General and Occupation-specific Legal Aspects ILV
1 SWS
1 ECTS
General and Occupation-specific Legal Aspects ILV
1 SWS 1 ECTS
Lecture contents
-Overview of the legal fields and regulations relevant to the profession
-Characteristics of health professions from a legal point of view
-Case-specific solution of legally relevant issues of care in different settings
-Professional competencies according to GuKG (amendment 2016)
-Professional qualification, professional practice, professional title, professional duties and rights
-Representation of the relationship between the various legal areas, professional rights, organizational rights (e.g. Hospitals Act, Nursing Home Residence Act), patient rights, labor and employment law, civil and criminal law in general
Assessment methods
written exam
Teaching methods
Predominantly active methods
Language
German
Selected Illnesses including diagnostics and therapy 1 VO
2 SWS
2 ECTS
Selected Illnesses including diagnostics and therapy 1 VO
2 SWS 2 ECTS
Lecture contents
Diseases and disorders (causes, symptoms, diagnostics, therapy, prognosis) with a focus on internal medicine (reference to all age groups)
of the cardiovascular system, the hematopoietic system and the immune system:
-Blood pressure regulation disorders
-Diseases of the vascular system
-Coronary heart disease and myocardial infarction
-Heart failure and cardiac arrhythmia
-Inflammatory heart disease; valvular defects
-Blood cell disorders (red, white), coagulopathies
-Malignant lymphomas
-HIV infection and AIDS
-Allergies and autoimmune diseases
of the respiratory system:
-Infectious respiratory diseases
-Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, fibrosis
-Bronchial and lung tumors
-Diseases of the pulmonary circulation
-Pleural disorders
-Aspiration and aspiration pneumonia
of the digestive tract:
-Esophageal and gastric disorders
-Intestinal disorders, peritoneal diseases
-Liver, bile duct and pancreas diseases
of metabolism and the endocrine system:
-Diabetes mellitus types I and II
-Pituitary gland, thyroid gland, adrenal cortex
-Fat and purine metabolism
-Nutritional diseases
of the musculoskeletal system:
-Degenerative / inflammatory / rheumatic diseases
-Traumatic impairment
-Congenital malformations
Diseases and disorders (causes, symptoms, diagnostics, therapy, prognosis) with a focus on neurology (reference to all age groups)
of the central and peripheral nervous system:
- Cerebral seizures, infections, inflammatory and degenerative diseases of the CNS, Intracranial hypertension, headache
- CNS tumors, muscle disease
- Cerebral insult
- Cerebral injury / effect of hypoxia
Assessment methods
Oral or written exam at the end oft he lecture course
Teaching methods
Predominantly presentation methods
Language
German
Introducion to Scientific Study ILV
1 SWS
1 ECTS
Introducion to Scientific Study ILV
1 SWS 1 ECTS
Lecture contents
-Basic principles of scientific work
-Competences of scientific work
-Criteria of scientific work
-Types of sources / literature / publications
-Overview of literature management programs
-Literature research
Assessment methods
Continuous assessment
Teaching methods
Predominantly active methods
Language
German
Ethics and Transcultural Nursing ILV
2 SWS
2 ECTS
Ethics and Transcultural Nursing ILV
2 SWS 2 ECTS
Lecture contents
General ethics:
-Definitions: ethics, morality, ethos, values (professional and cultural values, conflicts of values), norms, rules, virtues
-Tasks of ethics, fundamental questions of ethics, aims and limits of ethics
-Models of descriptive ethics (exemplary): e.g. phenomenological approach, linguistic analytical approach
-Classical theories of normative ethics (exemplary): deontology, teleology or consequential ethics, virtue ethics, communitarian ethics, ethics of justice, ethics
-Current Approaches: care ethics, ethics of responsibility
Ethics in care:
-Ethics in care: ethical problems in healthcare institutions, the particular situation of patients
-Ethics code: function of a professional code, ICN Code
-Selected basic questions and areas of tension of the nursing practice (exemplary): autonomy of the patient, (informed consent, the right not to know), the relationship between patient – caregiver - relatives, refusal of food, brain death and vigil coma, organ transplantation, therapy limitation - therapy discontinuation, aggression and violence, patient decree, rationing in the health care system etc.
-Ethics of organizations and ethics committee: models, tasks, aims
-Decision-making models e.g. Rabe, Nimwegener
Transcultural care:
-Relationship between culture and religion
-Concepts for transcultural competence
-Models of transcultural care (e.g. M. Leininger)
-Transcultural interaction in the nursing setting
Assessment methods
Oral or written exam at the end of the lecture course
Teaching methods
Predominantly active methods
Language
German
Basics of Communication and Conflict Resolution ILV
2 SWS
2 ECTS
Basics of Communication and Conflict Resolution ILV
2 SWS 2 ECTS
Lecture contents
-Terminology: Communication, interaction, conversation, language
-Basic process of verbal and non-verbal communication: the communication model according to F. Schulz von Thun (2004) and P. Watzlawick (2003), Nachrichtenquadrat
-Basic examples of nonverbal communication, mimicry, gesture, posture, focused attention and touch
-Axioms of communication according to P. Watzlawick (2003): content and relational aspect, the impossibility of not communicating, punctuation of event sequences, digital and analogue communication, symmetrical and complementary interactions
-Basic approach to conversation skills according to Rogers: empathy, authenticity, appreciation, acceptance
-Basics of reframing and mediation
-Communication breakdowns using examples
-Fundamentals of conversation - conversation techniques: active listening, verbalizing, paraphrasing, asking questions, concretising, giving feedback, evaluating, etc.
-Conversational situation: planning, preparation, structure and control; closeness/distance;Types of conversation: information conversation, discussion of problems, conflicts, giving advice, exoneration, motivational, etc.;
Elements of non-violent communication according to M. Rosenberg;
Conflict levels (for example, according to F. Glasl), strategies for resolving conflicts;
Basics of mentalization, the importance of emotions in interaction and communication;
Basics of conversations to motivate behavioural change, possibilities of implementation in healthcare
Assessment methods
Written or oral module exam
Teaching methods
Predominantly active methods
Language
German
Family and Community Care ILV
1 SWS
1 ECTS
Family and Community Care ILV
1 SWS 1 ECTS
Lecture contents
-Family as a system - expectations, available resources, life and relationships and motivation of relatives and people of reference
-Role of the caregiver among expectations and requirements
-Advisory, guidance and training roles of nurses in the home care setting
-Quality assurance systems for family and community-based care
-Model according to M-L. Friedemann
-Calgary Family Assessment and Intervention Model (family discussion and documentation, completion of family contact)
-Health care science approaches and concepts of family and community-based care (WHO concept / Family Health Nurse, Family Nursing)
-Legal framework, organizational, cooperation and financing possibilities
-Stress and relief factors for the nursing reference system
-Current research results, model projects and the implementation status in Austria and Germany
Assessment methods
Oral or written exam at the end of lecture course
Teaching methods
Predominantly active methods
Communication in Special Settings UE
1 SWS
1 ECTS
Communication in Special Settings UE
1 SWS 1 ECTS
Lecture contents
-Language and its impact on interaction
-The importance of communication for patients in specific settings:
communication with people with dementia
special features of communication with people with sensory impairment
supportive communication (for example, basic communication for people with disabilities)
-Communication in crisis situations: delayed illness processing, emotional shock, grief, loss, anxiety, relief conversation
-Basics of aggression, violence and de-escalation (definition, forms, stages, origin theories, prevention and safety management)
-Highly focused, shortened communication in emergencies (emergency communication)
Assessment methods
Written module exam
Teaching methods
Predominantly active methods
Language
German
Skills Training: Basal Stimulation and Bobath-concept UE
2 SWS
2 ECTS
Skills Training: Basal Stimulation and Bobath-concept UE
2 SWS 2 ECTS
Lecture contents
Basal Stimulation®:
- Components (posture, competence, technique) of Basal Stimulation®
- Experiences and basal stimulation offers in the somatic, vibrational, vestibular, auditory, audio- rhythmic, oral / olfactory, tactile-haptic, visual areas
- Basic principles and aspects of high-quality, professional touch, constancy of touch, contact intensity
- Calming and invigorating full body care
- Offers accompanying activation and withdrawal
Constrained positioning
Bobath Concept:
- Principles of the Bobath concept
- Process of active movement learning
- Handling movement in bed, positioning, movement of the pelvis and upper body, sitting, transfer and mobilization of partially active and severely affected patients
Assessment methods
Continuous assessment
Teaching methods
Predominantly active methods
Language
German
Geriatrics and Gerontopsychiatry VO
1 SWS
1 ECTS
Geriatrics and Gerontopsychiatry VO
1 SWS 1 ECTS
Lecture contents
Introduction / definition of geriatrics, geropsychiatry
Biological aspects of aging
Geriatrics
range of geriatrics
- prevention
- acute geriatrics
- geriatric rehabilitation
- palliative geriatrics
geriatric assessment
Age-specific phenomena
- multi-morbidity (e.g., cardiovascular system, urogenital tract, digestive tract, sense organs, movement apparatus, infectious diseases, nervous system, etc.)
- chronicity
- immobilization
Sleep disturbances
Vaccinations in old age
Medication in old age (polypharmacy)
The geriatric team
Geropsychiatry
Delirium
Dementia
Age-related Depression
Suicidality
Assessment methods
Oral or written exam at the end of lecture course
Teaching methods
Predominantly presentation methods
Language
German
Gerontology and Geriatric Care ILV
2 SWS
2 ECTS
Gerontology and Geriatric Care ILV
2 SWS 2 ECTS
Lecture contents
-Definitions of gerontology, geriatrics, long-term care and gerontological age research, age theories and being old as a living condition
-Structural change of aging (demographic development, sociological view)
-Needs of elderly and aging people (human closeness, sexuality, education, etc.)
-Life quality in old age
-Facilities / services for elderly people in Austria and in international comparison
-Care concepts in gerontological care (biography, validation, etc.)
-Nursing interventions for age-related depression, delirium, dementia, deprivation, aggression and regression
-Selected assessment instruments in gerontological care
-Cooperation with the reference system and counseling in the gerontological care setting
-Quality management and quality features in the setting of gerontological care
-Ethics in gerontological care using the example of malnutrition
-Violence and aggression in gerontological care
Assessment methods
Oral or written exam at the end of lecture course
Teaching methods
Predominantly active methods
Language
German
History of Health Care ILV
1 SWS
1 ECTS
History of Health Care ILV
1 SWS 1 ECTS
Lecture contents
-The character, tasks and aims of history
-Health, illness and the procedures of care and healing in antiquity
-The development of nursing, medicine and hospital systems in the Middle Ages
-The foundation of the first hospitals and health provision from the Renaissance to the early modern period
-The beginnings of professionalization of nursing care and influential personalities, e.g. Theodor Fliedner, Florence Nightingale, Agnes Karll
-The profession at the beginning of the 20th century
-The history of Austrian care
-Nursing during the Nazi-era
-The development post-1945
-Presentation of the state of care in today's society in connection with its history
Assessment methods
End of course written or oral exam
Teaching methods
Predominantly active methods
Language
German
Clinical Internship 2 PR
0 SWS
9 ECTS
Clinical Internship 2 PR
0 SWS 9 ECTS
Lecture contents
The students are guided to the:
- implementation of theoretical content (theory-practice transfer) in all areas of competence according to FH GUK AV defined practice areas:
(1) Acute care such as, for example, inpatient care in the (a) surgical department (general surgery and specialties such as, for example, gynaecology and obstetrics, urology, ear nose and throat department) and inpatient care in the (b) non-surgical department (general/internal medicine and specialist fields of internal medicine such as cardiology, oncology, hepatology, psychiatry, paediatrics),
(2) Long-term care (e.g. geriatric centres, inpatient and dy-care),
(3) Ward/mobile care (e.g. home care, wards), as well as areas of
(4) Prevention and rehabilitation.
optionally and additionally in areas such as self-employed care, public health services, GP surgeries and community practices, and other care facilities related to health care and nursing.
- implementation and identification of health risks and resources and putting in place accident and illness prevention measures.
- keeping of a training journal in the form of an placement manual, which contains a guide for the whole placement training.
- promotion of personal learning and ensuring learning progress in the above areas, as well as reflection upon the experiences from the respective professional field.
- reflecting upon case history in the course of the 5th semester together with academic staff.
- Implementation of study tasks (see practice reflexion) in the context of the respective clinical specialty.
Information:
- see Praktikumsbeschreibung Kapitel 1.10
Assessment methods
Continuous assessment and placement evaluation
Teaching methods
Clinical work placement
Language
German
Palliative Care ILV
2 SWS
2 ECTS
Palliative Care ILV
2 SWS 2 ECTS
Lecture contents
-History of hospice and palliative movements: historical and current developments of hospice and palliative care
-Selected definitions of palliative care: WHO, EAPC, Caring, Spiritual Caring
-The dying process and the stages of dying (e.g., Kübler-Ross, Renz, Jonen-Thielemann)
-Grief and mourning task models (e.g., Kast, Worden)
-Palliative care in different care contexts: care at the life-end in different institutions, at home and in emergencies, dealing with the deceased and their frame of reference with dignity
-Selected symptoms in palliative care including assessment instruments: "Total pain" and pain therapy, fatigue, diet and loss of appetite, cachexia, nausea and vomiting, constipation and diarrhoea, dyspnoea, agitation, pruritus, stomatitis and xerostomia, anxiety and depression, dehydration in the later stages of life
-Needs of the dying: physical, psychological, religious-cultural needs and spiritual accompaniment
-Psychosocial aspects: communication with the dying and severely ill, "Breaking Bad News", understanding and accompanying bereavement processes, dealing with the goodbye, and the grief of the health care staff
-Ethics in palliative care: ethical decision-making cultures, dying with dignity, the euthanasia debate, living wills and power of attorney.
Assessment methods
End of course written or oral exam
Teaching methods
Predominantly active methods
Language
German
Nursing care in context with diagnostics and therapy 2 UE
1 SWS
1 ECTS
Nursing care in context with diagnostics and therapy 2 UE
1 SWS 1 ECTS
Lecture contents
-Drug delivery: drug forms, legal requirements concerning medication administration, including delegation (quality control: tasks for the senior staff in the ordering, storage, and preparation of medicinal products, monitoring of the effects/side effects of the administered medicinal products and documentation), design of medicament packaging and package inserts, instructions for usage and storage, medication calculations, fault management in case of incorrect drug prescription
-Standard Operating Procedures (SOP): Principles, exemplary implementation in diabetes mellitus
-Punctures: vein, capillary, artery, preparation (e.g., Emla patch), and aftercare with venous and capillary blood sampling
-Peripheral vascular catheter: functional principles, peripheral vascular catheter, preparation, implementation and aftercare in the use of peripheral vascular catheters
-Central vascular catheter: functional principles, preparation, assistance, aftercare, fitting and handling
-Partial and fully implantable catheter systems: functional principles, preparation, assistance, aftercare, setting and handling
-Injections: s.c., i.m., i.v., preparation, execution and aftercare of injections
-Infusions: infusion types, infusion accessories, drip-rate calculation, drop counter, infusomat, motor syringe, infusion preparation, start and end of infusions with lying vessel access
-Probes: Placing the gastric probe, rotating the PEG probe, assisting in Sengstaken-Blakemore, position control and nursing interventions with probes in place
-Information:
-Transfusions and Bedside-Test, carrying out the patient blood group test; see Fertigkeitentraining “Überwachung“
Basics of invasive monitoring: arterial blood pressure measurement, ZVD measurement, temperature; see Fertigkeitentraining “Überwachung“
Assessment methods
End of course written or oral exam
Teaching methods
Predominantly active methods
Language
German
Internship 2 - Introduction and overview ILV
1 SWS
1 ECTS
Internship 2 - Introduction and overview ILV
1 SWS 1 ECTS
Lecture contents
In the introduction, the upcoming placement process will be discussed: the design and course of the placement, data protection requirements and confidentiality, practical objectives, placement documentation, location discussions with self and third-party assessments, placement assessment, learning support
In practice reflection and supervision, practice-related stress situations are dealt with, along with group discussions for the development of personal resources and coping strategies.
Study Tasks:
Study Task 1: Clinical Placement 1
-Development of an anamnesis
-Presentation of an ATL
-Reflection on disgust and the influence of the patient's history on the care process
Study Task 2: Clinical Placement 2
-Preparation of an anamnesis and individually relevant care diagnoses according to NANDA
-Presentation of a developed care diagnosis
-Reflection on, and treatment of, the topic of incontinence in professional health and medical care
Study Task 3: Clinical Placement 3
-Development of an anamnesis, individually relevant care diagnoses and care interventions according to NANDA
-Presentation of the evaluation process and searching for a suitable study that meets the scientific criteria
-treatment of questions concerning wound management by means of a wound situation from practice
Study Task 4: Clinical Placements 5 + 6
-Preparation of an anamnesis and description of the evidence-based nursing interventions based thereon
-Research into 2-3 related evidence-based studies
-Presentation of the nursing interventions developed
Assessment methods
Continuous assessment
Teaching methods
Predominantly active methods
Language
German
Introduction to Nursing Science and Health Care Research ILV
1 SWS
1 ECTS
Introduction to Nursing Science and Health Care Research ILV
1 SWS 1 ECTS
Lecture contents
- knowledge sources in nursing
- nursing Science / research: definition and subject area
- historical, national and international digression into the development of nursing science & nursing research
- areas of nursing research
- research approaches (overview)
- research process
- ethical aspects of nursing research
Assessment methods
End of course written or oral exam
Teaching methods
Predominantly active methods
Language
German