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Assistant nurse

Would you like to work closely with people and make a difference in their everyday lives? This programme gives you the skills needed to provide care, support and services in a range of healthcare and social care settings.

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About the programme

As an assistant nurse, you have a varied job focused on providing care and support to people. You may work with older people, people who are ill or people with disabilities.

You may work in people's homes, residential care facilities or hospitals. You may also carry out certain healthcare tasks, such as taking temperatures and blood pressure, collecting samples and changing wound dressings.

Together with a study and career counsellor, you create an individual study plan by applying for separate subject levels. You can study one or more subject levels at a time, either full-time or part-time. The programme is delivered remotely or partly on-site.

Key facts

Study format: Distance learning/partly on-site
Study pace: Full-time, 75 weeks
Level: Upper secondary
Credits: 1,500
Language of instruction: Swedish
Location: –

Application

The programme starts every five weeks.

Spring start dates: weeks 4, 9, 14 and 19
Autumn start dates: weeks 36, 41, 46 and 51

Cost

The programme is free of charge and qualifies for Swedish student finance through CSN.

Entry requirements

To apply, you need to have completed compulsory school or have equivalent knowledge.

After the programme

You can work in settings such as:

  • home care services
  • residential care for older people
  • hospitals
  • primary healthcare centres
  • personal assistance services.

Further studies

You can continue your studies in areas such as:

  • specialist assistant nursing
  • ambulance care
  • nursing.

As a specialist assistant nurse, you can develop more advanced skills in areas such as dementia care, emergency care or care of older people.

Good to know

You pay for your own course materials.

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Contact

Education administration

E-mail: larcentrum@boden.se

Phone: +46 921 627 52