Level/category

Professional studies

Teaching language

Swedish

Type of course

Compulsory

Cycle/level of course

First

Recommended year of study

2

Total number of ECTS

10 cr

Competency aims

-Leadership & decision-making competence
-Clinical care competence
-Competence in Inter-professional work & safety
culture
-Communicative and social competence

Learning outcomes

After completing the study unit (knowledge):
- You know how the documentation and reporting
process takes place in surgical care
-You know the most common drug groups and their
indications/contraindications in the care of the
surgical patient
- You know the care and can prevent pain and
nausea with medical and non-medical methods

After completing the study unit (skill):
You can implement the basics of surgical patient
care
- You can systematically assess and evaluate the
surgical patient's condition using various
measuring instruments
- You can supervise the patient before, during and
after a procedure/operation

After completing the study unit (approach):
-You identify, reflect on and analyze surgical
care from an ethical perspective
- You understand patient- and drug safety in
surgical care
- You understand the importance of aseptics in
surgical care and act accordingly
-You understand the nurse's role in the inter-
professional collaboration in the care of a
surgical patient
- You understand which procedures are performed
and can prepare the patient for different
procedures and assist with them

Prerequisites and co-requisites

-Practical training basic care 5 cr
-Practical training internal medicine 10 cr
-Started course: Decision-making processes in
healthcare, from a surgical perspective

Previous course names

-Clinical practice: Clinical care (surgical care)

Study activities

  • - 12 hours
  • Practical training - 228 hours

Workload

  • Total workload of the course: 240 hours
  • Of which autonomous studies: 240 hours
  • Of which scheduled studies: 0 hours

Mode of Delivery

Participation in tuition

Teacher

  • Appelroth Maria
  • Karbin Daniela

Examiner

Karbin Daniela

Group size

No limit

Assignments valid until

Until further notice

The timetable of the course

Praktikperiod hösten 2022 vecka 37-48

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