• Graduation

    Certificate

  • ECTS-Points

    31

  • Learning format

    Blended Learning

  • Duration

    2 semesters, part time

  • Attendance

    max. 24

  • Start

    Winter semester 2025/26

  • Costs

    EUR 3.900,--

  • Admission requirements

    According to curriculum

  • Language

    German

  • Study location

    Krems (AT)

  • Stackable Program

The field of "Continence and Ostomy Counseling" focuses on individuals requiring nursing care and counseling with a ostomy or operative urinary diversion, as well as those with continence disorders. In the Certificate Program, students acquire competencies for comprehensive, activating care for individuals affected by these conditions. The program qualifies students for the assessment, planning, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of nursing interventions, including documentation, the initiation of situation-appropriate immediate measures, and nursing actions in emergency situations. The completion of the two-semester Certificate Program is considered equivalent to the advanced training in "Continence and Ostomy Counseling" according to § 64 of the Health and Nursing Care Act (Federal Law Gazette I No. 108/1997, as amended by Federal Law Gazette I No. 87/2016) in Austria.
Martina Kuttig

Through knowledge, skill, and care for a new quality of life: Expertise in Continence and Ostomy Counseling for individual support and holistic care.

Mag. phil.
Martina Kuttig

Deputy Department Head - Department of Dementia Research and Nursing Science

Questions about studies?

Feel free to contact us directly.

Iris Winiwarter

Iris Winiwarter

Administrative Assistant

To contact form

BENEFIT FROM OUR PROGRAM

  • accredited/certified

  • research-led

  • practice-oriented

Martina Kuttig

Mag.
Martina Angela Kuttig

Department for Dementia Research and Nursing Science

Elisabeth Pinter

Mag.
Elisabeth Pinter

Department for Dementia Research and Nursing Science

Stefanie Auer

Univ.-Prof. Dr.
Stefanie Auer

Dean - Faculty of Health and Medicine, Head - Faculty of Health and Medicine

Our Continuing Education Studying Programs are offered exclusively in German. 
A minimum language proficiency level of B2 (Common European Framework of Reference) in German is required for admission.
An online application is possible through our German website.

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