SY-424 Anaesthesia and Anaesthesia Nursing Major - Part 1

The course is connected to the following study programs

• Master's Programme in Advanced Practice Nursing

Teaching language

This course is taught in Norwegian and an English translation of the course description is not available.

Course contents

Common topics

• Experiences and reactions to acute and / or critical illnesses

  • Communication

  • Health, stress and coping

  • Competence

• Sanitation, microbiology

• Pharmacology, pharmokinetics and pharmodynamics

• Anaesthesia

• Knowledge-based practice

• Positioning

• Medical and natural science topics, pathophysiology, intensive medicine and surgery in terms of

  • Circulatory physiology, circulatory problems and heart conditions

  • Lung physiology and pathophysiology, various forms of respiratory failure

  • Nephrology and urology

  • Metabolisms

  • Pain physiology and pain treatment, nausea physiology and nausea treatment

  • PH level disturbances

  • Diabetes/ketoacidosis

  • Fluid and electrolyte disturbances

  • Orthopedics

  • Gasto-intestinal surgery

  • Endocrine disorders

  • The thyroid and mammary glands

Major topics

• Anaesthesiology

• • • Anaesthesia nursing, responsibilities and skill set

    • Anaesthesiology: Types of anaesthetia and anaesthetics

  • Pre-anaesthetic assessment

  • Equipment, open passageways

  • Non-fasting patients

  • Preparation and reception of patients for anaesthesia

  • Introduction, maintenance and conclusion of general anaesthesia

  • Care for patients who are awake during surgery

  • Anaesthesia complications

  • Prevention of hypothermia

  • Post-operative monitoring

• Anaesthesia nursing and anaesthesia for patients in

  • Orthopedics

  • Gastro-intestinal surgery

  • Nephrology and urology

  • Endochrinology

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

Learning outcomes

Students will:

Knowledge

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  • demonstrate advanced knowledge about anaesthesiology, and anaesthesia nursing related to current topics

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

  • demonstrate thorough knowledge of pharmacology, hygiene, microbiology, pathophysiology, intensive medicine and surgery related to current topics

• demonstrate advanced knowledge about preventing complications, reducing stress, and relieving suffering, pain and discomfort, related to anaesthesia

• demonstrate advanced knowledge about experiences and reactions related to acute and/ critical illness

• demonstrate advanced knowledge about communication and collaboration with patients and their relatives

Skills   

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

  • be able to integrate new advanced knowledge and skills to carry out advanced work tasks in anaesthesia and anaesthesia nursing

• be able to retrieve current research related to future professional practice, as well as be able to critically evaluate and facilitate the application of this knowledge to their own work

 

General competence

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  • be able to apply prior knowledge and clinical experience in order to attain advanced knowledge in anaesthesiology and anaesthesia nursing, intensive care nursing, and medicine/surgery

  • be able to communicate professional issues in anaesthesia and anaesthesia nursing, analyse and conclude, both with specialists and the public

Examination requirements

Compulsory attendance of at least 80%.

Teaching methods

Lectures, simulations, group work and independent study.

Evaluation

The person responsible for the course 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 is in two parts:

• 5 hour individual written examination (counts 60%)

• Take-home examination - individual written assignment of about 3000 words (three days, counts 40%)

Both parts of the examination must be passed, and a joint grade is awarded.