Clinical Training IV

Acquire the competences necessary for students to provide nursing care in clinical situations, attending to patients admitted to hospitalisation units.

According to ORDER CIN/2134/2008, of 3 July, the competence to be acquired by students taking this subject consists of:

‘to incorporate professional values, care communication skills, clinical reasoning, clinical management and critical judgement, integrating the knowledge, skills and attitudes of Nursing into professional practice, based on principles and values, associated with the competences described in the general objectives and in the subjects that make up the Degree’.

According to the Degree in Nursing Report, students who successfully complete Clinical Practice III acquire the following learning outcomes (training objectives):

Base nursing interventions on scientific evidence and available resources.

Work as part of a team. Distinguishes the role of the nurse and identifies the role of the different members of the team. Demonstrates willingness to work cooperatively within the care team.

Develops those learning skills necessary to undertake further studies with a high degree of autonomy.

Clinical Internship IV consists of pre-professional internships, in the form of an independent clinical rotation and with a final assessment of competences.

It consists of a period of practice that takes place in public health centres providing hospital care.

Portal Fisterra: www. fisterra.com

Fémora: www.femora.sergas.es

Specific protocols of the different units of the hospital centres in which they carry out the internships.

NANDA International. Diagnósticos Enfermeros: Definiciones y Clasificación 12ªEd 2021-2023.

Nursing Outcomes Classification (NOC) 6ª Ed. 2018.

Nursing Intervention Classification (NIC) 7ª Ed. 2018.

In accordance with the stipulated in the annex of ORDER CIN/2134/2008 of 3 July, which establishes the requirements for the verification of Official University Degrees that enable the practice of the profession of Nursing, the Objectives-Competences that students must acquire in relation to the Supervisory Practices are:

Professional secrecy. Confidentiality.

Integration in the care team.

Initiative and motivation

Responsibility

Attitude towards the patient/family. Communication strategies

Correct recording of vital signs

Knows the most common routes of administration of drugs

Knows the biological risks of healthcare personnel.

Incorporate professional values, care communication skills, clinical reasoning, clinical management and critical judgement, integrating into professional practice the knowledge, skills and attitudes of Nursing, based on principles and values, associated with the competences described in the general objectives and in the subjects that make up the Degree.

Carrying out clinical placements in the assigned unit.

Students will be assisted by the Coordinator of the Clinical Practicals IV subject and the Associate Lecturer in Health Sciences (PACS) who will manage the tutoring process in the unit.

There will be a continuous assessment of the subject which will account for between 70 and 100% of the final mark. The assessment criteria will be set out in assessment sheets that will be made available to students through the virtual campus of the subject. Students may also be asked to submit an internship report, which will account for up to a maximum of 30% of the mark.

Notification of final grades will be published on the Virtual Campus of the subject.

Students have the right to review their marks. The review periods will be established in accordance with the USC assessment regulations, available on the USC website.

The subject Clinical Practice IV has a teaching load of 9 ECTS credits, equivalent to 270 hours of work.

Students should consult the Internship Guide available on the website of the Faculty of Nursing.