ABSTRACT
"Nursing" and "Public Health Care" are new study specializations which have been offered by the Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University in Bratislava from the study year 2002/2003 and from the study year 2003/2004 "Midwifery", "Laboratory and examination methods" and "Physiatrics, balneology and rehabilitation" accredited by AK SR have followed. It is the consequence of the transformation of the specialization Nursing and definition of the nurse's qualifications according to the European Strategy of WHO for education of so called regulated non-physician professions nurses and midwife. The government Regulation on further education of health care workers No. 157/2002 of the Statute has brought about new trends in the system of education in health services. As a consequence of these changes Faculty of Medicine of the Comenius University promptly reacted to this public requirement to increase the level of qualification of health care workers. (Ref. 5.)
