Curriculum: General Nurse 2021

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The expected fields of activity of the graduates of the Curriculum of General Nurse are the positions requiring the competency of a general nurse in Estonia or in the European Union.
Continuation of studies is possible on the Specialized Nursing Education Curriculum and/or on the Master level curriculum of nursing or on other open Master level curricula.

The aim of the Curriculum of General Nurse is to provide internationally recognized professional higher education for working in the area of health care and to resume specialty education and/or on the curriculum of nursing or on other open Master level curricula.

Curriculum contains:
10 modules (210 ECTS)

Basic Subjects 18 ECTS
Personal and Professsional Development of a Nurse 34 ECTS
Foundations of Nursing 28 ECTS
Clinical Nursing 48 ECTS
Children’s Nursing 8 ECTS
Intensive Nursing 8 ECTS
Health Nursing 32 ECTS
Mental Health Nursing 9 ECTS
Research Methodology 20 ECTS
Elective Subjects 5 ECTS

Volume of Practical Training 90 ECTS
Volume of Graduation Thesis 5 ECTS
Volume of Elective Subjects 5 ECTS

1. Knows the basic concepts of nursing and health, theoretical and ethical foundations of nursing, the anatomy, physiology, and psychology of a healthy and sick person and physical and social factors affecting health.
2. Is able to formulate problems related to nursing including research and development objectives, is able to analyse and evaluate different solutions, initiates and/or participates in research, development and project work.
3. Is able to independently diagnose and provide quality process-based nursing care linking nursing theory and practice as well as the knowledge from other fields: collects information, evaluates and analyses critically the needs of nursing care, plans nursing care according to the patient’s needs and evaluates and analyses the quality of care.
4. Is able to independently council, supervise and support people and their families needing nursing care to promote the health of a single individual as well as of community and ensure quality care and well-being.
5. Is immediately able to independently start taking life-saving measures and act on crisis, catastrophe and emergency situations.
6. Is able to communicate and cooperate with patients/clients, their close family, members of the health team and members of other fields of health care and social work, uses necessary e-health information systems, communication and health care technologies and tools.
7. Is able to explain in Estonian and in English, orally and in writing the problems related to nursing process, participates in nursing related discussions.
8. Values the holistic approach to the human, the variety of attitudes and values, patient and family centredness and is able by considering the social and ethical aspects to evaluate the role of nursing and its impact on single individual and society.
9. Knows the principles of teamwork, management and entrepreneurship and is able to implement them in his or her work, is willing to participate in civil society.
10. Knows the opportunities and assumptions of lifelong learning and professional development and is able to undertake continuous professional self-development and adapt to different changes in the society.

English

A student is required to choose within the curriculum an elective subject (5 ECTS), which serves the aim of deepening the knowledge of the corresponding field of nursing; student has the opportunity to choose an elective practical training (20 ECTS) according to his/her personal development and career in mind; student has the possibility to go on a project-based practical training (5 ECTS) by implementing projects supporting the curriculum or its parts or the college in general. All in all there are elective possibilities for 30 ECTS.

Certificate of the secondary or vocational secondary education or equivalent qualification.

Completing the curriculum in full and receiving a positive grade in defending the graduation thesis.

Diploma of professional higher education

Diploma of professional higher education with academic transcript and Diploma Supplement in English

The graduates of the curriculum are able to continue their studies in the nurse specialist training and/or in the Master level curriculum of nursing science or on other open Master level curricula.