Specialized training in Intensive Care Nursing
Program structure & Content
Program structure
The university program is structured in a modular format and is completed over the course of two semesters. Each semester constitutes a study level (see graphic in the download section).
The program includes a total of 1,500 hours, corresponding to a workload of 60 ECTS, distributed as follows:
- Level I: Basic Training (29 ECTS)
- Level II: Specialized Training (31 ECTS)
Content
The program includes approximately 600 theoretical teaching units and a minimum of 720 hours of practical training. The remaining workload is dedicated to assignments and self-study.
Level I - Basic training
- Communication
- Medical and Scientific Fundamentals
- Nursing Science I
- Professional Practice in Nursing and Monitoring of Critically Ill Patients
- Legal Foundations and Professional Practice
- Internship I
- Nursing in intensive care (operative or non-operative)
- Nursing in anesthesia or renal replacement therapy
- Nursing in intensive care, anesthesia, or renal replacement therapy
Level II – Advanced training
- Nursing Science II
- Communication and Ethics II
- Professional Practice in Complex Care Situations, in patients with respiratory, cardiovascular, musculoskeletal, metabolic, immune, or infectious conditions
- Professional Practice in Complex Care Situations, in patients with consciousness, perception, or developmental impairments
- Internship II
- Nursing in intensive care (operative or non-operative)
- Nursing in anesthesia or renal replacement therapy
- Nursing in intra- or extramural settings (with a particular focus on intensive care)
The program content fully adheres to the requirements outlined in GuK-SV 452/2005.
Academic qualification
- Authorization to perform the specialized tasks of “Intensive Care Nursing” and to use the additional designation "Intensive Care Nursing" in accordance with GuK-SV 452/2005 as amended
Academic Expert in Intensive Care Nursing