Practical orientation
Apart from the studies abroad, the integrated phase combining practical placement with theory is a further component of the profile of the International Degree Course for Nursing and Health Care Management.During this phase the students extend their knowledge and abilities acquired through their previous studies - by applying them to complex problems in practice. The transfer of theories within the framework of organizational structures is thus tried out; at the same time the ability to act on a management level, the ability to act within a team and the ability to communicate are being promoted.
On the following pages you will find information on the sequence of the integrated practical placement phase, our co-operation partners and a list of some of project examples which have been carried out by our students over the past few years.
Sequence of the practical placement combined with theory
(Neuer Unterpunkt) The practical placement phase begins after the preparatory study semester (5th semester) and takes place in the 6th and 7th semester (combination of theory and practice).
The main objective of the practical placement phase is to combine the positive aspects of a full-time course with the experiences and training possibilities which guarantee a practice-oriented development of competence as well as a preparation for the future field of activity. Therefore, the students do a practical placement as well as a project - supervised by the Hochschule - within a public health institution of their choice during this phase.
This two-semester phase is accompanied by practice-oriented theoretical lectures at the Hochschule Bremen. It is thus ensured that the introduction into practice as well as the project phase can be continually supervised in a subject-related way.
The lectures usually start with a theoretical phase of 4 weeks and end with a 2-week evaluation phase. This entire study phase contains 2 five-day comprehensive lectures. During the times when no theoretical lectures are offered, the share of practical work amounts to 20 weeks (full-time work).
Altogether about 50% of term-time should be spent within the practical field and 50% at the Hochschule. A total of 8 modules of 3 hrs/wk are offered simultaneously with the practical placement phase.
The practical training phase is completed with a written practical and project report. A final public presentation of all project work has now become an integral part of the practical training phase. Co-operations
(Neuer Unterpunkt) The students usually propose institutions with which they would like to cooperate during the practical training phase. However, some permanent partnerships within the Bremen region have been established in all fields of activity of nursing, e.g. with
hospitals
out-patient nursing institutions
in-patient nursing institutions for the elderly
rehabilitative institutions
the medical service of health insurance schemes
organisational advisory services of the region
consultancies Project examples
(Neuer Unterpunkt)
The students undertake to work on a project or a specific task independently - in coordination with the Hochschule. The project should be geared to prepare students for leadership functions in nursing.
The following list shows some of the project assignments which were carried out in the last years:
Title of project report Authors Year
Drawing up of a questionnaire for staff and patients for the evaluation of nursing with the aid of fragrance oils Natalja Zacher 2003
Development of a structure for the QM-manual: "Organisation of an internal medicine ward" Christina Krebs 2003
The diagnosis-oriented, standardised nursing process following the top diagnoses of the Rote-Kreuz-Krankenhaus (Red Cross Hospital), Bremen Sabine Torgler 2003
Project: "Untypical nursing activities" Marietta Linner 2003
Drawing up of a concept for the training of relatives performing nursing tasks for the private, out-patient nursing service Pro Sanitate, Bremen Carsten Speer 2003
Development of a marketing-concept for an advanced training course in E-learning with the Institut fuer Fort- und Weiterbildung des DBFK Landesverbandes Niedersachsen e.V. (Institute for advanced training of the DBFK of Lower Saxony) Marc Detjen, Mathias Wollny 2003
Drawing up of a training concept for nursing staff specialising in Diagnose Related Groups Katja Pfannkuchen 2003
Development of a method of treatment for the urological department Hospital of the City Delmenhorst Marius Wippler 2003
Developping a training module on "Geragogical methods for nurses in the care for the elderly" Rita Stock 2003
Development of nursing standards at the Hospital Heilig Geist, Bingen Thorsten Dörholt 2003
Optimisation of structures for the registration of an incident at the Paracelsus Hospital, Bremen Maren Umland 2003
Introduction of a complaint management system in a hospital Fritz Ammerbacher, Tom Eulenburg, Jens Schmidt, Ute Weber 2002
Development of a concept for the introduction of a documentation of processes in hospitals Elke Streit 2001
Investigation of waiting periods of patients at a central emergency admission from the staff's point of view Almut Gremler 2001
Introduction of working-hour-models for the nursing sector of the Klinik for Neurochirurgie (neurosurgery) at the Ev. Stift St. Martin GmbH Andreas Schönfeld 2000
Development of a concept for an optimum type of nursing organisation of ward 62 at the Berufsgenossenschaftlichen Krankenhaus Hamburg Dorothee Lange 2000
Work flow organisation of the general/casualty surgery ward at the Rotes Kreuz Krankenhaus, Bremen Stephan Witte 2000
Nursing audit Vivien Nareyka 2000
Development of a concept for training of nursing staff for a computerised ward program Thomas Pieperjohanns 2000
Development of an exchange program between nursing students of the towns of Paris and Bremen Antje Merz 2000
Preparation of a survey on customer satisfaction Juliane Borkert 2000
Modification and testing of two psychiatric nursing standards with partly standardised nursing planning at an emergency ward at Dr. Heines Klinik, Bremen Oberneuland Nicole Eilers 2001
Drawing up of a model Christiane Dölker 2000
Introduction of nursing planning Martina Neumann 1999
Development of nursing standards in outpatient care Susanne Weihrauch 2000
Analysis of documentation Julia Dehmel 2000
Drawing up of a manual for patients at the Diakonische Altenhilfe Lilienthal GmbH (nursing home for the elderly) Melanie Löwemann 2001
Development of a nursing concept at the Staedtische Kliniken Delmenhorst Dorothea Grabach 2001
Development and introduction of nursing standards Jürgen Schewe 1999
Improvement of (nurses') rounds in nursing Martina Johr 1999
Introduction of (nurses') rounds in the hospital sector Silvia Klün 2000
Restructuring of an outpatients' department Heiko Fuchtmann 1998
Introduction of (nurses') rounds at two wards at the Kreiskrankenhaus Osterholz-Scharmbeck Andrea Juchem, Tanja Ehrichs 1998
Introduction of nursing standards Benedikt Herbst-Maibohm 1998
Drawing up of a nursing planning sheet at the Bremer Ambulanter Sozialdienst e.V. Ute Lange 1998
Development of a standard for nursing documentation and its introduction in project wards Stefanie Hopmann, Melanie Brauner 1998
The nursing concept at the Diakonische Pflegeeinrichtung Tostedt (nursing home) Marion Beger 2001
Project "Nursing and integrated care Friesland/Wilhelmshaven" Melanie Peinemann 2001
Drawing up of nursing standards within care for the elderly at the rehabilitation and nursing institution Friedehorst Olaf Schlüter 2001
" InfoBroker Nursing and Health" Manuela Schönborn, Friedrich Düvel, Harald Kuhlmann, Petra Metzinger, Regina Schmid 2001
Complaint management within an outpatient nursing institution Klaus H. Kunkel 2001
Development of a check list for the evaluation of nursing documentation at the DIAKO Bremen (hospital) Jens Schmidt 2001