Module PF3600-KP05

Duration

1 Semester

Turnus of offer

each winter semester

Credit points

5

Course of studies, specific fields and terms:

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing 2020, compulsory, Evidence-based nursing practice

Classes and lectures:

• PF3600-V: Avoid, recognise and overcome crisis situations (lecture, 2 SWS)
• PF3600-S: Plan, control and evaluate care processes in acute situations (seminar, 2 SWS)

Workload:

• 90 hours private studies
• 60 hours in-classroom work

Contents of teaching:

• Health crisis situations: individual and population- and health system-related
• Tasks of the nursing profession in the prevention and management of population and health system-related crises (preparedness, resilience) due to external factors such as pandemics or environmental influences (heat and other extreme weather conditions), strategies for prevention and crisis management
• Nursing tasks in the care of major incidents (mass casualty incidents)
• Differentiation between Basic Life Support, Immediate Life Support and Advanced Life Support for children and adults
• Consolidation of competences for Basic Life Support (children and adults) and first aid in emergency situations
• Interprofessional communication and cooperation in emergency care in various care settings, including handover situations
• Relevant scientific and nursing knowledge for the prevention, early detection, treatment, care and rehabilitation of/for severe acute illnesses, in particular injuries including traumatic brain injury and burns, cerebral circulatory disorders and haemorrhages (stroke), cardiogenic shock, pneumonia, sepsis and multiple organ failure, acute psychiatric disorders
• Nursing tasks in the prevention, early detection, treatment, care and rehabilitation of/for the above-mentioned serious acute illnesses: Determining the need for nursing support, evidence-based planning, organisation, design, implementation, management and evaluation of the nursing and multi-professional care process
• Nursing tasks in the care of children and adolescents with suspected health disorders due to abuse or violence

Qualification-goals/Competencies:

• Broadening/deepening knowledge: Students can explain theories, models and key concepts of prevention and management of individual health crises as well as population and health system-related crises as a result of external influences (e.g. pandemics, extreme weather conditions, political factors). They can identify points of contact for nursing tasks in accordance with Sections 4-5 and 37 of the Nursing Professions Act.
• Broadening/deepening knowledge: Students can name requirements for structures and processes for protection against/action in crisis situations at the organisational, population or health system level (e.g. fires, extreme weather, pandemics) and relevant knowledge resources (legal requirements, evidence-based recommendations from professional associations, regional or internal regulations).
• Broadening/deepening knowledge: Students can name the processes and players involved in multi-professional and multidisciplinary cooperation in situations with several injured persons or a mass casualty incident.
• Broadening/deepening knowledge: Students are able to explain the aetiology, clinic, therapeutic, nursing and rehabilitative measures for the above-mentioned acute illnesses and health disorders (see course content) on the basis of current nursing and related scientific findings.
• Utilisation and transfer: Students can apply basic and immediate life support measures to children and adolescents and assist with advanced life support measures. In emergency situations, students are able to make appropriate initial clinical assessments based on established observation criteria and prioritise first aid measures within their area of responsibility in a clinically appropriate manner.
• Utilisation and transfer: Students are able to plan, design and evaluate evidence-based care processes for people with complex and highly complex needs in highly stressful and critical life and care situations due to the above-mentioned acute illnesses or health problems (see course content). They apply assessment criteria and instruments appropriate to the subject matter and case, taking into account the principles of evidence-based diagnostics.
• Communication and coordination: Students are able to pass on/hand over the results of nursing assessments in emergency or other acute situations in a structured and appropriate manner, even under high time and decision-making pressure. They act competently within their own area of responsibility and can integrate other professional groups according to their roles and tasks.
• Academic self-image/professionalism: Students can justify the systemic relevance of the nursing profession and derive requirements for professional development from this. They can identify and reflect on professional ethical and legal challenges for the nursing profession in crisis or emergency situations and outline possible solutions on the basis of professional ethical standards and values.

Grading through:

• Written state examination
• written exam

Requires:

• Nursing Diagnostics and Interventions in Special Care Situations 4 (PF2654-KP08)
• Nursing Diagnostics and Interventions in Special Care Situations 3 (PF3200-KP08)
• Nursing Diagnostics and Interventions in Special Care Situations 2 (PF2152-KP06)
• Nursing Diagnostics and Interventions in Special Care Situations 1 (PF2151-KP06)
• Introduction into Nursing Practice 2 (PF1651-KP12)
• Introduction into Nursing Practice 1 (PF1151-KP05)

Responsible for this module:

• Prof. Dr. Katrin Balzer

Teacher:

• Institute for Social Medicine and Epidemiology - Section for Research and Teaching in Nursing
• Prof. Dr. Katrin Balzer
• Dr. rer. hum. biol. Christine Herr
• Dr. Patrick Ristau
• Anja Kühn, M.Sc.
• Katrin Schütz, MScPH
• Magdalena Scheytt, MScPH
• MitarbeiterInnen des Instituts
• Sabrina Pöschel, B.A.

Literature:

• See current module plan in the Moodle course :

Language:

• offered only in German

Notes:

Last Updated:

23.06.2025