Study Guide

Learning outcomes

The student is able to:
• carry out nursing work supporting the client's self-care in outpatient and home care operating environments
• make independent decisions and justify them in a customer-oriented and evidence-based manner
• implement multi-professional teamwork in culturally diverse client work
• identify and assess risk factors that impair health, ability to function and work, and survival at work

Implementation and methods of teaching

Clinical Training in Self-Care Supporting Nursing (5 ects) is done in different placements that provide care to home settings or otherwise work in promoting self-care, such as organizations, nursing homes, home care units or home hospitals.

After the practice period the student will be able to:
- carry out nursing care that supports the client's self-care in outpatient and home care settings
- make independent decisions and justify them in a client-oriented and evidence-based manner
- implement multidisciplinary teamwork in culturally diverse client work
- identify and assess risk factors that affects health, functional capacity, ability to work and work performance
- assess client-centered care in health centers, e-services and home care

Student time use and work load

The length of the practice period is four weeks (135h).

Additional information for students: previous knowledge etc.

Basics of Professional Nursing module 20/20 credits done
Safe Medical-Surgical Nursing module at least 15/25 credits done
Previous clinical placement passed
Medical calculations passed

Assessment criteria

- Plan your own personal objectives based on general objectives for your clinical practice period before or at least at the beginning of your period and book a time for MID-TERM DISCUSSION ASSESSMENT from you guiding teacher by email /wikitable from Moodle
- The Mid-term assessment of the practice period is held in the middle of the practice period together with the guiding teacher and clinical supervisor. Do your written self-evaluation to Workseed before this assessment.

Scale: Approved- Failed

Assessment scale

1-5

Failed (0)

Clinical Training in Self-Care Supporting Nursing is not approved if,

- The student has not presented his/her personal objectives for clinical practice period to both guiding teacher and clinical supervisor by the second week of practice
- The student does not follow the general rules of work life: follow the working hours (being in work on time) or inform about absences on time, inappropriate behavior in the workplace etc.
- Many absences during the practice period (the practice week are not united) which makes learning and guiding almost impossible
- The student has not for some reason followed the shifts of his/her supervisor which makes assessment impossible
- The student does not show signs of learning and proceeding to meeting objectives during clinical practice

Assessment criteria: level 3 (assessment scale 1–5)

Clinical Training in Self-Care Supporting Nursing is approved if,

- The student has presented his/her personal objectives for clinical practice period to both guiding teacher and clinical supervisor by the second week of practice
- The student follows the general rules of work life: follow the working hours (being in work on time) or inform about absences on time, inappropriate behavior in the workplace etc.
- The student show activity and interest in learning in the unit
- The student has followed the shifts of his/her supervisor which makes assessment possible
- The student shows signs of learning and proceeding to meeting objectives during clinical practice