Nursing

The program assumptions define the full range of requirements, and at the same time the role for which the student will be prepared, i.e.,

• planning, organizing and implementing nursing care
• providing service for the promotion, preservation and prevention of illness
• providing holistic and personalized care for the sick, the disabled and the dying
• providing medicinal and rehabilitation services in accordance with applicable regulations;
• preventive, diagnostic
• cooperation as a member of the healthcare team
• initiating and supporting local community health initiatives
• following the principles of professional ethics
• cooperating professionals to ensure total care for the individual and the family
• communicating with the patient, his family and other professionals
• development of a nursing practice, critical thinking and scientific research by applying current knowledge in practice in the fields of medical science, social sciences, nursing theory, legal regulation of the profession and health care.

Practical classes and internships during the studies takes place in various health care institutions and include practical improvement of professional skills acquired in the course of the directional subjects, which allows to get to know the realities of the profession. It is noteworthy that the University practices international exchange of student internships.

The graduate of second degree studies will have the skills to:

• provide personalized nursing care,
• organize and supervise nursing care and health protection of state, local, social and private institutions operating in the health care system,
• sanitary and epidemiological surveillance,
• government and local government institutions,
• implement new methods,
• techniques and organizational solutions,
• forecast and shape the structure and quantity of health and medical services of the population,
• the content and organization of human resources management,
• coordinate the activities of the institution and the organization and management of health care and social assistance;
• Identify areas for research and participation in research.
• The graduate will have a well-developed habit of continuing education and professional development.

The graduate of the second-degree studies has advanced (in relation to the first-degree studies) knowledge of social sciences and medical sciences. He has the ability to participate in the implementation of prevention tasks in the field of: social care; health promotion; health education; and improve the health of the society.

The graduate has the competence to perform managerial duties in:

• institutions performing public health tasks;
• public and non-public health care facilities;
• health insurance institutions, the National Sanitary Inspection and institutions acting for the protection of the natural environment. The graduate possesses specific skills for identifying and forecasting the threats and health problems of a given population;
• recognizing the impact of social processes and demographic structures on health of the human population;
• planning, developing, organizing and evaluating the effectiveness and evaluation of prevention and health promotion programs for different social backgrounds;
• mobilizing the public to implement state and local health policies;
• management – based on legal norms and modern management techniques – of health care institutions and institutions dealing with broadly defined public health;
• organizing and securing the functioning of the medical service structures in the field of universal and private health and social insurance in the range of treatment, rehabilitation, long-term care and social care;
• management of the Integrated Medical Rescue System and crisis information system;
• control and assessment of sanitary and epidemiological status at a national and regional level and the organization of remedial and corrective actions;
• collection and analysis of economic costs of medical services, rehabilitation, prevention and promotion of health;
• the use of knowledge about the objectives and tasks of public health in the European Union to enrich the programs of protection and promote health in the local environment;
• development of expert reports, publications and public health publications and the use of professional foreign language literature.