Healthcare and Nursing

General anatomy and physiology The student - knows the morphological and functional relationships of the healthy body - is familiar with medical terminology - has basic knowledge of the development and structure of the human organism - knows the basics of physiology - explains the function of organ systems and their interactionGeneral pathology The student - has knowledge about the development of diseases - knows about the causes and effects of deviating cell and tissue structures and functions in the organismHygiene The student - knows standards of hygiene, infection prevention and epidemiology and derives prophylactic measures from them - takes hygiene requirements into account and recognises the importance of hygiene in the healthcare sectorHealth promotion and prevention in the healthcare professions The student - Explains the basic concepts of health promotion, resilience, health literacy, climate literacy, health literacy and prevention within and outside its own division - describes the importance of health-promoting measures both for themselves personally and for clients/patients - knows the basic principle of primary care in Austria and its tasks in connection with public health and health promotionEmergency management The student - Recognises life-threatening conditions and provides appropriate first aid - creates the basic monitoring and interprets these basic values - Carries out initial measures in airway managementLegal bases 1 and healthcare The student - knows the job profiles and areas of expertise of the healthcare professions in Austria - recognises the limits of independent professional practice and makes reference to the relevant legal regulations - knows the organisational structures and political spheres of influence of the Austrian healthcare system as well as the basic principles of hospital managementDigitisation The student - can explain selected basic terms from the field of digitalisation in healthcare - can explain selected information systems in the healthcare sector
- Semester:
- 1
- Type:
- Lecture compulsory course
- ECTS-points:
- 4
- Contents:
- - Basics of anatomy and physiology including terminology
- Biology of the cell, tissue types incl. functions
- Respiratory system
- Cardiovascular system
- Digestive system and metabolism
- Kidneys and urinary tract
- Skeletal system and musculoskeletal system
- Reproductive system incl. reproductive organs
- Nervous and endocrine system
- Skin and sensory organs
- Blood, immune system and lymphatic organs
- Semester:
- 1
- Type:
- Lecture compulsory course
- ECTS-points:
- 1,5
- Contents:
- - Definition, basics and tasks of pathology
- Pathogenesis and pathophysiology of diseases
- Epidemiology and prevention of diseases
- Cell growth and differentiation
- Cell and tissue damage
- Inflammatory pathology
- Immunopathology
- Basic concepts of genetics and heredity
- Systemic pathology
- Semester:
- 1
- Type:
- Lecture compulsory course
- ECTS-points:
- 0,5
- Contents:
- - Definition of digitalisation in the context of healthcare
- eHealth - definition of terms and areas of application (health telematics, telemedicine, etc.)
- Digital interfaces in healthcare facilities (HIS, LIS, RIS2, SAP, etc.)
- Current applications
- Semester:
- 1
- Type:
- Integrated course compulsory course
- ECTS-points:
- 0,5
- Contents:
- - Basics and definitions of terms
- Examples from practice (good practice)
- Importance of health promotion and prevention for healthcare professionals, for clients/patients, for the healthcare system, for the economy
- International and national developments in health promotion and health policy (nutrition, exercise, substance abuse such as alcohol, nicotine, drugs, etc.)
- Age and gender aspects and forms of communication in health promotion
- Semester:
- 1
- Type:
- Lecture compulsory course
- ECTS-points:
- 0,5
- Contents:
- - Rough concept for hospital hygiene
- Basic terms epidemiology, types of pathogens, infectiology, disinfection, sterilisation
- Disposal in the hospital
- Hand hygiene and personal hygiene
- Immunisation
- Healthcare-associated Infections
- Semester:
- 1
- Type:
- Integrated course compulsory course
- ECTS-points:
- 0,5
- Contents:
- - Basic Life Support (BLS) based on the latest European Resuscitation Council (ERC) guidelines
- Aspiration events/bolus events - with a special focus on airway management
- Paediatric emergencies
- ABCDE scheme
- Customer Relationship Management (CRM) guidelines
- Basic monitoring
- Alerting the cardiac alarm team or MET team (algorithm)
- Sim training with feedback (see CAS model)
- Practical exercises in small groups
- Reflection models/methods after stressful events
- Semester:
- 1
- Type:
- Lecture compulsory course
- ECTS-points:
- 1
- Contents:
- Job profiles and areas of expertise in the healthcare sector
- Pharmacist: Pharmacy Act
- Physician: Medical Act
- Higher medical-technical service: Medical-Technical Services Act (biomedical analyst, dietician, occupational therapist, speech therapist, orthoptist, physiotherapist, radiological technologist)
- Healthcare and Nursing: Healthcare and Nursing Act (Higher Service for Healthcare and Nursing, Nursing Assistant, Nursing Assistant)
- Midwife: Midwifery Act
- Cardiotechnician: Cardiotechnician Act
- Masseur: Medical Masseur and Healing Masseur Act
- Medical assistant professions: Medical Assistance Professions Act (disinfection assistant, plaster assistant, laboratory assistant, autopsy assistant, surgical assistant, surgery assistant, ordination assistant, X-ray assistant, training therapist (sports scientist), new: surgical assistant)
- Music therapist: Music Therapy Act
- Psychologist: Psychologists Act
- Psychotherapist: Psychotherapy Act
- Rescue and ambulance service: Paramedics Act
- Dentist, dental assistant and prophylaxis assistant: Dentists Act
Austrian healthcare system and basic principles of hospital management
- Organisation of authorities and distribution of tasks in Austria: relationship between federal government - provinces - district administration - social insurance
- Health structure plan
- Austrian social security system: health, accident and pension insurance
- Excursus on international systems: tax-financed models (e.g. NHS in the UK), privately financed models and mixed forms (e.g. Obamacare in the USA)
- Fundamentals and models of hospital financing: LKF model and DRG model
- Operational and strategic controlling
- Key figures: Case numbers, bed utilisation, patient flows, recording of services, etc.
Basics of quality and data management The student - explains the basics of data and quality management in the healthcare sector - analyses and applies documentation standards in the various settings, reflects on them and supports quality-related activities (e.g. interface management, quality reporting, outcome quality measurement)Legal basis 2 The student - knows and understands the basic principles of the legal foundations and laws specific to the profession - knows and understands the relevant job-specific aspects of data securityFamily and patient education The student - knows the basics of professional information and educational talks - recognises the importance of a basis of trust with clients/patients and their relatives - knows the respective professional laws and the competences and responsibilities they containDigital healthcare and teletherapeutic concepts The student - recognises the potential applications of digital healthcare and teletherapeutic concepts - analyses the digital treatment concepts in the context of digital transformation - understands initiating change processes - develops a reflective attitude
- Semester:
- 3
- Type:
- Lecture compulsory course
- ECTS-points:
- 0,5
- Contents:
- - Definitions of terms (eHealth, telemedicine, telehealth, digital health)
General
- Megatrends and challenges in the healthcare sector
- Telemedicine: Framework conditions in Austria/Germany
- Systems, technical framework conditions
- Goals, benefits and opportunities as well as challenges, obstacles and limitations
- Quality assurance
- Legal basis
- Examples from practice
- Teletherapy concepts
- eHealth strategies and examples of implementation (e.g. televisits)
- Examples of digital health projects (e.g. in the Geriatric Health Centre Graz, interactive training systems)
Exemplary methods and applications of digital healthcare
- Assistive technologies
- Digital health applications (DIGAS)
- Digital care applications (DiPA)
- Mobile health applications (apps)
- Wearables (fitness watches, etc.)
- Gamification
- AR/VR systems
- Robotics
- Smart Health/Smart Home
- Web-based platforms (for homepages)
- Artificial Intelligence (AI), Artificial Intelligence (AI)
- Movement laboratory
- Semester:
- 3
- Type:
- Lecture compulsory course
- ECTS-points:
- 0,5
- Contents:
- - Framework conditions for patient education
- Legal framework (professional laws, competences, responsibilities)
- Concepts of health promotion/health education and its connection with family and patient education (salutogenetic model according to Antonovsky, empowerment, model of behavioural change e.g. according to Prohaska and DiClemente, the concepts of health literacy/health promotion/prevention)
- Terms family, psycho- and patient education with the methods of patient education (information, training, counselling, moderation)
- Objectives of client/patient and family education (compliance, adherence, consulting, counselling)
- Phases of the education process
- Use of aids for client/patient and family education (evaluation of brochures, information material, videos, etc.). Using the Witten list or the SAM evaluation scheme, dealing with sources)
- Information transfer
- Prerequisites and framework conditions for successful educational processes (target group orientation, proximity/distance, challenges such as the influence of stressful situations, knowledge deficits, language and cultural barriers, etc.).
- Aspects of person-centred conversation and questioning techniques
- Differences between the methods "informing", "counselling" and "training" with examples (interprofessional)
- Interprofessional client/patient and family education
- Semester:
- 3
- Type:
- Lecture compulsory course
- ECTS-points:
- 1
- Contents:
- - Basics of data management
- Basics and terms of quality management
- Quality assurance and development measures
- Application of digitalisation concepts in the healthcare sector on the basis of legal framework conditions
- Semester:
- 3
- Type:
- Lecture compulsory course
- ECTS-points:
- 0,5
- Contents:
- - Profession-specific legal principles and laws
- Liability (criminal liability, civil liability)
- Exemplary patient rights (patient charter, Upper Austrian adult protection law, living will law, dying will law)
- Special provisions relevant to the profession (hospital law such as hospital hygiene based on §8a KAKuG, medical device law, pharmaceutical law, accommodation law, right to stay in a nursing home, etc.)
Data protection and security
- Art 1 DSG: Fundamental right to data protection
- GDPR: relevant provisions
- Professional rights (right to confidentiality and data protection, explicit consent, handling of personal data, duty of confidentiality)
The student - explains the development of a care theory - understands health and nursing care as a human encounter and social mission in equal measure and develops a reflected understanding of the role - has an approach to people that is characterised by empathy, appreciation and congruence - can build a basis of trust and social relationships with people and develops understanding and tolerance towards others - Describes methods of patient observation - names observation criteria and applies these according to the level of training - observes the state of health of patients and refers pathological deviations that require clarification in accordance with the level of training - explains selected assessment tools and applies them - uses standardised measurement techniques, equipment and tools to derive diagnostic observation and monitoring measures in relation to the specified content and documents the results to ensure quality - knows nursing interventions related to the content listed and can apply and discuss these in terms of patient autonomy versus standardised care - is aware of his/her own responsibility when carrying out the nursing interventions listed and is able to take nursing action in accordance with the legal framework conditions - understands the care process as a reciprocal relationship and problem-solving process and discusses the legal basis - is a positive model of perception through her*his behaviour - documents care-relevant data and information on the basis of given documentation systems - consciously initiates and reflects on social relationships in a professional context
- Semester:
- 1
- Type:
- Integrated course compulsory course
- ECTS-points:
- 3,5
- Contents:
- GuK § 14 and § 15
- Selected care theories
- Selected care models
- Emotional work in care/self-care/lay care and the role of the carer
- Patient observation
- Selected assessment tools
- Selected prophylaxis
- Basics and physiological/pathological changes in sleep and nursing interventions
- Fundamentals and physiological/pathological changes in consciousness and nursing interventions including changes in perception
- Fundamentals and physiological/pathological changes in nutrition and nursing interventions
- Fundamentals and physiological/pathological changes in the skin and nursing interventions in the area of personal hygiene as well as the basics of excretion
- Fundamentals and physiological/pathological changes in movement and nursing interventions as well as mobilisation according to the principle of kinaesthetics
- Fundamentals and physiological/pathological changes in breathing and nursing interventions
- Basics and physiological/pathological changes in pulse and blood pressure and nursing interventions
- Basics and physiological/pathological changes in body temperature and nursing interventions
- Selected topics from the field of digitalisation
- Semester:
- 1
- Type:
- Integrated course compulsory course
- ECTS-points:
- 1,5
- Contents:
- GuK § 14
- Professional law Healthcare and Nursing Act
- Legal basis with regard to care documentation
- Care process as a relationship process or problem-solving process
- Patient autonomy versus standardised care
- Steps/phases of the care process
- Care process as a counselling and decision-making process
- Working with or in digital documentation systems
- Introduction Clinical Assessment
- Selected clinical assessments (symptom-focussed medical history/fever, general condition and skin)
The student - can use the nursing history and suitable assessment tools to determine the developmental status, health risk factors and indicators, problems, requirements, needs, development potential and resources of people of all ages and families, taking into account the cultural and ideological context, and process these in the nursing diagnostic process - can formulate care goals on the basis of a nursing diagnosis in cooperation with the person concerned or their care system andplanthe necessary nursing interventions and strategieson this basis, taking into account the wishes of the person concerned and respecting their dignity - can select nursing interventions based on the totality of nursing knowledge and the preferences and resources of people, taking into account physical, psychological, religious, spiritual, sociocultural, gender-related and ethical aspects - professionally orientates nursing interventions to the criteria of effectiveness, well-being, safety, economy and ecology - can recognise and implement their documentation obligations in the respective field of activity - can document care-relevant data and information using given documentation systems - can recognise pathological changes and abnormalities in people of all ages on the basis of their scientific and medical knowledge - can use standardised measurement techniques, devices and aids to carry out diagnostic and therapeutic observation and monitoring measures and document the results to ensure quality - has factual, methodological and reasoning knowledge of the objectives, modes of action, implementation modalities, risks and complications of medical diagnostics and therapy when carrying out diagnostically or therapeutically relevant interventions and care techniques for people of all ages - masters the skills, techniques and strategies required to carry out therapeutic and diagnostic measures according to medical orders - can inform people or their care system about the necessary diagnostic or therapeutic measures in an encouraging and empowering way, so that fear and uncertainty are removed or at least reduced - can perform competences in the field of medical diagnostics and therapy in accordance with professional regulations and carry out activities on a doctor's orders - can recognise in the situation whether he/she has the necessary professional competence to carry out the doctor's order and decides whether to accept it in full knowledge of the consequences under liability law, in particular with regard to negligence in admitting a medical condition - can understand communication barriers and conflicts - can independently make professionally justified decisions and justify their own decisions responsibly - can explain the psychosocial requirements of the respective field of activity
- Semester:
- 2
- Type:
- Integrated course compulsory course
- ECTS-points:
- 4
- Contents:
- GuK § 14
- Selected care models
- Patient observation
- Selected assessment tools
Basics of health and nursing care
- Dealing with people with hearing, visual and perceptual impairments
- Disgust management and dealing with shame
- Nursing interventions for faeces incl. constipation prophylaxis
- Complementary care methods
GuKG §15
- Catheterisation man/woman/child
- Capillary blood sampling
- Venous blood sampling and peripheral venous access
- Basics of drug administration
- Basics of wound management
- Basics for the administration of enemas, bowel enemas and lavages
- Organ system: Cardiovascular diseases (acute/chronic)
- Perioperative basics
- Pain management
- Selected topics from the field of digitalisation
- Semester:
- 2
- Type:
- Integrated course compulsory course
- ECTS-points:
- 1
- Contents:
- GuK § 14
- Definitions of terms (classification/nomenclature/taxonomy)
- Medical and nursing-relevant national and international classification systems and nomenclatures (NIC & NOC) for the Advanced Nursing Process
- Repetition of clinical assessment and care process
- Selected clinical assessment (cardiovascular assessment)
The student - can use the nursing history and suitable assessment tools to determine the developmental status, health risk factors and indicators, problems, requirements, needs, development potential and resources of people of all ages and families, taking into account the cultural and ideological context, and process these in the nursing diagnostic process - can formulate care goals on the basis of a nursing diagnosis in cooperation with the person concerned or their care system andplan the necessary nursing interventions and strategieson this basis, taking into account the wishes of the person concerned and respecting their dignity - can anticipate possible effects of functional impairments, damage, illness, diagnostics and therapy on people of all ages and work towards compensation in cooperation with those affected or their reference system - can evaluate the care results - can instruct people according to their needs and requirements to take on partial or complete self-care or external care activities - can organise health and nursing care according to the principles of patient and process orientation and take on administrative tasks arising in this context - can assess the delegability of individual care interventions to lay carers on the basis of a comprehensive individualised assessment of the situation using the care process - can recognise pathological changes and abnormalities in people of all ages on the basis of their scientific and medical knowledge and interpret these with regard to nursing consequences - has factual, methodological and reasoning knowledge of the objectives, modes of action, implementation modalities, risks and complications of medical diagnostics and therapy when carrying out diagnostically or therapeutically relevant interventions and care techniques for people of all ages - masters the skills, techniques and strategies required to carry out therapeutic and diagnostic measures according to medical orders - can guide people to partially or fully take over diagnostic or therapeutic measures according to their needs and requirements - knows the legally relevant provisions in connection with medical diagnostics and therapy as well as with regard to medical devices and derives recommendations for action from these and implements them in nursing practice - can proceed according to the competences from the field of medical diagnostics and therapy in accordance with the professional regulations as well as take over the implementation of medical activities on order and bear the responsibility for implementation - can recognise in the situation whether he/she has the necessary professional competence to carry out the doctor's order and decides whether to accept it in full knowledge of the consequences under liability law, in particular with regard to negligence in admitting a medical condition - can make professionally justified decisions independently - can take responsibility for their own decisions, actions and their consequences - is aware of his/her own role within the framework of professional development and can actively contribute to the further development of the profession
- Semester:
- 3
- Type:
- Integrated course compulsory course
- ECTS-points:
- 4,5
- Contents:
- GuK § 14
- Selected care models
Organ systems
- Musculoskeletal system (acute/chronic)
- Respiratory tract (acute/chronic)
- Digestive tract (acute/chronic)
GuKG §15
- Infusion and injection therapy
- Central venous access
- Administration of medicines
- Corset/orthotics/movement splints
- Diabetes mellitus management
- Percutaneous gastric exchange tube
- Stoma management
- Suction from the upper airways
- Suture and staple care
- Drains
- Probes
- Selected topics from the field of digitalisation
- Semester:
- 3
- Type:
- Integrated course compulsory course
- ECTS-points:
- 0,5
- Contents:
- GuK § 14
- Repetition of clinical assessment and care process
Selected clinical assessments
- Clinical Assessment Musculoskeletal System
- Clinical assessment in people with diabetes mellitus
- Clinical assessment of the chest and lungs
- Clinical Assessment Abdomen
The student - can use the nursing history and suitable assessment tools to determine the developmental status, health risk factors and indicators, problems, requirements, needs, development potential and resources of people of all ages and families, taking into account the cultural and ideological context, and process these in the nursing diagnostic process - can interpret the structural, process and outcome quality of care and contribute to the quality work in the respective institution in a reasoned manner - can formulate care goals on the basis of a nursing diagnosis in cooperation with the person concerned or their care system andplanthe necessary nursing interventions and strategieson this basis, taking into account the wishes of the person concerned and respecting their dignity - can anticipate possible effects of functional impairments, damage, illness, diagnostics and therapy on people of all ages and work towards compensation in cooperation with those affected or their reference system - can evaluate the care results - can instruct people according to their needs and requirements to take on partial or complete self-care or external care activities - can organise health and nursing care according to the principles of patient and process orientation and take on administrative tasks arising in this context - can assess the delegability of individual care interventions to lay carers on the basis of a comprehensive individualised assessment of the situation using the care process - can recognise pathological changes and abnormalities in people of all ages on the basis of their scientific and medical knowledge and interpret these with regard to nursing consequences - has factual, methodological and reasoning knowledge of the objectives, modes of action, implementation modalities, risks and complications of medical diagnostics and therapy when carrying out diagnostically or therapeutically relevant interventions and care techniques for people of all ages - masters the skills, techniques and strategies required to carry out therapeutic and diagnostic measures according to medical orders - can guide people to partially or fully take over diagnostic or therapeutic measures according to their needs and requirements - knows the legally relevant provisions in connection with medical diagnostics and therapy as well as with regard to medical devices and derives recommendations for action from these and implements them in nursing practice - can assume competences in the field of medical diagnostics and therapy in accordance with the professional regulations as well as the implementation of medical activities on order and bear the responsibility for implementation - can recognise in the situation whether he/she has the necessary professional competence to carry out the doctor's order and decides whether to accept it in full knowledge of the consequences under liability law, in particular with regard to negligence in admitting a medical condition - can make professionally justified decisions independently - can take responsibility for their own decisions, actions and their consequences - is aware of his/her own role within the framework of professional development and can actively contribute to the further development of the profession
- Semester:
- 4
- Type:
- Integrated course compulsory course
- ECTS-points:
- 3,5
- Contents:
- GuK § 14
- Selected care models
Organ systems
- Brain and nervous system
- Psychiatry
- Urology
- Gynaecology
- Dermatology
- Ear, nose and throat
- Ophthalmology
GuKG §15
- Drug management
- Wound management
- Punctures
- Electroencephalogram
- Electroneurography
- Tracheostomy care
- Care for suprapubic indwelling catheters
- Selected topics from the field of digitalisation
- Semester:
- 4
- Type:
- Integrated course compulsory course
- ECTS-points:
- 0,5
- Contents:
- GuK § 14
- Repetition of clinical assessment and care process
- Selected clinical assessments: clinical assessment of the central and peripheral nervous system, clinical assessment of affective disorders
The student - can use the nursing history and suitable assessment tools to determine the developmental status, health risk factors and indicators, problems, requirements, needs, development potential and resources of people of all ages and families, taking into account the cultural and ideological context, and process these in the nursing diagnostic process - can interpret the structural, process and result quality of care and contribute to the quality work in the respective institution in a substantiated manner - can formulate care goals on the basis of a nursing diagnosis in cooperation with the person concerned or their care system andplanthe necessary nursing interventions and strategieson this basis, taking into account the wishes of the person concerned and respecting their dignity - can anticipate possible effects of functional impairments, damage, illness, diagnostics and therapy on people of all ages and work towards compensation in cooperation with those affected or their reference system - can evaluate care outcomes and justify them in relation to current scientific findings - can instruct people according to their needs and requirements to take on partial or complete self-care or external care activities - can document care-relevant data and information using given documentation systems and assess the quality of the documentation according to verifiable standards - can organise health and nursing care according to the principles of patient and process orientation and take on administrative tasks arising in this context - can recognise pathological changes and abnormalities in people of all ages on the basis of their scientific and medical knowledge and interpret these with regard to nursing consequences - has factual, methodological and reasoning knowledge of the objectives, modes of action, implementation modalities, risks and complications of medical diagnostics and therapy when carrying out diagnostically or therapeutically relevant interventions and care techniques for people of all ages - masters the skills, techniques and strategies required to carry out therapeutic and diagnostic measures according to medical orders - can guide people to partially or fully take over diagnostic or therapeutic measures according to their needs and requirements - knows the legally relevant provisions in connection with medical diagnostics and therapy as well as with regard to medical devices and derives recommendations for action from these and implements them in nursing practice - can proceed according to the competences from the field of medical diagnostics and therapy in accordance with the professional regulations as well as take over the implementation of medical activities on order and bear the responsibility for implementation - can recognise in the situation whether he/she has the necessary professional competence to carry out the doctor's order and decides whether to accept it in full knowledge of the consequences under liability law, in particular with regard to negligence in admission - can participate in the evaluation of health-promoting and disease-preventing measures and strategies on site and organise this evaluation themselves - is aware of his/her own role within the framework of professional development and can actively contribute to the further development of the profession - has a basic knowledge of nursing science and research and has a scientific and research-based framework for decision-making, action and argumentation in health and nursing care - fulfils the pedagogical tasks of health and nursing care, in particular instruction, counselling and training based on the findings and methods of educational science and social and human science
- Semester:
- 6
- Type:
- Integrated course compulsory course
- ECTS-points:
- 2
- Contents:
- GuK § 14
- Selected care models
Organ systems
- Endocrinology
- Oncology
- Nephrology
GuKG §15
- Drug management
- Changing the dialysis solution as part of peritoneal dialysis
- Puncture and blood sampling from the radial artery and the dorsalis pedis artery and from the central venous vascular system (port system)
- Administration of whole blood and/or blood components, including patient-related blood group testing using bedside tests
- Selected topics from the field of digitalisation
The student - can understand the main structures and institutions of the Austrian health and social system on the basis of their knowledge and recognise their interrelationships and the various roles and tasks of the respective actors in these systems - has basic knowledge of normative ethics and ethics in the health professions - can understand nursing care as a service in the health and social care system - is able to act professionally in accordance with the legal framework - is aware of his/her own role in professional development - can recognise life-threatening conditions as such, provide first aid and take immediate life-saving measures until the doctor arrives - can guide people, families and groups towards health-promoting and disease-preventing lifestyles - can participate in the evaluation of health-promoting and disease-preventing measures and strategies on site - can act with an understanding of nursing care as a service in the health and social care sector and organise it in a team and customer-oriented manner - can reflect the professional activity, especially in the case of freelance professional practice - can present care and health-specific information and educational work in a target group-orientated way using communication science techniques - can discuss the nursing perspective on health, functional impairment or damage, illness, dying or death in the socio-political discourse - can reflect on their own values and standards as well as their own behaviour and actions and align their attitude and behaviour with the internationally recognised professional code of conduct - can compare professional ethics at national and international level
- Semester:
- 1
- Type:
- Integrated course compulsory course
- ECTS-points:
- 1
- Contents:
- GuK § 14a
- Nursing interventions in life-critical situations
- Basics for determining condition patterns
- Traumatological injuries
- Recognising life-critical illnesses
- Oxygen
- Shock
- Basic Life Support
- Cooperation with the cardiac alarm team
- Crisis management
- Case processing
- Semester:
- 1
- Type:
- Integrated course compulsory course
- ECTS-points:
- 1
- Contents:
- - Being old, needing care, frailty, definitions, significance for affected families and challenges for society
- Selected care theories and care models in the geriatric psychiatric setting
- Forms of care, settings and support measures for the care and support of elderly people
- Psychological and social changes when moving into a care home
- Relocalisation syndrome and deprivation syndrome
- Care and support for people with dementia and dealing with challenging behaviour
- Dying in a retirement and nursing home
- Semester:
- 1
- Type:
- Integrated course compulsory course
- ECTS-points:
- 1,5
- Contents:
- - Basic concepts and tasks of infection, hospital and social hygiene
- Hospital-acquired infections (incl. sepsis) with frequency, causes and consequences of nosocomial infections
- Basics of microbiology
- Aims of hospital hygiene
- Hygiene requirements for hospital departments and rooms
- Basics of prophylaxis and disinfection
- Administrative measures when working with blood and biological material
- Disposal of hazardous substances
- Infectious patients, special infection protection measures for source isolation and protective isolation, including preparation of the hygiene plan
- Structural measures and environmental hygiene, health care, counselling
- Current vaccination schedule in Austria; Standing Committee on Vaccination (STIKO)
- Hygiene measures in the workplace
- Handling protective clothing including hand hygiene
- Semester:
- 1
- Type:
- Integrated course compulsory course
- ECTS-points:
- 1
- Contents:
- - Pillars of the Austrian health and social system
- Importance of the nursing profession for society
- Healthcare and nursing from a political perspective (national and international)
- Professional associations (ÖGKV - Young Nursing, etc.), interest groups
- Health professional register
- Definition of "profession" and development of the nursing profession (incl. important nursing scientists)
- Career opportunities
- The role of nursing care in the health and social system in the various areas of responsibility
- ICN Code of Ethics for Carers
- Human and patient rights
- Professional pride
The student - takes human and patient rights into account in the context of health and nursing care and advocates their observance - can support and accompany those affected or their care system in coping with and dealing with functional limitations, illness, crises and the dying process - can differentiate cultural differences in the limitations of quality of life and well-being in all phases of life - can recognise and implement their documentation obligations in the respective field of activity - can inform people or their care system about the necessary diagnostic or therapeutic measures in an encouraging and empowering way, so that fear and uncertainty are removed or at least reduced - may, after a thorough assessment of the situation, decide on the possibility of delegating a medical order to authorised persons and supervises or monitors its implementation - can weigh up decisions in dilemma situations arising from the conflict between professional ethics, economic efficiency and individuality to the best of their knowledge and belief - can develop a quality assurance system in cooperation with the person being cared for or their legal representative or authorised representative and the lay carer, which enables the timely recognition of circumstances that no longer allow care to be provided by lay carers - can recognise communication barriers and conflicts and initiate possible solutions and coping strategies - can assess the psychosocial requirements of the respective field of activity and deal with them constructively - is aware of his/her own role within the framework of professional development and can actively contribute to the further development of the profession - can act and react quickly, confidently and flexibly in routine situations
- Semester:
- 3
- Type:
- Integrated course compulsory course
- ECTS-points:
- 0,5
- Contents:
- - Basic Life Support (Refresher)
- Advanced Life Support
- Monitoring
- Airway management incl. assistance with endotracheal intubation
- Electrocardiogram
- Emergency medication
- Delegation in an emergency
- Situation-based training sequences
- Semester:
- 3
- Type:
- Integrated course compulsory course
- ECTS-points:
- 1,5
- Contents:
- - Definition: Organisational forms of palliative care facilities
- Principles of palliative care
- Attitude and approach to the topics of parting, dying and death, taking socio-cultural and spiritual aspects into account
- Needs of seriously ill and dying people
- Psychodynamic process in connection with dying and death
- Mental hygiene of nursing staff - dealing with emotions (anger, sadness, aggression, etc.)
- Support for family members and relatives
- Symptom relief and treatment, including the use of complementary methods
- Total Pain
- Palliative geriatrics and palliative paediatrics
- Semester:
- 3
- Type:
- Integrated course compulsory course
- ECTS-points:
- 0,5
- Contents:
- In-depth examination of the Healthcare and Nursing Act, including sections 4, 5, 6, 7, 14, 14a, 15, 15a, 16, 82, 83, 83a, etc.
- Professional duties
- Areas of expertise DGKP
- Areas of expertise PA and PFA
- Consequence(s) of undercutting/exceeding the legal framework conditions
The student - can refer to the findings and methods of psychology, sociology and the health sciences in health promotion and prevention in the context of health and nursing care - can build a relationship of trust with people of all ages and families, in particular to promote compliance - can motivate, instruct and advise people, families and groups on health-promoting and disease-preventing lifestyles - can participate in the evaluation of health-promoting and disease-preventing measures and strategies on site and organise this evaluation themselves - is familiar with the possible range of tasks of healthcare and nursing staff, particularly in schools, childcare facilities, companies and communities, and develops innovative concepts for their deployment in these areas - can carry out care and health-specific information and educational work using communication science techniques in a target group-orientated manner
- Semester:
- 4
- Type:
- Integrated course compulsory course
- ECTS-points:
- 0,5
- Contents:
- - Challenges and needs of digital health in the various facilities (hospitals, long-term care facilities, etc.)
- Concept development for digitalisation in nursing practice
- Current digital health technologies
- Semester:
- 4
- Type:
- Lecture compulsory course
- ECTS-points:
- 1
- Contents:
- - Basics and development
Structures and facilities
- Legal basis
- Health policy: Central strategies at federal and state level
- Health in all Policies
Factors influencing health and illness
- Demography
- Social inequality
Promoting health - preventing illness
- Present national agencies and their fields of activity
- Health promotion
- Prevention
- Health literacy
- Definition of (individual) health literacy
- Health literacy of the Austrian population
- Definition of professional health literacy
- Public health orientated care concepts
- School Nursing
- Community Nursing
The student - can take over the accompanying control and the function and role of the case and care manager in the context of the nursing care of people in need of care by lay carers - is able to induce a clear distribution of roles and functions in the multi-professional team based on his/her basic knowledge of disease, case and care management and actively participate in planning and shaping the supply chain for the care and treatment of people of all ages - knows the field of application as well as the principles, instruments and methods of project management and can plan, implement and evaluate simple care-related projects - can understand the main structures and institutions of the Austrian health and social system on the basis of their knowledge and recognise their interrelationships and the various roles and tasks of the respective actors in these systems - can recognise the need for information, the problems, the resources and the need for action in relation to the care needs and the health and social care of the population and identify possible solutions from the perspective of health and nursing care - can contribute the nursing perspective on health, functional impairment or damage, illness, dying or death to the socio-political discourse and participate in or organise related events, campaigns, working groups, programmes and projects
- Semester:
- 6
- Type:
- Integrated course compulsory course
- ECTS-points:
- 0,5
- Contents:
- GuK § 14
- Advanced Nursing Process: Advanced Nursing Process
- Difference in the nursing process clinical - extramural - paediatric - psychiatric setting
- Care development - organisational development (e.g. response to key figures, ensuring the quality of care)
- Selected topics from the field of digitalisation
- Semester:
- 6
- Type:
- Integrated course compulsory course
- ECTS-points:
- 0,5
- Contents:
- GuK § 15 and § 16
- Leading symptom chest pain: ACS, acute aortic syndrome, pneumothorax
- Leading symptom shortness of breath: PE, pulmonary oedema, decompensated COPD, asthma
- Leading symptom coma: hyper-, hypoglycaemia, intoxication
- Leading symptom: pain in the extremities
- Paediatric emergencies, psychiatric emergencies
- Semester:
- 6
- Type:
- Integrated course compulsory course
- ECTS-points:
- 0,5
- Contents:
- - Definition and difference between case and care management
- Concepts and models of case management, classification, case management cycle and principles
- Areas of application of case management
- Discharge management
- Semester:
- 6
- Type:
- Integrated course compulsory optional subject
- ECTS-points:
- 1
- Contents:
- - National and international areas of application, areas of responsibility and fields of application of case and care management
- Quality management in case and care management
- National and international professional associations: Objectives, specialist groups, e.g. ÖGCC, DGCC, Network Case Management Switzerland, etc.
- Training and further education in case and care management
- Semester:
- 6
- Type:
- Integrated course compulsory optional subject
- ECTS-points:
- 1
- Contents:
- - Needs-orientated models for people with dementia
- Challenging behaviour
- Legal questions
- Semester:
- 6
- Type:
- Integrated course compulsory optional subject
- ECTS-points:
- 1
- Contents:
- - Development-promoting concepts
- Assessing critical situations at different ages and taking appropriate initial measures
- The premature baby
- Semester:
- 6
- Type:
- Integrated course compulsory optional subject
- ECTS-points:
- 1
- Contents:
- - Palliative care in Austria and Germany
- Palliative paediatrics and palliative perinatal care
- Silent birth
- Dealing with the wish to die
- Dying fast/FVNF
- Palliative sedation
- Euthanasia on demand, assisted suicide nationally and internationally
- Death disposition law and the situation of carers
- Semester:
- 6
- Type:
- Integrated course compulsory optional subject
- ECTS-points:
- 1
- Contents:
- - Starting points for psychiatric care
- Basic attitude in psychiatric care
- Evaluation - how does psychiatric care work?
- Basics of relationship management in a psychiatric setting
- Reflective action in a nursing context
- Everyday tasks in psychiatric care
- Semester:
- 6
- Type:
- Integrated course compulsory optional subject
- ECTS-points:
- 1
- Contents:
- - Health targets Austria
- National action plan for health literacy
- Health literacy concepts
- Semester:
- 6
- Type:
- Integrated course compulsory optional subject
- ECTS-points:
- 1
- Contents:
- - Specialised wound care
- Nutrition for chronic wounds
- Accompanying measures for chronic wounds
- Case and care management for chronic wounds
- Training opportunities/further training/professional activity
- Semester:
- 6
- Type:
- Integrated course compulsory optional subject
- ECTS-points:
- 1
- Contents:
- - Emergence and significance of intercultural management
- Cultural competence
- Model of cultural dimensions according to Hofstede
- Face concept of face saving
- Communication in high- and low-context cultures
- Types of conflict and marginalisation in an intercultural context and team
- Stereotypes in intercultural cooperation
- Nostrification procedure in Austria
- Intercultural pre- and/or onboarding
- Semester:
- 6
- Type:
- Integrated course compulsory course
- ECTS-points:
- 0,5
- Contents:
- Are adapted according to professional and socio-political trends
The student - has factual, methodological and reasoning knowledge of the objectives, modes of action, implementation modalities, risks and complications of medical diagnostics and therapy when carrying out diagnostically or therapeutically relevant interventions and care techniques for people of all ages - can inform people or their care system about the necessary diagnostic or therapeutic measures in an encouraging and empowering way - can explain diagnostic or therapeutic measures to people according to their needs and requirements - can carry out activities in the field of medical diagnostics and therapy in accordance with professional regulations and on a doctor's orders
- Semester:
- 2
- Type:
- Lecture compulsory course
- ECTS-points:
- 1,5
- Contents:
- - Perioperative diagnostics and therapy
- Pain management
- Selected diseases of the cardiovascular system (acute/chronic)
- Selected diseases of psychiatry
- Semester:
- 2
- Type:
- Lecture compulsory course
- ECTS-points:
- 1
- Contents:
- - Definition of relevant terms
- Storage of medicines, provision of medicines
- Dosage forms and their application
- Pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics
- Legal basis, testing of new medicinal products and generic products
- Premedication
- Sympathetic/parasympathetic nervous system
- Antibiotics
- Vaccinations
Pharmaceuticals for
- Sleep disorders
- Pain
- Cardiovascular diseases
- Constipation
- Blood clotting disorders
- Dementia
The student - can observe the holistic state of health of people of all ages, recognise deviations that require clarification or intervention - can anticipate possible effects of functional impairments, damage, illness, diagnostics and therapy on people of all ages and work towards compensation in cooperation with those affected or their reference system - can identify the physical and psychological needs, risks and resources, taking into account any socio-cultural aspects, and assess people or families in a planned manner with regard to the promotion, maintenance and restoration of health and the prevention of illness in the given context - can recognise pathological changes and abnormalities in people of all ages on the basis of their scientific and medical knowledge and interpret these with regard to nursing consequences - has factual, methodological and reasoning knowledge of the objectives, modes of action, implementation modalities, risks and complications of medical diagnostics and therapy when carrying out diagnostically or therapeutically relevant interventions and care techniques for people of all ages - masters the skills, techniques and strategies required to carry out therapeutic and diagnostic measures according to medical orders
- Semester:
- 3
- Type:
- Lecture compulsory course
- ECTS-points:
- 3
- Contents:
- - Selected diseases of the digestive tract
- Selected diseases of the respiratory tract
- Selected diseases of the musculoskeletal system
- Semester:
- 3
- Type:
- Lecture compulsory course
- ECTS-points:
- 0,5
- Contents:
- Pharmaceuticals for
- selected diseases of the digestive tract
- selected diseases of the respiratory tract
- selected diseases of the musculoskeletal system
The student - can observe the holistic state of health of people of all ages, recognise deviations that require clarification or intervention - can anticipate possible effects of functional impairments, damage, illness, diagnostics and therapy on people of all ages and work towards compensation in cooperation with those affected or their reference system - can identify physical and psychological needs, risks and resources, taking into account any socio-cultural aspects, and assess people or families in a planned manner with regard to the promotion, maintenance and restoration of health and the prevention of illness in the given context - can recognise pathological changes and abnormalities in people of all ages on the basis of their scientific and medical knowledge and interpret these with regard to nursing consequences - has factual, methodological and reasoning knowledge of the objectives, modes of action, implementation modalities, risks and complications of medical diagnostics and therapy when carrying out diagnostically or therapeutically relevant interventions and care techniques for people of all ages - masters the skills, techniques and strategies required to carry out therapeutic and diagnostic measures according to medical orders
- Semester:
- 4
- Type:
- Lecture compulsory course
- ECTS-points:
- 3,5
- Contents:
- - Selected diseases of the brain and nervous system
- Selected diseases of psychiatry
- Selected diseases of urology
- Selected gynaecological diseases
- Selected dermatological diseases
- Selected diseases of the ear, nose and throat
- Selected diseases in ophthalmology
- Semester:
- 4
- Type:
- Lecture compulsory course
- ECTS-points:
- 0,5
- Contents:
- Pharmaceuticals for
- Mental and neurological diseases
- Disorders of the hormone balance
- Disorders of the water and electrolyte balance
- Diseases of the immune system
The student - can observe the holistic state of health of people of all ages, recognise deviations that require clarification or intervention - can anticipate possible effects of functional impairments, damage, illness, diagnostics and therapy on people of all ages and work towards compensation in cooperation with those affected or their reference system - can identify the physical and psychological needs, risks and resources, taking into account any socio-cultural aspects, and assess people or families in a planned manner with regard to the promotion, maintenance and restoration of health and the prevention of illness in the given context - can recognise pathological changes and abnormalities in people of all ages on the basis of their scientific and medical knowledge and interpret these with regard to nursing consequences - has factual, methodological and reasoning knowledge of the objectives, modes of action, implementation modalities, risks and complications of medical diagnostics and therapy when carrying out diagnostically or therapeutically relevant interventions and care techniques for people of all ages - masters the skills, techniques and strategies required to carry out therapeutic and diagnostic measures according to medical orders
- Semester:
- 6
- Type:
- Lecture compulsory course
- ECTS-points:
- 2,5
- Contents:
- - Acid-base balance
- Transfusion medicine including incidents
- Blood sampling from the radial artery and dorsalis pedis artery including administration of medication
- Selected diseases of the endocrine system
- Selected oncological diseases
- Selected nephrological diseases
- Oncological and nephrological therapy procedures
The student - defends the Bachelor's thesis including the scientific competences - establishes cross-connections to all specialist areas of healthcare and nursing
- Semester:
- 6
- Type:
- Final Exam compulsory course
- ECTS-points:
- 2
- Contents:
- - Examination discussion on the Bachelor's thesis and its links to relevant subjects in the curriculum
The student - can integrate central concepts, models, theories, principles, action sequences, methods and techniques of nursing care into health and nursing care in a situation- and individual-related manner after critical examination - can refer to the findings and methods of psychology, sociology and the health sciences in health promotion and prevention in the context of health and nursing care - fulfils the pedagogical tasks of health and nursing care, in particular instruction, counselling and training based on the findings and methods of educational science and social and human science - discusses basic knowledge of normative ethics and ethics in the health professions and can recognise ethical conflicts in the professional field of action - can build a relationship of trust with people of all ages and families, in particular to promote compliance - can explain the possible effects of functional impairments, damage, illness, diagnostics and therapy on people of all ages - can recognise the need for psychosocial care in people of all ages and can meet this need themselves as part of the care process or recognise whether the involvement of other health or social professions is necessary - can name complex and problematic care situations - can assess the delegability of individual care interventions to lay carers on the basis of a comprehensive individualised assessment of the situation using the care process - can explain individually defined care activities to lay carers in a quality-assured manner - can identify a quality assurance system in cooperation with the person being cared for or their legal representative or authorised representative and the lay carer, which enables the timely recognition of circumstances that no longer allow care to be provided by lay carers - points to a multidisciplinary and interprofessional approach to solving health problems - can participate in interdisciplinary and interprofessional discourse and dialogue - can explain the use of care-specific forms of organisation and work in the various care settings or care areas - can act with an understanding of nursing care as a service in the health and social care sector and organise it in a team- and customer-oriented and economical manner - can recognise the need for information, the problems, the resources and the need for action in relation to the care needs and the health and social care of the population and identify possible solutions from the perspective of health and nursing care - can summarise care and health-specific information and education work in a target group-oriented manner using communication science techniques - has intercultural competence in dealing with people from different cultures and integrates this into the professional field of activity - supports the integration of diversity and develops an awareness of inclusion - adapts interaction and communication with people from different cultures and with regard to diversity according to the situation - can express themselves clearly, comprehensibly and purposefully in the intra- and inter-professional transfer of information and knowledge of the respective institution - can assess professional information and communication tasks according to the situation - can explain professional and care situations in a conceptual and theoretical manner, make differentiated judgements and draw conclusions for further professional action - has an integrative attitude and an integrative understanding
- Semester:
- 2
- Type:
- Integrated course compulsory course
- ECTS-points:
- 0,5
- Contents:
- - Cooperation in a multicultural team
- Terms from transcultural care/competence
- Cultural and religious foundations incl. care-relevant interventions
- Migration and health: definition of terms, care of people with a migration background throughout the entire lifespan
- LGBTIQA* (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, queer, asexual)
- Semester:
- 2
- Type:
- Integrated course compulsory course
- ECTS-points:
- 1
- Contents:
- - Fundamentals of community and family-based care (historical development in a national and international context)
- WHO models
- Importance, organisation and fields of activity of the individual professional groups in the extramural nursing and care setting
- Theories, models, concepts and empirical findings in community and family-based care
- Community and family-based care in the context of an integrated care/family system
- Introduction to case understanding and diagnostics
- Carers and relatives including young carers and support options
- Professional groups in the extramural setting
- Care process in the extramural area
- Care allowance and care allowance categorisation
- Quality assurance
- Financing home nursing care
- Cooperation with stakeholders
- Selected topics from the field of digitalisation
- Semester:
- 2
- Type:
- Integrated course compulsory course
- ECTS-points:
- 1
- Contents:
- Geriatric assessment
- Basics
- Advantages and disadvantages
- Goals
- Quality criteria and selection criteria
Assessment tools
- Assessment of independence (Barthel Index, IADL, money counting)
- Assessment of cognitive abilities (MMSE, Clock Competition)
- Assessment of the social situation (SOS)
- Assessment of challenging behaviour (CMAI)
- Care for people with dementia
- Person-centred care according to Tom Kidwood
- Validation (Feil and/or Richard)
- Caring for people with delirium
- Measures that restrict freedom
- Violence in the care of the elderly, violence against care recipients
- Socially interactive robots in the care of the elderly
- Caring for older people with substance misuse
- Selected topics from the field of digitalisation
- Semester:
- 2
- Type:
- Integrated course compulsory course
- ECTS-points:
- 0,5
- Contents:
- - Disability: Definition
- Rights of people with disabilities
- Central guiding principles in supporting people with disabilities
- The disabled person in the hospital setting
- Tension between self-determination and duty of care
- Professional groups in disability work
- Dealing with specific aids in the care of people with disabilities
- Semester:
- 2
- Type:
- Practice-oriented session compulsory course
- ECTS-points:
- 0,5
- Contents:
- - Introduction to communication and its importance in care
- Patient-centred communication and dealing with differences
- Communication and violence
- Ethics and legal aspects
- Proactive interprofessional communication
The student - has basic knowledge of normative ethics and ethics in the healthcare professions and can recognise ethical conflicts in the professional field of action, addresses them and develops possible solutions in the nursing team or in the multi-professional team - can weigh up decisions in dilemma situations arising from the conflict between professional ethics, economic efficiency and individuality to the best of their knowledge and belief - can consciously and reflectively establish, maintain and resolve social relationships in a professional context - is skilled in giving and accepting differentiated and constructive feedback - can manage professional information and communication tasks according to the situation - can make professionally justified decisions independently and represent their own decisions responsibly to the outside world - can take responsibility for their own decisions, actions and their consequences - can assess the psychosocial requirements of the respective field of activity and deal with them constructively - can recognise their own professional and personal capabilities and limitations and apply personally effective coping strategies in the event of stress - can recognise complex and problematic care situations as such and manage and reflect on them in a profession-specific manner, if necessary with the involvement of other health and social professions - can instruct care assistants and members of the social care professions to take over care activities or support basic care and supervise or monitor the performance of activities - can argue the use of care-specific forms of organisation and work in the different care settings or care areas - can assess the delegability of individual care interventions to lay carers on the basis of a comprehensive individualised assessment of the situation using the care process - can develop a quality assurance system in cooperation with the person being cared for or their legal representative or authorised representative and the lay carer, which enables the timely recognition of circumstances that no longer allow care to be provided by lay carers - can act with an understanding of nursing care as a service in the health and social care sector and organise it in a team- and customer-oriented and economical manner
- Semester:
- 5
- Type:
- Integrated course compulsory course
- ECTS-points:
- 1
- Contents:
- - Application of medical ethical principles according to Beauchamp & Childress in nursing and interprofessional ethical decision-making
- EACH Charter, care ethics, care ethics
- Ethical decision-making in difficult therapy situations
- Moral dilemma and moral distress in conflict situations
- Professional duty of care and ethics
- Ethics counselling based on the four levels: descriptive, normative, evaluative, prognostic
- Models of ethical decision-making
- Fundamentals of ethical argumentation
- Self-determination in care and healthcare
- Semester:
- 5
- Type:
- Integrated course compulsory course
- ECTS-points:
- 1
- Contents:
- Diversity management
- Cross-generational and cross-cultural leadership in diverse teams
- Cooperation with different generations and cultures at employee and management level
Organisational and management structures
- Structures in different settings
- Role of the manager
- Personnel development
- Skill and grade mix
The student - applies technologies in the healthcare sector, taking into account a critical analysis - recognises the responsibility of other healthcare professions and other professions and works in a multi-professional team - analyses the public impact of their own behaviour in everyday professional life - develops health literacy, i.e. the ability to find, understand, evaluate and apply health information in order to make appropriate health decisions in everyday life - integrates target group-specific climate communication in stakeholder dialogues - transfers own decisions responsibly to the outside world - possesses social communication skills and self-competences, in particular the ability to communicate, criticise and deal with conflict, as well as empathy, frustration tolerance, role distance, self-determination and self-reflection skills - recognises a professional self-image for the practice of the profession and the ability to actively shape and co-determine everyday professional life
- Semester:
- 3
- Type:
- Integrated course compulsory course
- ECTS-points:
- 1
- Contents:
- - Deepening the topic of interprofessionalism
- Effectiveness of the healthcare professions in the public eye
- Best practice examples of interprofessional casework
- Workshops on various interprofessional case studies
- Semester:
- 3
- Type:
- Integrated course compulsory course
- ECTS-points:
- 0,5
- Contents:
- - Explanation of terms (mono-, multi- and interprofessionalism with all dimensions and gradations)
- In-depth examination of the job profiles
- Status of healthcare professions in the public/society and opportunities to exert influence
- Best practice examples of interprofessional casework
- Importance of climate expertise in the healthcare professions
- Semester:
- 3
- Type:
- Integrated course compulsory optional subject
- ECTS-points:
- 0,5
- Contents:
- - Perception as a person with their own strengths and weaknesses - Self-marketing skills (resilience factor - self-efficacy)
- Positive, goal-orientated and productive thinking and action - Constructive lifestyle (resilience factor - responsibility)
- Consideration and acceptance of thoughts, feelings and the world view of others - Empathy (resilience factor - network orientation)
- Consideration and acceptance of the individuality of people and groups in interactions - Knowledge of human nature (resilience factor - responsibility)
- Appreciative and appropriate behaviour in one's own and foreign cultural context - Intra-/intercultural competence (resilience factor - responsibility)
- Semester:
- 3
- Type:
- Integrated course compulsory optional subject
- ECTS-points:
- 0,5
- Contents:
- - Perception as a person with own strengths and weaknesses - Self-marketing skills (resilience factor - self-efficacy)
- Willingness to define your own professional interests and derive points of view as well as negotiation goals and limits - Negotiation skills
- Planning and controlling your own time management - (resilience factor personal responsibility)
- Planning own and external activities - both interprofessional and patient/client-centred
- Semester:
- 3
- Type:
- Integrated course compulsory optional subject
- ECTS-points:
- 0,5
- Contents:
- - Acceptance of the impact of one's own thoughts and actions on the professional environment - systemic thinking
- Planning and controlling your own time management - (resilience factor personal responsibility)
- Self and external motivation - motivational capacity - (resilience factor self-efficacy)
- Argumentative persuasion in conversations, interactions and communicative disputes - Persuasiveness / argumentation skills
- Semester:
- 3
- Type:
- Integrated course compulsory optional subject
- ECTS-points:
- 0,5
- Contents:
- - Acceptance of the impact of one's own thoughts and actions on the professional environment - systemic thinking
- Decision-making by weighing up and comparing alternative courses of action according to objective criteria - decision-making competence
- Appreciative and appropriate constructive criticism behaviour - Critical competence (resilience - taking personal responsibility, leaving the role of victim)
- Recognising, accepting and resolving conflicts and seeing them as an opportunity for change - conflict competence
- Semester:
- 3
- Type:
- Integrated course compulsory optional subject
- ECTS-points:
- 0,5
- Contents:
- - Perception as a person with their own strengths and weaknesses - Self-marketing skills (resilience factor - self-efficacy)
- Positive, goal-orientated and productive thinking and action - Constructive lifestyle (resilience factor - responsibility)
- Importance of aspects of learning psychology in terms of successful and efficient learning - learning competence
- Appreciative and appropriate behaviour in one's own and foreign cultural context - Intra-/intercultural competence (resilience factor - responsibility)
- Efficient and effective dialogue/interaction design (result- and goal-oriented, suitable means) - Moderation skills
- Semester:
- 3
- Type:
- Integrated course compulsory optional subject
- ECTS-points:
- 0,5
- Contents:
- - Conscious perception of body language and paraverbal signals in oneself and others - Non-verbal sensitivity
- Consideration and acceptance of thoughts, feelings and the world view of others - Empathy (resilience factor - network orientation)
- Self-motivation and motivation from others - Motivational ability
- Establishment, maintenance and targeted utilisation of contacts and contact networks (relationship management / relationship maintenance) - Networking competence - Relationship management (resilience - network orientation)
- Appreciative and appropriate constructive criticism behaviour - Critical competence (resilience - taking personal responsibility, leaving the role of victim)
- Semester:
- 3
- Type:
- Integrated course compulsory optional subject
- ECTS-points:
- 0,5
- Contents:
- - Consideration and acceptance of thoughts, feelings and the world view of others - Empathy (resilience factor - network orientation)
- Consideration and acceptance of the individuality of people and groups in interactions - Knowledge of human nature (resilience factor - responsibility)
- Appreciative and appropriate behaviour in one's own and foreign cultural context - Intra-/intercultural competence (resilience factor - responsibility)
- Recognising, accepting and resolving conflicts and seeing them as an opportunity for change - conflict competence
- Semester:
- 3
- Type:
- Integrated course compulsory optional subject
- ECTS-points:
- 0,5
- Contents:
- - Perception as a person with their own strengths and weaknesses - Self-marketing skills (resilience factor - self-efficacy)
- Defining and articulating your own interests - Self-promotion skills (resilience factor - self-efficacy)
- Deriving standpoints and negotiation goals and limits from your own interests - Negotiation skills
- Constructive and goal-orientated design of interactions - Moderation skills
- Presenting things / people to a target group, depending on the objective and interest - presentation skills
- Semester:
- 3
- Type:
- Integrated course compulsory optional subject
- ECTS-points:
- 0,5
- Contents:
- - Perception as a person with own strengths and weaknesses - Self-marketing skills (resilience factor - self-efficacy)
- Argumentative persuasion in conversations, interactions and communicative disputes - Persuasiveness / argumentation skills
- Appreciative and appropriate constructive criticism behaviour - Critical competence (resilience - taking personal responsibility, leaving the role of victim)
- Semester:
- 3
- Type:
- Integrated course compulsory optional subject
- ECTS-points:
- 0,5
- Contents:
- - Self and external motivation - motivational capacity (resilience factor self-efficacy)
- Awareness of your own feelings and needs and willingness to accept them - (resilience factor personal responsibility)
- Interest in using own feelings in a goal- and solution-orientated way - (resilience factor personal responsibility)
- Focus your own thinking on opportunities, goals and positive aspects - (resilience factor: personal responsibility)
- Semester:
- 3
- Type:
- Integrated course compulsory optional subject
- ECTS-points:
- 0,5
- Contents:
- - Awareness of your own feelings and needs and willingness to accept them - (resilience factor personal responsibility)
- Interest in using own feelings in a goal- and solution-orientated way - (resilience factor personal responsibility)
- Focus your own thinking on opportunities, goals and positive aspects - (resilience factor: personal responsibility)
- Acceptance of the impact of one's own thoughts and actions on the professional environment - systemic thinking
- Decision-making by weighing up and comparing alternative courses of action according to objective criteria
- Semester:
- 3
- Type:
- Integrated course compulsory optional subject
- ECTS-points:
- 0,5
- Contents:
- - Importance of psychological aspects of learning in terms of successful and efficient learning - learning competence
- Planning and controlling your own time management - (resilience factor personal responsibility)
- Decision-making by weighing up and comparing alternative courses of action according to objective criteria - decision-making competence
- Presenting decisions to a target group, depending on the objective and interest - Presentation skills
The student - carries out research into relevant legal principles and synthesises professional action strategies with current health and socio-political developments - assesses the effects and consequences of actions in the professional and personal environment with regard to ecological and economic aspects based on scientific findings - takes climate-sensitive health communication into account - selects a professional demeanour (with their understanding of their profession), takes reflective responsibility for their own professional actions and represents their own professional group internally and externally - develops problem-solving strategies for job-specific requirements - derives communicative and organisational skills that are necessary for coping with complex interdisciplinary tasks or designs communication for complex tasks in the interprofessional structure (incl. problem-solving strategies)
- Semester:
- 6
- Type:
- Integrated course compulsory course
- ECTS-points:
- 1
- Contents:
- - Interprofessional communication
- Functioning as a team
- Roles and responsibilities
- Joint decision-making
- Conflict resolution and continuous quality improvement in practical implementation (case processing, etc.)
- Semester:
- 6
- Type:
- Integrated course compulsory course
- ECTS-points:
- 0,5
- Contents:
- - Definition of role model in the interprofessional team
- Presentation of different professions through role models
- Role models present innovative examples from a practical and/or international context
- Effective communication in the sense of professional, target group-appropriate, situation-appropriate, climate-sensitive and empathetic
- Semester:
- 6
- Type:
- Integrated course compulsory course
- ECTS-points:
- 0,5
- Contents:
- - Extramural focus
- Development, organisation and implementation of professional activities, particularly in the case of extramural professional practice, using organisational and business management principles
- Semester:
- 6
- Type:
- Integrated course compulsory course
- ECTS-points:
- 0,5
- Contents:
- - Dealing with current health policy and/or sector-specific topics and developments
The student - recognises different types of behaviour and reflects on them in a professional context - can communicate appropriately with the other person - designs and reflects on communicative and interactive processes in heterogeneous, diverse and interprofessional groups - interprets and reflects on what he/she has learnt, describes it to an appropriate extent and applies/accepts feedback and feed-forward concretely and actively - can independently reflect on professional actions and explain them to others in a clear and precise manner
- Semester:
- 1
- Type:
- Integrated course compulsory course
- ECTS-points:
- 1
- Contents:
- Communication theories
- Four theoretical models (sender-receiver model, Watzlawick, Schultz von Thun, etc.)
- Verbal/non-verbal communication
- Conversation techniques
- Self-perception and perception of others
Communication
- Apply dialogue techniques
- Successful/unsuccessful communication
- Self-perception and perception of others
- Principles of targeted dialogue
Diversity
- Definition of
- Dimensions (age, gender, abilities, etc.)
- Implications for studying and working
Ethics
- Basic concepts
- Goals and tasks
- Classical ethical theories
- Normative and descriptive ethics
- Deontological and teleological theories of ethics
- Applied ethics in healthcare
- Principles of ethics (autonomy, non-harm, care, justice)
The student - explains selected terms, concepts and principles in the context of science and research (evidence, evidence hierarchy, research paradigms, etc.) - differentiates between selected types of literature on the basis of their characteristics and categorises them according to the corresponding research methodology and evidence - distinguishes between systematic and unsystematic searches and selects suitable resources and search terms according to the project - is aware of the need for an ethical, moral and responsible attitude and uses an example to explain how this can be realised in scientific work - obtains the information and documents relevant to the realisation of academic work from the electronic resources provided by the institution - can explain the process of evidence-based practice - can explain the possible applications and potentials of artificial intelligence in scientific work - can consider the risks and legal framework conditions of both applications of artificial intelligence in scientific work
- Semester:
- 1
- Type:
- Integrated course compulsory course
- ECTS-points:
- 1
- Contents:
- - Terminology and concepts from science and research
- Types of scientific texts and their structure, characteristics and hierarchy of evidence
- Literature sources (licensed databases of the UAS, PubMed, Google Scholar, Science Direct, etc.), search engines and their basic functions, familiarising yourself with the PICO scheme, defining search terms, recording synonyms
- Ethics in research (plagiarism, unethical authorship, data manipulation, animal testing, anonymisation, artificial intelligence such as Chat GPT, etc.), research process
- Guides, document templates, electronic services offered by the UAS (Moodle, databases, etc.)
- Definition and benefits of EBP, steps of the EBP process
- Basics and possible applications of artificial intelligence in scientific work
- Risks and legal framework conditions for the use of artificial intelligence in scientific work
The student - explains selected terms, concepts and principles in the context of science and research (evidence, evidence hierarchy, research paradigms, etc.) - differentiates between selected types of literature on the basis of their characteristics and categorises them according to the corresponding research methodology and evidence - differentiates between systematic and unsystematic searches and selects suitable resources and search terms according to the project - is aware of the need for an ethical, moral and responsible attitude and uses an example to explain how this can be realised in scientific work - obtains the information and documents relevant to the realisation of academic work from the electronic resources provided by the institution - can explain the process of evidence-based practice - can explain the possible applications and potentials of artificial intelligence in scientific work - can consider the risks and legal framework conditions when using artificial intelligence in scientific work
- Semester:
- 2
- Type:
- Practice-oriented session compulsory course
- ECTS-points:
- 2
- Contents:
- - Advanced search functions of relevant sources (MeSH terms, operators, truncations), differences to the platforms with handouts, formulating PICO questions, conducting searches and analysing the search string, creating a search strategy and a flowchart, assessing the benefits (of the results) for evidence-based work in the professional group
- Quality criteria (objectivity, reliability, validity) and their impact on quality with regard to different levels (report quality, implementation quality, etc.), quality criteria of journals
- Norms, standards, guidelines, directives (clarification of terms, lines of reasoning for norms, etc.)
- Scientific reading of English-language literature
- Definition and benefits of EBP, steps of the EBP process
- Basics and possible applications of artificial intelligence in scientific work
- Dangers and legal framework conditions when using artificial intelligence in scientific work
The student - selects relevant scientific research methods, prepares the data for answering the question(s), analyses and interprets them - has basic knowledge of statistical test procedures and carries out descriptive data analysis using suitable software - explains the most important components of resource planning and explains the organisational processes for conducting studies - describes the ethical and legal standards of clinical trials - selects the required study documents according to the scientific/international specifications of different study types and explains them - explains the methodological planning of studies on the basis of scientific standards - has basic knowledge of quantitative and qualitative nursing research, understands research work on practice-relevant problems and assesses these critically - selects relevant scientific research methods, applies them and prepares the collected data to answer the questions - makes scientific findings and phenomena usable for professional and scientific development - participates in research work and in the implementation of best practice examples and applies research findings - utilises scientific findings and methods in the development of evidence-based interventions, norms, standards, guidelines and directives for healthcare and nursing as well as in the context of research processes - participates in scientific discourse and understands and processes specialised literature and research reports - researches current scientific findings in the national and international field, in particular on evidence-based reflection, evaluation and argumentation in the health professions in a fundamental form - formulates research-relevant questions and hypotheses from the profession-specific area
- Semester:
- 3
- Type:
- Integrated course compulsory course
- ECTS-points:
- 2
- Contents:
- - Qualitative and quantitative methods, mixed methods, data collection (assessments, questionnaires), processing,
evaluation and interpretation
- Basic knowledge of statistical tests, carrying out descriptive statistics in SPSS/Excel
- Time, scheduling, financial and personnel resources, organisational study process (necessities, responsibilities, deadlines)
- Declaration of Helsinki, Good Scientific Practice (GSP) and Clinical Practice (GCP), Medical Devices Act, Medicinal Products Act
- Study protocol, ethics application, study registration, patient information and consent, institutional consent form, no-fault study insurance and study documents (signature page, statistical analysis plan, code plan, cover letter, CV of the principal investigator, data management plan, monitoring plan)
- Study designs, study population and sample size, blinding and randomisation, BIAS, scientific standards
- Semester:
- 3
- Type:
- Practice-oriented session compulsory course
- ECTS-points:
- 1
- Contents:
- - Qualitative and quantitative methods, mixed methods, data collection (assessments, questionnaires) - processing,
- evaluation and interpretation
- Basic knowledge of statistical tests, implementation of descriptive statistics in SPSS/Excel
- Time, scheduling, financial and personnel resources, Organisational study process (necessities, responsibilities, deadlines)
- Declaration of Helsinki, Good Scientific Practice (GSP) and Clinical Practice (GCP), Medical Devices Act, Medicinal Products Act
- Study protocol, ethics application, study registration, patient information and consent, institutional consent form, no-fault study insurance and study documents (signature page, statistical analysis plan, code plan, cover letter, CV of the principal investigator, data management plan, monitoring plan)
- Study designs, study population and sample size, blinding and randomisation, BIAS, scientific standards
On the basis of a health science question, the student can - Search for and summarise literature on a specific topic - formulate a problem and derive the objective and the question - plan the appropriate methodology taking into account norms, standards, guidelines and directives - formulate a corresponding outlook
- Semester:
- 4
- Type:
- Seminar compulsory course
- ECTS-points:
- 5
- Contents:
- - Summary of the results of a topic-specific literature search
- Writing a problem statement
- Definition of a goal and a question
- Planning the methodology taking into account norms, standards, guidelines and directives
- Preparation of an outlook
- Writing an exposé, based on the concept of the Bachelor's seminar, taking into account aspects relevant to the profession and related sciences to promote the theory-practice transfer
The student has acquired knowledge in various areas of scientific work that goes beyond the knowledge imparted in the associated courses or exercises.Ethics applications The student - takes into account the ethical requirements when conducting empirical studies - independently completes and submits applications to an ethics committee, taking into account the respective quality criteriaStudy planning The student - has advanced knowledge of different study designs in clinical research - drafts a time, budget and resource plan for an empirical study - plans a scientific empirical work according to international standards - plans the implementation of measurements and interventions depending on the chosen study designQuestionnaire creation The student - uses relevant validated questionnaires in a standardised way in empirical work - selects suitable scale levels and formulations for specific questions - develops a questionnaire based on a specific question and subjects it to a reliability test - implements an analogue and digital surveyLiterature research and evaluation The student - creates a search protocol for a systematic literature search according to international standards - conducts a systematic literature search according to international standards and documents it - adapts the search syntax depending on the respective literature source - evaluates the articles found within a systematised literature search with the help of (international) evidence-based assessmentsInference statistics The student - carries out relevant hypothesis tests depending on the question and prerequisites - carries out inferential statistical analyses with the help of selected softwareReading and writing scientific papers The student - identifies the general structure and logical organisation of an article in English - writes an English-language article in a structured and logical manner depending on the respective specifications - recognises the specific structure of an English-language abstract - uses different logical chains of argumentation when writing a discussion depending on the topic - takes into account the special features of English writing when writing articlesQualitative research The student - draws up an interview or observation guide (according to the relevant criteria) on the basis of a question and depending on methodological requirements - plans to carry out qualitative surveys - takes expert information into account when conducting qualitative surveys - analyses the data collected in a qualitative survey
- Semester:
- 4
- Type:
- Integrated course compulsory optional subject
- ECTS-points:
- 1
- Contents:
- - Preparation of the required content for the creation of the synopsis and the application form
- Consideration of the respective quality criteria
- Filling out a fictitious ethics application
- Semester:
- 4
- Type:
- Integrated course compulsory optional subject
- ECTS-points:
- 1
- Contents:
- - Budget preparation
- Scheduling
- Resource planning
- Planning the implementation of measurement/interventions
- Semester:
- 4
- Type:
- Integrated course compulsory optional subject
- ECTS-points:
- 1
- Contents:
- - Use/compilation of validated questionnaires
- Selection of suitable scale levels/formulations for specific questions
- Reliability test (only retest with Cronbach's alpha)
- Structure of questionnaires (dimensions and items)
- Standardised implementation (limits of the area of application)
- Analogue and digital survey forms (e.g. LimeSurvey)
- Semester:
- 4
- Type:
- Integrated course compulsory optional subject
- ECTS-points:
- 1
- Contents:
- - Synthesise literature according to international standards and process the results
- Advanced syntax development of specific questions
- Special features of individual databases (functions)
- Literature selection process (including consensus procedure)
- GRADE (ROB 2), QUADAS-2 tool
- Documentation of search process and search results
- Literature synthesis
- Preparation of results
- Semester:
- 4
- Type:
- Integrated course compulsory optional subject
- ECTS-points:
- 1
- Contents:
- - Application of valid test procedures depending on the question and prerequisites (normal distribution, scale level, type of variable, etc.)
- Realisation in SPSS (or R)
- Semester:
- 4
- Type:
- Integrated course compulsory optional subject
- ECTS-points:
- 1
- Contents:
- - Structure and logical organisation of various English-language articles
- Writing various articles in English
- Argumentation chains when writing a discussion
- Special features of English writing
- Semester:
- 4
- Type:
- Integrated course compulsory optional subject
- ECTS-points:
- 1
- Contents:
- - Evaluation of a qualitative content analysis (inductive and deductive)
- Expert recommendations for conducting qualitative surveys
- Semester:
- 4
- Type:
- Integrated course compulsory optional subject
- ECTS-points:
- 1
- Contents:
- - Specialisation in scientific work
The student can, on the basis of his/her health science research question - write the introduction, the theoretical background and the problem statement - implement the relevant methodology, taking into account norms, standards, guidelines and directives - analyse and discuss the results, draw conclusions and present them in written form
- Semester:
- 5
- Type:
- Seminar compulsory course
- ECTS-points:
- 7
- Contents:
- - Writing an introduction and a theoretical background based on a topic-specific literature search
- Definition of a problem
- Derivation of a goal and a question
- Description and implementation of the methodology, taking into account norms, standards, guidelines and directives
- Summary of the results
- Discussion of the results and drawing conclusions
- Writing the Bachelor's thesis, based on the concept of the Bachelor's seminar, taking into account aspects relevant to the profession and related sciences to promote the theory-practice transfer
The student - understands health and nursing care as a human encounter and social mission in equal measure and develops a reflected understanding of the role - has an approach to people that is characterised by empathy, appreciation and congruence - can build a basis of trust and social relationships with people and develops understanding and tolerance towards others - Carries out methods of patient observation - names observation criteria and applies these according to the level of training - observes the state of health of patients and refers pathological deviations that require clarification in accordance with the level of training - knows selected assessment tools and applies them - uses standardised measurement techniques, equipment and tools to derive diagnostic observation and monitoring measures in relation to the specified content and documents the results to ensure quality - knows nursing interventions related to the content listed and can apply and discuss these in terms of patient autonomy vs. standardised care - is aware of his/her own responsibility when carrying out the nursing interventions listed and is able to take nursing action in accordance with the legal framework conditions - understands the care process as a reciprocal relationship and problem-solving process and discusses the legal basis - is a positive model of perception through her*his behaviour - documents care-relevant data and information using given documentation systems - consciously initiates and reflects on social relationships in a professional context
- Semester:
- 1
- Type:
- Internship compulsory course
- ECTS-points:
- 6,5
- Contents:
- GuK § 14
- Emotional work in care/self-care/lay care/role of the carer
- Patient observation
- Selected assessment tools
- Selected prophylaxis
- Basics and physiological/pathological changes in sleep and nursing interventions
- Fundamentals and physiological/pathological changes in consciousness and nursing interventions including changes in perception
- Fundamentals and physiological/pathological changes in nutrition and nursing interventions
- Fundamentals and physiological/pathological changes in the skin and nursing interventions in the area of personal hygiene as well as basic information on excretion
- Fundamentals and physiological/pathological changes in movement and nursing interventions as well as mobilisation according to the principle of kinaesthetics
- Patient observation
- Fundamentals and physiological/pathological changes in breathing and nursing interventions
- Basics and physiological/pathological changes in pulse and blood pressure and nursing interventions
- Basics and physiological/pathological changes in body temperature and nursing interventions
- Semester:
- 1
- Type:
- Internship compulsory course
- ECTS-points:
- 0,5
- Contents:
- - Information about the practical training documents
- Case-based reflection on practice
- Psychosocial reflection
- Semester:
- 1
- Type:
- Internship compulsory course
- ECTS-points:
- 3
- Contents:
- GuK § 14
- Bed technology
- Perception and touch
- Basal stimulation
- Positioning according to selected concepts
- Use of aids: Rollator, walking aids, crutches, etc.
- Measure blood pressure (manually) and document
- Measure and document your pulse
- Temperature control and documentation
- Personal hygiene across the entire lifespan
- Partial care incl. making beds
- Pneumonia prophylaxis
- Oxygen administration
- Aspiration prophylaxis
- Contracture prophylaxis
- Fall prevention
- Aids for chewing and swallowing disorders
- Keep a food and fluid log
- Food administration in the various life situations
- Passing the bedpan and urine bottle
- Incontinence care
- Nappy changing for babies and toddlers
- Care process
- Simulation
- Clinical Assessment
The student - can use the nursing history and suitable assessment tools to determine the developmental status, health risk factors and indicators, problems, requirements, needs, development potential and resources of people of all ages and families, taking into account the cultural and ideological context, and process these in the nursing diagnostic process - can formulate care goals on the basis of a nursing diagnosis in cooperation with the person concerned or their care system andplanthe necessary nursing interventions and strategieson this basis, taking into account the wishes of the person concerned and respecting their dignity - can select nursing interventions based on the totality of nursing knowledge and the preferences and resources of people, taking into account physical, psychological, religious, spiritual, sociocultural, gender-related and ethical aspects - professionally orientates care interventions to the criteria of effectiveness, well-being, safety, economy and ecology - can recognise and implement their documentation obligations in the respective field of activity - can document care-relevant data and information using given documentation systems - can recognise pathological changes and abnormalities in people of all ages on the basis of their scientific and medical knowledge - can use standardised measurement techniques, devices and aids to carry out diagnostic and therapeutic observation and monitoring measures and document the results to ensure quality - has factual, methodological and reasoning knowledge of the objectives, modes of action, implementation modalities, risks and complications of medical diagnostics and therapy when carrying out diagnostically or therapeutically relevant interventions and care techniques for people of all ages - masters the skills, techniques and strategies required to carry out therapeutic and diagnostic measures according to medical orders - can inform people or their care system about the necessary diagnostic or therapeutic measures in an encouraging and empowering way, so that their fear and uncertainty are taken away or at least reduced - can carry out activities in the field of medical diagnostics and therapy in accordance with professional regulations and on a doctor's orders - can recognise in the situation whether he/she has the necessary professional competence to carry out the doctor's order and decides whether to accept it in full knowledge of the consequences under liability law, in particular with regard to negligence in admitting a medical condition - can understand communication barriers and conflicts - can independently make professionally justified decisions and justify their own decisions responsibly - can explain the psychosocial requirements of the respective field of activity
- Semester:
- 2
- Type:
- Internship compulsory course
- ECTS-points:
- 13,5
- Contents:
- GuK § 14
- Selected care models
- Patient observation
- Selected assessment tools
Basics of health and nursing care
- Dealing with people with hearing, visual and perceptual impairments
- Disgust management and dealing with shame
- Complementary care methods
GuKG §15
- Catheterisation man/woman/child
- Capillary blood sampling
- Venous blood sampling and peripheral venous access
- Basics of wound management
- Performing enemas, bowel enemas and lavages
- Administration of medicines
- Organ system: Cardiovascular diseases (acute/chronic)
- Perioperative basics
- Pain management
- Care for people with dementia
- Caring for people with delirium
- Dealing with measures that restrict freedom
- Conversations in challenging situations (with people suffering from dementia, violence in care, etc.)
- Caring for older people with substance misuse
- Introduction to case understanding and diagnostics
- Support options for carers and family members
- Collaboration in a multicultural and interprofessional team
- Semester:
- 2
- Type:
- Internship compulsory course
- ECTS-points:
- 0,5
- Contents:
- - Self-management
- Time management
- Burn-out prophylaxis
- Resilience
- Case-orientated supervision
- Reflection on the competence-orientated learning task
- Psychosocial reflection
- Semester:
- 2
- Type:
- Internship compulsory course
- ECTS-points:
- 3
- Contents:
- GuK § 14 and § 15
- Thrombosis prophylaxis
- Urinary and faecal management
- Simple dressings incl. aseptic dressing changes
- Wrap amputation stump
- Self-awareness Sensory impairment
- Capillary blood sampling for blood glucose and Astrup
- Venous blood sampling
- Peripheral venous access
- ECG
- Medication management
- Complementary care methods
- Care process
- Conversations in special life situations
- Clinical Assessment
The student - can use the nursing history and suitable assessment tools to determine the developmental status, health risk factors and indicators, problems, requirements, needs, development potential and resources of people of all ages and families, taking into account the cultural and ideological context, and process these in the nursing diagnostic process - can formulate care goals on the basis of a nursing diagnosis in cooperation with the person concerned or their care system andplanthe necessary nursing interventions and strategieson this basis,taking into account the wishes of theperson concerned and respecting their dignity - can anticipate possible effects of functional impairments, damage, illness, diagnostics and therapy on people of all ages and work towards compensation in cooperation with those affected or their reference system - can evaluate the care results - can instruct people according to their needs and requirements to take on partial or complete self-care or external care activities - can organise health and nursing care according to the principles of patient and process orientation and take on administrative tasks arising in this context - can assess the delegability of individual care interventions to lay carers on the basis of a comprehensive individualised assessment of the situation using the care process - can recognise pathological changes and abnormalities in people of all ages on the basis of their scientific and medical knowledge and interpret these with regard to nursing consequences - has factual, methodological and reasoning knowledge of the objectives, modes of action, implementation modalities, risks and complications of medical diagnostics and therapy when carrying out diagnostically or therapeutically relevant interventions and care techniques for people of all ages - masters the skills, techniques and strategies required to carry out therapeutic and diagnostic measures according to medical orders - can guide people to partially or fully take over diagnostic or therapeutic measures according to their needs and requirements - knows the legally relevant provisions in connection with medical diagnostics and therapy as well as with regard to medical devices and derives recommendations for action from these and implements them in nursing practice - can proceed according to the competences from the field of medical diagnostics and therapy in accordance with the professional regulations as well as take over the implementation of medical activities on order and bear the responsibility for implementation - can recognise in the situation whether he/she has the necessary professional competence to carry out the doctor's order and decides whether to accept it in full knowledge of the consequences under liability law, in particular with regard to negligence in admitting a medical condition - can make professionally justified decisions independently - can take responsibility for their own decisions, actions and their consequences - is aware of his/her own role within the framework of professional development and can actively contribute to the further development of the profession - can support and accompany those affected or their care system in coping with and dealing with functional limitations, illness, crises and the dying process - can assess the psychosocial requirements of the respective field of activity and deal with them constructively
- Semester:
- 3
- Type:
- Internship compulsory course
- ECTS-points:
- 8
- Contents:
- GuK § 14
- Selected care models
Organ systems
- Musculoskeletal system (acute/chronic)
- Respiratory tract (acute/chronic)
- Digestive tract (acute/chronic)
GuKG §15
- Infusion and injection therapy
- Central venous access
- Administration of medicines
- Corset/orthotics/movement splints
- Diabetes mellitus management
- Percutaneous gastric exchange tube
- Stoma management
- Suction from the upper airways
- Suture and staple care
- Drains
- Probes
- Care process
- Caring for people in a palliative setting
- Caring for people in emergency situations
- Semester:
- 3
- Type:
- Internship compulsory course
- ECTS-points:
- 0,5
- Contents:
- - De-escalation
- Case-orientated supervision
- Reflection on the competence-orientated learning task
- Psychosocial reflection
- Semester:
- 3
- Type:
- Internship compulsory course
- ECTS-points:
- 3
- Contents:
- GuK § 15
- Infusion and injection therapy
- Central venous access
- Drug management
- Corset/orthotics/movement splints
- Diabetes mellitus management
- Percutaneous gastric exchange tube
- Stoma management
- Suction from the upper airways
- Suture and staple care
- Drains
- Probes
- Care process
- Simulation
- Clinical Assessment
The student - can use the nursing history and suitable assessment tools to determine the developmental status, health risk factors and indicators, problems, requirements, needs, development potential and resources of people of all ages and families, taking into account the cultural and ideological context, and process these in the nursing diagnostic process - can interpret the structural, process and result quality of care and contribute to the quality work in the respective institution in a substantiated manner - an formulate care goals on the basis of a nursing diagnosis in cooperation with the person concerned or their care system and planthe necessary nursing interventions and strategieson this basis, taking into account the wishes of the person concerned and respecting their dignity - can anticipate possible effects of functional impairments, damage, illness, diagnostics and therapy on people of all ages and work towards compensation in cooperation with those affected or their reference system - can evaluate the care results - can instruct people according to their needs and requirements to take on partial or complete self-care or external care activities - can organise health and nursing care according to the principles of patient and process orientation and take on administrative tasks arising in this context - can assess the delegability of individual care interventions to lay carers on the basis of a comprehensive individualised assessment of the situation using the care process - can recognise pathological changes and abnormalities in people of all ages on the basis of their scientific and medical knowledge and interpret these with regard to nursing consequences - has factual, methodological and reasoning knowledge of the objectives, modes of action, implementation modalities, risks and complications of medical diagnostics and therapy when carrying out diagnostically or therapeutically relevant interventions and care techniques for people of all ages - masters the skills, techniques and strategies required to carry out therapeutic and diagnostic measures according to medical orders - can guide people to partially or fully take over diagnostic or therapeutic measures according to their needs and requirements - knows the legally relevant provisions in connection with medical diagnostics and therapy as well as with regard to medical devices and derives recommendations for action from these and implements them in nursing practice - can assume competences in the field of medical diagnostics and therapy in accordance with the professional regulations as well as the implementation of medical activities on order and bear the responsibility for implementation - can recognise in the situation whether he/she has the necessary professional competence to carry out the doctor's orders and decides whether to accept them in full knowledge of the consequences under liability law, in particular with regard to negligence in admitting to hospital - can make professionally justified decisions independently - can take responsibility for their own decisions, actions and their consequences - is aware of his/her own role within the framework of professional development and can actively contribute to the further development of the profession - can build a relationship of trust with people of all ages and families, in particular to promote compliance - can motivate, instruct and advise people, families and groups on health-promoting and disease-preventing lifestyles - can participate in the evaluation of health-promoting and disease-preventing measures and strategies on site and organise this evaluation themselves
- Semester:
- 4
- Type:
- Internship compulsory course
- ECTS-points:
- 10,5
- Contents:
- GuK § 14
- Selected care models
Organ systems
- Brain and nervous system (acute/chronic)
- Psychiatry (acute/chronic)
- Urology (acute/chronic)
- Gynaecology (acute/chronic)
- Dermatology (acute/chronic)
- Ear, nose and throat (acute/chronic)
- Ophthalmology (acute/chronic)
GuKG §15
- Wound management
- Punctures
- Electroencephalogram
- Electroneurography
- Tracheostomy care
- Care for suprapubic indwelling catheters
Promoting health, preventing illness
- Present national agencies and their fields of activity
- Health promotion
- Prevention
- Health literacy
- Current digital health technologies
- Semester:
- 4
- Type:
- Internship compulsory course
- ECTS-points:
- 1
- Contents:
- - De-escalation
- Education
- Case-orientated supervision
- Reflection on the competence-orientated learning task
- Psychosocial reflection
- Semester:
- 4
- Type:
- Internship compulsory course
- ECTS-points:
- 3
- Contents:
- GuK § 14 and § 15
- Care for people with neurological diseases
- Wound management
- Electroencephalogram
- Electroneurography
- Tracheostomy care
- Care for suprapubic indwelling catheters
- Care process
- Education - Micro training
- Clinical Assessment
- Simulations
The student - can weigh up decisions in dilemma situations arising from the conflict between professional ethics, economic efficiency and individuality to the best of their knowledge and belief - can consciously and reflectively establish, maintain and resolve social relationships in a professional context - is skilled in giving and accepting differentiated and constructive feedback - can manage professional information and communication tasks according to the situation - can independently make professionally justified decisions and represent their own decisions responsibly to the outside world - can take responsibility for their own decisions, actions and their consequences - can assess the psychosocial requirements of the respective field of activity and deal with them constructively - can recognise their own professional and personal capabilities and limitations and apply personally effective coping strategies in the event of stress - can recognise complex and problematic care situations as such and manage and reflect on them in a profession-specific manner, if necessary with the involvement of other health and social professions - can instruct care assistants and members of the social care professions to take over care activities or support basic care and supervise or monitor the implementation of the activities - can argue the use of care-specific forms of organisation and work in the different care settings or care areas - can assess the delegability of individual care interventions to lay carers on the basis of a comprehensive individualised assessment of the situation using the care process - can develop a quality assurance system in cooperation with the person being cared for or their legal representative or authorised representative and the lay carer, which enables the timely recognition of circumstances that no longer allow care to be provided by lay carers - can act with an understanding of nursing care as a service in the health and social care sector and organise it in a team- and customer-oriented and economical manner - selects central concepts, models, theories, principles, action sequences, methods and techniques of nursing care after critical examination and integrates them into health and nursing care according to the situation and the individual. - uses the nursing history and suitable assessment tools to determine the developmental status, health risk factors and indicators, problems, requirements, needs, development potential and resources of people of all ages and families, taking into account the cultural and ideological context, and processes these in the nursing diagnostic process - formulates care goals on the basis of the care diagnosis made in collaboration with the person concerned or their care system and plans the necessary care interventions and strategieson this basis,taking into account the wishes of the person concerned and theirdignity - Anticipates possible effects and functional impairments, damage, illness, diagnostics and therapy on people of all ages in different settings and works towards compensation in cooperation with those affected or with their reference systems - can recognise the need for psychosocial care in people of all ages, can meet this need themselves as part of the care process or recognise whether the relationship of other health or social professions is required - organises health and nursing care according to the principles of patient and process orientation and takes on administrative tasks arising in this context - weighs up decisions in dilemma situations arising from the conflicting priorities of professional ethics, economic efficiency and individuality to the best of his or her knowledge and belief - is skilled in giving and accepting differentiated and constructive feedback - makes independent, professionally justified decisions and represents these responsibly to the outside world - assesses the psychosocial requirements of the respective field of activity and deals with them constructively - recognises their own professional and personal capabilities and limitations and applies personally effective coping strategies when under pressure - influences equal opportunities for care recipients through its work - refers to recognised values and norms of society when making decisions - applies intercultural, ethical, generational and gender-specific aspects of health care
- Semester:
- 5
- Type:
- Internship compulsory course
- ECTS-points:
- 20,5
- Contents:
- GuK § 14, § 15 and § 16
- Ethical decision-making in difficult therapy situations
- Moral dilemma and moral distress in conflict situations
- Professional duty of care and ethics
- Self-determination in care and healthcare
- Skill and grade mix
- Individual application of theories, models and concepts in nursing practice
- Nursing diagnostic process taking into account different life situations, illnesses, social situations, cultural backgrounds and health-promoting aspects
- Coping strategies in a professional context
- Conducting dialogue
- Semester:
- 5
- Type:
- Internship compulsory course
- ECTS-points:
- 0,5
- Contents:
- - Case-orientated supervision
- Reflection on the competence-orientated learning task
- Psychosocial reflection
- Resilience
The student - can use the nursing history and suitable assessment tools to determine the developmental status, health risk factors and indicators, problems, requirements, needs, development potential and resources of people of all ages and families, taking into account the cultural and ideological context, and process these in the nursing diagnostic process - can formulate care goals on the basis of a nursing diagnosis in cooperation with the person concerned or their care system andplanthe necessary nursing interventions and strategieson this basis, taking into account the wishes of the person concerned and respecting their dignity - can evaluate care outcomes and justify them in relation to current scientific findings - can instruct people according to their needs and requirements to take on partial or complete self-care or external care activities - can document care-relevant data and information using given documentation systems and assess the quality of the documentation according to verifiable standards - can organise health and nursing care according to the principles of patient and process orientation and take on administrative tasks arising in this context - possesses factual, methodological and reasoning knowledge of the objectives, modes of action, implementation modalities, risks and complications of medical diagnostics and therapy when carrying out diagnostically or therapeutically relevant interventions and care techniques for people of all ages - masters the skills, techniques and strategies required to carry out therapeutic and diagnostic measures according to medical orders - can guide people to partially or fully take over diagnostic or therapeutic measures according to their needs and requirements - knows the legally relevant provisions in connection with medical diagnostics and therapy as well as with regard to medical devices and derives recommendations for action from these and implements them in nursing practice - can proceed according to the competences from the field of medical diagnostics and therapy in accordance with the professional regulations as well as take over the implementation of medical activities on order and bear the responsibility for implementation - can recognise in the situation whether he/she has the necessary professional competence to carry out the doctor's orders and decides whether to accept them in full knowledge of the consequences under liability law, in particular with regard to negligence in admitting to hospital - can participate in the evaluation of health-promoting and disease-preventing measures and strategies on site and organise this evaluation themselves - is aware of his/her own role within the framework of professional development and can actively contribute to the further development of the profession - has a basic knowledge of nursing science and research and has a scientific and research-based framework for decision-making, action and argumentation in health and nursing care - fulfils the pedagogical tasks of health and nursing care, in particular instruction, counselling and training based on the findings and methods of educational science and social and human science - can instruct trainees of different qualification levels in healthcare and nursing in a goal-orientated and systematic manner and evaluate the respective learning outcomes - can develop personally effective learning and working strategies using different problem-solving, decision-making and creativity techniques - can learn from personal experience and fulfil the requirements of lifelong learning and the professional development obligation by continuously adapting professional activities to nursing science, medical science and social science findings
- Semester:
- 6
- Type:
- Internship compulsory course
- ECTS-points:
- 15,5
- Contents:
- GuK § 14
Nursing diagnostic process taking into account
- different life situations
- Diseases
- social situations
- cultural backgrounds
- health-promoting aspects
Organ systems
- Endocrinology
- Oncology
- Nephrology
GuKG §15
- Drug management
- Changing the dialysis solution as part of peritoneal dialysis
- Puncture and blood sampling from the radial artery and the dorsalis pedis artery and from the central venous vascular system (port system)
- Administration of whole blood and/or blood components, including patient-related blood group testing using bedside tests
- Selected topics from the field of digitalisation
- Semester:
- 6
- Type:
- Internship compulsory course
- ECTS-points:
- 0,5
- Contents:
- - Psychosocial reflection
- Evaluation of the study programme
- Semester:
- 6
- Type:
- Internship compulsory course
- ECTS-points:
- 2
- Contents:
- GuK § 14
- Care process
GuKG §15
- Drug management
- Changing the dialysis solution as part of peritoneal dialysis
- Puncture and blood sampling from the radial artery and the dorsalis pedis artery and from the central venous vascular system (port system)
- Administration of whole blood and/or blood components, including patient-related blood group testing using bedside tests