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Bachelor degree (180 ETCS). Candidates with a bachelor degree from the four partner institutions will be prioritized in the recruitment process.

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The Advanced Programme in Theatre Nursing is based on the national curriculum for further education in theatre nursing and the regulations relating to the national curriculum for further education in theatre nursing adopted by the Ministry of Education and Research on 1 December 2005 and meets the requirements stipulated in these documents. The programme has a scope of 90 credits, and is taken as a full-time course of study over one and a half years. After completing the programme, the students will have action competence in the field of theatre nursing; see the requirements set out in the national curriculum for further education in theatre nursing with pertaining regulations.

About theatre nursingTheatre nursing is special expertise in nursing acutely and/or critically ill patients undergoing surgical examination and/or treatment. The theatre nurse plays an important role in the work of organising and coordinating surgical activities, attending to the patient¿s nursing needs and taking part in surgical examinations and/or treatment. The goal of theatre nursing is to fulfil the patient's basic needs through preventive, therapeutic, pain and stress relief and habilitation/rehabilitation measures.

Theatre nursing consists of providing healthcare for acutely and/or critically ill patients of all ages undergoing surgical examination and/or treatment. This will be patients who:

• are admitted for planned surgical examination and/or treatment
• have suffered an injury/accident
• suffer acute onset of illness
• experience an acute exacerbation of a long-term illness
• have chronic conditions/diseases, and where surgical examination and/or treatment will temporarily put them in an acute and/or critical condition

The target group for theatre nursing includes patient's next of kin.

Relevance to working lifeThe Advanced Programme in Theatre Nursing is intended to help to cover society¿s increasing need for specialist nursing skills, primarily in the specialist health service, but also in the municipal health service.

Theatre nurses are in high demand, as they are key personnel in the specialist health service when it comes to providing professionally sound healthcare to acutely and critically ill patients. The specialist health service seeks theatre nurses who practise their profession in a sound manner and on a scientific basis. Today, we can treat many diseases and injuries that could not be treated in the past. Also, the patients admitted to somatic hospitals are sicker than they used to be. This development makes new and stricter requirements of theatre nurses. Society requires theatre nurses to work in an evidence-based manner where their nursing practice is based on knowledge gained from research and experience, in addition to patient knowledge. Theatre nurses shall be capable of analysing and taking a critical approach to existing theories and methods in advanced medical treatment and theatre nursing. Moreover, they shall be able to contribute to new ideas and innovation processes in their own practice, and make independent use of relevant methods for quality-related work (professional development, quality assurance or quality control work) in the field of theatre nursing. Theatre nurses are qualified to take greater responsibility for evidence-based theatre nursing of acutely and/or critically ill patients in and outside a hospital setting.

Most theatre nurses work in surgical hospital departments, day surgery units/surgical outpatient clinics, accident and emergency departments, municipal emergency medical services, emergency response teams, central sterile services departments, offshore and in war and disaster areas.

The municipal health service is also experiencing a growing need for specialist nursing skills. The Act relating to Municipal Health and Care Services, etc. (the Health and Care Services Act) has given the municipalities a greater role in the treatment of acute-onset illness, exacerbation of chronic illness and in follow-up care for patients whose hospital treatment is finished. Therefore, theatre nurses will also be in demand in the municipal health service.