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Programme:

Nursing Studies - General (2022-2023)

Study Cycle: First Cycle (Undergraduate)
Faculty: Health Sciences
Programme Code: NS
Academic year: 2024 / 2025
Title: Bachelor of Nursing (General)
ECTS: 180 (3 years) Accrediation
Decision: Decision for starting of the program

The purpose of the nurse's education is to meet the health needs of the individual, the group and the entire social community, as follows:

  • Studying the impact of environmental risk factors;
  • Providing health care to certain groups of the population (infants, young and preschool children, school children and youth, women, the elderly workers, athletes, people with disabilities in psychophysical development, etc.);
  • Prevention, treatment and rehabilitation of patients with chronic non-communicable diseases;
  • Early detection, prevention and control of infectious diseases;
  • Control examinations in order to detect diseases early and prevent sport injuries;
  • Conductingemergency medical care and home treatment;
  • Polyvalent patronage activity, etc.

Taking into account the conclusion that in vocational education more attention is paid to theoretical knowledge, and less to practical skills and competencies of students, as well as the insufficient involvement of employers in the whole process of education and training, our goal is through the professional study program "General nursery” to contribute to the above challenges so that the focus of teaching will be more oriented towards the practical teaching classes, i.e. clinical teaching.

Nurses make up the largest workforce within the clinical healthcare industry. Nursing careers offer a wide range of roles and a wide range of responsibilities.

They work closely with physicians as an integral part of their patient healthcare team. Physicians make some key decisions regarding diagnosis, treatment, and medication, and the role of nurses is to administer that care on an ongoing basis in order to ensure the patient's successful recovery.

In fact, nurses work wherever physicians work, including hospitals, medical offices, clinics, guesthouses, emergency rooms, intensive care, home and school, interacting with patients to facilitate and assist in their recovery and overall welfare. 

Knowledge and understanding

Recognizes and remembers well-established thematic areas related to the fields of fundamental sciences, especially courses of anatomy and physiology and courses in the fields and areas of clinical medicine and public health, important for medical education in the nursing profession;Involves in discussing key aspects, needs and problems in nursing diagnostics and the healthcare process.

Follows professional and scientific research in the field of nursing and nursing practice.

Adequate knowledge of sciences on which general health care is based, including sufficient knowledge of the structure, physiological functions and behavior of healthy and sick persons, as well as the relationship between the state of health and the physical and social environment;

Sufficient knowledge of the character and ethics of the profession and the general principles of health and health care;

Sufficient clinical experience which should be selected according to the value of the training and be acquired under the supervision of qualified nurses and in places where the number of qualified staff and equipment are sufficient to provide health care to the patient;

The ability to participate in the practical training of health personnel and the experience of working with such staff;

Experience in working with representatives of other professions in the health sector.

Applying knowledge and understanding

Analyzes the work process, sets a nurse diagnosis, determines the application of general and special care, determines working methods in the health care process, monitors and evaluates the results of the implemented plans and measures for realization of the activities, applies the therapy recommended by a doctor.

Perceives, formulates and solves basic and specific health problems in the field of nursing, monitors the disease process and implements intervention in certain stages of the disease by means of primary, secondary and tertiary prevention, monitors the patient until the final outcome of the disease.

Prepares the patient for diagnosis and uses appropriate equipment (participates in appropriate diagnostic procedures) with the permission of a doctor (ECG recording, spirometry, audiometry, CTG, etc.), cooperates with the patient's family, keeps medical documentation and records, participates in the preparation of plans and analyzes for the health condition of the population, applies health education activities and procedures.

The nurse is in the function of a leading role in the organization in certain forms of work (coordination of work and activities of secondary medical personnel, highly qualified medical and non-medical staff), work in the field of prevention, treatment, care, rehabilitation and problem solving abroad from the health organization (during transport and at home).

They will be ready for the labor market and inter-institutional mobility within the country and beyond.

Making judgement

Analyzes the health conditions in the domain of nursing practice, assesses the priorities and health status of the patient, conducts interventions according to the order of urgency, monitors and measures the patient's vital functions, objective and subjective signs and assesses life-threatening signs and informs the doctor about it.

Makes appropriate assessment in the application of knowledge in the field of clinical courses, monitors the application of medical ethics and deontology, taking care of keeping medical secret. They also assess the health status of patients waiting for examination or hospitalization (triage of patients) and inform the doctor.

They will be able to combine theory with practice successfully, do research in finding the risk factors for the occurrence of the disease and thus help in solving the health problems that are in the domain of the nursing profession.

Communication skills

Apply communication skills effectively while working in a team, communicating with the patient and family through oral presentations, or written reports, using medical terminology and vocabulary.

Finds appropriate solutions, concepts and ideas in the field of nursing, discusses and shares them with the nursing association, medical associations and the general public.

Participates in teamwork, actively collaborates in group work, a common form of work in primary health care, by sharing responsibilities and various activities.

Learning skills

Continuously monitors the latest medical scientific achievements in the field of medicine and nursing, participates in the preparation of professional papers and presents them at various sections, seminars, conferences, congresses, etc.

Takes the initiative for continuous professional advancement, with a high degree of independence in decision-making in the field of their profession and transfer knowledge and the skills of their colleagues.

Provides support for continuing education of nurses with higher education and applies internationally recognized standards, as well as support in the continuous development and modernization of educational programs.

Applies continuous education and training of the nurse for inclusion in the new medical achievements and modern diagnostics;

Semester 1

  • [C2251] [2 ECTS] Ethics and Philosophy in Nursing Care
    Aims of the course: • Acquisition of the historical basis for the development of medical ethics and deontology; • Acquisition of the basic principles of ethics, the moral code of the healthcare worker, keeping of the professional secret, the moral norms and obligations of the healthcare worker towards the patients suffering from specific diseases; • Acquisition of the rights and duties of the health worker in relation to patients and their relatives and other representatives; • Getting acquainted with the correct course of action in everyday practice through examples.  
  • [C2250] [8 ECTS] Basics of Nursing
    Aims of the course: - Analysis of activities in the health care system (hospital and types of hospital facilities); - Describing the characteristics of a hospital room and manipulations with bedding and clothing; - Keeping medical documentation and records; - Administration and sanitation during the admission of a patient; - Application of procedures for different positions of the bed and transport of the patient; - Maintaining personal hygiene and toilet in a patient who is immobile; - Planning and team implementation of techniques for prevention of physical discomfort; - Need and implementation of various hygienic-diet regimes and types of artificial nutrition; - Participation in a medical visit; - Explanation, identification and application of medical instruments; - Implementation of methods of asepsis, antisepsis disinfection and sterilization - Description, preparation and use of medical bandage material; - Analysis and monitoring of pathological subjective and objective symptoms in the patient; - Measurement, recording and observation of pathological and physiological values of vital functions (pulse, body temperature, blood pressure and respiration); - Observation, recording and distribution of secretions; - Use, storage and application of drugs; - Applying health ethics and confidentiality with the health team; - Implementing proper protection of the working and wider environment; - Knowledge and application of rules for prevention of nosocomial infections;
  • [C2254] [2 ECTS] Methods of Education and Health Promotion
    Students will gain knowledge in the field of pathogenesis, clinical picture and therapy of the most common diseases and conditions that occur in the geriatric population with all the specifics of this age group. Special attention is paid to preventive medicine measures and procedures. Part of the teaching is dedicated to the ways of educating the family members of the elderly who need long-term or palliative care. Students will acquaint skills from the health care process such as how to approach the elderly patient, triage, health care planning, preventive medical measures and rehabilitation measures.  
  • [C2343] [6 ECTS] Physiology and Neurophysiology
    The aim of the course is students to gain basic theoretical as well as practical knowledge and knowledge of the basic principles in the field of human physiology, by getting acquainted with the characteristics and function of organs and organ systems in humans and the mechanisms of control.
  • [C2252] [6 ECTS] Anatomy and Histology
    Introduction to anatomy as a morphological science, getting acquainted of professional terminology, complete study of the locomotor system of the extremities. Introduction to the anatomy of the chest, abdomen and pelvis, as well as the synoptic, skeletal and holotopy ratios of the organs in these body cavities.  
  • [3 ECTS] Elective course
    • [E2698] Control of Nosocomial Infections
    • [E2699] Interpersonal Communication in Healthcare
    • [E2700] Medical Informatics and Statistics
    • [E2702] Gynecologic Oncology
    • [E2707] ART-artificial reproductive technologies/BEF, steam cells, cytological perspectives
  • [3 ECTS] Elective course from languages
    • [E2532] English Language 1
    • [E2533] English Language 2
    • [E2534 ] English Language 3
    • [E2535] English Language 4
    • [E2536] English Language 5
    • [E2696] Medical English
    • [E2718] German Language 1
    • [E2719] German Language 2
    • [E2720] German Language 3
    • [E2721] German Language 4
    • [E2697] Medical German
    • [BAM1010] Albanian Language for Beginners 1
    • [BAM2010] Albanian Language for Beginners 2
    • [BS018] Macedonian Language for Beginners 1
    • [BS152] Macedonian Language for Beginners 2
    • [MLIL-01] Macedonian Language Intermediate Level 1
    • [MLIL-02] Macedonian Language Intermediate Level 2
    • [MAPP1010] Macedonian Language for Professional Purposes 1
    • [MAPP1020] Macedonian Language for Professional Purposes 2

Semester 2

  • [C2257] [4 ECTS] Health Care in Gerontology and Geriatrics
    Students will gain knowledge in the field of pathogenesis, clinical picture and therapy of the most common diseases and conditions that occur in the geriatric population with all the specifics of this age group. Special attention is paid to preventive medicine measures and procedures. Part of the teaching is dedicated to the ways of educating the family members of the elderly who need long-term or palliative care. Students will acquaint skills from the health care process such as how to approach the elderly patient, triage, health care planning, preventive medical measures and rehabilitation measures.
  • [C2258] [4 ECTS] Public Health and Family Medicine
    The student acquires basic theoretical and practical knowledge in the field of Public Health and Family Medicine. Solid understanding of the principles of public health and their application at all levels of management in the implementation of health activities. Students will be introduced to the part of primary health care - the role and importance of the family doctor in the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of diseases in the population of each age group. Disease prevention as well as rehabilitation and reintegration into the patient's daily life.
  • [C2259] [6 ECTS] Pharmacology and Medical Biochemistry
    Students to be acquainted with the most basic pharmacokinetic (absorption, distribution, metabolism and elimination of drugs) and pharmacodynamics processes in the human body, the mechanism of action of drugs, the factors that depend on the safety and efficacy of the drug, the dose and factors, drug interactions and side effects, as well as an overview of the most basic characteristics of drugs that are used the most in everyday practice today. Use of drugs during pregnancy and lactation.
  • [C2260] [6 ECTS] Microbiology and Immunology
    The main goal of the course is r students to get acquainted and gain solid theoretical and practical knowledge in the field of microbiology and basics of immunology .
  • [C2262] [7 ECTS] Clinical Practice II
    Realization of the practical part of the teaching with adequate participation of the students in all parts of the practical teaching in modern classrooms, with modern visual aids, appropriate laboratories in the university and in the health institutions / clinics with which SEEU has concluded cooperation agreements. • The clinical practice is realized starting from the second semester, after the students will acquire the initial theoretical and practical (cabinet) knowledge and skills from the basics of nursing. • The clinical practice will be realized during the summer in public or private health institutions with which Southeast European University has concluded cooperation agreements. • The decision to visit health departments / clinics / offices in order to implement clinical practice will be made based on the subject content of the current academic year. • For the performed clinical practice, the student must keep an appropriate DIARY for clinical practice (according to the Guidelines for ferial practice of RNM (E4E @ mk). • For the realized clinical practice, the student must submit an appropriate CERTIFICATE issued by the institution where the practice was performed. • Clinical practice in each academic year will be developed in certain health institutions with which SEEU has concluded cooperation agreements, respectively the theoretical fields from which students acquire knowledge in accordance with the structure of the study program.  
  • [3 ECTS] Elective course
    • [E2698] Control of Nosocomial Infections
    • [E2699] Interpersonal Communication in Healthcare
    • [E2700] Medical Informatics and Statistics
    • [E2702] Gynecologic Oncology
    • [E2707] ART-artificial reproductive technologies/BEF, steam cells, cytological perspectives
    • [E2696] Medical English
    • [E2697] Medical German

Semester 3

  • [C2267] [8 ECTS] Health Care in Surgery, Orthopedics with Traumatology
    Students to get acquainted with the general surgical principles and to master the general surgical principles of the abdomen and thorax. Students will be introduced with the basics of orthopedics and traumatology for nurses / general practitioners.
  • [C2268] [6 ECTS] Health Rehabilitation and Physical Therapy
    Through theoretical teaching units, students will be educated on what is rehabilitation medicine, what are its goals, where it is applied and what are the latest recommendations that are practiced in patients with different pathology. In order to define better the material, a brief repetition of the theoretical part in the field of pathogenesis, clinical picture and therapy of the most common diseases and conditions that require rehabilitation is needed. Special attention is paid to defining the role of the nurse in the rehabilitation process. During the internship, students should acquire: skills for proper approach to patients and their triage. Through practical examples they will be involved in the planning and development of individualized rehabilitation plans for patients with different pathologies. Prospective nurse technicians will gain knowledge to support patients during the rehabilitation process.
  • [C2269] [8 ECTS] Health Care in Patients with Internal Diseases
    Students will acquire basic theoretical and practical knowledge and knowledge about the basic internal conditions and diseases in order to understand better the basic principles of health care for patients with internal diseases. Students will acquire skills for practical application of the learned theoretical knowledge for health care appropriate to the specific internal diseases and the specifics of the level of health care.
  • [C2270] [5 ECTS] Clinical Practice III
    Realization of the practical part of the teaching with adequate participation of the students in all parts of the practical teaching in modern classrooms, with modern visual aids, appropriate laboratories in the university and in the health institutions / clinics with which SEEU has concluded cooperation agreements. • The clinical practice is realized starting from the second semester, after the students will acquire the initial theoretical and practical (cabinet) knowledge and skills from the basics of nursing. • The clinical practice will be realized during the summer in public or private health institutions with which the Southeast European University has concluded cooperation agreements. • The decision to visit health departments / clinics / offices in order to implement clinical practice will be made based on the subject content of the current academic year. • For the performed clinical practice, the student must keep an appropriate DIARY for clinical practice (according to the Guidelines for ferial practice of RNM (E4E @ mk). • For the realized clinical practice, the student must submit an appropriate CERTIFICATE issued by the institution where the practice was performed. • Clinical practice in each academic year will be developed in certain health institutions with which SEEU has concluded cooperation agreements, respectively the theoretical fields from which students acquire knowledge in accordance with the structure of the study program.  
  • [3 ECTS] Elective course
    • [E2698] Control of Nosocomial Infections
    • [E2699] Interpersonal Communication in Healthcare
    • [E2700] Medical Informatics and Statistics
    • [E2702] Gynecologic Oncology
    • [E2707] ART-artificial reproductive technologies/BEF, steam cells, cytological perspectives
    • [E2696] Medical English
    • [E2697] Medical German

Semester 4

  • [C2274] [6 ECTS] Health Care in Pediatrics
    Elaboration of selected chapters of pediatrics in relation to the specificity of children and adolescents as patients, their proper development, in order to detect pathology and carry out appropriate treatment. 
  • [C2275] [6 ECTS] Nursing Care for Patients with Infectious Diseases
    Students to get acquainted with the basic elements of diagnosis, therapy and prophylaxis of the epidemiology of infectious diseases.  
  • [C2276] [4 ECTS] Psychology and Sociology of Health and Disease
    Students to acquire the basic knowledge about functioning of a healthy person as well as pathologically changed person, professional preparation for the basics of health psychology for nurses and physiotherapists and the implications for communication between patient and professional general care with special attention to care for people with psychological disorders. Students will be provided with theoretical and practical knowledge in the field of medical psychology, knowledge about the impact of psychological factors on health and illness, as well as the impact of illness and somatic difficulties on the development of psychological problems, competencies to support patients, attitude towards health, participation in organization of preventive health programs, maintenance and promotion of mental health, patient approach, application of communication skills to establish contact with the patient. They will be introduced with the basic principles of medical ethics, the patient- doctor and doctor-doctor relationship, social determinants of health, health policies, sociological context of health and disease, stress, domestic violence, violence / child abuse, gender-based violence, community violence.  
  • [C2277] [6 ECTS] Oncology and Imaging Techniques
    Students will get acquainted with the meaning and use of the most modern technical methods in diagnosis and therapy in medicine, with special emphasis on the role of the nurse / technician in the preparation and implementation of the methods.
  • [C2281] [5 ECTS] Clinical Practice IV
    Realization of the practical part of the teaching with adequate participation of the students in all parts of the practical teaching in modern classrooms, with modern visual aids, appropriate laboratories in the university and in the health institutions / clinics with which SEEU has concluded cooperation agreements. • The clinical practice is realized starting from the second semester, after the students will acquire the initial theoretical and practical (cabinet) knowledge and skills from the basics of nursing. • The clinical practice will be realized during the summer in public or private health institutions with which the Southeast European University has concluded cooperation agreements. • The decision to visit health departments / clinics / offices in order to implement clinical practice will be made based on the subject content of the current academic year. • For the performed clinical practice, the student must keep an appropriate DIARY for clinical practice (according to the Guidelines for ferial practice of RNM (E4E @ mk). • For the realized clinical practice, the student must submit an appropriate CERTIFICATE issued by the institution where the practice was performed. • Clinical practice in each academic year will be developed in certain health institutions with which SEEU has concluded cooperation agreements, respectively the theoretical fields from which students acquire knowledge in accordance with the structure of the study program.
  • [3 ECTS] Elective course
    • [E2698] Control of Nosocomial Infections
    • [E2699] Interpersonal Communication in Healthcare
    • [E2700] Medical Informatics and Statistics
    • [E2702] Gynecologic Oncology
    • [E2707] ART-artificial reproductive technologies/BEF, steam cells, cytological perspectives
    • [E2696] Medical English
    • [E2697] Medical German

Semester 5

  • [C2285] [5 ECTS] Clinical Practice V
    Realization of the practical part of the teaching with adequate participation of the students in all parts of the practical teaching in modern classrooms, with modern visual aids, appropriate laboratories in the university and in the health institutions / clinics with which SEEU has concluded cooperation agreements. • The clinical practice is realized starting from the second semester, after the students will acquire the initial theoretical and practical (cabinet) knowledge and skills from the basics of nursing. • The clinical practice will be realized during the summer in public or private health institutions with which the Southeast European University has concluded cooperation agreements. • The decision to visit health departments / clinics / offices in order to implement clinical practice will be made based on the subject content of the current academic year. • For the performed clinical practice, the student must keep an appropriate DIARY for clinical practice (according to the Guidelines for ferial practice of RNM (E4E @ mk). • For the realized clinical practice, the student must submit an appropriate CERTIFICATE issued by the institution where the practice was performed. • Clinical practice in each academic year will be developed in certain health institutions with which SEEU has concluded cooperation agreements, respectively the theoretical fields from which students acquire knowledge in accordance with the structure of the study program.
  • [E2701] [4 ECTS] Neurodevelopmental Disorders in Infants and Children
    Aims of the course: Students to acquire basic theoretical and practical knowledge in the field of neurodevelopmental biology of healthy as well as altered (pathological) development of infants and children. Proper physiological early neurodevelopment of children, diagnosis and intervention in neurodevelopmental disorders from the earliest developmental age, identification, diagnosis, treatment and monitoring of children with disorders. Education and support of parents / families of children with neurodevelopmental disorders. Prevention and protection of children and mothers / parents from risk factors for changes / disorders in the neurodevelopment of infants and children. Rehabilitation and re-education of children with deviations in the early psychomotor period of development, inclusion in the daily functioning and life of the peers.
  • [C2284] [6 ECTS] Health Organization, Management and Leadership
    Aims of the course are students: • To acquire knowledge about the basics of organization, management and leadership in health care and nursing, organizational and managerial concepts, processes and functions; • To understand the role and importance of the organization of work in health care and nursing and health management; • To get acquainted with the theoretical and practical models of organizing health care and nursing activity at various levels of health; • To be able critically to analyze practice in relation to theoretical principles; • To be able to analyze individual organizational problems in practice, as well as on the basis of theoretical knowledge to propose possible solutions for problems.  
  • [C2283] [6 ECTS] Home Care and Geriatrics
    Aims of the course: • Organizing work in home health care; • Assessment of the need for home health care; • Home health care procedures; • Ethical aspects of working in the patient's home; • Evaluation of the planned home health interventions of the patient.   
  • [C2282] [6 ECTS] Health Care in Mental Health with Psychiatrists and Neurology
    The aim of this course is students to acquire the basics of diagnosis, therapy and prophylaxis of neurological and psychiatric patients, with special reference to the role of the nurse.
  • [3 ECTS] Elective course
    • [E2698] Control of Nosocomial Infections
    • [E2699] Interpersonal Communication in Healthcare
    • [E2700] Medical Informatics and Statistics
    • [E2702] Gynecologic Oncology
    • [E2707] ART-artificial reproductive technologies/BEF, steam cells, cytological perspectives

Semester 6

  • [C2285] [8 ECTS] Clinical Practice VI
    Realization of the practical part of the teaching with adequate participation of the students in all parts of the practical teaching in modern classrooms, with modern visual aids, appropriate laboratories in the university and in the health institutions / clinics with which SEEU has concluded cooperation agreements. • The clinical practice is realized starting from the second semester, after the students will acquire the initial theoretical and practical (cabinet) knowledge and skills from the basics of nursing. • The clinical practice will be realized during the summer in public or private health institutions with which the Southeast European University has concluded cooperation agreements. • The decision to visit health departments / clinics / offices in order to implement clinical practice will be made based on the subject content of the current academic year. • For the performed clinical practice, the student must keep an appropriate DIARY for clinical practice (according to the Guidelines for ferial practice of RNM (E4E @ mk). • For the realized clinical practice, the student must submit an appropriate CERTIFICATE issued by the institution where the practice was performed. • Clinical practice in each academic year will be developed in certain health institutions with which SEEU has concluded cooperation agreements, respectively the theoretical fields from which students acquire knowledge in accordance with the structure of the study program.
  • [C2287] [8 ECTS] Health Care in Gynecology and Obstetrics
    Students will get acquainted with basic skills and abilities necessary for medical technicians as well as professional competence to provide quality health care to patients in the field of gynecology and obstetrics.
  • [C2288] [6 ECTS] Health Care and Emergency Care in Special Circumstances
    Students will acquire theoretical knowledge and practical skills for saving lives of the injured; prevention of further injuries and complications; performing triage and giving first aid in mass accidents; they will also acquire skills for heart, lung and brain resuscitation.  
  • [C2304] [5 ECTS] Capstone Project
    In this course, students will work on completing an applied or theoretical project.
  • [3 ECTS] Elective course
    • [E2698] Control of Nosocomial Infections
    • [E2699] Interpersonal Communication in Healthcare
    • [E2700] Medical Informatics and Statistics
    • [E2702] Gynecologic Oncology
    • [E2707] ART-artificial reproductive technologies/BEF, steam cells, cytological perspectives
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