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Deptartment of Health and Nursing Science
The Departement is responsible for the Bachelor's Degree in Nursing
Number of semesters: 6
Starting semester: Fall
Number of places: 50
Tuition language: Norwegian
Identification code: 212 050
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Job opportunities:
State Registered Nurses are in great demand in the health services and the job opportunities at home and abroad are good. The nurses we train work mainly in hospitals, nursing homes and in the primary health care. A Bachelor's degree in Nursing satisfies the requirements for all EEA countries and gives you the necessary qualifications to work in other European countries on completion of your program of study.
What you learn:
As a student of Nursing, you will study theoretical and practical subjects qualifying you to work as a nurse at any level of health care, in institutions or elsewhere. Nursing, caring and treatment are the cornerstones of a nurse's competence. A nurse's constant care for the sick is applied from the sick person's point of view and draws on the knowledge of the cause, diagnosis and prognosis of a disease.
In the course of the program of studies, you will also acquire competence in the field of health promotion and preventive work, teaching and tutoring, research and development, quality assurance, organization and management. The program of studies also involves a knowledge of priorities in health politics and the legal framework for the profession.
Our major goal is to educate independent and responsible nurses who have the patient's best interest and wellbeing at heart when exercising their profession and who can testify to a conscious ethical behavior and a reflected attitude in their work.
A Bachelor's Degree in Nursing gives 180 ECTS credits and opens for application for registration as a nurse in accordance with the Norwegian Act for Health Personnel.
Further education:
With a Bachelor's Degree in Nursing, you gain an opportunity to pursue your studies to Master's Degree level. You can also take further education in several areas: mental health nursing, cancer health care, perioperative nursing, anesthesia nursing, intensive nursing, pediatric nursing, midwifery and public health nurse education, geriatric nursing or management. Narvik University College offers further education in computer/ IT for health personnel and in preventive work against substance abuse.
Important topics:
The professional and scientific fundamentals of nursing – 33 ECTS credits:
The goal of the main topics is for the student to acquire a knowledge and an understanding of the history and philosophy of the profession as well as of the professional ethics. The student will understand various perspectives, theories and models describing nursing as a field and as a profession. The student will develop an understanding of the relationship between theory and theoretical assumptions and practical, situational practice of the profession.
Nursing and its professional basis – 72 ECTS credits
The goal of the main topics is to enable the student to integrate knowledge from the medical, scientific and social fundamentals of nursing. The main topic contributes to an understanding of how a disease finds expression both in individuals and in groups of patients.
Subjects covering Medicine and Natural Sciences – 45 ECTS credits
The purpose of subjects covering Medicine and Natural Sciences is for the student to acquire a knowledge of the body's physiology, pathological conditions and processes, prognosis and common forms of medical treatment. This includes knowledge of normal development and disease processes in humans so that a nurse may observe and, jointly with other personnel, initiate measures for prevention, treatment, alleviation and rehabilitation.
Subjects on Social Sciences – 30 ETCS credits
The purpose of this main topic is to understand human development, learning and interrelationships in various communities and cultures. The students will acquire an understanding of normal reactions in various phases of life and how sickness affects life situations. The main topic contributes to the students' knowledge of general factors which they need to know of in their profession.
Practical applications with the collaboration of patients and their families
Practical work will take place in primary health care as well as in hospitals where students will acquire experience with patients of all ages exhibiting various health problems and in need of nursing. Meeting patients and their families in concrete situations will, through deeper consideration, allow the student to acquire an experience contributing to the development of wider knowledge and insight.
The students must be prepared to travel outside Narvik if necessary according to the availability of pratice opportunities.
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