Nursing Management (B.A.)

This degree programme is free of admission (without NC) and you can enrol directly.

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Admission requirements: completed vocational qualification

Applicants for the Nursing Management degree programme must have completed their vocational training, for example as a:

•  geriatric care assistant
• midwife
• disability support worker
• paediatric nurse
• nurse
• nursing care professional.

On gaining their Bachelor of Arts degree, Nursing Management graduates have very good career prospects in the following areas:

• nursing management in inpatient and outpatient nursing care facilities, health care management in health care facilities
• quality management and quality development
• personnel management
• planning and control of performance processes
• managerial positions in professional associations, boards of nursing, European and international health organisations (e. g. WHO)
• nursing sciences, especially nursing research
• nursing care and organisational consultancy
• nursing expert on performance analysis, planning, advice and evaluation
• expert on prevention, health promotion and occupational health management

• Continue your studies with a Master programme

Schwerpunkte

Im ersten Semester studieren die Studentinnen und Studenten  gemeinsam mit dem Studiengang Pflegepädagogik der Hochschule Esslingen.
Dies ermöglicht bereits im Grundlagen-Studium den interdisziplinären Austausch in Vorlesungen und Seminaren.

Wahl eines Schwerpunkts im zweiten Semester

Ab dem zweiten Semester vertiefen Sie Ihr Studium durch die Wahl eines Schwerpunktes. Sie wählen entweder den Schwerpunkt Pflegemanagement oder Pflegewissenschaft in der Praxis. So erlernen Sie, pflegerische Prozesse aus der jeweiligen Perspektive zu organisieren.

Im dritten Semester findet das praktische Studiensemester statt. Dieses wird durch eine/n Mitarbeiter/in der Praxiseinrichtung betreut sowie durch die Hochschule kontinuierlich begleitet.

Im vierten und fünften Semester findet neben den Vorlesungen das Projektstudium statt. In diesem arbeiten die Studierenden in Gruppen zusammen. Gemeinsam lassen sie dabei ihre Kenntnisse und erlernten Handlungsstrategien aus den vergangenen Semestern und dem praktischen Studiensemester einfließen.

Im sechsten Semester verfassen Sie Ihre Bachelorarbeit und belegen weitere Seminare.

Flexible Gestaltung: Sechs oder sieben Semester

Durch Ihre abgeschlossene Ausbildung im Bereich Pflege können Sie die Studiendauer verkürzen. Dafür lassen Sie sich das siebte Semester anrechnen. Sie schließen das Studium dann nach sechs Semestern ab.

Das Studium ist individuell organisierbar und ermöglicht eine begleitende Berufstätigkeit.

Mit dem Studienabschluss Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) können Sie in die Berufspraxis starten und Berufserfahrung sammeln. Alternativ können die Absolventen nach dem erfolgreich abgeschlossenen Bachelor direkt mit einem Masterstudium beginnen.

High level of expertise in the health care and nursing sector

The Faculty of Social Work, Health Care and Nursing Sciences at Esslingen University of Applied Sciences is well-known for its strong performance in the disciplines of health care and nursing. The broad spectrum of practical topics and research fields at the faculty is the only one of its kind anywhere in Germany.

Excellent teaching

The experienced team of professors who together have already amassed 20 years of experience in the academic aspects of nursing training represents all the fields of relevance for the nursing sciences, nursing management, nursing teacher education and health care management.

Practical relevance is a top priority

The practical approach to research and working adopted in the Nursing Management degree programme allows students with professional experience to transfer their theoretical knowledge directly to issues which are both real and topical.

Professionalisation of the nursing profession

Graduates with a Bachelor’s degree in Nursing Management have excellent career prospects. Most graduates go on to work in quality management – sometimes while they are still at university – or they take on a managerial role as a nursing manager in the nursing care or health care sectors on graduating.

Esslingen’s feel-good factor

Esslingen can boast a medieval old quarter and a picturesque location on the River Neckar, flanked by vineyards, and thus offers a wide range of diverse leisure activities. Narrow lanes and half-timbered houses, pretty cafés, restaurants serving Swabian and international cuisine, theatres and museums - there is something for everybody. A great many events are organised throughout the year. And if all this is still not enough for you, the centre of Stuttgart, the capital of Baden-Württemberg, is only a 15-minute train ride away.

The teaching is based on the Hilltop Campus in Esslingen. All important facilities such as the library, computing centre, sports facilities and the refectory are just a stone’s throw away from the lecture theatres and laboratories.