Nursing-related work experience & training

o Short internships at Spitex, a nursing home, a hospice, and a hospital (2019 - 2020 in Zurich, Affoltern am Albis, Horgen, and Kilchberg).

o Nursing school education 2 of 4 years (2018 - 2020, Careum Bildungszentrum):

o Problem-based learning (PBL) - social learning, groups, roles, and collaboration on open-ended, complex, real-life problems.

o Focus topics in Anatomy, physiology, and pathophysiology

o Infection prevention: Hygiene, Isolation, Epidemiology, and Immunization

o Sociology and the creation of roles

o Metacognitive self-reflection

o Developmental Psychology

o Perceptual Psychology

o Awareness, observation, and interpretation

o Communication and active listening

o Patient privacy in health care institutions: privacy and the topic of shame from the patient's point of view

o Introduction to Ethics, including WHO ethical principles and human rights, ethical principles of nursing, and the rights and responsibilities of patients

o Model of nursing based on activities of living, according to Roper, Logan, and Tierney

o Nursing diagnostics, planning, and interventions

o Electronic patient documentation

o Mental health and illness

o Anxiety disorder, neurotic disorders

o Autonomy

o Guardianship measures and legal grounds

o Nursing services in the non-hospital sector

o Insight into different nursing and medical fields of work, professional profiles, and competencies

o Transitions, life changes

o Living in a nursing home or a dependent living situation

o Care anamnesis and consultation with patients (children and youth, adults, and people with mental disorders)

For the list of the practical nursing skills acquired in the first year, visit this link.