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History of Healthcare and Nursing Theories
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:7.00
Study Course Accepted:08.01.2024 08:52:06
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | MDAK_339 | LQF level: | Level 6 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 2.00 | ECTS: | 3.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | History | Target Audience: | Nursing Science | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Olga Juhņeviča | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Department of Nursing and Obstetric Care | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Riga, 26a Anninmuizas boulevard, mdak rsu[pnkts]lv, +371 67061568 | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 5 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 10 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 11 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 22 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 32 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | World history, history of Latvia and natural sciences. | ||||||||
| Objective: | To provide knowledge and create understanding of the development of the nursing profession in the historical context, of nursing theories and to establish connection between the nursing theories and modern changes in health care. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | The beginnings of the nursing profession: grey nurses. Activities of the Sisters of Mercy and Sisters of Charity of the priest Vincent de Paul in the territory of Latvia | Lectures | 2.00 | E-Studies platform | |||||
| 2 | Nursing profession in the territory of Latvia during the operation of the Russian Red Cross Society (1879–1914) and the Latvian Red Cross (1918–1940) | Lectures | 1.00 | E-Studies platform | |||||
| 3 | Nursing in Soviet times (1940–1991). Reorganisation of the nursing profession during the restoration of state independence | Lectures | 1.00 | E-Studies platform | |||||
| 4 | Review of classical theories of nursing and their application in practice. (Dorothy Orem, Faye Abdellah, Virginia Henderson, Sister Callista Roy, Dorothy Johnson, Marjory Gordon, Hildegard Peplau, Ida Jean Orlando, Martha E. Roger, Imogene King, Jean Watson, Florence Nightingale, Myra Levine) | Lectures | 1.00 | E-Studies platform | |||||
| 5 | A historical overview of the duties and activities of nurses: grey sisters, sisters of mercy of the Association of Priest Vincent de Paul, sisters of mercy of the Russian Red Cross, deaconess sisters, sisters of mercy of the Latvian Red Cross, nursing profession in Soviet times, nursing profession today | Classes | 4.00 | E-Studies platform | |||||
| 6 | Medical symbols and emblems: The Rod of Asclepius, Snake, Snake entwining the Mirror, Cup, the Rod of Mercury, Snowflake, Pentagram, White Gowns, Ambulance, Medical Service Emblems, Ancient Doctors, Hippocratic Oath | Classes | 1.00 | E-Studies platform | |||||
| 7 | Substantiation of care models and nursing theories in practice. Care models: Neuman’s system model, McGill model of nursing, VIPS model, AACN Synergy model. Analysis of research data (in a scientific article) | Classes | 3.00 | E-Studies platform | |||||
| 8 | Recent theories and models of care in nursing and theories related to nursing. (Parse's theory, Pender's health promotion model, Mercer's theory, Kolcaba's Comfort theory, J. Duffy's model of qualitative care, Roper-Logan-Tierney's model). Analysis and comparison of nursing theories and models: by chronology, level, approach and content | Classes | 3.00 | E-Studies platform | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | During the course, the student independently prepares two presentations, which are presented in a group with the aim of exploring more deeply one of the topics to be learned in the course: about medical symbols and emblems in medicine, their meaning and application today; about one of Nursing theories, analysis and comparison of models by chronology, level, approach, content. Analysis of research data (scientific article). In order to evaluate the quality of the study course as a whole, the student must fill out the study course evaluation questionnaire on the Student Portal. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | During the course, the student is assessed according to the following cumulative assessment: 1. There must be 100% class attendance in order for the student to be allowed to take the exam for this course. 2. The student actively participates in classes, completes and analyzes tasks - 20% of the total grade; 3. The student prepares independent presentations during the course, which are presented in a group - 30% of the total assessment; 4. At the end of the course, the student takes an exam (orally), taking 2 questions of the exam (one on the history of the development of the nursing profession, the other on Nursing theories) - 50% of the total evaluation. | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam (Oral) | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | |||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | On completion of the study course, students will gain in-depth knowledge of the historical course of nursing profession development in antiquity and professional development in the 18th-20th centuries, education, job description and activity in society, classical theories and concepts of nursing science, more recent theories and models of nursing, their related theories; students will be able to understand the impact of historical development of nursing on the professional development of nurses today. | ||||||||
| Skills: | Students will be able to analyse, synthesise and interpret the development of the nursing profession in different historical stages, taking into consideration the development of medical and nursing professional skills; evaluate and understand the theories of the nursing science, compare nursing theories by chronology, level, approach and content. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | Evaluate and justify the developmental links and cyclical development of the nursing profession with changes in the profession today; identify theories and concepts of Nursing Theory and other healthcare related sciences in nursing practice; will be able to explain, interpret and scientifically argue them. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Vīksna, A. Dodot gaismu sadegu. R., 2. izdevums, 2018. | ||||||||
| 2 | Odiņa, O. Māsu profesijas attīstība Latvijā (18.-20. gs). Promocijas darbs, RSU, 2013. | ||||||||
| 3 | Nursing theorists and their work 2015. / [edited by] Martha Raile Alligood, Professor Emeritus, College of Nursing, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina. 8th edition. xvii, 746 pp. | ||||||||
| 4 | Ārvalstu studentiem/ For international students: | ||||||||
| 5 | Wilkinson, Judith M. Treas, Leslie S.Barnett, Karen L. Smith, Mable H. 2016. Fundamentals of Nursing. F.A.Davis. EBSCOhost | ||||||||
| 6 | Potter, Patricia A., Perry, Anne Griffin. 2019. Essentials for Nursing Practice. EBSCOhost | ||||||||
| 7 | Jo Ann Zerwekh, Ashley Garneau. 2015. Nursing Today: Transition and Trends. EBSCOhost | ||||||||
| 8 | Craft-Rosenberg, M., Krajicek, M. 2017.Guidelines for Nursing Excellence in the Care of Children, Youth and Families. | ||||||||
| 9 | Wendy Levinson, Ginsburg, Shiphra. 2014. Understanding medical professionalism. AccessMedicine | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Leik, Maria T. Codina. 2018. Family Nurse Practitioner Certification Intensive Review: Fast Facts and Practice Questions. EBSCOhost | ||||||||
| 2 | Sines, David. 2013. Community and Public Health Nursing. Ebook Central | ||||||||
