Nursing profession, clinical competence and leadership
15 ECTS credits
The course centres on the profession, clinical competence, and leadership of the nurse. Instruction is in the form of introductory and specialised lectures, seminars, skills training, simulation, individual assignments, reflective discussions, group work, and portfolio assignments.
The course integrates nursing (10 ECTS cr), medical science (3 ECTS cr), and social and behavioural science (2 ECTS cr), and includes clinical placement at a hospital (7.5 ECTS cr).
Theories of organisation and leadership
-Leadership and communication
-Managing conflicts
-Groups and group processes
-Health economics nationally and internationally
-Priorities and allocation of resources
-Health and safety in the workplace
Improvement efforts
-Measuring healthcare injuries
-Patient safety work
-Quality indicators
-Sustainable development
-Anomaly and incident analysis
Nursing and medical science
-Principles of the nursing practice in depth
-Evidence and experience-based knowledge of long-term illness and/or multimorbidity
-Leading och allocating nursing duties in different situations
Interprofessional teams
-Collaboration and communication in teams
-Interprofessional learning
-Instruction to colleagues and students
Reflective discussion
-In-depth consideration and application of the consensus concept
-Ethical considerations
-Enhancement of core competence
-Legislation, ordinances, and directives
The course integrates nursing (10 ECTS cr), medical science (3 ECTS cr), and social and behavioural science (2 ECTS cr), and includes clinical placement at a hospital (7.5 ECTS cr).
Theories of organisation and leadership
-Leadership and communication
-Managing conflicts
-Groups and group processes
-Health economics nationally and internationally
-Priorities and allocation of resources
-Health and safety in the workplace
Improvement efforts
-Measuring healthcare injuries
-Patient safety work
-Quality indicators
-Sustainable development
-Anomaly and incident analysis
Nursing and medical science
-Principles of the nursing practice in depth
-Evidence and experience-based knowledge of long-term illness and/or multimorbidity
-Leading och allocating nursing duties in different situations
Interprofessional teams
-Collaboration and communication in teams
-Interprofessional learning
-Instruction to colleagues and students
Reflective discussion
-In-depth consideration and application of the consensus concept
-Ethical considerations
-Enhancement of core competence
-Legislation, ordinances, and directives
Progressive specialisation:
G2F (has at least 60 credits in first‐cycle course/s as entry requirements)
Education level:
Undergraduate level
Admission requirements:
Fundamentals of Nursing and the Nursing Profession, 30 ECTS credits, Basic Clinical Nursing, 30 ECTS credits, and Nursing in Relation to Symptoms and Signs of Illness, 37.5 ECTS credits, plus registration on Nursing in Relation to Acute Situations, 7.5 ECTS credits, with at least 3.5 ECTS credits completed, and Nursing in Longterm Illness and Multimorbidity, 30 ECTS credits, 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
- Study Programme in Nursing (studied during year 3)