General Practice Nursing

The study program of 2022 year

The aim of the study programme is to prepare nurses who are able to organise and implement patient care and education in an innovative and high-quality manner, to assess the effectiveness of nursing care, to protect and care for patients' health, to collaborate with other institutions, pharmaceutical and healthcare professionals, to take part in applied nursing research and to develop the practice of nursing.

Learning outcomes:

Knowledge and its application. The graduate has the ability (knowledge of):

1.1 Be able to apply the legislation governing health care in the implementation of nursing care.
1.2 Be able to relate knowledge of the person's health status and physical and social environment to the planning, implementation and evaluation of care and/or nursing interventions.
1.3 Apply knowledge of education, psychology and nursing sciences in planning personal and/or community health education.

Research skills. The graduate has the skills:

2.1 Be able to collect data from applied research in nursing science and summarise the results.
2.2 Be able to apply research findings to specific nursing and innovation problems.

Special abilities. The graduate has the ability:

3.1 Be able to identify the nursing needs of the patient and/or the community and to plan and organise nursing care.
3.2 Be able to carry out nursing interventions and evaluate nursing outcomes.
3.3 Be able to involve individuals, families and groups in the management of health problems.
3.4 Identify the impact of lifestyle and environmental risk factors on nursing care to encourage individuals, families and groups to lead healthy lives and take care of their health.
3.5 Be able to initiate crisis and disaster relief, and independently initiate and implement non-emergency life-saving measures in crisis and disaster situations.

Social abilities. The graduate has the ability:

4.1 Be able to communicate and collaborate effectively within the healthcare team in the implementation of the nursing process, including participation in practical training of healthcare workers.
4.2 Be able to communicate orally and in writing with healthcare and other sectoral stakeholders in a professional ethical and civil manner.
4.3 Demonstrate tolerance of diversity of beliefs and intercultural differences.

Personal abilities. The graduate has the ability:

5.1 Be able to select learning strategies and methods for personal development in professional practice, guided by science-based knowledge of the nursing profession.
5.2 Demonstrate social responsibility in the nursing process, developing an image of the nursing profession based on ethical values.
5.3. Be able to independently assure and evaluate the quality of nursing care, and analyse the quality of nursing care in order to improve their professional practice as a general nurse.

The program focuses on the acquisition of qualifications based on the provided competences in Article 31 (7) of Directive 2013/55 / EU:

1. To independently diagnose the nursing care required using current theoretical and clinical knowledge and to plan, organise and implement nursing care when treating patients on the basis of the knowledge and skills. 
2. To work together effectively with other actors in the health sector, including participation in the practical training of health personnel on the basis of the knowledge and skills .
3. To empower individuals, families and groups towards healthy lifestyles and self-care on the basis of the knowledge and skills.
4. To independently initiate lifepreserving immediate measures and to carry out measures in crises and disaster situations.
5. To independently give advice to, instruct and support persons needing care and their attachment figures.
6. To independently assure the quality of, and to evaluate, nursing care.
7. To comprehensively communicate professionally and to cooperate with members of other professions in the health sector.
8. To analyse the care quality to improve his own professional practice as a nurse responsible for general care.

The study programme aims to achieve the following competences of the EBP:

1. To formulate and ask questions to improve the quality of care.
2. To describe practice problems using internal evidence.
3. To formulate questions based on PICOT format.
4. To search for external evidence in answering questions.
5. Critically to evaluate internal evidence.
6. Critically to appraise published research to analyse its reliability and applicability to nursing practice.
7. To conduct case studies of individual practice cases, critically evaluating the application of evidence.
8. Systematically to collect data from practice as internal evidence for decision making in nursing care of individuals, groups and populations.
9. To integrate evidence gathered from external and internal sources to plan changes in evidence-based care.
10. To implement changes in practice based on evidence, experience and patient values to improve the quality of care.
11. To evaluate the outcomes of evidence-based decisions and practice changes in the care of individuals, groups of individuals and populations, identifying the most appropriate care for each case.
12. To ensure the dissemination of evidence-based care to improve quality of care.
13. To participate in strategies to maintain a culture of evidence-based care.

The study program of 2021 year

The aim of  study programme - to prepare specialists which are able to work independently or in a team, with acquired practical skills to provide nursing services and  develop patients healthy living skills in different levels of health care institutions,  communities, applying the science and practice of evidence-based nursing practice and improving their professional skills and advocating for their profession prestige.

Learning outcomes:

Knowledge and its application. The graduate has the ability (knowledge of):
1.1. National and international health policies.
1.2. Boundaries of professional activities and responsibilities; ability to apply provisions of legal and professional ethics documents in the practice of nursing care, provide professional information within his/her competency.
1.3. To apply knowledge of natural, biomedical and social sciences and humanities in the practice of nursing care with the aim of systemically assessing the health of individuals, families and communities.
1.4. To critically systemise and integrate relevant knowledge to decision making in the practice of nursing care.

Research skills. The graduate has the skills:
2.1. To apply evidence-based practice in solving problems of nursing care.
2.2. To implement applied research in nursing, interpret, analyse, summarise and present research findings.

Special abilities. The graduate has the ability:
3.1. To judge about the nursing care needs of patients, families and communities and plan nursing care
3.2. To perform and assess actions and procedures of nursing care, provide arguments for decision making in professional situations.
3.3. To prepare patients for instrumentals tests and treatment interventions.
3.4. To recognise life threatening conditions, make judgment and respond to them adequately, administer immediate aid in cases of acute conditions and traumas.
3.5. To develop healthy lifestyle skills of patients, families and communities, organise and implement health education, provide counselling based on health education needs.
3.6. To apply the principles of nursing care administration in practice.

Social abilities. The graduate has the ability:
4.1. To interact and cooperate with patient and their relatives in resolving patient’s health issues.
4.2. To work in a team with colleagues and professionals of other fields in delivering individual-focused nursing care.
4.3. To express thoughts comprehensively and effectively both orally and in writing, communicate effectively in a professional setting in Lithuanian and foreign languages, recognise the diversity of people and cultural differences.

Personal abilities. The graduate has the ability:
5.1. To critically assess professional practice of nursing care, understand the importance of lifelong learning.
5.2. To make decisions independently and evaluate their impact in nursing care situations by deploying practical knowledge and assuming responsibility.
5.3. To collect and systemise information related to patient’s nursing care, make use of modern technologies and information systems in nursing care practice, deal adequately with confidential information.
5.4. To apply learning strategies, promote the science and practice of nursing.

The program focuses on the acquisition of qualifications based on the provided competences in Article 31 (7) of Directive 2013/55 / EU:

1. To independently diagnose the nursing care required using current theoretical and clinical knowledge and to plan, organise and implement nursing care when treating patients on the basis of the knowledge and skills .
2. To work together effectively with other actors in the health sector, including participation in the practical training of health personnel on the basis of the knowledge and skills .
3. To empower individuals, families and groups towards healthy lifestyles and self-care on the basis of the knowledge and skills.
4. To independently initiate lifepreserving immediate measures and to carry out measures in crises and disaster situations.
5. To independently give advice to, instruct and support persons needing care and their attachment figures.
6. To independently assure the quality of, and to evaluate, nursing care.
7. To comprehensively communicate professionally and to cooperate with members of other professions in the health sector.
8. To analyse the care quality to improve his own professional practice as a nurse responsible for general care.

Study subjects (modules), practical training:

Full-time study

Freely chosen subjects are selected from the List of Freely Chosen Subjects and their descriptions.