Master Program in Nursing Specialisation: Public Health Care
Karlstad, Sweden
Master degree
DURATION
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
APPLICATION DEADLINE
EARLIEST START DATE
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
Key Summary
About: The Master Program in Nursing Specialization: Public Health Care is hybrid, with on-campus and distance learning. It requires a Degree of Bachelor of Science in Nursing (180 credits) including 15-credit project or equivalent and 24 months of full-time professional nursing experience. Applicants need Swedish 3 or Swedish as second language 3 and English 6/A. A nursing license from Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare is required.
Career Outcomes: Graduates can work as specialist nurse, primary health care nurse, community nurse, clinical nurse leader in primary care, public health agencies, NGOs, or move into education, policy or health promotion.
The Program is conducted as a hybrid education meaning that lectures and assignments take place both at the university and on distance. A specialist nurse has extensive nursing and medical knowledge in a specific health care area. A primary health care nurse assesses, plans, performs and evaluates the nursing process involving individuals and their experiences of health and ill health, which means identifying illness, symptoms, and functional reduction as well as self-care needs and resources for promoting health and adjustment to a changed life situation.
Nursing licence issued by the Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare. A Degree of Bachelor of Science in Nursing (180 credits), including a degree project of 15 credits, a Degree of Bachelor in Nursing (including a degree project of 15 credits), or equivalent qualifications. Professional experience in nursing corresponding to 24 months of full-time work. Swedish 3 or Swedish as a second language 3, and English 6/A.
