The course is included in these curricula and study modules

Level/category

Professional studies

Teaching language

Swedish

Type of course

Compulsory

Cycle/level of course

First

Recommended year of study

3

Total number of ECTS

10 cr

Competency aims

Within this study unit we will focus on the
following competencies:

​​Caring science
Caring ethics
Professional encounters
Health promotion
Learning and tutoring
Leadership and decision-making competence
Digital and technological competence​

The global sustainability goals in focus:
Goal 3: Good health and well-being
Goal 10: Reduced inequalities
Goal 11: Sustainable cities and communities
Goal 16: Peace, justice and strong institutions

Learning outcomes

Learning outcomes

Once you have completed the study unit you will ?
(mention knowledge, skill, attitude)

​Understand the meaning of health prevention and
promotion in home care settings. You have a deeper
understanding for clients in different ages and
from different cultures. (Knowledge)

Have knowledge about client´s/patient´s needs in
different ages. Furthermore, you have knowledge
about medical treatment, nutrition and
rehabilitation. (Knowledge)

Have basic knowledge in mental health and illness.
Furthermore, you have knowledge about the system
of mental health care. (Knowledge)

Have skills to work in inter professional teams
and networks according to good co-operative
competence (Skills)

Be able to both independently and together in
inter professional teams, plan, realize and
evaluate a home visit and make a care and service
plan for the client. (Skills)

Be able to implement current research results and
other evidence within the health promotive client
and patient care. (Skills)

Be able to manage caring activities that are used
for evaluation of persons´ health, functional
capacity and resources, and maintaining these.
(Skills)
Be able to both safely and securely plan, realize
and evaluate evidence based caring. (Skills)

Manage the core caring acts and activities that
are used within mental health and illness,
psychiatric illnesses, different types of crises
and dependence problems. (Skills)

Be able to implement your knowledge about people
who are suffering from memory disorders. (Skills)

Be curious about different digital possibilities
for developing and realizing caring within home
mental health care settings. (Attitude)

Care for the ethics and caring science as the
basic core for the work in home and mental care.
(Attitude)

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Course contents

Lectures
Independent studies
Seminars
Blood drawing skills
Simulations
Exam in medication calculation

Prerequisites and co-requisites

The first two years from the curriculum must be
completed.

Previous course names

​​Clinical care 4: Home care and outpatient care
Clinical care 6: Crisis, addiction and emergency
care
(Crisis and addiction part)
Clinical care 7: Psychiatric care​

Additional information

Skills, simulations and seminars are mandatory.

Recommended or required reading

Literature for the psychiatric care:

Crafoord C. 2005 Människan är en berättelse.
Falun. Natur och kultur

Lindström U.Å 1994 Psykiatrisk vårdlära
(Kapitel 9 Vårdandet).
Falköping. Liber Utbildning

Skärsäter I(red).2019 Omvårdnad vid psykisk
ohälsa -På grundnivå. Estonia. Studentlitteratur
AB

Referenslitteratur:

Makkonen P. & al. 2016 Pakon käytön vähentäminen
ja turvallisuuden lisääminen psykiatrisessa
hoidossa. Publicerad i adressen:
https://urn.fi/URN:ISBN:978-952-302-751-0

Sarvimäki.A och Stenbock-Hult.B. 2008
Omvårdnadens etik. Sjuksköterskan och det
moraliska rummet (Kapitel 2 Omvårdnad som
moralisk verksamhet). Stockholm. Liber.

Thorkildsen K.M, Eriksson K., Råholm M-B. 2015 The
core of love when caring for patients suffering
from addiction. Scandinavian Journal of Caring
Sciences 29/ 2015 (353-360)

Study activities

  • Lectures - 40 hours
  • Practical exercises - 24 hours
  • Individual studies - 170 hours
  • Internet-based studies - 24 hours
  • Seminars - 8 hours
  • - 0 hours

Workload

  • Total workload of the course: 266 hours
  • Of which autonomous studies: 266 hours
  • Of which scheduled studies: 0 hours

Mode of Delivery

Multiform education

Assessment methods

  • Exams (written-, oral-, home-)
  • Essays, reports, productions and portfolio

Assessment requirements

To pass the course the student should pass the
following examinations (with following
distribution between the grades):
Exam in home care care 50%
Exam in psychiatric Care 50%

Presentations in group works are mandatory graded
as passed/not passed.

Teacher

  • Ekman Petra
  • Nyberg Anu
  • Savolainen Jari
  • Skogster Annika
  • Gylfe Sofia

Examiner

Nyberg Anu

Home page of the course

Group size

No limit

Assignments valid until

12 months after course has ended

Assessment methods

  • Date of examination will be announced later - Exams
  • Date will be announced later - Reports and productions

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