Practicing advanced nursing (5op)

Arviointiasteikko

Hyväksytty/Hylätty

Tavoitteet

This course is intended to enable you to utilise essential skills and knowledge required within the advanced practice nursing domains that include competencies in health assessment and direct clinical care, professional leadership and operating in a workplace. The idea is that you offer direct care to patients and clients as an independent advanced practice nurse in assessing and implementing evidence based clinical interventions, work independently as part of a multiprofessional team and promote the role of advanced practicing nurse within a healthcare context.

Competences
· Health assessment and direct clinical care

· Professional leadership

· Operating in a workplace


Learning outcomes
By the end of the course, you can establish a clients health status by performing a holistic clinical examination using evidence-based approaches. Through autonomous decision making, you can draw valid conclusions concerning the state of health/illness of a client and utilize evidence-based decision-making concerning the individual situation of a patient. You can select ,implement and review appropriate interventions as part of a clients care plan. You can monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of nursing outcomes and actively advocate for and participate in creating an organization that supports safe client care and collaborative practice. You can develop and renew patient oriented services by evaluating their sustainability and cost effectiveness. You can Utilise the opportunities of technology and digitalization and manage multidisciplinary teams while fostering effective communication and interaction culture of work communities.

Sisältö

· Evaluation of a client’s state of health and selection of evidence-based intervention/s

· Development of individualized care plan to meet client needs

· Implementation and reviewal of evidence- based interventions to diverse clients’ needs

· Evaluation of nursing and patient outcomes

· Promotion of and advocacy for safe client care

· Development and renewal of patient-oriented services that are safe, sustainable and cost effective.

· Utilisation of technology and digitalization in advanced practice nursing

· Working as part and possibility to manage multidisciplinary teams.

· Communication and interaction culture of work communities

Oppimateriaalit

Tracy, M. F., O'Grady, E. T., Phillips, S. J., & Arslanian-Engoren, C. (2023). Hamric and Hanson's advanced practice nursing: An integrative approach (Edition 7.). Elsevier.

Fagerström, L. M., & Fagerström, L. M. (2021). A Caring Advanced Practice Nursing Model: Theoretical Perspectives And Competency Domains (1st ed. 2021.). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-53555-1 Chapters 8 and 9

Schweikert, P., Rutledge, C. M., Schweikert, P., & Rutledge, C. M.. (2020). Telehealth essentials for advanced practice nursing. SLACK Incorporated. Chapters( 6-9)

The Advanced Practitioner: A Framework for Practice
https://www.wiley.com/en-gb/The+Advanced+Practitioner%3A+A+Framework+for+Practice-p-9781119882053

Opetusmenetelmät

Flipped learning (tasks prior to webinars)
Active participation in webinars
Independent work

Opiskelijan ajankäyttö ja kuormitus

Student's workload, altogether 135 hours (5 credits):

Attending webinars and contact sessions 13 hours
Home tasks prior to webinars: 25 hours
Assignment, presentation: 85 hours
Peer review and self-assessment: 12 hours

Arviointikriteeri, hyväksytty/hylätty

PASS :A student can evaluate a client’s state of health and select evidence-based interventions. They create and implement individualized care plan and can evaluate nursing and patient outcomes. The student can analyse safe client care through promotion and advocacy as an advanced practice nurse.

The student applies patient-oriented services that are safe, sustainable and cost effective. They can apply technology and digitalization in advanced practice nursing. The student understands work as part of multidisciplinary teams, can apply management , communication and interaction culture of work communities.

Lisätiedot

Mandatory attendance to sessions , completion and acceptance of tasks by the educator.