Berufliche Bildung Pflege (Franchise|Bethel)

Semester plan

1. Semester 130 ECTS requiredBeruf und Arbeitsfeld Pflege · Cardio-Respiratorisches System · Professionalisierungspotentiale in der Pflege · Wissenschaftliche Grundlagen der Pflege

   • Beruf und Arbeitsfeld PflegeSummary by OWWZ: Analyses professional fields and training in their social and interprofessional context. Students reflect on occupational stress, coping, professional ethics and care models through an academic literature assignment.summer semester onlyExam (in German): Mündliche Prüfung oder Hausarbeit6 ECTS
   • Cardio-Respiratorisches SystemSummary by OWWZ: Combines anatomy, diagnostics and care for cardiovascular and respiratory conditions, including rehabilitation, prevention, counselling and recognising life-threatening changes.summer semester only9 ECTS
   • Professionalisierungspotentiale in der PflegeSummary by OWWZ: Critically examines theories of professionalisation, nursing self-governance and international qualification pathways. Students reflect on ethical decisions, graduate nursing roles and their own professional development.summer semester onlyExam (in German): Mündliche Prüfung oder Hausarbeit6 ECTS
   • Wissenschaftliche Grundlagen der PflegeSummary by OWWZ: Students explore qualitative and quantitative research designs, data collection and analysis. They study statistics, research ethics and English literature and critically assess nursing research.summer semester onlyExam (in German): Klausur mit vier Prüfungsteilen9 ECTS
2. Semester 233 ECTS requiredEinführung in die Bezugswissenschaften der Pflege · Ernährung und Stoffwechsel · Grundlagen der Berufspädagogik · Orientierende praxisbezogene Studien

   • Einführung in die Bezugswissenschaften der PflegeSummary by OWWZ: Combines psychological foundations, anatomy and disease processes with public health and the German health system. Students use these perspectives to justify nursing decisions.winter semester onlyExam (in German): Klausur mit drei Prüfungsteilen (Gewichtung 2:1:1)12 ECTS
   • Ernährung und StoffwechselSummary by OWWZ: Links digestive, metabolic and excretory anatomy and physiology with diagnosis and care. Students assess preventive and therapeutic measures, medication effects and individual nutritional needs.winter semester only9 ECTS
   • Grundlagen der BerufspädagogikSummary by OWWZ: Introduces educational science and vocational pedagogy. Students analyse vocational education systems, educators’ roles, learning and socialisation theories, and reflect on their own professional pathways.summer semester onlyExam (in German): Klausur6 ECTS
   • Orientierende praxisbezogene StudienSummary by OWWZ: Students explore professional settings through observation and guided reflection, examine their assumptions and organisational processes, and develop questions for further study and professional development.winter semester only6 ECTS
3. Semester 327 ECTS requiredGestaltung gesundheitsberuflicher Lehr- und Lernprozesse · Gesundheitsverhalten und Gesundheitsförderung · Rahmenbedingungen pflegerischen Handelns · Theoretische Grundlagen der Pflege

   • Gestaltung gesundheitsberuflicher Lehr- und LernprozesseSummary by OWWZ: Students compare general and subject-specific teaching theories. They develop initial lesson plans and select learning content, methods and media for vocational education, taking learner characteristics into account.winter semester onlyExam (in German): Mündliche Prüfung6 ECTS
   • Gesundheitsverhalten und GesundheitsförderungSummary by OWWZ: Health psychology models explain behaviour, stress and coping with illness. Students assess prevention programmes and develop targeted interventions using the Public Health Action Cycle, particularly for workplace settings.summer semester only9 ECTS
   • Rahmenbedingungen pflegerischen HandelnsSummary by OWWZ: Students analyse social insurance, healthcare provision and their economic and legal regulation, reflecting on nursing responsibilities, ethical conflicts, interdisciplinary cooperation and quality improvement.summer semester only6 ECTS
   • Theoretische Grundlagen der PflegeSummary by OWWZ: Assesses key nursing theories for explanatory value and practical relevance. Students apply selected models and develop practice-oriented research questions.winter semester onlyExam (in German): Mündliche Prüfung oder Klausur6 ECTS
4. Semester 424 ECTS requiredGrundlagen der Fachdidaktik Pflege · Grundlagen der Ökonomie / Gesundheitsökonomie · Pflegebedarf, -diagnostik und -begutachtung · Pflegerische Prozesse

   • Grundlagen der Fachdidaktik PflegeSummary by OWWZ: Students examine nursing didactics as an academic discipline, explore legislation, curricula, teaching models and research questions, and reflect on educators’ professional roles.summer semester onlyExam (in German): Mündliche Prüfung6 ECTS
   • Grundlagen der Ökonomie / GesundheitsökonomieSummary by OWWZ: Applies basic economic concepts and social law to healthcare. Students assess markets, economic efficiency and the implications of legal requirements for healthcare and education providers.winter semester onlyExam (in German): Klausur6 ECTS
   • Pflegebedarf, -diagnostik und -begutachtungSummary by OWWZ: Students manage nursing processes using assessments and classifications, examine reserved nursing responsibilities, long-term care insurance and assessment procedures, and reflect on transferring research into practice.summer semester only6 ECTS
   • Pflegerische ProzesseSummary by OWWZ: Students plan and evaluate nursing care using process models and assessments, considering individual resources, professional relationships, selected nursing interventions and basic hygiene.winter semester only6 ECTS
5. Semester 527 ECTS requiredKommunikation und Interaktion · Lehren und Lernen im betrieblichen Kontext · Praxisbezogene Projektstudien · Prozessorientiertes Handeln in der Pflege

   • Kommunikation und InteraktionSummary by OWWZ: Students develop professional nursing relationships and audience-appropriate conversations. They practise counselling, instruction and education, reflect on closeness and distance, and address conflict while considering diversity and interprofessional cooperation.summer semester only6 ECTS
   • Lehren und Lernen im betrieblichen KontextSummary by OWWZ: Students analyse workplace education goals and legislation, design learning opportunities and cooperation between learning sites, and assess formal and informal learning in health professions.winter semester onlyExam (in German): Mündliche Prüfung6 ECTS
   • Praxisbezogene ProjektstudienSummary by OWWZ: Students develop and evaluate a vocational education project. They assess needs, plan objectives and funding, and manage implementation, communication and sustained adoption using research evidence.summer semester onlyExam (in German): Hausarbeit6 ECTS
   • Prozessorientiertes Handeln in der PflegeSummary by OWWZ: Uses chronic illness cases to connect diagnostics, treatment and counselling. Students justify care concepts scientifically while considering patient orientation, ethics, diversity and interdisciplinary case management.summer semester onlyExam (in German): Mündliche Prüfung oder Hausarbeit9 ECTS
6. Semester 621 ECTS required · 1 elective catalogueFachbezogene Forschung und Evidence Based Practice in der Pflege · Medizinische Psychologie · Politik- und Kontextgestaltung im Gesundheitswesen · Required elective from Wahlmodul

   • Fachbezogene Forschung und Evidence Based Practice in der PflegeSummary by OWWZ: Students develop nursing research questions and assess studies using evidence-based criteria. They connect qualitative and quantitative designs with research ethics and apply findings to nursing problems and team decisions.winter semester onlyExam (in German): Hausarbeit6 ECTS
   • Medizinische PsychologieSummary by OWWZ: Psychological approaches support work with chronic illness, pain, anxiety and depression. Students explore difficult conversations, stigma, cultural influences, grief and end-of-life support.winter semester onlyExam (in German): Klausur oder mündliche Prüfung oder Hausarbeit6 ECTS
   • Politik- und Kontextgestaltung im GesundheitswesenSummary by OWWZ: Students analyse social insurance, care structures and health-policy actors, assess research and reform proposals, compare health systems internationally and develop evidence-informed improvements to care.winter semester only9 ECTS

   Required elective from Wahlmodul2 modules · choose 6 ECTS

   • Handlungskompetenz im UnterrichtSummary by OWWZ: Students plan learner-oriented teaching and select methods and media, consider diverse learning groups, facilitate interaction and develop approaches to performance assessment and competency-based examinations.winter semester onlyExam (in German): Mündliche Prüfung6 ECTSRequired elective
   • Betriebliche AusbildungSummary by OWWZ: Students design practical training and instruction in health professions, assess educational needs, test learning arrangements in a skills lab, support learning transfer and evaluate training processes and conditions.winter semester onlyExam (in German): Performanzprüfung im Skills Lab, mündliche Prüfung oder Kombination beider Formen6 ECTSRequired elective
7. Semester 712 ECTS requiredBachelor-Arbeit und Kolloquium

   • Bachelor-Arbeit und KolloquiumSummary by OWWZ: A practice-relevant nursing question is investigated independently using academic methods. Literature review, case analysis or conceptual and empirical approaches lead to a written thesis, supported by an accompanying colloquium.Thesis · summer semester onlyExam (in German): Bachelorarbeit12 ECTS

Topic profile

ECTS by topic from the curriculum’s modules; together at most the programme’s ECTS.RequiredElective

• Nursing30 ECTS: 30 required30 ECTS
• Adult and continuing education16 ECTS: 14 required, 2 elective16 ECTS
• Teaching and didactics15 ECTS: 12 required, 3 elective15 ECTS
• Medical ethics and bioethics11 ECTS: 11 required11 ECTS
• Anatomy and physiology9 ECTS: 9 required9 ECTS
• Healthcare management and economics9 ECTS: 9 required9 ECTS
• Social law9 ECTS: 9 required9 ECTS
• Health psychology6 ECTS: 6 required6 ECTS

Curriculum sources

• Prüfungsordnung und Modulhandbuch Berufliche Bildung Pflege (PO 2020) - Fassung 2022Examination regulations · Version Ordnung vom 20.02.2020 in der Fassung der Änderungen vom 07.12.2021 und 21.07.2022 · checked 17 October 2026