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 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 iatrogenic harm
-Patient safety
-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 longterm illness and/or multimorbidity
-Lead och allocate nursing duties in different situations
Interprofessional team
-Collaboration and communication in teams
-Interprofessional learning
-Instruction to colleagues and students
Reflective discussion
-Deepening and application of the consensus concept
-Ethical considerations
-Deepening of core competence
-Legislation, ordinances and directives
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 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 iatrogenic harm
-Patient safety
-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 longterm illness and/or multimorbidity
-Lead och allocate nursing duties in different situations
Interprofessional team
-Collaboration and communication in teams
-Interprofessional learning
-Instruction to colleagues and students
Reflective discussion
-Deepening and application of the consensus concept
-Ethical considerations
-Deepening 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 cr, Basic Clinical Nursing 30 ECTS cr, Nursing in Relation to Symptoms and Signs of Illness 37.5 ECTS cr, Nursing in Relation to Acute Situations 7.5 ECTS cr, and attended course Nursing in Longterm Illness and Multimorbidity 30 ECTS cr, 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)