Clinical studies, Community nursing 3rd and 4th semester

Practical studies in home-care nursing
Nursing care for patients admitted to home-care nursing for treatment and assessment.

Learning outcome - knowledge: After having completed the course, the student has knowledge about:
- Illness and conditions that influence the patient's health
- Basic needs of patients with acute, critical and chronic illness.
- Nursing care for dying patients and their next of kin.
- Communication with patients with illness, and understands the importance of information and counsel to patients and their next of kin.
- Individual health promotion and disease prevention.
- Medication administration in a home care setting
- Nursing documentation in community health care services
- Relevant laws and regulations
- The competence of other professional groups.

Learning outcome - skills: After completing the course, the student should be able to:
- Provide nursing care for patients with acute, critical and chronic  conditions
- Apply relevant knowledge in the delivery of nursing care
- Document nursing care based on the nursing process
- Communicate and cooperate with patients and their next of kin
- Give information, and counsel patients and their next of kin
- Communicate and cooperate with other nurses and professional groups
- Promote health and prevent further disease for individual patients
- Administer medications safely and responsibly in a home care setting
- Plan and deliver nursing care independently
- Deliver safe nursing care in accordance with professional ethics and relevant laws and regulations.

Learning outcome - compentency: After completing the course, the student should:
- Demonstrate a critical-analytical attitude towards nursing and the health care services.
- Deliver evidence-based nursing with a caring attitude.

Clinical studies (clinical placement)
Supervision
Reflection, individually and in groups
Interprofessional learning