Nursing in a Multicultural Perspective
The following courses must be passed before starting this course: All courses in the first academic year
SYK1010 Communication, psychology, pedagogy and sociology
PRA1026 Supervised practical training studies - Basic nursing, municipal health service
SYK2010 Practical nursing skills, part 2,
SYK2008 Pathology, disease theory and pharmacology,
SYK2009 Nursing people with acute, critical and chronic illnesses PRA2035 Supervised professional training studies - People with acute, critical and chronic illnesses, Part 1, Specialist health service.
The course must have been passed before the start of the eighth semester.
Knowledge
- Have knowledge of multicultural societies and can describe cultural differences and similarities between people
- Have knowledge of the importance of intercultural communication in nursing
- Have knowledge of the status of the Southern Sámi and Lule Sámi people as indigenous peoples and their rights, especially in health and social fields
- Have insight into how important cultural and language backgrounds are for patients’ understanding of health and disease, as well as the safeguarding of quality and patient safety
- Have knowledge of the use of interpreters
Skills
- Can apply and reflect on cultural skills and cultural understanding from a global health and disease perspective when assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating nursing
- Can acknowledge and reflect on the importance of human cultural backgrounds
- Can reflect on intercultural communication in nursing
- Can plan and assess the nursing needs of people from indigenous and minority backgrounds
General competence
- Have knowledge and understanding of the Sámi people as a minority
- Know about aspects of global health challenges in the nursing practice in an international perspective
- Have acquired knowledge, skills and attitudes in order to deal with patients from different cultural backgrounds
- Can reflect on being in culturally sensitive situations
Norwegian Bokmål:
Lectures/online lectures, group work and seminars.
Overlap refers to a similarity between courses with the same content. Therefore, you will receive the following reduction in credits if you have taken the courses listed below:
SYK2002 - Nursing in a Multicultural Perspective - 3 credits
