Table 1 Objectives for a Graduate Diploma in Specialist Nursing independent of specialisation according to the Higher Education Ordinance [4]
Objectives | Students must demonstrate the knowledge and skills required to work independently as a specialist nurse. |
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Knowledge and understanding | - demonstrate knowledge of the scientific basis of the field and insight into current research and development work, together with knowledge of the connection between science and proven experience and the significance of this connection for professional practice - demonstrate detailed knowledge of planning, leading and coordinating health and medical work |
Skills and abilities | - demonstrate a deeper ability to identify health care needs and set up care plans, independently and in cooperation with patients and family members - demonstrate an ability to lead and evaluate care measures - demonstrate a deeper ability to initiate, carry out and evaluate health-promoting and preventive work; - demonstrate an ability to integrate knowledge and to analyse, assess and deal with complex issues and situations - demonstrate an ability to assist in and independently perform examinations and treatment, including end-of-life care - demonstrate an ability to teach nursing |
Judgement and approach | - demonstrate self-knowledge and a capacity for empathy - demonstrate an ability to make intervention assessments based on a holistic approach to the human person and on relevant scientific, social and ethical aspects, paying particular attention to human rights - demonstrate an ability to take a professional approach to patients and their family members - demonstrate an ability to identify their need of further knowledge and to continuously upgrade their capabilities |