Nursing Management, Bachelor of Arts

These are the requirements for the Bachelor's in Nursing Management

With your Bachelor's in Nursing Management, you can work as a staff member in health administration, in ward management, or in nursing home management.

You can be admitted to the part-time distance learning program in Nursing Management at IU International University if you have either a high school diploma (general higher education entrance qualification), a technical college entrance qualification, or a subject-specific higher education entrance qualification.

In addition, you can also study Nursing Management without a high school diploma. To be admitted to the IU distance learning program without a high school diploma, you must have completed an advanced training course, such as becoming a certified business economist, or have a master craftsman's certificate. You can also be admitted if you have completed a vocational training and worked full-time for at least 3 years following this training.

These are the study contents in the online course for Nursing Management

This Bachelor's degree at IU consists of approximately 30 modules that you will take and complete over the course of 6 semesters of standard study time. Each module carries 5-10 credit points (ECTS) and concludes with an assessment such as a term paper or an exam. In total, you will accumulate 180 credit points from module to module and from semester to semester.

The typical course plan for full-time study in Nursing Management looks like this:

• Semester 1: Introduction to Nursing Management, Pedagogy, Introduction to Academic Work, Nursing Law, Quality Management in Nursing, Business Administration
• Semester 2: Technology in Healthcare, Statistics, Law, Marketing, Nursing Management
• Semester 3: Approaches in the Nursing Market, Collaborative Work, Project Management, History and Theories of Lifelong Learning, Areas of Highly Complex Nursing, Health Economics
• Semester 4: Financing Systems of Nursing Care, Cost and Performance Accounting, Controlling, Health Economics, Billing Systems in Nursing Care, Nursing Law
• Semester 5: Financing Systems in Nursing Care, Intercultural and Ethical Competencies, Framework Conditions of the Health Market, Advanced Leadership I, Seminar: Current Topics of Digitalization in Healthcare, Qualitative Research Methods
• Semester 6: Elective Module B, Elective Module C, Bachelor Thesis

What sets the Nursing Management Bachelor's program at IU apart is the many opportunities to specialize in specific topics of interest and professional fields within the elective area.

As the first specialization, you can choose from these exciting modules: Outpatient Nursing Care, Inpatient Nursing Care, Health Economics Specialization, Case Management in Nursing, Gerontology and Geriatrics, General and Subject Didactics, Hospital Management.

For the second specialization, you can choose one of these study modules: Outpatient Nursing Care, Health Economics Specialization, Hospital Management, Project Management (Specialization), Inpatient Nursing Care, Case Management in Nursing, Gerontology and Geriatrics, Pedagogy (Specialization), Corporate Health Management, Conflict Management and Coaching, General and Subject Didactics, Sociological Aspects of Health Policy, Quantitative Research Methods and Statistics.

For the third specialization, you can take one of these modules: Outpatient Nursing Care, Business Controlling, Foreign Languages, Health Economics Specialization, Hospital Management, Online and Social Media Marketing, Project Management (Specialization), Inpatient Nursing Care, Case Management in Nursing, Gerontology and Geriatrics, Pedagogy (Specialization), Corporate Health Management, Conflict Management and Coaching, General and Subject Didactics, Sociological Aspects of Health Policy, Quantitative Research Methods and Statistics, Business Startups and Innovation Management, Big Data and Health Care Analytics, Digital Education, Sign Language.

Flexibility of the Standard Study Time in Distance Learning Nursing Management

At IU International University, in the part-time distance learning course, you have the choice of 3 study models:

• In the full-time study, the standard study time is 6 semesters or 36 months. You can extend the standard study time by up to 2 semesters or 12 months at no additional cost. Full-time study in Nursing Management is particularly suitable for those who are not working or work only a few hours a week.
• In part-time study I, the standard study time is 8 semesters or 48 months. You can extend the standard study time by up to 2 semesters or 12 months at no additional cost. Part-time study I is suitable, for example, if you work part-time alongside your studies.
• In part-time study II, the standard study time is 12 semesters or 72 months. You can extend the standard study time by up to 2 semesters or 12 months at no additional cost. Part-time study II is particularly suitable if you are heavily involved in work alongside your distance learning.

By the way, you can also take a semester off during the course of your studies at no additional cost.

How Does Online Study at IU Work?

A study that adapts to your life: In online studies at IU, you learn flexibly and digitally whenever and wherever you want to learn.

In the distance learning Nursing Management program at IU International University, there are no mandatory in-person sessions - you learn continuously from home, at the library of your choice, or wherever you can best learn.

You can take your modules and lectures whenever you want. This way, you can flexibly create your study plan and semester schedule.

Central to IU distance learning are your interactive study scripts. You will receive the scripts in printed form as well as digitally in PDF and for tablets. With the smart app IU Learn, you can access scripts for your Nursing Management studies as well as scripts from all other distance learning programs at IU.

Through myCampus, the online campus of IU, you also have access to additional materials, such as videos. You can interact with your lecturers and classmates, for example, through virtual live formats like interactive lectures.

And exams? You can choose to take them as online exams. You can take an online exam at any time once you feel adequately prepared for the course material. Alternatively, you can take the exam at one of the numerous exam centers of IU throughout Germany.