Paediatric Nursing, with Emergency Care Focus, 7.5 credits
Pediatrisk omvårdnad med inriktning mot akutsjukvård, 7.5 hp- Course code
- 2SP034
- Course name
- Paediatric Nursing, with Emergency Care Focus
- Credits
- 7.5 credits
- Form of Education
- Higher Education, study regulation 2007
- Main field of study
- Nursing
- Level
- AV - Second cycle
- Grading scale
- Fail (U) or pass (G)
- Department
- Department of Women's and Children's Health
- Decided by
- Programnämnd 9
- Decision date
- 2012-09-27
- Revised by
- Programme Committee 9
- Last revision
- 2014-10-22
- Course syllabus valid from
- Spring 2015
Specific entry requirements
Professional qualification as a nurse certified by the National Board of Health and Welfare. Alternatively, current enrollment at the Specialist Nursing Program at Karolinska Institutet.
Objectives
The general aims of the course are that the student should on completion of the course be able to apply advanced knowledge in anatomy, pathophysiology, pharmacology, clinical diagnostics, pain physiology and failure in vital bodies and apply these within the framework of specific nursing of critically ill children and youths within paediatric emergency care.
On completion of the course, the student should be able to:
Knowledge and understanding.
- analyse and explain symptom and treatment at children and youths in different acute diseases.
- identify and analyse nursing needs at the emergency care and triage system.
- show knowledge and understanding about improvement -, development - and current research within the peadiatric emergency care.
- show knowledge of crisis intervention and coping strategies in connection with mental stressful situations for child/youth, parents and staff.
Skills and abilities
- show ability to prioritise, initiate, carry out and evaluate nursing actions at complex/acute diseases considering developmental stage, family situation, cultural background and genders
- show ability to integrate the nursing process by analysing assess argue too and handle complex phenomena, issues and situations also with restricted information.
- demonstrate scientific precision in analysis and written text.
Judgement and approach
- analyse and reflect around relevant scholarship, best practice and an ethical attitude, see its relationship and importance for specialist the nursing profession within peadiatric emergency care
Content
The contents of the course focus on the emergency medicine knowledge field with a specialisation in care of children and youths. Within the frame of the course, medical, surgical and orthopaedic conditions, trauma and care and treatment at acute failure in vital functions are studied. Furthermore, descriptive anatomy and emergency care in different medical and surgical diseases are treated concerning respiratory system, cardiovascular system, the fluid- electrolyte balance and acid/base, neurology and neurophysiology and pain and pain treatment. In addition, the course makes an overview of specific nursing including ethics, the diversity perspective, leadership and related to scholarship and research within the emergency care. Further is treated the child/the youth/the situation and interaction of the family and communication. Finally so be treated also laws, ordinances and safety precautions occurring in the paediatric emergency care.
Teaching methods
The course is carried out as distance education with learning management system (PingPong) as basis. The course is based on a problem-oriented and student-activating view on the learning. Different working methods such as individual study assignments, discussions and seminars and lectures occur.
In-service training days with lectures/seminar is compulsory parts that occur in the course these are stated on the timetable or in the study guide. Compulsory study assignments and discussions are included, these should be carried out before the implementation of the final examination. The course coordinator decides whether, and if so how, absence from compulsory course elements can be made up. Study results cannot be reported until the student has participated in compulsory course elements or compensated for any absence in accordance with instructions from the course coordinator. Absence from a compulsory course element could mean that the student can not retake the element until the next time the course is offered.
Examination
The course contains a final examination. It is carried out as an individual written submission based on patient cases.
Students who do not pass a regular examination are entitled to re-sit the examination on five more occasions. Students without approved results after three examinations can be offered to retake the course or parts of it once more; subject to availability. If the student has failed six examinations/tests, no additional examination is given. Each occasion the student participates in the same test counts as an examination. Submission of a blank exam paper is regarded as an examination. In case a student is registered for an examination but does not attend, this is not regarded as an examination.
Transitional provisions
Examination will be provided during a time of two years after a possible close-down of the course. Examination can be according to an earlier literature list during a time of one year after the date when a renewal of the literature list been made.
Other directives
The course evaluation takes place according to guidelines established by the Board of education.
Language of instruction: Swedish.
Literature and other teaching aids
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