Teaching starts Spring

Language of instruction

Norwegian

Prerequisites and co-requisites

NV-201 Medical and Biological Topics 3

SY-201 Nursing 2

SYP203 Nursing - Clinical Studies, Surgery - Medicine

or:

SYP204 Nursing - Clinical Studies, Community Nursing and SYP205 Nursing - Clinical Studies, Mental Health Care

Learning outcomes

After having completed the course, students will be able to:

• consider societal circumstances which influence contraction of disease as well as the public´s health and well-being
• discuss the connection between individuals´ social and cultural backgrounds and their choices, actions and lifestyles
• discuss cultural expressions and comprehension of health and disease
• consideration of nursing for people with various cultural backgrounds
• explain development of quality, quality assurance and internal monitoring in the healthcare sector
• discuss various problems related to healthcare politics
• discuss how groups of users and nurses can influence health and social policy
• explain the organisation, management and interdisciplinary collaboration in the Norwegian healthcare and social services
• assess problems related to the use of information technology in healthcare and social services
• explain health-promoting and disease-preventative nursing
• make use of current professional literature and research literature within the field

Course contents

Credit distribution:

• The function of nursing and community healthcare services 4 credits
• History of nursing, tradition and professional ethics 1 credit
• Sociology and social-anthropology 3 credits
• Governmental- and municipal knowledge, health and social politics 2 credits

In this course students will learn about health-promoting and preventative nursing, seeing the individual as part of a bigger group or culture, including a social perspective. Focus is directed towards organisation of management and decision-making processes in healthcare and social services.

Topics:

• Public health in the social perspective
• Sociology
• Social-anthropology
• Multi-cultural work
• Governmental- and municipal knowledge, health and social politics
• Organisation and management
• Information and communication technology in health and social services
• The nurse´s health promoting and preventative function
• Habilitation and rehabilitation

Teaching methods

Instruction will alternate between lectures and student active approaches. Study groups are compulsory. Please refer to the students' learning management system Fronter (course SY-301) for details about teaching- and working methods.

Examination requirement

• Approved oral presentation.
• A minimum of 80 % group work attendance is required. Each group selects a student to take register for each meeting. In special cases, if a student should not participate satisfactorily in group assignments, a decision of the candidate´s resignation from the examination can be made by the university in agreement with the Head of Department.

For more details please consult the students' learning management system Fronter (course SY-301).

Assessment methods and criteria

A graded three-day at-home examination in groups of two to four students.
For more details please consult the students' learning management system Fronter (course SY-301).

Type of course Theoretical, compulsory

Level of course

First cycle

Year of study Third year of bachelor's programme

Name of lecturer/contact person Programme coordinator: Marthe Fensli (marthe.m.fensli@uia.no)

Mode of delivery Face-to-face