Learning at Work 1 (LIA) is workplace-based training where you practise the work of a specialist assistant nurse in care of older people. Based on the content of the theoretical courses, you get the chance to reflect on and analyse the work, and to encounter organisational development, supervision and ethical issues. You also practise interpreting symptoms of common geriatric conditions and dementia, and recognising the need for symptom relief at the end of life.
Duration: 4 weeks
Language: Swedish
Level: Intermediate
CSN-eligible
Time commitment: 20 YH credits, placement at a workplace
The course covers the work of a specialist assistant nurse in care of older people and gives students the chance, based on the content of the theoretical courses, to reflect on and analyse the work.
The course also covers organisational development and supervision, and the ethical issues an assistant nurse may face in caring for older people. When the opportunity arises, students practise interpreting symptoms of the most common geriatric conditions and side effects of the most common medicines, and distinguishing these from conditions caused by normal ageing, the most common dementia disorders, mental illnesses and any substance abuse problems in care of older people, as well as symptoms that an older person is at the end of life and needs relief from pain or anxiety in that situation.
The course covers the work of a specialist assistant nurse in care of older people and gives students the chance, based on the content of the theoretical courses, to reflect on and analyse the work.
The course also covers organisational development and supervision, and the ethical issues an assistant nurse may face in caring for older people. When the opportunity arises, students practise interpreting symptoms of the most common geriatric conditions and side effects of the most common medicines, and distinguishing these from conditions caused by normal ageing, the most common dementia disorders, mental illnesses and any substance abuse problems in care of older people, as well as symptoms that an older person is at the end of life and needs relief from pain or anxiety in that situation.
What you will learn
What you learn.
Can apply theoretical knowledge in the practical work of caring for older people
Can reflect on and analyse the work of a specialist assistant nurse
Has knowledge of organisational development and supervision in elderly care
Can identify ethical issues in work with older people
Can interpret symptoms of common geriatric conditions and dementia, and the need for symptom relief
Curriculum
How the course is built.
Workplace-based placement
Practical work at a care service for older people, under supervision.
Reflection and analysis
Linking the theoretical courses to practical experience through reflection.
Organisational development and supervision
Insight into organisational development and supervision in elderly care.
Geriatrics and symptom relief
Interpreting symptoms of geriatric conditions and dementia, and the need for relief at the end of life.
Target audience
Who is this for?
The course is for you if you are training to become a specialist assistant nurse in care of older people and are about to do your first workplace-based placement (LIA).
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