nursing care 2nd degree bologna study programm - Fakulteta za ...

Introduction to nursing theories.
Choosing theory for practice.
Applying theories in practice.
Theory and research: the relationship.
Analysis and critique of health care science(s).
Professional development (professional identity in health care; values and values system, gender problems).
Bases for critical evaluation of health care science(s).
Readings:
Alfaro-LeFevre R. Critical thinking and clinical judgment. A practical approach. 3rd edition. Philadelphia: Saunders,
2004.
Boorse, Christopher (1975) “On the Distinction Between Disease and Illness”. Philosophy and Public Affairs, 5: 49-68.
Boorse, Christopher (1977) “Health as a Theoretical Concept”. Philosophy of Science, 44: 542-573.
Boyd, R., Gasper, P., Trout, J. D. (ur.) (1991): The Philosophy of Science, The MIT Press, Cambridge.
Buchanan, A. Justice and Health Care. Oxford: OUP. 2009.
Recomended:
Klampfer, F. (et al.) Telovadnica za možgane. Maribor: Svarog 2008.
Okasha, S. Filozofija znanosti. Ljubljana: Krtina. 2008.
Prado, C. C. Choosing to Die. Cambridge: CUP. 2008.
Risjord, M. Nursing knowledge: Science, Practice, and Philosophy. London: Willey-Blackwell, 2010
Izbor/Reader iz aktualnih knjig in revij o teoriji, filozofiji, etiki zdravstva.
Objectives and competences:
The objective of this course is to evolve philosophical competence and argumentative capacities by understanding
problems of contemporary sciences (natural and social) and by discussing their solutions based on a critical
evaluation of proposed answers and on a search for autonomous and original solutions.
Students are competent for the implementation of philosophical critical elements gained in the due course to the
modern clinical practise.
Communication skills: oral expression at oral exam, writing expression at completing a seminar, writing expression at
doing house works, oral expression at collaborating in a discussion, presentation.
· Use of information technology: search for relevant information on the internet.
· Problem solving: scientific-philosophical problems.
Intended learning outcomes:
On completion of this course the student will be able to:
· Knowledge and understanding:
- Identify underlying issues in all kinds of debates, express and formulate complex and controversial problems
precisely.
· Use and analysis:
- Analyze and construct sound arguments and recognize logical fallacies, methodological errors, rhetorical devices or
unexamined conventional wisdom, invent or discover cases to support or challenge a position, and distinguish those
that are relevant from those that are not.
· Synthesis and evaluation:
- critically examine and independently formulate the best arguments for variety of positions and look for their
weakest parts, evaluate views and arguments of others tolerantly and conceptualize her own theoretical activity.
Transferable/Key Skills and other attributes:
Communication skills:
oral expression at oral exam, writing expression at completing a seminar, writing expression at doing house works,
oral expression at collaborating in a discussion, presentation.
· Use of information technology: search for relevant information on the internet.
· Problem solving: scientific-philosophical problems.