The nursing profession and responsibilities, fundamentals of nursing and medical science

Instruction is in the form of independent study, lectures, seminars, clinical training, group work, workshop, simulations, and peer review.

The course integrates Nursing (12 ECTS cr, of which 3 ECTS cr is clinical placement (VFU)), Medical Science (15 ECTS cr), and Social and Behavioural Science (3 ECTS cr).

The nursing profession and the basics of nursing
- Historical perspectives on the nursing profession
- Ethical theories and principles
- The ICN code of ethics for nurses
- The concepts of consensus human, health, environment, and nursing based on nursing theory perspectives
- Nursing theories
- Different views on humans
- Communication in nursing
- Person-centred nursing
- The steps of the nursing process
- The theoretical framework Fundamentals of Care
- The competence description of nurses
- Confidentiality in healthcare
- Patient safety and prevention of iatrogenic harm
- Introduction to drug management and calculation
- Common examinations in clinical physiology

Science and the research process
- Theory of science and scientific concepts such as ontology, epistemology, paradigm, evidence, and evidence-based care
- The steps of the research process
- Research ethical principles and guidelines in nursing research
- Introduction to database searches
- AI as a tool used to assess the reliability of sources

Different perspectives on health, human needs, and human psychological development
- Global health and public health from the perspectives of individuals, society, and cultural diversity
- The influence of climate on health
- Health determinants
- Salutogenesis
- Health literacy
- Oral health
- Mental health problems
- Theories of developmental psychology
- Biological sex and social gender, gender perspectives
- Sexuality and sexual health
- The life conditions of HBTQI+ persons

Domestic violence and men's violence against women
- Expressions and forms of violence, the process of normalisation, the process of breaking up, and consequences
- Factors of risk and protection in relation to violence

Medical science
- Concepts related to anatomy and basic chemical processes
- The structure and function of the cell
- Normal microbiome, infectious disease, bacteria, virus, fungi, parasites, and basic hygienic principles

- Gastrointestinal system and metabolic processes
- Endocrine system
- Reproduction system
- Nervous system, senses
- Musculoskeletal system

- Pathophysiology: cell stress, cell injury, cell death, and healing process
- The immune system, the structure and function of vaccines
- Hypersensitivity, allergies, and asthma
- Common analyses and examinations in clinical chemistry to identify disease

- Circulatory system
- Respiratory system
- Kidneys and urinary tracts
- Electrolyte, fluid, and acid-base balance

Clinical skills
-Basic hygiene routines, the nursing bed, the personal hygiene and oral hygiene of the patient
- Ergonomics and work techniques, including transfer knowledge
- Structured assessment of vital signs in accordance with ABCDE

Progressive specialisation: G1N (has only upper‐secondary level entry requirements)

Education level: Undergraduate level

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 1)