Nursing

The three-year degree programme alternates theoretical studies with clinical internships, integrated by other activities as laid down in the study plan.Attendance is mandatory. The curriculum includes basic preparatory studies facilitating the learning of core subjects. At the end of the three-year programme, Nursing graduates will have acquired the knowledge and technical, relational and educational skills to exercise the profession.The specific outcomes aim to develop:- complex cognitive skills (critical thought, problem solving, decision making, clinical reasoning, etc.);- competencies in inter- and intra-professional working teams, with particular orientation to multidisciplinary synergies and cooperation;- the ability to manage care relations with patients and families in various assistance settings;- the ability to developing educational pathways;- self-assessment techniques;- a cultural approach based on long life learning, starting from a solid educational grounding;- ethical sensitivity and an approach based on the values laid down in the Nursing Code of Conduct;- organisational skills ensuring the active participation and integration in the various organisational models operating in healthcare contexts;- an approach to evidence based practice and the use of research results.At the end of the programme, students are also able to communicate orally and in writing, according to the context and the interlocutors, in the English language (level B1).

Admission to the degree programme is subject to the possession of either a five-year high secondary school diploma or other suitable qualification obtained abroad.Candidates must also possess the knowledge and skills defined each year by the Ministerial Decree setting out the rules for the entrance exam for the degree programmes planned at the national level.The number of students eligible for enrolment, the date of the entrance exam and the related selection procedures will be published each year in the call for applications.The methods for verifying the knowledge required for admission are defined in the degree programme teaching regulations.If the assessment is not positive, additional learning requirements will be specified.Completion of the learning requirements is the subject of a separate test.The relevant testing method is also set out in the degree programme teaching regulations.Students who do not complete the additional learning requirements by the date established by the competent bodies and, in any case, by the end of the first year of the degree programme, will be unable to sit exams in the following years.