The Bachelor of Nursing programme aims to educate professional nurses who are qualified to provide nursing in all parts of the health services. The programme aims to educate independent, responsible and reflective nurses. Nurses educated in Trøndelag shall be characterised as clinically competent practitioners with a strong nursing identity who dare, who want to and who are able to.
This means that nurses
- face professional, ethical and interpersonal challenges
- take responsibility for and contribute to people's health, as well as their own and others' development
- conduct nursing services based on knowledge, the value foundation of nursing and their skills
THE VALUE FOUNDATION OF NURSING
Nursing education is based on a view of humans that starts from the point that every person is unique and woven from biological, psychical, social and spiritual dimensions, and the overall whole is more than the sum of its dimensions. The reason for nursing lies in respect for each individual's life and its inherent dignity. Nursing builds on compassion, care and respect for human rights, and the nurse is to promote health, prevent disease, ease suffering and ensure a dignified death. The nurse holds a professional, ethical and personal responsibility for his/her own actions and assessments in nursing and carries a responsibility for acquiring knowledge of current legislation regulating nursing services.
VIEW ON KNOWLEDGE AND LEARNING
Nursing is a profession as well as a scientific discipline. The knowledge foundation of nursing is comprised of nursing-professional experience-based and research-based knowledge, knowledge of ethics, natural science knowledge and knowledge of humans, society and health. Through the nursing programme, the student develops basic competence in the field of the profession. Competence is an expression of professionally relevant knowledge and skills and general competence based on the value foundation of nursing. The nursing programme builds on a view of learning where learning implies acquisition of new or changed competence that provides lasting changes in a person¿s behaviour. Learning processes are both individual as well as related to action and interaction with others.
Learning with the aim of acquiring the competence of this profession among others means that the student:
- learns about him/herself in the role of nurse and acquires the skills of the profession
- gains knowledge of theory
- reflects on theory and experience through observation, analysis, consideration and critical evaluation
- participates in the programme's social and cultural context where the student creates a good learning environment in cooperation with fellow students, teachers, supervisors and others.
THE NURSE'S CORE COMPETENCE
Nursing, care and treatment are the cornerstones of a nurse's competence. The nurse:
- Meets the patients' need for nursing
- Starts from the individual person's experience of disease or health failure as well as each person's resources and opportunities
- Conducts nursing in cooperation with patients and dependents and in interdisciplinary collaboration
- Conducts nursing based on observation and professional assessment that provide the best possible health and quality of life for patients and dependents
- informs, teaches and supervises patient and dependents, co-workers and students
- possesses competence in health promoting and preventive work and has basic knowledge of research and professional development
demonstrates ability to organise and lead nursing services at various levels
- has knowledge of the construction and tasks of health services, as well as knowledge of health policy priorities as well as the legal framework for the profession
- demonstrates appreciation of different cultures
- demonstrates professional ethical attitudes
The programme consists of theoretical, dialogue-based and practical work and learning forms that support each other. The student develops professional and personal competence in nursing through his/her attending the learning situations facilitated. The programme thus has mandatory attendance requirements.
The student is expected to:
- work the amount of hours equivalent of a full-time study programme
- attend and actively participate in the learning activities provided by the University
- act in accordance with professional ethical nursing guidelines
- be engaged, solution-oriented, and to cooperate with Nord University in the further developing of the nursing programme through actively using student democracy
Variation in pedagogic methods is emphasised in order to meet different demands in acquiring knowledge:
- Theoretical teaching
Lectures
ICT-supported teaching forms
- Dialogue-based teaching activities
Reflection groups
Seminars
Core group work
Peer student feedback
Project work
Student conversations
- Practical studies
Skills training
Simulation
Preparation before and reflection on professional praxis studies
Professional praxis studies in cooperation with patients and dependents:
Professional praxis studies in direct cooperation with patient and dependents comprises 75 ECTS credits. In professional praxis studies, students work with experienced nurses and others in meeting people who are in need of nursing. Professional praxis studies are supervised. Nord University allocates praxis placements. Students are not at liberty to provide their own placements. The professional praxis studies are mainly conducted in Northern Trøndelag. The nursing programme also offers some professional praxis studies abroad. The organising as well as other regulations related to the professional praxis studies are described in a separate document.
- Self-studies and individual assignments
Pedagogic methods are elaborated on in separate documents as well as in the respective course descriptions.