Nursing - Bachelor's Degree Programme

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Nursing - Bachelor's Degree Programme

Credits: 180 credits

Level: Bachelor's degree programme

Offered by: Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Health Studies

Grade name: Bachelor i sykepleier

Full-time/Part-time: Full-time

Lower cycle degree: Yes

Language of instruction: Norwegian

Introduction

The programme is offered as a full-time programme over three years with start-up in the autumn. The degree Bachelor in Health Studies qualifies to apply for license as a nurse.The Bachelor¿s Degree Programme will give the students theoretical and practical competence to practice nursing. The ¿Framework Plan and Regulations for 3-year Nursing Educational

Programme¿ (set down by the Ministry of Education and Research on 1 December 2005) describes the newly qualified nurse¿s competence as a totality of knowledge, attitudes and skills and involves the independence to be able to function and deal with patients and their relatives.

.GOAL AND PROFILE OF THE PROGRAMMEThe central task of nursing is to promote health and relieve suffering. The University of Stavanger¿s vision is to challenge the familiar and research the unknown.

For the Bachelor Education in Nursing, this involves immersing oneself in and challenging the limits of nursing¿s core activities: care and the distinctive character of man ¿ the inviolability of life. Health is a priority area for both the Department of Health Studies and for the University of Stavanger. The Bachelor in Health Studies connects health research particularly to user

participation, promotion of health and acute and critically ill patients. These areas are reflected in our professional profile in relation to both education and research. The programme¿s view of humanity is founded on central values of Christian, humanistic and biological origin. Man is considered unique, and life is inviolable. Nursing¿s core values are mercy, care and compassion. The care builds on professional judgment, and in the care, the nurse must stress the patient¿s experience in the situation. Much emphasis is therefore placed on co-determination and opportunities for the patient¿s growth through user participation and promotion of

health.Professional nursing competence builds on a totality of knowledge, attitudes and skills. In addition, development of the nurse¿s moral responsibility towards the individual and society is considered an important goal. Insight and understanding are developed through knowledge, reflection and critical thinking, and in interaction with the patient and their relatives.The

programme¿s affiliation with the University of Stavanger implies an obvious scientific emphasis. Simultaneously as the practical activity of the subject is valued and attended do, the students will also utilise an academic approach to the subject of nursing.

WORKING AND TEACHING METHODSKnowledge is developed through intellectual, social and emotional activity. Nursing knowledge is developed in the interaction between theory and practice. Working and teaching methods will be characterised by a variation amongst lectures, group-/study group work, written assignments, oral presentations, supervision, clinical practice and simulation and skills training in the training laboratory and on SAFER. Private study is a

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necessary working method to attain the objective of the programme. The programme is time-consuming, where the individual courses are connected and build upon each other. The estimated study effort is 40 hours per week. Teaching activities are organised during both the daytime and evening. During its thee years, the programme has 50 weeks of direct patient-oriented clinical practice connected with the Community/Public Health Service, specialist health care and mental health work. The study period in clinical practice is organised over the entire day and all weekdays. The student follows the working hours for the field of practice and must follow rotation. The students¿ participation in practice will on average amount to 30 hours per week, but a total of 40 hours¿ study effort per week are also expected in this period. It is difficult to combine the programme with permanent work or other time-consuming activity. DIFFERENT PROGRAMME REQUIREMENTS AND FORMS OF ASSESSMENTWritten examinations, take home exam, portfolio assessment. The grading scale from A to F is used on these

examinations. Practical/oral examination and clinical practice are assessed as ¿Pass¿/¿Fail¿. Credits are used as guideline expressions for the extent of study effort and depth. Diplomas are issued to students who have completed the Bachelor Education in Nursing.

Admission Requirements

Higher Education Entrance Qualification.

Admission information

Annual admission. Application deadline in the spring and start of programme in August. Application via Universities and Colleges Admission Service.

Curriculum

http://www.regjeringen.no/nb/dep/kd/tema/Hoyere_utdanning/Rammeplaner.html?id=435163.

Education plan

Nursing - Bachelor Programme (Start Autumn 2012)

Year 1 Year 2 Year 3

Code Course SP 1 2 3 4 5 6

Compulsory courses

BSYP11 Clinical Practice focusing on Basic Nursing 10

BSY140 Basic Nursing 10

BSY142 Medical and Natural Sciences in Nursing - 1 10

SVEXPHIL Examen philosophicum 10

BSY143 Social Science in Nursing 20

BSY240 Acute and Critical Care 10

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Year 1 Year 2 Year 3

Code Course SP 1 2 3 4 5 6

BSY243 Medication calculation 0

BSY242 Acute, Critically and Chronically Ill Patients. Organization

and Management 10

BSY340 Health Promotion and User Involvement in Nursing 10

BSYBAC Bachelor Thesis in Nursing 20

BSY341 Fundamental Values and Concepts of Nursing 10

Practice courses

Compulsory practice courses class A

BSYP4A Clinical Practice focusing on Acute, Critical and Chronically Ill Patients: Medical Nursing and Mental Health Nursing 20 BSYP5A Clinical Practice focusing on Health Promotion and User

Involvement: Surgical Nursing and Community Health Nursing

20

Compulsory practice courses class B

BSYP4B Clinical Practice focusing on Acute, Critical and Chronically Ill Patients:Surgical Nursing and Community Health

Nursing

20

BSYP5B Clinical Practice focusing on Health Promotion and User

Involvement: Medical Nursing and Mental Health Nursing 20

Compulsory practice courses class C

BSYP4C Clinical Practice focusing on Acute, Critical and Chronically Ill Patients:Community Health Nursing and Surgical

Nursing

20

BSYP5C Clinical Practice focusing on Health Promotion and User

Involvement: Mental Health Nursing and Medical Nursing 20

Compulsory practice courses class D

BSYP4D Clinical Practice focusing on Acute, Critical and Chronically Ill Patients: Mental Health Nursing and Medical Nursing 20 BSYP5D Clinical Practice focusing on Health Promotion and User

Involvement: Community Health Nursing and Surgical Nursing

20

Explanation: default semester, alternative semester

Year 2 Year 3

Code Course SP 3 4 5 6

BSY240 Acute and Critical Care 10

BSY243 Medication calculation 0

BSY242 Acute, Critically and Chronically Ill Patients. Organization and

Management 10

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Year 2 Year 3

Code Course SP 3 4 5 6

BSYP4A Clinical Practice focusing on Acute, Critical and Chronically Ill

Patients: Medical Nursing and Mental Health Nursing 20 BSYP5A Clinical Practice focusing on Health Promotion and User

Involvement: Surgical Nursing and Community Health Nursing 20

BSYP4B Clinical Practice focusing on Acute, Critical and Chronically Ill

Patients:Surgical Nursing and Community Health Nursing 20 BSYP5B Clinical Practice focusing on Health Promotion and User

Involvement: Medical Nursing and Mental Health Nursing 20

BSYP4C Clinical Practice focusing on Acute, Critical and Chronically Ill

Patients:Community Health Nursing and Surgical Nursing 20 BSYP5C Clinical Practice focusing on Health Promotion and User

Involvement: Mental Health Nursing and Medical Nursing 20

BSYP4D Clinical Practice focusing on Acute, Critical and Chronically Ill

Patients: Mental Health Nursing and Medical Nursing 20 BSYP5D Clinical Practice focusing on Health Promotion and User

Involvement: Community Health Nursing and Surgical Nursing 20

Explanation: default semester, alternative semester

Year 3

Code Course SP 5 6

BSYP5A Clinical Practice focusing on Health Promotion and User Involvement:

Surgical Nursing and Community Health Nursing 20

BSYP5B Clinical Practice focusing on Health Promotion and User Involvement:

Medical Nursing and Mental Health Nursing 20

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Qualifications and job opportunities

Completed study programme confers the title Bachelor¿s Degree in Nursing. This competence implies that the student is professionally qualified to practice the nursing profession in

accordance with relevant laws, rules and guidelines for professional ethics. Bachelor in Health Studies qualifies to work as a Licensed Nurse within public and private businesses. The

programme qualifies for admission to Master¿s Degree Programmes and post-graduate studies in health and social care. Some extension courses will require professional experience as a Licensed Nurse.

Course assessment

Student assessment of the courses in the programme will be conducted in accordance with the Faculty of Social Sciences¿ assessment system.

Study Abroad

Student exchanges in the 4th, 5th and 6th semesters through the Nordplus cooperation programme to different institutions within the Nordic countries, and through the Erasmus cooperation programme in Europe, the Czech Republic, Belgium and Portugal. There is also an opportunity for periods of study abroad in, amongst other places, Tanzania, Australia, New Zealand, the USA and Canada.Contact person: International Coordinator Tove Teigen.

Contact information

General Office, Department of Health Studies, telephone (+47) 51 83 41 00.Student Office, University of Stavanger, telephone (+47) 51 83 10 20.

Year 3

Code Course SP 5 6

BSYP5C Clinical Practice focusing on Health Promotion and User Involvement:

Mental Health Nursing and Medical Nursing 20

BSYP5D Clinical Practice focusing on Health Promotion and User Involvement:

Community Health Nursing and Surgical Nursing 20