and criteria

The examination consists of two parts:

• A 4-hour individual school examination at the end of the third semester (counts 60 % of the final grade).

• An individual project assignment. The assignment should be submitted in the second semester (counts 40 % of the final grade).

Both examinations must be passed. One final grade (A-F) is given.