Clinical studies, Medical nursing 5th and 6th semester

• Nursing care for patients admitted to hospital for treatment and assessment.
• Nursing care for patients with serious and life threatening illness.
• Nursing care for terminal patients.
• Nursing care for the patients' next of kin. 
• Nursing care for children and their next of kin.

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 medical illness.
• Nursing care for dying patients and their next of kin.
• Communication with patients with medical 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 medical ward
• Nursing documentation in specialized health care services
• Relevant laws and regulations
• The competence of other professional groups.     

Skills: After completing the course, the student should be able to:

• Provide nursing care for patients with acute, critical and chronic medical 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
• Plan and deliver nursing care independently
• Deliver safe nursing care in accordance with professional ethics and relevant laws and regulations.  

General competence : After completing the course, the student shall:

• 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