Nursing Care I |
Module: |
Nursing Care
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ECTS:
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21
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Contact hours – lectures:
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100
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Contact hours – seminar:
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30
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Contact hours – clinical exercises:
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70
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Contact hours – clinical practice:
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390
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Holder of subject:
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Jožica Ramšak Pajk, MSc, Senior Lecturer
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Year of study:
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First
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Nursing Care I
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Contact hours – lectures: |
70
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Contact hours – seminar:
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30
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Contact hours – clinical exercises:
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70
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Contact hours – clinical practice:
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390
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Holder of subject:
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Jožica Ramšak Pajk, MSc, Senior Lecturer
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Education providers:
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- Jožica Ramšak Pajk, MSc, Senior Lecturer
- Sanela Pivač, Lecturer,
- Sedina Kalender Smajlović, Lecturer
- Marta Smodiš, Lecturer
- Katja Vrankar, Lecturer
- Mateja Bahun, Lecturer
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Level of study:
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First Bologna cycle professional education study program
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Semester:
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Winter
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Language:
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Slovene/English
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Subject-specific competences:
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The student:
- gains knowledge about the significance of health which he/she protects, promotes and restores in him/herself, in individuals and in the community;
- gains knowledge professional nursing practice specifics and the nurse’s role;
- is acquainted with theoretical nursing;
- gains knowledge of the nursing process;
- forms expert, responsible, self-confident and humane working methods in relation to patients, co-workers and the society;
- gains knowledge of nursing significance in the process of prevention, treatment and coping with illness;
- gains knowledge of environmental factors that represent the framework of nursing practice;
- comprehends nurse’s role in nursing and health care teams, in research, in education, and in politics;
- gains knowledge of theoretical models and four fundamental concepts of nursing;
- gains knowledge of the nursing process;
- application of the nursing process;
- identification and solving of health problems in individual patients or typical patient groups, in families, and in the community;
- critical judgment and creative solving of health problems in individuals or groups according to practice guidelines;
- performing and collaborating in diagnostics and therapeutics programs;
- performing individual, holistic, patient centered care.
Objectives of seminar, clinical exercises and clinical practice
The student:
- can transfer the acquired theoretical knowledge and skills to simulated conditions of patient care;
- expands existing knowledge and gains new knowledge in nursing care;
- is capable of applying theoretical knowledge in administering nursing care by considering individual patient needs, special characteristics of the expert field and material resources;
- develops the required skills for administering nursing care;
- is capable of applying comprehensive, individual, problem-centered patient care and is capable of anticipating problems;
- develops the appropriate therapeutic communication skills;
- learns about the importance of becoming part of nursing and multi-discipline teams;
- is capable of perceiving patients’ needs for health care education, selects and applies the appropriate teaching method;
- expands the ethical relations towards patients;
- assesses patient needs at the mental, physical, social, and spiritual levels, and knows how to help solve existing and potential nursing issues under the supervision of a clinical mentor;
- is responsible and confident in implementing clinical practice, follows the rules of nursing etiquette, develops a positive self-image of a registered nurse, and always considers the benefit of the patients;
- gets used to accepting accountability for his/her work;
- acquires working habits which are essential for quality nursing care;
- is able to independently prepare nursing documentation for FHCJ and present it to the clinical practice mentor/coordinator at the study base;
- learns how to be critical in selecting and using Slovenian and foreign literature.
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Mandatory and recommended references:
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Mandatory references:
- Alfaro-LeFevre R. Applying nursing process: a tool for critical thinking. 6th ed. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2005.
- Gordon M. Negovalne diagnoze – priročnik. Maribor: Zdravstveni dom dr. Antona Drolca, Kolaborativni center SZO za primarno zdravstveno nego; 2006.
- Skela Savič B, Kaučič MB, Filej B, Skinder Savić K, Mežik Veber M, Romih K, et.al (eds.). Teoretične in praktične osnove zdravstvene nege:izbrana poglavja. Jesenice: Visoka šola za zdravstveno nego; 2010.
- Hajdinjak G, Meglič R. Sodobna zdravstvena nega. Ljubljana: Visoka šola za zdravstvo; 2006.
- Šmitek J. Hierarhija znanja v zdravstveni negi. Obzor Zdr N 2001; 35: 163-74.
- Ramšak Pajk J. Hildegard Peplau in model medosebnih odnosov. Obzor Zdr N 2000; 34: 27-31.
- Ramšak Pajk J. Dokumentacija v zdravstveni negi. Obzor Zdr N 2006; 40: 137 – 42.
- Taylor L, LeMone L. Fundamentals of Nursing: the art and science of nursing care. Philadelphia: Williams & Wilkins; 2008: str. 351-88.
- Aktualni prispevki v zbornikih simpozijev in mednarodnih znanstvenih konferenc v organizaciji VŠZNJ.
Mandatory references in German:
- Wilkinson J. Das Pflegeprozess-Lehrbuch. Bern: Huber; 2007.
- Arets J, Obex F, Vaessen J. Professionelle Pflege 1. Theoretische und praktische Grundlagen. 3. Aufl. Bern: Huber; 1999.
- Schaeffer D, Moers M, Steppe H, Meleis A. Pflegetheorien. Beispiele aus den USA. 2. Aufl. Bern: Huber; 2008.
- Polit DF, Tatano Beck C, Hungler BP. Lehrbuch Pflegeforschung. Methodik, Beurteilung und Anwendungen. Bern: Huber; 2004.
Recommended references:
- Meleis AI. Theoretical nursing development and progress. 4rd edition. Philadelphia: Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins; 2007.
- Hood L, Leddy S. Leddy and Pepper's conceptual bases of professional nursing. 6th edition. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2005.
- Henderson V. Osnovna načela zdravstvene nege. Ljubljana: Zbornica zdravstvene nege Slovenije; 1998.
- Trampuž R, (ur.). Kakovost zdravstvene nege: kako jo prenesti v prakso: zbornik prispevkov. 2004 April 3; Nova Gorica, Slovenija. Nova Gorica: Društvo medicinskih sester in zdravstvenih tehnikov; 2004.
- Journals:
- Obzornik zdravstvene nege
- International Journal of Nursing Practice
- International Nursing Review
- Journal of Advanced Nursing
- Journal of Clinical Nursing
- Journal of Professional Nursing
- Nurse Researcher
- Nursing Standard
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Study obligations:
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- 30% obligatory attendance at lectures
- 100% obligatory attendance at seminars
- submitted and presented seminar work
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Assessment methods:
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- written examination (80%)
- seminar work (20%)
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