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Summary of the Profile
General Description:
Objective(s) of a study programme:
Train a nurse of general practice able to nurse a healthy or sick person, family and community in different levels of personal health care, social care homes, sanatoriums and at patient’s home (integral nursing) at all stages of the nursing process, demonstrate critical thinking, social responsibility, independence, ability to work in a team, a holistic approach, and science-based practice.
Learning outcomes:
1. Know the national and international health policy provisions.
2. Know the limits of professional activities and responsibility, apply provisions of health legislation and professional ethics in nursing practice, and provide consultations within the limits of their professional competence.
3. Apply knowledge of natural, biomedical, social and humanitarian sciences in systematic assessment of the person, family and community health and decision-making in nursing practice.
4. Perform scientific applied nursing research, interpret, analyze, summarize and present results as well as apply them in solving nursing problems.
5. Assess the nursing needs of a patient, family and community, and plan nursing activities.
6. Perform and evaluate nursing actions and procedures, provide arguments for decision-making in professional situations.
7. Prepare patients for instrumental tests and therapeutic interventions.
8. Recognize life-threatening conditions, evaluate them and respond to them accordingly, provide emergency medical aid in the case of acute conditions and injuries.
9. Train healthy lifestyle skills of a patient, family and community, organize and implement health education and counselling according to the health education needs.
10. Applies the principles of nursing administration in nursing practice
11. Communicate and collaborate with patients and their family dealing with personal health problems, work in teams with colleagues and other experts in implementing the person-centred care.
12. Express themselves fluently and emphatically both orally and in writing, communicate efficiently in Lithuanian and foreign languages, recognize the diversity of people and cross-cultural differences.
13. Critically evaluate professional nursing practice, understand the importance of lifelong learning, make independent decisions and evaluate their impact on nursing practice situations, using the expertise and taking responsibility.
14. Collect and organize patient care-related information, use modern technology and information systems in nursing practice, treat confidential information properly, apply learning strategies, conduct nursing research and dissemination of nursing science and practice.
Activities of teaching and learning:
Analysis of scientific and professional literature, case analysis, individual work, analysis of online sources, review of scientific articles, preparation and presentation of reports, self-reflection, etc.
Methods of assessment of learning achievements:
Cumulative assessment (interim settlement, independent work, tests, exam). Tests, situation analysis, team project presentation, defence of independent work, etc.
Framework:
Study subjects (modules), practical training:
Study subjects: Information Technologies in Medicine, Professional Foreign language, Professional Ethics, Environmental and Human Safety, Anatomy, Physiology and Pathology, Health Psychology and Sociology, General Nursing, Microbiology and Infection Control, Obstetrical Nursing, Child Health Care and Nursing, Therapeutic and Geriatric Nursing, Community Care, Gerontology, Medical Biochemistry, Clinical Biophysics and Radiology, Nursing Law and Administration, Nursing Applied Research, Cardiac Nursing, Pharmacology, Dietetics, Surgical Nursing, Health Education, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Palliative and Oncology Nursing, Emergency Medical Assistance and Intensive Care, Mental Health Care and Nursing,
Practical training: Obstetrical Nursing and Child Care, Child Nursing, Therapeutic Nursing, Geriatric Nursing, Community Care, Cardiac Nursing, Surgical Nursing, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Mental Health Care, Emergency Care and Intensive Care Nursing, Final.
Specialisations:
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Optional courses:
Two optional courses and two alternative study courses.
Distinctive features of a study programme:
Studies are organized via integration of different clinical disciplines, preclinical workshops are held in simulation classrooms, nursing clinical studies are held in the first level medical practice centres, and secondary level hospitals. Students are given the possibility of going to other countries’ health and rehabilitation institutions for studies and practice training under exchange programs. Applied research skills are developed by independent scientific research.
Access to professional activity or further study:
Access to professional activity:
Graduates can work in personal health care institutions: II and III level hospitals, primary health care institutions, hospices and rehabilitation institutions, homes for the elderly, children and young people’s care homes, general practitioners' offices, addiction centres, military service units, as well as in the integral nursing field.
Access to further study:
Graduates can pursue transfer of study results in university first cycle studies. Upon completion of the supplementary first cycle university studies they are entitled to second cycle university studies.
