Bachelor

Nursing (Bachelor)

Programme description

Do you want to participate in shaping the future of the health sector? Do want to provide meaningful help and care to others? Nursing is a profession that is as exciting and challenging, as it is necessary. Nurses encounter humans at all stages of life and across the complete spectrum of situations and human experience.

Qualified nurses are in demand, both nationally and internationally. This programme comprises theoretical and clinical studies within both municipal and specialist health services, and qualifies nurses to work in any area of the health sector.

Career opportunities

Qualified have a huge range of career options, including work in: municipal health services, public and private hosptials, insitutions abroad, within offshore, in conflict and disaster areas, in secondary school systems, university colleges and universities. Graduates of the Bachelor in Nursing at Nord satisfy the professional requirements for all EEA countries.

The University of Nordland has a number of student exchange agreements with foreign institutions. Nursing and healthcare studies also participate in other types of international cooperation, such as clinical practice exchanges. The exchange programmes are primarily for Bachelor studies in nursing, but may also include further education (in some of the networks).

Our exchange partners include Augustana College (South Dakota, USA) and in cooperation with Nordplus, clinical practice exchanges in Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Faroe Islands, Iceland and Greenland.

The Bachelor in Nursing lays the foundation for further studies at university level, including Master and PhD programmes. UiN offers Master degree programmes in clinical nursing and practical knowledge, as well as a doctoral (PhD) degree in Studies of Professional Praxis.