Practical nurse qualification

Composition of the qualification, 180 competence points

Training agreement will be signed by school & workplace for each practical training period to ensure that the student is insured during training
During practical training teacher is in contact with the workplace trainer and student to make sure the learning process is proceeding
There is often essays or other type of evaluated tasks to do during the practical training
It all aims at being able to do and succeed at an competence demonstration / evaluation
There is 5 different competence demonstrations during PN studies

PN’s will practice giving different type of injections to each other during studies.
Tasks of PN include urinary catheterizations and taking care of personal hygiene of both sex customers.
Palliative care and end-of-life care are part of PN’s duties as well as for example washing the deceased client.