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For many, it may represent an enormous hurdle. Without them, it would be difficult to study at a technical college, so the belief. A misconception, because that is exactly what is possible at the University of Applied Sciences for Health Professions. More than 200 graduates have already started nursing studies without ever having graduated.
“The number of nursing assistants who complete their health and nursing studies in a shorter way increased eightfold between 2020 and 2022,” says Heide Maria Jackel, head of the bachelor’s degree in health and nursing. “The special features are that people with relevant professional experience can obtain higher qualifications without having to graduate from high school.”
A distinction is made between three nursing professions, the higher service (a bachelor’s degree), the nursing assistant (a two-year training course) and the nursing assistant, which lasts one year.
Care starters take off
As early as the age of 15, it is possible to start nursing training with a preparatory year as soon as compulsory school is completed. A subsequent two-year training course with a qualification as a nursing assistant then forms the optimal basic qualification for the bachelor’s degree in health and nursing.
Graduates of the nursing assistant can then enter the third semester of the bachelor’s degree, they only have to catch up on a few courses and English at level B2 and can complete the course in two years.
As early as 20 to 21 years of age, those who are interested can, in addition to the nursing assistant diploma, have a bachelor’s degree and the professional qualification for qualified health and nursing and then start their professional life directly as a qualified health and nursing practitioner.
With a bachelor’s degree, the doors are open to young people, and they have all the opportunities for further development, further qualification and specialization in the course of their professional life.
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