Study location	Lithuania, Alytus
Type	Bachelor, full-time
Nominal duration	4 years (210 ECTS)
Study language	English
Awards	B.Sc.
Course code	6531GX001

Tuition fee	€3,000 per year
Application fee	€100 one-time
Registration fee	To be confirmed You need to choose an individual service package. Please contact the center curator or your agent and consult. You can also familiarize yourself with packages baltic.study/en/packages You become a part of student union and ambassador program automatically after you will get Base or Standard or VIP status. *Do not forget to ask discount

Entry qualification

High school / secondary education (or higher) The entry qualification documents are accepted in the following languages: English. Often you can get a suitable transcript from your school. If this is not the case, you will need official translations along with verified copies of the original. You must take the original entry qualification documents along with you when you finally go to the university. Applicants must upload education documents in original language, as well as translations into English. Diplomas and transcripts issued outside EU must be legalized with a legalization stamp or Apostille. You must take the original entry qualification documents along with you when you finally go to the university. Please, upload in the system scan copies in good quality of your education certificates and diplomas.

Territory requirements	Applications are NOT accepted from the following territories (based on citizenship): Bangladesh, Iraq, Pakistan, Yemen.

Language requirements	English TOEFL IBT – at least score 72; IELTS – at least score 5.5; PTE General – at least level B2; FCE – at least level B; CPE – satisfactory pass; CAE – satisfactory pass.

Other requirements	Pass online interview. The interview takes place via the Zoom platform.

Overview

Develop a professional who is able to to nurse a healthy or sick person in family and community at different levels of personal health care: social care homes, sanatoriums and at patient’s home (integral nursing) at all stages of the nursing process; demonstrate critical thinking, social responsibility, independence, ability to work in a team, a holistic approach and science-based practice.

Programme structure

Know the national and international health policy provisions.
Know the limits of professional activities and responsibility, apply provisions of health legislation and professional ethics in nursing practice, and provide consultations within the limits of their professional competence.
Apply knowledge of natural, biomedical, social and humanitarian sciences in the systematic assessment of the person, family and community health and decision-making in nursing practice.
Perform scientific applied nursing research, interpret, analyze, summarize and present results as well as apply them in solving nursing problems.
Assess the nursing needs of a patient, family, and community, and plan nursing activities.
Perform and evaluate nursing actions and procedures, provide arguments for decision-making in professional situations.
Prepare patients for instrumental tests and therapeutic interventions.
Recognize life-threatening conditions, evaluate them and respond to them accordingly, provide emergency medical aid in the case of acute conditions and injuries.
Train healthy lifestyle skills of a patient, family, and community, organize and implement health education and counseling according to health education needs.
Apply the principles of nursing administration in nursing practice.
Communicate and collaborate with patients and their family dealing with personal health problems, work in teams with colleagues and other experts in implementing person-centered care.
Express fluently and emphatically both orally and in writing, communicate efficiently in Lithuanian and foreign languages, recognize the diversity of people and cross-cultural differences.
Critically evaluate professional nursing practice, understand the importance of lifelong learning, make independent decisions and evaluate their impact on nursing practice situations, using expertise and taking responsibility.
Collect and organize patient care-related information, use modern technology and information systems in nursing practice, treat confidential information properly, apply learning strategies, conduct nursing research and dissemination of nursing science and practice.

Career opportunities

Graduates can work in personal health care institutions: II and III level hospitals, primary health care institutions, hospices and rehabilitation institutions, homes for the elderly, children and young people’s care homes, general practitioners’ offices, addiction centers, military service units, as well as in the integral nursing field. Also, graduates can be enrolled in the second cycle studies by the approved procedure of the university.