Nursing Practice in Hospital (Internship) s

About this course

Expected learning outcomes

Practical Training: the main object is to consolidate and expand the knowledge and skills acquired during Practical Nursing Internship, so that they can realize the professional nursing role without special guidance from the supervisor. Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to:

• Consciously associate the theoretical approaches of Nursing with clinical implementation, having the capacity of an integrated clinical environment. • Have developed professional role awareness through responsibility, initiative development, development of interdisciplinary cooperation, respecting the principles and values of Nursing Science. • Use the knowledge and skills acquired during the training as well as the opportunities offered by the Organization to help, prevent, ant treat patients, families, groups and communities • Understand the role of the Nurses for investigating – identifying patients’ needs, designing and submitting proposals for implementing nursing care plans. • Promote dynamics of self-help and activation of the population in order to meet needs in community settings. • Contribute to the development of the interconnection of Health Services in order to better meet the needs of the elderly and the community.

Indicative Syllabus

    The practical lesson ” NURSING PRACTICE IN HOSPITAL (INTERNSHIP) consists of: 1. The course will be conducted in two hospitals located at Heraklion City (PAGNI & VENIZELIO). Also some months can be delivered in Primary Health Care Facilities in the Municipality of Heraklion. 2. The course aims to familiarize students with the implementation of nursing work in the framework of the operation of Nursing Organizations, to acquire a professional identity, to empower them so that they can function as nurses, achieving autonomy from the supervisor. Trainees make use of the knowledge and skills they have acquired during the training, as well as the opportunities offered by the Organization to identify, prevent, treat and address modern problems of individuals, families, groups and communities.

    Teaching / Learning Methodology

    Support Learning Process via the e-class platform

    Communicating with students via email

    Recommended Reading

    1. Medical-Surgical Nursing, 10th Edition by Donna D. Ignatavicius, MS, RN, CNE, CNEcl, ANEF, M. Linda Workman, PhD, RN, FAAN, Cherie R. Rebar, PhD, MBA, RN, COI and Nicole M. Heimgartner, DNP, RN, COI

    2. Brunner & Suddarth’s Textbook of Medical-Surgical Nursing (Brunner and Suddarth’s Textbook of Medical-Surgical) 14th Edition

    3. LeMone and Burke’s Medical-Surgical Nursing: Clinical Reasoning in Patient Care 7th Edition by Gerene Bauldoff, Paula Gubrud, Margaret Carno by Dr. Janice L Hinkle, Kerry H. Cheever

    4. A Textbook of Community Nursing, 2nd Edition Edited by Sue Chilton, Heather Bain, Copyright Year 2018

     

    Prerequisites

    1. Medical Nursing I – II 2. Surgical Nursing I – II 3. ICU Nursing 4. Emergency Nursing

    Start Date

    TBA

    End Date

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    Apply

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    Local Course Code

    YD109

    Cycle

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    Year of study

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    Language

    English

    Study Load

    Practical Exercise 150 Writing reports 30 Total 180, 5  ECTS

    Mode of delivery

    The presence of the student is necessary in both parts (Practice in the Organization and weekly group supervision) Required attendance rate of 80%, while the final grade of the course is evaluated both. Required is the fulfillment of specific educational criteria, according to the expected learning outcomes. Educational evaluation criteria are accessible to students in the e-class During the semester; the group supervises an intermediate assessment (including self-assessment of the student) as well as a final evaluation.

    Instructors

    Dr. Katerina Tzedaki

    Course coordinator

    Dr. Katerina Tzedaki

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