Program Overview
The General Practice Nursing program trains students to provide comprehensive nursing care in various healthcare settings, emphasizing critical thinking, holistic approaches, and evidence-based practice. The program includes a blend of theoretical knowledge, clinical simulations, and practical experience, preparing graduates for a wide range of nursing roles in hospitals, clinics, and community organizations. Upon completion, students are eligible for employment in the healthcare system and further education opportunities.
Program Outline
Degree Overview:
- Program Title: General Practice Nursing
- Objectives:
- Train students to counsel and nurse healthy individuals and patients in families and communities.
- Develop students' critical thinking, social responsibility, teamwork abilities, holistic approach, and science-based practice.
- Description:
- Prepares students for nursing care at various levels, including social care institutions, rehabilitation centers, sanatoriums, and patients' homes.
- Involves a comprehensive nursing process encompassing all stages.
Outline:
- Content:
- National and international health policies
- Health legislation and professional ethics
- Natural, biomedical, social, and humanitarian sciences for health assessment
- Scientific nursing research
- Identification and treatment of nursing needs
- Performance and evaluation of nursing procedures
- Health lifestyle promotion
- Effective communication and collaboration
- Cross-cultural awareness
- Use of modern technology and information systems
- Protection of personal data
- Structure:
- Full-time, 3.5 years
- 210 ECTS credits
- Course Schedule: Not specified
- Modules: Not specified
Assessment:
- Methods:
- Public defense of a graduation thesis (Project)
- Final qualification exam
- Criteria:
- Knowledge, skills, and abilities outlined in the program description
Teaching:
- Methods:
- Integration of clinical disciplines
- Preclinical workshops in simulation classrooms
- Nursing clinical studies in medical practice centers and hospitals
- Exchange programs for study and practice in foreign healthcare institutions
- Independent scientific research
Careers:
- Potential Career Paths:
- Nursing in various healthcare settings, including dispensaries, polyclinics, nursing hospitals, sanatoriums, homes for the elderly and children, family care centers, general practitioners' offices, addiction centers, and military service units
- Integral nursing field
- Opportunities and Outcomes:
- Employment in the healthcare system
- Opportunity for further education at universities
- Eligibility for Master's studies upon completing additional studies or meeting university requirements
Tuition fee: 3000 Eur
Overview:
Alytaus Kolegija/University of Applied Sciences is a higher education institution located in Alytus, Lithuania. It is known for its focus on practical skills and its commitment to providing students with a high-quality education.
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Academic Programs:
Alytaus Kolegija/University of Applied Sciences offers a variety of academic programs, including:
- Multimedia, Design and Publishing Technologies
- Transport and Logistics Business
- General Practice Nursing
- Food Technology
- Information Technologies
Other:
Alytaus Kolegija/University of Applied Sciences has a strong international focus, with students and staff from various countries. The institution actively participates in the Erasmus+ program, offering opportunities for students and staff to study and teach abroad.
On July 1st, 2024, Alytaus Kolegija joined Kauno kolegija Higher Education Institution.
