Nursing
Characteristics of the field of study
Nursing is a field of study from the system of fields of study administered by the Ministry of Education of the Slovak Republic, as a field of knowledge (§ 50 (1) of Act No. 131/2002), in which the graduate of the study programme (§ 51 (1) of Act No. 131/2002) acquires the professional competence to perform his/her original profession or prepares to continue in further higher education.
Sister - Bachelor (I. independently provides individual nursing care -preventive, supportive, curative, rehabilitative or auxiliary- to individuals, families and groups by the method of the nursing process, maintains and promotes the optimal state of health of individuals, families, groups and communities in various situations requiring nursing care, obtains the active participation of individuals, families, groups, and communities in the process of health maintenance and promotion, treatment, and care; monitors the need for nursing care, including education of individuals, families, and groups; and, in collaboration with each other, ensures its maximum quality in accordance with ethical principles, patients' rights, with emphasis on maximum quality and performance. She is able to think critically and work with credible research findings.
Prospects of graduates
Graduate's knowledge:
Theoretical knowledge of the graduate of the degree programme NURSING ( 1st degree):
- theoretical knowledge and practical use of professional nursing terminology
- acquires and understands essential facts, concepts, principles and theories related to nursing
- is theoretically proficient in and practices the nursing process method
- knows how to integrate knowledge from nursing theories and models and apply it to nursing practice
- can think independently, respond promptly
- acts quickly, prudently and decisively, knows legal responsibilities in the context of the profession continuously acquires professional knowledge related to his/her own expertise and takes care of his/her personal growth
- is able to make changes, take risks, assume responsibility, and demonstrate the ability to improvise in necessary situations
- communicates professionally in work activities
- applies knowledge of management, social and behavioral disciplines, which he/she presents in patient/client encounters
Practical Skills and Abilities (Level 1):
The nursing graduate (Level 1) will acquire the ability to:
- perform nursing activities in primary, secondary and follow-up care
- apply nursing models in practice
- work with nursing documentation
- create and formulate standards of nursing care
- monitor nursing problems and provide individualized nursing care using the nursing process method in collaboration with the client, family, and support and/or significant others
- communicate within the healthcare team in collaboration with the client (individual, group, community)
- introduce new technologies and practices into clinical practice within nursing
- analyze problems and make decisions in collaboration with the client to optimize the client's health status
- provide skilled first aid for injuries and life-threatening conditions, mass casualties and those affected by weapons of mass destruction
- use computer and information technology.
Additional knowledge, skills and competences (level 1):
A nursing graduate (level 1) can:
- collaborate and coordinate work in a team
- organise their own learning and continue their own professional development
- keep in touch with developments in their field
- participate in ethical decision-making and apply ethical principles in nursing practice
- use knowledge of psychology and pedagogy in the education of clients and in the training of new members of the nursing team
Additional knowledge, skills and abilities of the graduate:
The nursing graduate (level 1) knows:
- possess basic and specific information and knowledge of the social and behavioral sciences as they relate to nursing
- educate patients in the promotion, protection and restoration of health,
- know foreign languages
- master effective communication and professional behaviour and conduct
- provide qualified first aid for injuries, health and life-threatening conditions, mass casualties and exposure to weapons of mass destruction
- think and act consistently in a preventive manner on health matters
- to master nursing management
- work with information technology, in professional activities
- adhere to a deeply moral, ethical and humane approach to people, especially the sick, physically, mentally and mentally handicapped
- apply empathy, love and respect for people, the ability to understand their problems, to provide comfort and emotional support, to respect their personality
- to think independently, to react promptly, to act purposefully, deliberately and decisively
- apply and use acquired knowledge and skills in professional practice
- make changes, take risks and take responsibility
- independently, creatively and conceptually solve professional tasks, work creatively in a team and manage a nursing team
- communicate at a professional level
- shape one's own personality and continuously educate oneself, acquire information, work with it and transform it creatively,
- shape and educate others, know how to motivate and win them for active cooperation in strengthening health
- to contribute to the development of their field by studying the literature and developing it in a creative way, to participate in solving research problems in nursing.
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EXTERNAL FORM OF STUDY - without entrance exam
Applicants for external study will be admitted after fulfilling the prescribed conditions:
1. complete secondary vocational education completed by matriculation examination in the field of study of medical assistant, practical nurse, general nurse, children's nurse, women's nurse or higher vocational education in the field of study of diploma general nurse (send matriculation certificate and diploma)
2. employment in the health profession as a nurse, nurse practitioner or health care assistant for a fixed weekly working time in a health care institution (or social care institution), the employer's confirmation of the job classification, the fixed working hours and the length of professional experience to be attached to the application form
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Additional information
The application must contain the following:
1/ Application(form):
electronic application form (admission fee 40 EUR) applicants complete and submit their electronic application form on the HE Portal website: Electronization of Application to Universities | ApplicationVŠ.sk or on the website of the Ministry of Education, Research and Youth of the Slovak Republic: Application for studies, tax return extract and other forms | Ministry of Education, Research, Development and Youth of the Slovak Republic
- electronic application form with attachments should be printed ´, signed , and sent by post to the address of the Faculty of Health Professions of PU
- without receiving the printed electronic application form along with attachments, the electronic application form is invalid and the candidate will not be included in the admission process!
2/ Evidence of merit:
Applicants applying for external form of study do not need to fill in or provide evidence of high school grades. As proof of completion of secondary education, they shall submit only an officially certified matriculation certificate
with their application form.
3/ Other application documents (form attachments to the online application form):
(a) certification by a medical practitioner of the applicant's medical fitness to practisethe medical profession
(b) structured curriculum vitae
c) proof of Slovak language proficiency- level B1 - to be provided by foreign applicants (except applicants from the Czech Republic) (see chap. 1.4)
4/ In case the applicant wants to apply for more study programmes at the faculty, he/she must submit a separate application for each study programme separately and pay the fee for each application separately.
5/ Only those applicants who submit a duly completed application form, attach all required attachments, pay the admission fee and meet the required criteria by the deadline ( 31 March 2026) will be invited for the entrance examination. An alternative date for the entrance examination may only be requested in writing in the event of a serious medical reason, no later than 24 hours after the date of the entrance examination (the application must be accompanied by a relevant medical report of the medical problem, not a certificate of treatment). The faculty does not grant a make-up date in the event of a failed entrance examination.
6/ Administrative fee for the admission process, will not be refunded to applicants in the following cases:
a) if the application form is incomplete and the applicant fails to do so even after being asked to complete the required documents within 5 days
b) if the applicant does not meet the required criteria and has applied for the course anyway
c) if the applicant applies for a study programme which the faculty does not plan to implement in the given academic year
d) if he/she does not enrol for the study
If the student/applicant makes an erroneous payment, he/she will be charged a fee for the erroneous payment in accordance with the current PU Presov price list for the academic year in which he/she applied and the remaining funds will be refunded to the sender's bank account.
7/ ALL THE REQUIREMENTS LISTED ARE REQUIRED AND AN APPLICATION WITHOUT THEM WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED!
8/External form of study is charged according to Act No.131/2002 on Higher Education and its amendment No.363/2007 Coll. The amount of tuition fees is published on the faculty's website http://www.unipo.sk/fakulta-zdravotnictva.
The length of study in the study programme in the external form at the bachelor's degree is 3 years!
Conditions for international students
1.4 Information for international applicants
Study in study programmes at the 1st and 2nd level of higher education and in full-time and external form, which is carried out in the Slovak language, requires knowledge of the Slovak language at least at the B1 level. We recommend that applicants from abroad (except applicants from the Czech Republic) verify and prove their mastery of the Slovak language by a Slovak language matriculation examination, an ECL (European Consortium for the Certificate of Attaiment in Modern Languages) certificate of Slovak language proficiency at B1 level, a certificate of Slovak language proficiency at B1 level issued by a language school included in the network of schools and school facilities of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Slovak Republic (the list is available at: https://www.cvtisr.sk/buxus/docs//JH/stat_zus.pdf ). Proficiency in the Slovak language is verified in written tests for foreign applicants.
Slovak language proficiency at B1 level:
a) in the field of comprehension:
- the candidate understands the main ideas expressed in written language on common topics encountered at work, school, leisure, etc. Understands the meaning of many radio and TV programmes on current affairs or topics related to areas of personal or professional interest if they are spoken relatively slowly and clearly
- Understands texts which contain everyday vocabulary or which relate to work or study. Can understand descriptions of events, feelings and wishes in personal letters
b) in the area of communication:
- Demonstrates ability to cope with most situations that may arise when travelling in an area where the language is spoken. Can engage in conversation without preparation on topics that he/she is familiar with, interested in or related to everyday life (e.g. family, hobbies, work, travel and current affairs)
- knows how to string phrases together in a simple way to describe experiences and events, dreams, hopes and goals. He/she can give concise reasons and explanations for his/her views and plans. Can tell a story or relate the content of a book or film and describe his/her reactions.
c)in the area of written expression:
- knows how to write simple coherent sentences on topics that he/she knows well or that
are of personal interest to him/her. He/she can write private letters describing experiences and impressions.
Without entrance examinations
yes
EXTERNAL FORM OF STUDY - without entrance exam
Applicants for external study will be admitted after fulfilling the prescribed conditions:
1. complete secondary vocational education completed by the matriculation examination in the field of study of medical assistant, practical nurse, general nurse, children's nurse, women's nurse or higher vocational education in the field of study of diploma general nurse (send matriculation certificate and diploma)
2. employment as a nurse, nurse practitioner or health care assistant for a fixed weekly working time in a health care establishment (or social care establishment), the employer's confirmation of the job classification, the fixed working hours and the length of professional experience must be enclosed with the application form
3. the criterion "without entrance exam" does not apply to foreign students (outside the Czech Republic), they must pass the admission procedure, namely a written test in human biology within the scope of the gymnasium curriculum (in Slovak language)
4. fulfillment of the criteria of medical fitness for the profession according to the Decree of the Ministry of Health of the Slovak Republic No.364/2009, which establishes the criteria of medical fitness for applicants for medical study fields (applicants shall submit to the application form the recommendation of a general practitioner for study in the given field).
Form of entrance exam
without entrance exam (not valid for international students)
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Apply the application for study
31.03.2026
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- leaving certificate (paper form)
- medical certificate (paper form)
- CV (paper form)
- doklad o zaplatení poplatku za prijímacie konanie (paper form)
- potvrdenie zamestnávateľa o pracovnom zaradení a dĺžke odbornej praxe (paper form)
Standard length of study: 950 €
Study longer than the standard length of study program, parallel studies: 950 €
application form: 40 €
E-application form: 40 €
Faculty of Health Professions PU
Partizánska No. 1
080 01 Prešov
Money institution:ŠP (State Treasury)
IBAN: SK11 8180 0000 007 0000 82677
Bank Code: 8180
Variable symbol: 21080
Overseas students will pay the fee on account:
Monetary institution:ŠP (State Treasury)
IBAN: SK11 8180 0000 007 0000 82677
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