Duration
10h Th, 40h SEM
Number of credits
| Master in Nursing Sciences, professional focus in advanced practices | 5 crédits |
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the second semester
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
- Discipline
- Nursing discipline
- Constituents of the nursing discipline
- Nursing sciences
- Nursing knowledge
- Nursing concepts
- Nursing theories
- Classification of nursing theories according to their level of abstraction: grand theory, middle-range theory, situation-specific theory
- Use of nursing theories in practice (clinical practice and research)
- Philosophy of nursing: contribution of nursing philosophy to the nursing discipline; ontology; epistemology; ethics
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
- Defining what a discipline is
- Explain the characteristics of a discipline
- To identify what nursing is and its components.
- To identify the type of discipline that is the nursing discipline
- Defining nursing
- Distinguishing the five parts of the nursing profession
- Distinguishing between nursing knowledge and borrowed knowledge
- To approach critically the epistemology of nursing sciences
- Identifying what a nursing concept is
- Defining nursing theory
- Distinguish between types of theories according to their level of abstraction
- To identify the usefulness of nursing theories in clinical practice and research
- To identify the link between nursing science and nursing philosophy
- To identify the usefulness of nursing science and nursing philosophy for advanced practice
- Demonstrate an understanding of philosophical texts concerning the ontology, epistemology and ethics of nursing.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Reverse class: the course is organized in the form of seminars
- Students prepare the course on the basis of a preparation document containing readings as well as questions to be answered or preparation to be carried out
- Everyone is invited to participate actively in the discussions
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
Remote course
Further information:
Online teaching
Course materials and recommended or required readings
Platform(s) used for course materials:
- Microsoft Teams
Further information:
- Readings mentioned in the preparation document for each course
- Dallaire, C. (dir.). (2008). Le savoir infirmier. Au cœur de la discipline et de la profession. Montréal, Québec : Gaëtan Morin - Chenelière Éducation.
- Goulet, O. et Dallaire, C. (dir.). (2002). Les soins infirmiers. Vers de nouvelles perspectives. Montréal, Québec : Gaëtan Morin - Chenelière Éducation.
- McEwen, M. & Wills, E.M. (2019). Theoretical Basis for Nursing (5th). Philadelphia, PA: Wolters Kluwer.
- Meleis, A.I. (2018). Theoretical Nursing. Development and Progress (6th). Philadelphia, PA: Wolters Kluwer.
- Pepin, J., Ducharme, F. et Kérouac, S. (2017). La pensée infirmière (4ème éd.). Montréal, Québec : Chenelière Éducation.
- Peterson, S.J. & Bredow, T.S. (2013). Middle Range Theories. Application to Nursing Research (3rd). Philadelphia, PA: Wolters Kluwer.
- Smith, M.J. & Liehr, P.R. (2018). Middle Range Theory for Nursing (4th ed.). New-York, NY: Springer.
Written work / report
Continuous assessment
Further information:
- Preparation (20%)
- Presentation (30%)
- Portfolio (50%)
Work placement(s)
Organisational remarks and main changes to the course
Readings to prepare the seminars
Preparing, attending the seminars and participating are essential.
Contacts
jacinthe.dancot@uliege.be