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Nursing (Qualifying for the Health Profession of Nurse)

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What is the objective of the course? What is it?
What does it train you for?

Graduates in Nursing, in English, will be equipped with adequate preparation to allow them both an optimal understanding of the pathophysiological processes towards which their preventive and therapeutic intervention is aimed, and maximum integration with other professionals in the field in Italy, in Europe and beyond.

They will have to be able to use the English language adequately (level B2 of the CEFR) to interact within an international context, in the specific area of ​​the professional skills acquired.

The achievement of professional skills will be obtained through theoretical-practical training that also and above all includes the acquisition of behavioral and ethical skills in the work context, such as to guarantee, at the end of the training course, full mastery of all the necessary skills and their immediate practical application in the Italian and foreign work environment.

Of particular importance, as an integral and qualifying part of professional training, is the clinical-practical training activity and internship, which will be carried out at the IRCCS-ISMETT with the supervision and guidance of specifically dedicated English-speaking tutors and coordinated by the director of professionalizing activities.

Specifically, the course of study will be divided into three years, including 6 semesters, in which the acquisition of 180 CFU is expected.

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What do you learn?

The 1st year of the course is aimed at providing biomedical knowledge and the fundamentals of the professional discipline as requirements for the internship.

During the 2nd year, the pathophysiological, pharmacological and clinical-assistance knowledge will be acquired to address the most common medical problems in the internal medicine and surgical fields through interventions aimed at the diagnosis and management of the acute and chronic phase of the disease.

During this path, the student also acquires knowledge and skills related to nursing care in the medical, surgical and rehabilitative fields.

Training activities are also planned aimed at developing methodological skills to understand scientific and nursing research.

The 3rd year is aimed at specialist in-depth study and the acquisition of methodologies inherent to professional practice and the ability to work in a team; professionalizing skills will be acquired in the maternal-infant field and in the emergency-urgency area.

The relational skills necessary to interact with the person assisted, the caregivers, will be developed through the teachings of human sciences and psycho-pedagogical sciences.

In addition to the classroom teaching activity in English, there is a parallel guided internship path, also divided into three years, in which the student, supported by an English-speaking clinical tutor, learns and applies the interventions aimed at planning nursing work.

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What can you do with it?

The nurse is the healthcare worker responsible for preventive, curative, palliative and rehabilitative nursing care.

The main functions are disease prevention, assistance to the sick and disabled of all ages and health education in Italy and abroad.

Graduate nurses from the degree course in Nursing will carry out their professional activity in a very broad territorial context: public or private health facilities, territorial facilities, home care, as an employee or freelancer.

They will contribute to the training of support staff and will directly contribute to the updating related to their professional profile and in the field of research.

Studies can be continued with access to the Master's Degree in Nursing and Midwifery Sciences, or to the Master Degree in Nursing and Health available in Italy or in other European Union countries.