Degree in Nursing

  • Know the use and suitability of health products linked to nursing care, paying special attention to differences according to age and gender.
  • Students must have acquired knowledge and understanding in a specific field of study, on the basis of general secondary education and at a level that includes mainly knowledge drawn from advanced textbooks, but also some cutting-edge knowledge in their field of study.
  • Students must be able to apply their knowledge to their work or vocation in a professional manner and have acquired the competences required for the preparation and defence of arguments and for problem solving in their field of study.
  • Students must have the ability to gather and interpret relevant data (usually in their field of study) to make judgements that take relevant social, scientific or ethical issues into consideration.
  • Students must be able to communicate information, ideas, problems and solutions to both expert and lay audiences.
  • Students must have developed the learning skills needed to undertake further study with a high degree of autonomy.
  • Have public speaking skills.
  • Be able to provide comprehensive and professional nursing care that is appropriate to the health needs of the person, family and community being cared of, from the recognition of the citizens' right to health, and in accordance with the current state of development of scientific knowledge and with the quality and safety standards established in applicable legal and deontological regulations.
  • Recognise the right to health, apply the principle of social equity to professional practice and understand the ethical implications of health in a changing global context.
  • Understand a person's interactive behaviour based on gender, group or community, within their social and multicultural context.
  • Reflect on the importance of gender analysis in health, and understand how, depending on lifestyles, the use of time and working conditions have an impact on people's health.
  • Know and interpret the conceptual framework of gender, as well as the normative and institutional framework related to equal opportunities between women and men.
  • Analyse and reflect on the consequences of being a woman and a man in the process of getting sick, the differential attention received and the specific way of dealing with pain and illness.
  • Understand people, considering them from a holistic perspective as autonomous and independent beings, act without prejudice, ensure respect for their opinions, beliefs and values and guarantee their right to privacy through professional secrecy and confidentiality.
  • Encourage and respect the patient's right to be involved, informed, independent and to give informed consent when decisions are taken, in accordance with their experience of the process of health-illness and death.
  • Know and apply the code of ethics of Spanish nursing, understanding the ethical implications of health in a changing world context.
  • Work as a team, understood as a basic unit into which professionals and other workers of health care organisations are integrated, structured and organised in single- or multi-disciplinary and inter-disciplinary teams, as a way of ensuring the quality of health care.
  • Maintain and update professional skills, with particular emphasis on independent learning of new knowledge and skills and motivation for quality in health care.
  • Propose and develop health care actions that privilege health promotion and disease prevention, and that aim to improve the living conditions of the population.
  • Know and apply the theoretical and methodological foundations and principles of nursing, for the promotion and protection of health, the prevention of illness and the comprehensive care of people, in order to improve the quality of life of the population.
  • Recognise the essential elements of professional practice in the care of individuals, families and the community.
  • Base nursing interventions on scientific evidence and available means.
  • Plan and provide nursing care for individuals, families or groups, focusing on health results and evaluating its impact, using guides to clinical practice and care that set out the processes involved in the diagnosis, treatment or care of a health problem.
  • Design care systems for individuals, families or groups, focusing on health results, evaluating their impact and implementing appropriate changes.
  • Encourage and respect the patient's right to be involved, informed and independent when decisions are taken, in accordance with their experience of the process of health, illness and death.
  • Protect the health and welfare of the individuals, families and groups being cared of, guaranteeing comprehensive care.
  • Promote healthy lifestyles that encourage self-care among individuals, families and communities.
  • Provide nursing care based on integrated healthcare principles, involving multi-professional cooperation, process integration and continuity of care, in coordination with all the levels of healthcare and other social and health resources and services.
  • Know the strategies to provide comfort and alleviate symptoms, aimed at the patient, the family and the non-professional caregiver, in the administration of palliative care in situations of advanced or terminal illness.
  • Offer health education actions using strategies that are appropriate to individuals, families and communities, making scientific information and recommendations available to the population in an understandable language.
  • Plan, organise and evaluate training activities for nurses and other health professionals.
  • Establish truthful, effective and respectful communication with patients, family, social groups, other professionals and the media, both orally and in writing, and promote health education.
  • Know and apply communication techniques and tools from a non-sexist perspective, both in interpersonal relationships and in group dynamics.
  • Know the structure, operation and financing of the health and social-health systems, in order to make optimal use of the available resources.
  • Establish evaluation procedures applying scientific-technical and quality principles.
  • Know and use the different health information systems.
  • Identify the biological, demographic, environmental, social, economic, cultural, psychological and gender determinants of health, and analyse their influence on the living and working conditions of the population and their impact on the health-disease process.
  • Identify community participation as an essential element for the development of health promotion, and participate in the formulation, implementation and evaluation of healthy public policies and intersectoral projects that strengthen local development.
  • Understand, critically asses and know how to use sources of clinical, biomedical and health information to obtain, organise, interpret and communicate scientific and epidemiological information.
  • Apply information and communication technologies in clinical, therapeutic, preventive, health promotion and research activities.
  • Have a critical, creative, constructive and research-oriented point of view in professional practice.
  • Understand the importance and limitations of scientific thinking for the study, prevention and management of people's health.
  • Acquire basic training for research, identifying the elements and phases of the research process.
  • Be able to formulate hypotheses and to gather and critically assess information to resolve problems by applying, among others, the gender approach.
  • Know and identify the structure and function of the human body. Understand the molecular and physiological basis of cells and tissues. Know the specific biological characteristics (chromosomal, gonadal, hormonal, brain dimorphic and genital differentiation).
  • Know the different groups of medicines, the principles of authorisation, their use and indication and their mechanisms of action. Know the use of medicines, evaluating the expected benefits and associated risks and/or the side effects derived from their administration and consumption according to gender difference.
  • Know and assess the nutritional needs of healthy people and of those with health problems, throughout the life cycle and according to physical activity, in order to promote and reinforce healthy eating behaviour patterns. Identify the nutrients and the foods in which they are found. Identify the most prevalent nutritional problems in women and men and select appropriate dietary recommendations.
  • Implement health care information and communication technologies and systems.
  • Know the physiopathological processes and their manifestations and the risk factors that determine the states of health and disease in the different stages of the life cycle according to gender.
  • Identify people's psychosocial responses to different health situations (in particular, illness and suffering), selecting the appropriate actions to provide help in these situations. Establish an empathic and respectful relationship with the patient and family, according to the person's situation, health problem and stage of development. Use strategies and skills that enable effective communication.
  • Be able to recognise situations where life is in danger and to perform basic and advanced life-saving techniques.
  • Understand and identify the psychological and physical problems derived from gender violence to train students in the prevention, early detection, care and rehabilitation of the victims of this type of violence.
  • Identify, integrate and relate the concepts of health and care, from a historical perspective, in order to understand the evolution of nursing care.
  • Understand the evolution of the central concepts that make up the nursing discipline from an ontological and epistemological perspective, as well as the most relevant theoretical models, applying scientific methodology in the process of providing care and implementing the corresponding care plans.
  • Apply the nursing process to provide and guarantee the well-being, quality and safety of the people being cared of.
  • Know and apply the principles behind comprehensive nursing care.
  • Direct, evaluate and provide comprehensive nursing care to the individual, family and community.
  • Be able to describe the foundations of the primary health care level and the activities to be developed to provide comprehensive nursing care to the individual, family and community. Understand the role and activities and cooperative attitude that the professional must adopt within a primary health care team. Promote the involvement of individuals and groups in their health-disease process.
  • Know the health alterations of the adult person, identifying the manifestations that appear in the different stages. Identify care needs arising from health problems. Analyse the data collected in the assessment, prioritise the adult patient's problems, define and implement the care plan and evaluate it.
  • Identify the characteristics of women in the different stages of the reproductive cycle and in the climacteric and the alterations that can occur, and provide the necessary care in each stage. Apply general care during the maternity process to facilitate the adaptation of women and newborns to new demands and prevent complications.
  • Know the specific aspects and care of the newborn. Identify the characteristics of the different stages of childhood and adolescence and the factors that condition the normal pattern of growth and development. Know the most frequent health problems in childhood and identify their manifestations. Analyse child assessment data.
  • Understand the changes associated with the aging process and their impact on health. Identify the structural, functional, psychological and lifestyle changes associated with the aging process. Know the most frequent health problems in the elderly. Select caregiving interventions aimed at treating or preventing health problems and their adaptation to daily life through resources that are close to and support the older person.
  • Get to know the Spanish health system. Identify the characteristics of the managerial function of nursing services and care management. Know and be able to apply the techniques of group management.
  • Know the applicable legislation and the code of ethics of Spanish nursing, inspired by the code of ethics and conduct for European nursing. Provide care respecting the right to dignity, privacy, intimacy, confidentiality and decision-making capacity of patients and families. Customise care based on age, gender, cultural differences, ethnicity, beliefs and values.
  • Know the most relevant mental health problems in the different stages of the life cycle, providing comprehensive and effective care in the field of nursing, applying gender analysis.
  • Learn about palliative care and pain control in order to provide care that alleviates the situation of the terminally ill.
  • Pre-professional work placement, with a final assessment of competences, in health centres, hospitals and other care centres, which will allow students to acquire professional values, communication skills, clinical reasoning, clinical management and critical judgment, by integrating nursing knowledge, skills and attitudes into professional practice.
  • Bachelor's thesis. Cross-disciplinary subject area involving work related to different subjects.