Name of qualification Name of qualification: Bolničar negovalec/bolničarka negovalkaAdd to comparison
Translated title (no legal status) Translated title: Nursing assistant
Type of qualification Type of qualification: Upper secondary vocational education
Category of qualification Category of qualification: Educational Qualification
Type of education Type of education: Upper secondary vocational education
Duration Duration of education:
3 years
Credits Credits: 180 credits
Admission requirements Entry conditions:
  • Elementary school education or
  • lower vocational education
ISCED field Field:
Health and welfare
ISCED subfield subfield: inter-disciplinary programmes and qualifications involving health and welfare
Qualification level

SQF Level: SQF 4
EQF Level: EQF 4

Learning outcomes:

The certificate holder will be able to:

  • identify the needs of residents and plan, implement and analyse care procedures,
  • assist in vital activities: breathing, eating and drinking, use of toilet, exercise/movement, sleep and rest, dressing and undressing, personal hygiene, maintaining normal body temperature,
  • maintain nursing and care documents and reports,
  • recognise and take action in the case of injury and sudden illness,
  • provide nursing and care for the most common geriatric conditions,
  • attend to the dying and tend to the deceased,
  • recognise, understand and prevent the transmission and spread of infections,
  • act in accordance with healthy lifestyle behaviours and ergonomic principles,
  • act in accordance with the rules of healthy diet and nutrition,

Elective:

  • carry out preparatory work and maintain hygiene in a kitchen (practical implementation of HACCP plan), purchase and store food, prepare and heat food, serve food taking into account the condition of the person in care,
  • design an appropriate menu for healthy, balanced, protective and other diets,
  • perform massage using various massage techniques,
  • perform a pedicure in the light of the client's needs, taking into account hygiene standards, and advise clients on foot care.

Certificate holders supplement their key vocational knowledge and abilities with key general knowledge in line with national standards.
 

Assesment and completion:

Students' vocational abilities and skills and the fulfilment of conditions to obtain credits in accordance with the education programme are established through testing and assessment. Assessment also takes into account non-formally acquired knowledge, which must be adequately demonstrated. Students are assessed using scores from 5 (excellent) to 1 (inadequate).

Progress:

Students may progress to a higher year if at the end of the academic year they achieve a positive score in all general education subjects and technical modules for the year as set out in the school’s operational curriculum, and have completed all extracurricular activities and practical on-the-job training, or progress on the basis of a programme faculty decision. For students with individual learning agreements, passing an intermediate test is a condition for progression from the second year to the third year.

Bolničar negovalec/bolničarka negovalka

SQF 4

EQF 4

The Career path tab shows the possible career path within the selected qualification area, which is not the only one and is not mandatory. The actual transition between qualifications, which is determined by law, is defined in the Transition tab.

Srednja medicinska sestra SI/srednji zdravstvenik SI

Srednja medicinska sestra/srednji zdravstvenik

Srednja medicinska sestra/srednji zdravstvenik

SQF 5 / EQF 4 

Diplomirani sanitarni inženir (un)/diplomirana sanitarna inženirka (un)

SQF 7 / EQF 6

Magister bioinformatike/magistrica bioinformatike

Magister sanitarnega inženirstva/magistrica sanitarnega inženirstva

Magister vzgoje in menedžmenta v zdravstvu/magistrica vzgoje in menedžmenta v zdravstvu

Magister zdravstvene nege/magistrica zdravstvene nege

SQF 8 / EQF 7 

Doktor znanosti/doktorica znanosti s področja biomedicinske tehnologije

SQF 10 / EQF 8

Progression:

Secondary technical, vocational or vocational-technical education; master craftsman/foreman/shop manager examination (SQF level 5)

Conditions for obtaining a public document:

Students must successfully (i.e. with positive scores) complete general education subjects, compulsory and elective vocational modules, and the open part of the curriculum. They must also complete extracurricular activities, practical on-the-job training and a final examination.

The final examination comprises a written and oral examination in Slovene and a service with an oral presentation.

Awarding body:

Vocational and technical secondary schools and adult education institutions.

URL

Awarding body URL:
https://paka3.mss.edus.si/registriweb/ProgramPodatki.aspx
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