Medical and Surgical Nursing | Nord.no

This course deals with the nurse¿s knowledge of different medical conditions and nursing care specific to these conditions and diseases. Knowledge of nursing associated with acute, critical, and chronic diseases, pharmacology and medication administration, and understanding for the patient and their families¿ experience connected to disease, care, and treatment. The nurse¿s responsibility for documentation of nursing is also a part of the course. In addition, this course focuses on the nurse¿s legal foundation associated with the patient and the right to professionally sound care.

Bachelour in Nursing

Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:

a) Pathophysiology, microbiology, infectious diseases and hygiene

¿ Have knowledge in various disease processes, including causes, diagnostics, treatments and rehabilitation

¿ Have knowledge in paediatric nursing

¿ Recognise the most common methods for diagnosing, procedures and laboratory tests by disease

¿ Recognise important infection control measures in the health care services and the principles of prevention

¿ Recognise the most common forms of treatment and rehabilitation by disease

b) Pharmacology

¿ Have knowledge in pharmacology and medicine administration relevant to nursing competence

¿ Know the effects and side-effects of the most common medicine groups

¿ Have competence to assess the risks involved in medicine administration and know how to treat any complications related to this

c) Medical and surgical nursing

¿ Gain knowledge in nursing to the acute, critical and chronically ill

¿ Demonstrate knowledge and have an understanding for the patients¿ and families¿ experiences related to disease, care and treatment

¿ Gain the knowledge to identify, Analyse and reflect over ethical dilemmas

¿ Understand the significance of communication and self-reflection when confronted with patients and their families

¿ Understand the significance of reflecting on the nurse¿s role and function in diagnostics, treatments, prevention and rehabilitation

¿ Gain knowledge in alternative treatments

No costs except semester registration fee and syllabus literature.

Compulsory.

Lectures, seminar and work assignments.

The study programme is evaluated annually by students by way of course evaluation studies (mid-term evaluation and final evaluation). These evaluations are included in the university¿s quality assurance system.

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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:

SYN183H - Medical and Surgical Nursing - 9 credits