Bachelor's in Nursing Care
Tbilisi, Georgia
DURATION
4 Years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
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STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
Key Summary
Introduction
Bachelor's of Nursing Care
The aim of the program is to train high valued and responsible nursing specialists and equip them with skills necessary to work in the healthcare field; to be competent and competitive in a multicultural environment and apply their knowledge and competence to nursing management and patient health care.
The structure and content of the program provide the student with an integrated knowledge of the norms and pathology of the functioning of the human body; the principles of nursing care and management. The program develops transfer skills, which makes the graduate competitive on both, local and international markets.
The program is based on the nursing undergraduate programs of the leading universities in the Netherlands and is implemented by teachers from leading Dutch nursing schools (Erasmus University MC; HZ University of Applied Sciences), as well as certified trainers from the European Resuscitation Council (ERC).
The student will acquire knowledge and skills based on their practical significance - learning only what will be useful from the first day on the job as a nurse. In the third year of study, the student will have the opportunity to choose where to undergo their internship: in Georgia or in one of the leading clinics in Europe. From the fourth year, the student will be able to participate in a one-year paid employment program.
Admissions
Scholarships and Funding
Following NVU's mission that endeavors equal access to education for students from around the world, a 25% University Scholarship is applicable to students who successfully pass elected courses during two consecutive semesters.
Curriculum
General Competence
- Introduction to Sociology and Social Psychology
- Academic Writing
- Research Methods
- Introduction to Philosophy
- History of World Civilization
- Critical Thinking and Logic
- Introduction to Law
- Communication and Negotiation
- Game Theory
- Presenting for Success
- Calculus
- Introduction to Statistics
- World Culture
Basics of Medicine
- Body Systems
- Life Sciences
- Pathophysiology
- Communication Skills in Medicine
- Medical Law and Ethics
- Health Promotion and Wellness
- Medical Psychology
- Pain Management
- Occupational Diseases
- Evidence-based Medicine
- Health Management
- Clinical Skills
- Nutrition
Nursing
- Introduction to Nursing Practice
- Public Health and Health Assessment
- Community Health Nursing
- Adults Nursing
- Mental Health Nursing and Nursing for People with Special Needs
- Pharmacology for Nursing
- Oncology and Palliative Care Nursing
- Maternal, Newborn Nursing and Paediatric Nursing
- Acute Diseases and Surgery Nursing
- Nursing for Geriatrics
- Practice Portfolio
- Research Project
- Nursing for Infectious Diseases
- Clinical Practice
Program Outcome
Bachelor of Nursing - 240 credits
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge and Understanding
- Knowledge of health care, social and behavioural science and ethical standards of the profession;
- Knowledge of principles of evidence-based health care practice;
- Knowledge of principles of patient-centered health care organization;
- Understanding of basics and principles of nursing;
- Understanding of the main profession-related techniques and procedures.
- Ability to formulate tasks, coordinate with team members, adequately assessing the capacity of team members, capacity to deal with uncertainty and force majeure situations.
Skills
- Ability to apply different principles, methods and knowledge to health care practice and research;
- To present the evidence and counterarguments upon the review of the results;
- Apply the principles, skills and knowledge of evidence-based health care;
- Perform nursing procedures and manipulations;
- Correctly implement data of health care, social and behavioural sciences;
- Perform supervised research relevant to professional competence.
- To be able to analyse, summarize and make judgments;
- Ability to make sound judgments on the basis of critical analysis of selected data, conduct research with the application of the selected theoretical framework.
- Ability to communicate effectively in a health care context verbally and in written form;
- Ability to listen, observe, asking proper questions to patients and colleagues;
- Effectively use information and information technology in a health care context;
- To carry out a communication with a patient
- Management of self-learning;
- Capacity of time management, choosing proper priorities, accomplishing tasks at due time;
- Ability to recognize limits of own knowledge and clinical skills.
Responsibility and Autonomy
- Apply ethical principles in health care practice;
- Respect patients’ rights;
- Efficient communication with any person irrespective with social, cultural, religious and ethnic belonging;
- Promote health, engage with population health issues and work effectively in a health care system.