8955 heyst - Paediatric and Family Nursing
Course information
- Title
- Paediatric and Family Nursing
- Course number
- 8955.24
- Academic year
- 2024-2025
- ECTS
- 20.00
- Level
- Bachelor
- Faculties
- Deildin fyri Heilsu- og Sjúkrarøktarvísindi
- Educations
- BSC in Nursing
- Prerequisites
- Language of instruction
- The course is taught in Faroese. Instructional materials are mainly in Danish, as well as in English and other Scandinavian languages. Lectures, group work, discussions etc. are in Faroese.
- Registration
- Students on the fourth semester of Bachelor of Science in Nursing are automatically enrolled.
- Beginning date
- Monday, October 7, 2024
- End date
- Friday, December 20, 2024
Academic content
- Purpose
- For students to acquire knowledge about children, youth and families from a physical, psychological and social perspective. For students to acquire knowledge about obstetric and paediatric nursing. For students to develop their ability to work scientifically based on a project focussing on a clinical nursing research question related to children and family.
- Learning outcomes
- Learning outcomes Students who successfully complete the module can demonstrate ability to: · Describe fertilisation and embryo development and potential deviations · Explain obstetric deviations and symptoms of illness · Describe nursing of newborns and premature infants · Explain the special condition of pregnant women in relation to physical, mental and social reactions to pregnancy and childbirth · Explain typical mental and physical development of children and teenagers, as well as potential variations · Explain pathophysiological changes in selected paediatric conditions · Explain paediatric nursing based on the needs of children with medical conditions and their family · Explain selected crisis theory and potential coping mechanisms of children and families in crisis · Explain considerations in relation to informing, guiding and teaching children and families · Reflect on professional communication with children and their families · Explain the potential significance of culture for nursing · Explain selected concepts and theories in sociology · Describe national and international health policy measures · Explain characteristics of post-modern society and describe the significance they can have for families · Reflect on research questions relating to the living conditions of children and families in contemporary society · Discuss ethical questions/dilemmas in relation to in vitro diagnostics, abortion and insemination. · Analyse a selected clinical nursing research question · Organise independent work on a coherent project
- Content
- Contents of the theory component: · Theory on family nursing · The family in postmodern society · Obstetrics and obstetric nursing · Nursing premature and newborn infants · Paediatric nursing · PEWS (Paediatric Early Warning Score) table · Paediatrics: Selected conditions affecting newborns, infants, toddlers and adolescents · The child’s experience of hospitalisation · Physical and mental development in children and adolescents · The UN Convention of the Rights of the Child - UNICEF · Health policy measures, nationally and internationally · Introduction to sociology · Pedagogical considerations in relation to informing, guiding and educating children and families · Communicating with children, youth and their families · Own culture and other cultures · Adoption · In vitro diagnostics, abortion, insemination, etc. from a social and ethical perspective · Sexuality: focussed on puberty · Evidence-based nursing practice · Theories on transition and transition in relation to becoming a parent and having a child with a health condition · Neglect · Project Contents of the clinical component: · Observing practice in the field of obstetric and paediatric nursing · Observing the work of health visitors and performing selected tasks within the remit of health visitors
- Learning and teaching approaches
- Teaching and learning is organised as alternating lectures, dialogue, group work and self-study.
Assessment
- Assessment method
- The examination is an individual written assignment.
- Examination (internal/external)
- External
- Grading scale
- 7-scale
- Exam date/dates
- The exam is set to be on the 19th of January, 2025
- Deadline for withdrawal from exam
- Monday, October 7, 2024
Academic responsibility and teachers
- Academic responsibility
- Sonja Nielsen
- Teachers
- Elsa Joan Durhuus Johannesen, Marja Lund Gjógvará