Department of Nursing

The Department of Nursing offers a comprehensive educational system in nursing – degree in bachelor’s, master’s and Ph.D. programme in Nursing. The bachelor’s degree is offered in the study branch General Nurse, master’s degree in Nursing Care in Internal Specialty. All programmes are offered as full-time and combined form, as well as life-long education form.

Science and research activities of the department focus on the following areas: competences transformation of non-medical healthcare professionals (general nurse) in the Czech republic, implementation of a standardised nursing terminology NANDA International, NIC, NOC in nursing care in the Czech environment, using the concept of basic stimulation in nursing care, areas of multicultural care, palliative care, care for people with disabilities, evidence-based practice in nursing. An international conference "Professionalism in Nursing" is organised by the department in order to exchange knowledge from professional nursing in a formal and informal way.

The department closely cooperates with partner educational and scientific institutions in the Czech Republic as well as abroad. The department is a member of the international organisation ENNE- European Network for Higher Education in Nursing and cooperates with the international nursing organisation Sigma Theta Tau at the Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, USA.

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