ECTS Credits
1 year - 60 credits

Description of the general aims and contents of the curriculum

The nurse:

• will acquire completed specialist qualification education in neonatal intensive care nursing
• will obtain full theoretical background and specialist skills for all the interventions that take place on a neonate
• will communicate efficiently with both the medical staff and the parents
• will learn how to follow the up to date guidelines and literature for the neonatal care

Admission Requirements
An interview for all the nurses and a complex test based on the main disciplines that are part of the curriculum for general nurses that will have to be passed by in-service nurses without previous universities studies.

Learning Outcomes

Knowledge:

• basic knowledge in nursing and complementary areas in NICU
• basic knowledge of perinatology and neonatology
• modern medical knowledge based on up-to-date courses
• integrative holistic approach of nursing in NICU

Skills:

• plan and implement nursing care in NICU
• provision of general health care in NICU
• catheterization of vessels
• use of ventilation machines in NICU
• preparing the nutrition of the neonates
• critical care interventions in NICU
• administration of treatments according to doctor's prescriptions
• self-education and responsibility for the educational process

Competences:

• to cooperate with the therapeutic team in NICU
• social - to communicate with the patient’s parents efficiently and with empathy
• awareness of the necessity for permanent continuing education
• health promotion, prevention of illness and care of ill
• health promotion in relation to a healthy and ill neonate
• prepare for participation in the implementation of health policy
• sensitize to providing nursing care in accordance with the principles of professional ethics
• use up-to-date knowledge to ensure safety and high level of care, provide benefits regarding health promotion and preservation as well as disease prevention, independently exercise the profession in accordance with the principles of general professional ethics and holistic approach to the patient considering respect of his rights, organize his own work: establish cooperation in health care teams as well as initiate and support health-related activities of the local community

Teaching Methodology

• Lectures;
• Independent Study;
• Laboratory and Practical Study;
• Problem–based Learning;

Innovative digital training methods

• Virtual laboratory
• Online platform
• E–learning

Examination methodology
Oral and written exam with MCQ which is passed if the student will have mark more than 5 at each practical and theoretical exam