The responsibility and competence of the operating theatre nurse in perioperative care
15.0 ECTS creditsNursing (7.5 ECTS cr) and Medical Science (7.5 ECTS cr) are integrated in the course, including clinical practice (VFU, 6 ECTS cr, 32 hours per week).
Instruction is in the form of introductory and advanced lectures, seminars, skills training, field studies, individual assignments, group work, and surgical technique training. This is a hybrid course, which means that instruction and examinations take place during on-campus sessions at Karlstad University, at local group meetings in the student’s home region, and through distance learning.
Perioperative Care:
- Microbiology and hygiene
- Topographic anatomy
- Patient positioning
- Medical technology
- Surgical methodology
- Field studies
- The historical and professional development of the perioperative nurse within perioperative care
- The competencies and responsibilities of the perioperative nurse
- Diversity and dignity in perioperative care
- Ethical approaches within perioperative care
Skills training:
- Patient positioning
- Aseptic technique
- Preoperative hand disinfection
- Donning of sterile gown and gloves
- Preoperative skin disinfection
- Sterile draping
- Surgical technique skills
Scientific methodology:
- Quantitative methods
- Qualitative methods
- Methods for literature reviews
- Research ethics
Instruction is in the form of introductory and advanced lectures, seminars, skills training, field studies, individual assignments, group work, and surgical technique training. This is a hybrid course, which means that instruction and examinations take place during on-campus sessions at Karlstad University, at local group meetings in the student’s home region, and through distance learning.
Perioperative Care:
- Microbiology and hygiene
- Topographic anatomy
- Patient positioning
- Medical technology
- Surgical methodology
- Field studies
- The historical and professional development of the perioperative nurse within perioperative care
- The competencies and responsibilities of the perioperative nurse
- Diversity and dignity in perioperative care
- Ethical approaches within perioperative care
Skills training:
- Patient positioning
- Aseptic technique
- Preoperative hand disinfection
- Donning of sterile gown and gloves
- Preoperative skin disinfection
- Sterile draping
- Surgical technique skills
Scientific methodology:
- Quantitative methods
- Qualitative methods
- Methods for literature reviews
- Research ethics
Progressive specialisation:
A1N (has only first‐cycle course/s as entry requirements)
Education level:
Master's level
Admission requirements:
Nursing licence issued by the National Board of Health and Welfare, plus a nursing degree of at least 180 ECTS
credits including a degree project of at least 15 ECTS credits or a Bachelor degree in nursing (including a degree project of at least 15 ECTS credits), plus at least 12 months full-time work experience as a registered nurse, plus upper secondary level Swedish 3 or Swedish as a second language 3 and English 6 or A, or upper secondary level Swedish level 3 or Swedish as a second language level 3 and English level 2, or equivalent
Selection:
Selection is usually based on your grade point average from upper secondary school or the number of credit points from previous university studies, or both.
This course is included in the following programme
- Specialist Nursing -Theatre Care (studied during year 1)