Teaching starts Spring

Language of instruction Norwegian

Recommended previous knowledge HEL400 Foundations of Health Science (10 credits) HEL401 Foundations of Clinical Nursing Science (10 credits)

Learning outcomes After having completed the course, students will: be able to further develop the professional nursing knowledge which is the basis for the assessment of the needs of patients and relatives have an insight in the importance of stress in: patients´ experience of illness/ for example pain the role of relatives the nurse´s experience of his/her professional role be able to make use of decision theory in clinical everyday life analyze and discuss difficult situations through ethical reflection

Course contents - Meeting the patient and his/her relatives: Professional relations (communication, confidence, power) - Health promoting, preventive, treating, rehabilitating and palliative functions - Stress and overcoming stress (patient, relatives, and nurse) - Clinical decision processes and interventions - Clinical ethics

Teaching methods Lectures and seminars. Please see the course brochure for compulsory teaching.

Examination requirement The student must have attended compulsory seminars.

Assessment methods and criteria Individual written at home examination with duration of 48 hours (for example an article on clinical problems related to the relation between clinical nursing science and the nursing services). Adjusting oral presentation. The examination will be graded. Please see the course brochure for more details.

Type of course Theoretical

Level of course Second cycle

Year of study First year of master's programme

Name of lecturer/contact person Study programme coordinator Liv Fegran (liv.fegran@uia.no)

Mode of delivery Face-to-face