Advanced Nursing Practice – Master degree program
In the course of studies in Healthcare and Nursing at the Carinthia University of Applied Sciences, theoretical, nursing, medical, scientific, communicative and legal basics are taught/learned and consolidated in practical training within the 3 years. Half of the course of study is implemented in the "real" professional field" and offers the opportunity to reflect on the acquired knowledge and nursing activities from the very beginning and to establish a continuous theory - practice transfer.
Repositioning of the higher service
Internships are an indispensable prerequisite for obtaining a professional qualification. The aim is for students to learn to think critically, to justify their actions on a sound scientific basis and to implement or apply new knowledge. Both the theoretical and practical training deals with the repositioning of the upper level of the nursing profession and the associated transfer of competencies within and between the occupational groups in the health care system. From the very beginning, students learn basic knowledge about their job description and their position in an interdisciplinary team.
The course of study healthcare & nursing is completed with the following professional title:
Graduate nurse (Diplomierter Gesundheits- und Krankenpflegerin/ Diplomierter Gesundheits- und Krankenpfleger
Bachelor of Science in Health Studies (BSc)
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Starting in the winter semester of 2026, students from third countries (non-EU/EEA countries) will be charged a tuition fee of € 500 per semester. Further information.
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Curriculum
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Social change processes, such as demographic change and socio-cultural shifts, but above all increasing cost pressure, place new demands on nursing staff and their professional self-image. As a consequence, health and nursing education is also challenged to redesign itself. There is a need for an equally practice-oriented and scientifically oriented range of courses at university level, in order to be able to prepare the upper level of the health and nursing service adequately for current and future developments in practice. Accordingly, the bachelor's degree program in "Healthcare and Nursing" offers a sound basic education on a scientific basis and with a high degree of practical relevance.
The degree program "Healthcare and Nursing" of the Carinthia University of Applied Sciences offers a sound, generalistic basic education that prepares students in the best possible way for the new tasks, competences and responsibilities of the higher service in health and nursing and provides the prerequisites for specialization trainings that deepen or broaden competences.
For admission to the internship you need the vaccinations listed in the vaccination sheet:
Voraussetzungen:
- Bachelorabschluss in der Gesundheits- und Krankenpflege
oder
- Abschluss eines gleichwertigen Studiums an einer anerkannten inländischen oder ausländischen postsekundären Bildungseinrichtung & das Diplom in der Gesundheits- und Krankenpflege
Healthcare and Nursing is a highly qualified, versatile profession, which is characterised above all by professional competence, a sense of responsibility and lifelong learning. "Nursing" makes up the largest occupational group in the health care system and is accordingly a profession with very good job opportunities, further education and training opportunities. No matter whether nurses work in an interdisciplinary team or alone - every qualified nurse is responsible for his or her own actions at the moment he or she starts work and requires a basic moral and ethical attitude.
WHY STUDY NURSING?
Nursing studies - profession & study - profession as a vocation?
Newly defined areas of competence in nursing (see GuKG), technical progress in medicine, the multimorbidity of people of all ages and demographic development are some of the reasons why the requirements in professional training for qualified nurses have become more extensive. The reaction to this is the so-called academisation of nursing (nursing training at tertiary level at university).
It is necessary for members of the nursing profession to adapt to new findings, to allow changes and to constantly reflect and adapt their nursing actions. The application of evidence-based care1 in the respective field of work of nursing is the process of lifelong learning of nurses. Many steps in daily practice are based on learned expertise combined with positive experiences and traditions. In combination with clinical expertise, evidence-based care becomes scientifically based, individual and patient-oriented care rather than "cookbook care", which leads to the thoughtless application of rules, guidelines and standards (DiCenso, Cullum 1998).
After the Bachelor's degree in Healthcare and Nursing, which provides students with a generalist education and thus enables them to care for people throughout their entire life span, specialisation and further training is offered at university level.
Current courses - Advanced Nursing Practice in Primary Care
| Lecture | Type | SPPS | ECTS-Credits | Course number |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Advanced Nursing Practice - Rollenentwicklung und Rollengestaltung | SE | 3,0 | 5,0 | M3.09590.10.010 |
| Advanced Nursing Process & Critical Thinking | ILV | 3,0 | 5,0 | M3.09590.10.060 |
| Ausgewählte Beratungskonzepte 1 | ILV | 1,0 | 1,0 | M3.09590.10.040 |
| Gesundheitsökonomie und Wirtschaftsethik | ILV | 1,5 | 2,5 | M3.09590.10.080 |
| Grundlagen der Familien- und Patient*innenedukation | ILV | 1,0 | 2,0 | M3.09590.10.020 |
| Integrated Health Care Models | ILV | 1,5 | 2,5 | M3.09590.10.091 |
| Methodologie der angewandten Forschung | ILV | 4,0 | 5,0 | M3.09590.10.070 |
| Qualitäts-, Projekt- und Prozessmanagement in der Primärversorgung | ILV | 3,0 | 5,0 | M3.09590.10.050 |
| Schulung und Informationsvermittlung | ILV | 1,0 | 2,0 | M3.09590.10.030 |
| Lecture | Type | SPPS | ECTS-Credits | Course number |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ausgewählte Beratungskonzepte 2 | ILV | 2,0 | 3,0 | M3.09590.20.110 |
| E- Health und assistive Technologien | ILV | 3,0 | 5,0 | M3.09590.20.100 |
| Fallbezogene Anwendung von Familien- und Patient*innenenedukation | LAB | 1,0 | 2,0 | M3.09590.20.120 |
| Handlungsstrategien und -felder in der Gesundheitsförderung und Prävention | ILV | 1,5 | 2,5 | M3.09590.20.140 |
| Innovations- und Changemanagement in der Primärversorgung | ILV | 3,0 | 5,0 | M3.09590.20.160 |
| Methoden der Empirischen Sozialforschung in Theorie und Anwendung | ILV | 6,0 | 10,0 | M3.09590.20.150 |
| Public Health Nursing | ILV | 1,5 | 2,5 | M3.09590.20.130 |
| Lecture | Type | SPPS | ECTS-Credits | Course number |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Advanced Nursing Practice - Rollenentwicklung und Rollengestaltung | SE | 3,0 | 5,0 | M3.09590.10.010 |
| Advanced Nursing Process & Critical Thinking | ILV | 3,0 | 5,0 | M3.09590.10.060 |
| Ausgewählte Beratungskonzepte 1 | ILV | 1,0 | 1,0 | M3.09590.10.040 |
| Gesundheitsökonomie und Wirtschaftsethik | ILV | 1,5 | 2,5 | M3.09590.10.080 |
| Grundlagen der Familien- und Patient*innenedukation | ILV | 1,0 | 2,0 | M3.09590.10.020 |
| Integrated Health Care Models | ILV | 1,5 | 2,5 | M3.09590.10.091 |
| Medical English and Scientific Writing | ILV | 3,0 | 5,0 | M3.09590.10.281 |
| Methodologie der angewandten Forschung | ILV | 4,0 | 5,0 | M3.09590.10.070 |
| Qualitäts-, Projekt- und Prozessmanagement in der Primärversorgung | ILV | 3,0 | 5,0 | M3.09590.10.050 |
| Schulung und Informationsvermittlung | ILV | 1,0 | 2,0 | M3.09590.10.030 |
| Lecture | Type | SPPS | ECTS-Credits | Course number |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case- & Care Management | ILV | 3,0 | 5,0 | M3.09590.30.220 |
| Chronic Care | ILV | 3,0 | 5,0 | M3.09590.30.210 |
| Community & Family Health Nursing - international perspective | ILV | 1,5 | 2,5 | M3.09590.30.181 |
| Community & Family Health Nursing - nationale Perspektive | ILV | 1,5 | 2,5 | M3.09590.30.181 |
| Disaster Nursing & Acute Community Nursing | ILV | 3,0 | 5,0 | M3.09590.30.200 |
| Forschungsdissemination | ILV | 3,0 | 5,0 | M3.09590.30.170 |
| Leadership in Primary Healthcare | ILV | 3,0 | 5,0 | M3.09590.30.230 |
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Campus & Arrival
Campus Klagenfurt–St. Veiter Straße
The capital of Carinthia has numerous events and sights all year round. Whether the World Bodypainting Festival, Ironman Austria, major concerts in the Wörthersee Stadium, open air cinema in the Burghof or the magical Christmas market during Advent - there is always something going on here.
The campus in St. Veiterstraße in Klagenfurt is characterised by short distances. The FH building is located in the immediate vicinity of the city centre and is directly on the grounds of the clinic. In addition, green spaces make it possible to spend time at the university in a pleasant atmosphere.
Explore Campus Klagenfurt–St. Veiter Straße and the Ärztehaus on a 360° Tour.
Coming from Villach or Wolfsberg: Take the A 2 South Motorway, bypass Klagenfurt Nord and take the exit Klagenfurt Nord/ Feldkirchen. Drive south on the Feldkirchner-Straße - towards the city. Follow the road until you reach St. Veiter Ring and turn left. Turn left at the St. Veiter Straße intersection and after approx. 600 m select the entrance to the Landeskrankenhaus site on the left-hand side. Our university building is on the left side.
Coming from St. Veit: Take the S37 directly onto St. Veiter Straße. Follow the road until you reach the entrance to the grounds of the Landeskrankenhaus on the right-hand side. Our university building is on the left-hand side.
Coming from Klagenfurt main station: When you leave the station building, turn left towards the bus station. Lines 40 and 41 of the Klagenfurt public utility company will take you to our building. Distance: about 2,5 km. Walking time: approx. 25 minutes.
Coming from the bus station -Heiligengeistplatz: The bus lines 40 and 41 of the Klagenfurt public utility company will bring you to our building. Distance: about 1,2 km.
Go on foot - discover the city!
Coming from the bus station - Heiligengeistplatz: Walk east on Wiesbadener-Str. towards Neuer Platz and keep right. Turn left into Kramergasse, cross Alter Platz and continue along Wiener Gasse to Heuplatz. Cross the Heuplatz and continue on the St. Veiter Straße. After about 600 m you will find the entrance to the grounds of the Klagenfurt Regional Hospital on the left-hand side. Our building is located on the left side of the street. Walking time: approx. 15 min.
Our building is number 24 on the site plan of the Klagenfurt Regional Hospital.
Contact
St. Veiter Straße 47
9020 Klagenfurt, Austria
+43 5 90500 3501
gesundheit-und-soziales[at]fh-kaernten[dot]at
Explore Campus Klagenfurt–St. Veiter Straße on a 360° Tour.
