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Summary of the Profile
Objective(s) of a study programme:
The aim of the programme is to prepare competent and qualified advanced practice nurses, whose professional and scientific activity is based on the latest advanced practice knowledge and method creation as well as their application in clinical practice, while improving and expanding clinical and research competencies: those of innovative expert nursing practice, educational and research competency, patient and colleague advice and training, clinical leadership, cooperation, as well as strategic and systemic outlook in order to improve the quality of healthcare services.
Learning outcomes:
General competencies:
1. Social abilities
1.1. Ability to work and make innovative clinical decisions independently within the limits of their competencies, while applying leadership skills in healthcare as well as intersectoral teams in both Lithuanian and international environments.
1.2. Competent communication and cooperation as well as ability to efficiently share proved information in solving clinical practice health issues.
2. Personal abilities
2.1. Ability to evaluate the demand for scientific-clinical research, create a research design, carry out and present research results both independently and within a team as well as suggest practical recommendations on a local, national, and international level.
2.2. Ability to make innovative clinical decisions with an evaluation of ethical aspects and moral responsibility for advanced practice nursing.
Specific competencies:
3.Knowledge and implementation
3.1. Will have the knowledge and ability to analyse and prepare suggestions as well as apply them in practice:
Health policy formation and implementation principles and methods;
EU directives, Lithuanian laws and legal acts, including substatutory legal acts that regulate nursing and healthcare;
Health development and Preventative healthcare;
Healthcare institution management and team work methods.
3.2. Will have the knowledge and ability to apply the modern features of pharmacology as well treatment and nursing methods of applied anatomy as well as clinical and laboratory diagnostics of acute course and complicated diseases in advanced practice nursing;
Chronic non-infectious disease management; health evaluation and long-term observation principles, consulting, the principles of medication and medical tool prescription; the principles and methods of anaesthesiology, intensive therapy, emergency help organisation and service provision.
4. Research competencies
4.1. Ability to evaluate advanced practice nursing science realities and concerns as well as form the need for nursing scientific research while both working independently and leading a team; ability to perform and process research while using the latest scientific data and technologies.
4.2. Ability to develop the latest knowledge of scientific research in advanced practice nursing while creating new methods and technologies
5. Special abilities
5.1. Ability to evaluate a person’s health as well as the symptoms of chronic non-infectious diseases in primary healthcare; evaluation of a patient’s health condition and observation of its dynamics in the perioperative period as well as during the intensive care; evaluation of a person’s health and diagnosis of critical conditions as well as acute diseases when providing emergency help.
5.2. Ability to perform long-term observation and prevention of chronic non-infectious diseases; ability to independently advise patients on the questions of health and disease management as well as pharmacotherapy; ability to independently apply anaesthesia and intensive care techniques and procedures; ability to apply prophylactic measures in a variety of ways.
5.3. Ability to make an independent clinical decision; ability to prescribe and continue medicine as well as medical and nursing tools; ability to manage clinical documentation; leadership in a clinical team.
Activities of teaching and learning:
Activities of teaching and learning are oriented to the students’ needs. The innovations and active methods have been used during study process.
The methods of information transferring such as lectures, seminars, discussions, demonstrations, interviews, conversations, illustrations, consulting would be used.
Practical operational methods for encouraging the critical thinking such as twin-work, practical training, data collection, simulations, etc would be used.
The problem-based learning methods by analyzing situations and cases would be used.
The main core of the learning activities is independent student work with the main goal to sustain the critical thinking and power to be decision makers.
Self-assessment methods would help for students to make a progress in their studies.
Methods of assessment of learning achievements:
The main way of evaluating learning outcomes is exam. Exams and mid-term evaluations are written or written and oral (http://www.vu.lt/lt/studijos/studiju-procesas/egzaminu-sesija/45-studijos/studijos/2557). The study results are assessed by the lecturer who taught the subject and led the studies. Upon a motivated request of the students, a commission for the assessment of study results may be formed.
Students' knowledge of examinations is evaluated from 1 to 10 points. In order to ensure the correlation of assessment methods with the subject of assessment, various methods are applied: to the level of knowledge and perception - tests, presentations; application level - problem solving tasks; level of analysis - case study, case study; for synthesis level - review of scientific articles; assessment level - research work, case analysis, presentations, reports. The cumulative assessment is used to measure the student's achievements, which enables the student to consistently pursue the learning outcomes. The weight and number of parts of the cumulative assessment are given in the description of each subject. Subject descriptions include the structure of the number of assessments and their arrangement in the course of the semester, the interfaces of assessment tasks with the subject context, individual tasks.
Study subjects (modules), practical training:
The nursing care, medicine, health and social science knowledge are integrated in this programme with special attention to practical skills’ and competencies’ education:
• Development and improvement of the latest innovative nursing science and practice knowledge and method creation, and their application in advanced practice nursing.
• Promoting analytical and strategic thinking as well as development and improvement of clinical decision making and leadership in healthcare.
• Development and improvement of expert nursing practice, education and research competency, and clinical leadership.
There are obligatory and optional subjects, clinical practices in relation with specialization in the curricula. The last point of the studies is Master thesis and professional qualification exam. This programme is oriented to practical advance nursing practice and research competencies. All subjects content of 5, 10, 15 or 25 ETCS.
The general amount of credits is 120 (ECTS), 3200 hours (800 hours per one semester), for direct contact 1095 hours, for independent student work 2105 hours.
- compulsory general modules (60 credits): Applied Anatomy (5 credits ECTS); Health literacy and innovative technological systems (5 credits); Clinical pharmacology (5 cr.); Advanced Practice Nursing Module and Clinical Ethics (5 cr.); Nursing research methodology and biostatistics (10 cr.); Nursing quality and leadership (5 cr.); Laboratory medicine (5 cr.); Genetics and rare diseases (5 cr.); Scientific work (15 credits) and Final Master's thesis (25 credits); Professional qualification examination (5 credits);
compulsory elective modules of three specialties (Primary Health Care, Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Emergency Medicine) (55 credits);
-clinical practices (10 cr) for triad specializations;
- special study field electives (5 credits): Hospital-acquired infection management; Lifestyle and disease prevention; Nursing Science Innovations.
Specialisations:
-Primary healthcare
-Anesthesia and intensive therapy
-Emergency medical help
Optional courses:
Management of nosocomial infections; Lifestyle and disease’ prevention, Nursing standards.
Distinctive features of a study programme:
The programme is relevant and innovative, oriented to high qualified specialist in nursing practice who would be independent nurse in three fields: primary health care, anesthesia and intensive care, emergency acute health care.
Access to professional activity:
Absolvents would be able to work independently in health care institutions and give nursing care in primary health care, intensive care units, emergency care departments.
Access to further study:
Absolvents would be able to continue their studies at the doctoral programme in Lithuania and abroad.
