New care training in Zwettl: Future profession in the heart of Lower Austria

New care training in Zwettl: Future profession in the heart of Lower Austria

The second higher school for nursing and social care opened in Zwettl. This educational institution is an essential step to support the future generation of nurses in Lower Austria. At the beginning of the semester, 18 students started their training here. According to Governor Johanna Mikl-Leitner and social state councilor Christiane Teschl-Hofmeister, training at this school is an excellent basis for various medical and health-related courses at universities and universities of applied sciences.

The foundation of this educational institution follows the already successful facility in Gaming. Mikl-Leitner and Teschl-Hofmeister wished the new students an exciting and successful apprenticeship. The importance of nursing professions in society is emphasized, which are considered extremely promising. This also becomes clear by the fact that the state of Lower Austria wants to invest a total of 300 million euros in the expansion and modernization of care and support facilities by 2030.

expansion of the training positions

The government of Lower Austria has also decided to increase the training positions for nurses from 1,700 to 2,100. Lower Austria was the first federal state to introduce a nursing training bonus for prospective specialists. Mikl-Leitner emphasizes that every new school in this area is a valuable addition to the educational landscape and thus contributes to strengthening the nursing profession.

An aspect of training in Lower Austria is that there are various options for starting the nursing profession. This already begins in the middle schools through special focuses in the social and health area and extends to the care teaching up to the higher school for nursing and social care. The new facility in Zwettl is expanding the network of training opportunities to offer people in the region nearby training positions.

Teschl-Hofmeister further explained that the diversity of the training paths in Lower Austria aims to give everyone an opportunity for a place in the care and care area, regardless of its educational path. The opening of this new educational institution in the heart of the Waldviertel is intended to ensure that the burden is reduced by the shortage of skilled workers and that future specialists can be offered solid training.

In the ceremonial framework of the opening, important personalities were also present, including the managing director of the LGA, Konrad Kogler, and other employees of the education system. The exchange about the importance of this new institution and its role in the training of specialists was a central point of the discussion.

Overall, the new higher school for nursing and social care in Zwettl forms an important building block in the country's comprehensive strategy to strengthen the nursing profession and to train more specialists that can ultimately improve the quality of care in the region. This initiative comes at a time when the need for well -trained nurses is constantly increasing, and shows the commitment of the Lower Austrian government to continuously improve the training and conditions in the nursing profession.