Lund University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Health Sciences
Lund, Sweden

Admission Requirements
Special eligibility
Registered nurse with 180 credits (3 years) of training including an independent project of 15 credits or equivalent.
Professional experience equivalent to one year’s work as a registered nurse.

Academic credits

The education program is since 2007 on Advanced level (second cycle) according to the Bologna Model which may include a Master´s degree (one year) for those students who choose to write a master thesis.The length of the program is 12 months plus 6 additional months of any required postgraduate residency (Postgraduate clinical training). Classroom Learning includes 40% of the program and Clinical Learning 60 % (in relation to 18 months).

Mandatory courses
ANSO10 Perioperative nursing - anesthesia care, Second cycle, 15 credits
ANSN11 Perioperative nursing - anesthesia care, Clinical training, Second cycle, 7.5 credits
ANSO12 Advanced nursing - anesthesia care, Second cycle, 7.5 credits
ANSN13 Advanced nursing - anesthesia care I, Clinical training, Second cycle, 7.5 credits
ANSN14 Advanced nursing - anesthesia care II, Clinical training, Second cycle, 7.5 credits

Elective courses
Alternative 1
ANSN30 Advanced nursing, pediatric anesthesia, Second cycle, 7.5 credits
Or
VMFN60 International perspectives on nursing for specialist nurses, Second cycle, 7.5 credits
Or
other relevant optional course
ANSN50 Independent study – anesthesia care (degree project), Second cycle, 7.5 credits
Alternative 2
VMFM01 Master’s thesis in nursing (degree project), Second cycle, 15 credits