The Role and Tasks of the Nurse in Municipal Health Services
This course covers the nurse's role and function with respect to promoting health, preventing illness and rehabilitating functional loss. Central themes covered on the course are:
health and illness
preventive care
health promotion
rehabilitation
empowerment
public health work
environmental health work
pregnancy
natal and post-natal care
cross-disciplinary cooperation
The course shows how such ways of thinking can be used in various parts of the health service and across traditional service borders.The course focuses on all the patient groups a nurse can come into contact with in the profession. Other themes include making project descriptions, planning and implementing projects.
On successful completion of the course the student should have the following learning outcomes:
Knowledge
The nurse's health promotion, preventive and rehabilitation functions for all parts of the health service
Normal pregnancy, natal and post-natal care
Skills
Be able to plan and carry out project work
Competence
Understand central concepts in health promotion, preventive and rehabilitation work
Understand the connection between living conditions, lifestyle, health and illness
Understand the importance of cross-disciplinary cooperation in the fields of health promotion, preventive and rehabilitation work
Find and assess information relevant for health promotion, preventive and rehabilitation work
Overlap refers to a similarity between courses with the same content. Therefore, you will receive the following reduction in credits if you have taken the courses listed below:
SYN105H - The Role and Taskt of the Nurse in Mincipal Health Services - 10 credits