Katholieke Hogeschool Kempen
Kleinhoefstraat 4, B - 2440 Geel
014 56 23 10
URL: http://www.khkempen.be/khk04/eng/opleidingen/bachelor/Nursing.asp
Datum: 20 mei 2012
Kleinhoefstraat 4
2440 Geel
014 56 23 10
info@khk.be
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Nursing (Campus Lier and Turnhout)
About Nursing
Nursing in the 21st century means that you are a highly trained and qualified health care worker. Your work field is not only the hospital ward but also preventative and social health care.
Options:
Geriatric Nursing
Course content
Due to the aging of our population an important part of care will have to be provided for the elderly. An adequate programme is therefore a real necessity. Nurses must not only rely on experience when caring for elderly people. A theoretical and evidence based approach is a must.
Work placement
Work placements are an important part of the curriculum. Overall half of the curriculum is work placement. The first year there will be about 1/3 of work placements. The second year, it will be 1/2 and in the third year, it will be up to 2/3. During the work placement, the students are tutored by lecturers from the department and also by mentors from the wards and health care institutions.
A lot of attention is paid to the preparation, introduction, and evaluation of the work placements. The average amount of hours per week is 34.
In the first year, students don’t have work placements during the weekends. In the second and third year four weekends are part of the work placements. In the third year students have four nights of work placements.
During Christmas, Easter and summer holidays there are no work placements. The work placements are tutored either as bedside tutoring, tutoring of the student’s learning process or supervision.
Job opportunities
A nursing bachelor means that you are polyvalent and that you can apply for a job in almost every health caring sector all over Europe: hospitals, geriatric nursing, revalidation, mental healthcare, healthcare at home, disability healthcare, but also in an independent practice, company life and schooling.
Hospital Nursing
Course content
Here the students opt for acute as well as chronic care, treatment and diagnosis. Basic nursing, specialized nursing, high-tech nursing procedures and support to the medical examinations and treatments are key features in this field. Also home care and palliative care receive increasingly more attention.
Work placement
Work placements are an important part of the curriculum. Overall half of the curriculum is work placement. The first year there will be about 1/3 of work placements. The second year, it will be 1/2 and in the third year, it will be up to 2/3. During the work placement, the students are tutored by lecturers from the department and also by mentors from the wards and health care institutions.
A lot of attention is paid to the preparation, introduction, and evaluation of the work placements. The average amount of hours per week is 34.
In the first year, students don’t have work placements during the weekends. In the second and third year four weekends are part of the work placements. In the third year students have four nights of work placements.
During Christmas, Easter and summer holidays there are no work placements. The work placements are tutored either as bedside tutoring, tutoring of the student’s learning process or supervision.
Job opportunities
A nursing bachelor means that you are polyvalent and that you can apply for a job in almost every health caring sector all over Europe: hospitals, geriatric nursing, revalidation, mental healthcare, healthcare at home, disability healthcare, but also in an independent practice, company life and schooling.
Paediatric Nursing
Course content
The permanent evolution within the field of paediatric medicine demands a specific knowledge and technical skills. The paediatric nurse must be able to the age and to the level of development of the infant. Naturally the relation with the child’s parents is of utmost importance. Therefore communication skills are important.
Work placement
Work placements are an important part of the curriculum. Overall half of the curriculum is work placement. The first year there will be about 1/3 of work placements. The second year, it will be 1/2 and in the third year, it will be up to 2/3. During the work placement, the students are tutored by lecturers from the department and also by mentors from the wards and health care institutions.
A lot of attention is paid to the preparation, introduction, and evaluation of the work placements. The average amount of hours per week is 34.
In the first year, students don’t have work placements during the weekends. In the second and third year four weekends are part of the work placements. In the third year students have four nights of work placements.
During Christmas, Easter and summer holidays there are no work placements. The work placements are tutored either as bedside tutoring, tutoring of the student’s learning process or supervision.
Job opportunities
A nursing bachelor means that you are polyvalent and that you can apply for a job in almost every health caring sector all over Europe: hospitals, geriatric nursing, revalidation, mental healthcare, healthcare at home, disability healthcare, but also in an independent practice, company life and schooling.
Psychiatric Nursing
Course content
The specific needs presented by the psychiatric client or patient call for an adapted approach. Acute psychiatry as well as chronic, intramural and home care, and age related disorders are treated.
Work placement
Work placements are an important part of the curriculum. Overall half of the curriculum is work placement. The first year there will be about 1/3 of work placements. The second year, it will be 1/2 and in the third year, it will be up to 2/3. During the work placement, the students are tutored by lecturers from the department and also by mentors from the wards and health care institutions.
A lot of attention is paid to the preparation, introduction, and evaluation of the work placements. The average amount of hours per week is 34.
In the first year, students don’t have work placements during the weekends. In the second and third year four weekends are part of the work placements. In the third year students have four nights of work placements.
During Christmas, Easter and summer holidays there are no work placements. The work placements are tutored either as bedside tutoring, tutoring of the student’s learning process or supervision.
Job opportunities
A nursing bachelor means that you are polyvalent and that you can apply for a job in almost every health caring sector all over Europe: hospitals, geriatric nursing, revalidation, mental healthcare, healthcare at home, disability healthcare, but also in an independent practice, company life and schooling.
Social Nursing
Course content
Students in this field of graduation want to deal in a professional way with the client in his community in order to prevent health disorders. The social nurse focuses on the individual and his community, his family, his working and his living situation.
Work placement
Work placements are an important part of the curriculum. Overall half of the curriculum is work placement. The first year there will be about 1/3 of work placements. The second year, it will be 1/2 and in the third year, it will be up to 2/3. During the work placement, the students are tutored by lecturers from the department and also by mentors from the wards and health care institutions.
A lot of attention is paid to the preparation, introduction, and evaluation of the work placements. The average amount of hours per week is 34.
In the first year, students don’t have work placements during the weekends. In the second and third year four weekends are part of the work placements. In the third year students have four nights of work placements.
During Christmas, Easter and summer holidays there are no work placements. The work placements are tutored either as bedside tutoring, tutoring of the student’s learning process or supervision.
Job opportunities
A nursing bachelor means that you are polyvalent and that you can apply for a job in almost every health caring sector all over Europe: hospitals, geriatric nursing, revalidation, mental healthcare, healthcare at home, disability healthcare, but also in an independent practice, company life and schooling.