Patients in intensive care are usually in acute, life-threatening situations. As a result of existing or impending organ failure, continuous monitoring and measures to support vital functions are required. Nursing interventions are often carried out in response to rapidly changing, unpredictable, life-threatening conditions affecting patients.
Prerequisite
Applicants must already have completed one of the following training programmes. Foreign qualifications in the aforementioned healthcare professions that are recognised by the SBFI (State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation) are also valid.
- dipl. Pflegefachfrau HF/Pflegefachmann HF
- Bachelor of Science in Pflege FH
- At least 6 months’ professional experience in acute care
- Good computer skills
- For international students: C1 language level and a confident command of spoken and written German
Education
The two-year part-time further training programme is a modular postgraduate course (NDS) run by the XUND Training Centre in Lucerne. The theoretical part is delivered by the Training Centre. The practical training begins at Zuger Kantonsspital before the first block of theory. To ensure broad and thorough practical training, this takes place at two hospitals. Three semesters are spent in the interdisciplinary intensive care unit at Zuger Kantonsspital.
For one semester, you will work in the intensive care unit at the University Hospital of Zurich (USZ). Both intensive care units are accredited by the Swiss Society for Intensive Care Medicine (SGI). However, you will remain employed by Zuger Kantonsspital throughout the entire training programme. After successfully completing four semesters (including examinations), you will graduate from the postgraduate programme with the protected title ‘Expertin/Experte Intensivpflege NDS HF’.
Opportunities for development
- Specialisation in a specific area of intensive care
- Specialisation in emergency and ambulance services
- Further training in management, professional development or vocational training
Insight Day
by arrangement
