Bachelor's Degree in Nursing (affiliated centre)

Knowledge

• Define the historical foundations and the theoretical and methodological principles of the profession, recognizing the importance of scientific methodology, language and nursing interventions. 
• Describe the structure and functioning of the human body, the physiological and biochemical bases and the pathophysiological processes in the different stages of the life cycle. 
• Define the fundamental concepts of health and well-being of individuals, their families, or the community. 
• Identify the legislation that regulates the nursing profession, as well as the code of ethics of nursing, understanding the implications of health in a changing global context. 
• Explain the functioning of health systems, the functions they perform and the funding they receive, taking into account sustainability and the appropriate use of resources.
• Define the purpose of public health and related factors that increase the risk of disease and health problems.
• Classify health information systems. 
• Identify people's psychological and social responses to different situations and/or problems of health, illness and suffering.
• Determine strategies for carrying out comfort care aimed at individuals and their families in the end-of-life process.
• Identify the techniques, drugs, medical devices and advice that the nurse can prescribe or indicate according to current legislation.
• Identify sustainable development goals in nursing care practice.

Skills

• Design systems for organising care aimed at individuals, their families or the community. 
• Design nursing care, exchanging information, resolving difficulties, assuming responsibilities and contributing to the integration of processes and continuity of care. 
• Plan nursing care aimed at individuals, their families or the community and oriented towards health outcomes.
• Develop clinical judgments, based on clinical and care practice guidelines and applying diagnostic and therapeutic reasoning in the provision of care.
• To analyse people's interactive behaviour according to gender and other social determinants, taking into account their implications for health and disease processes, in a social and multicultural context. 
• Identify physical, psychological and social problems arising from abuse throughout the life cycle, especially in childhood and old age, acting in favour of prevention and early detection for care, as well as in rehabilitation.
• Identify physical, psychological and social problems derived from gender violence, acting in favour of prevention and early detection for the assistance and rehabilitation of women victims of gender violence.
• Select the uses, indication and mechanisms of action of drugs and medical devices that may be prescribed or indicated by the nurse, in accordance with current legislation.
• Use the technologies and information systems available in the health and social system in order to obtain relevant data and information to implement quality nursing care.
• Analyze demographic, epidemiological, and clinical statistical data, identifying factors related to the most prevalent health and care problems.
• Evaluate the impact of care systems aimed at individuals, their families or the community, considering scientific-technical and quality aspects and establishing the appropriate improvements.
• Evaluate the costs and efficiency of care applied to care processes, taking into account the decisions of the people who receive care, clinical effectiveness and the principles of quality and safety, and integrate the principles of responsibility in the allocation of resources.
• Use critical and reflective thinking for problem-solving, decision-making, and continuous learning. 

Competences

• Apply comprehensive and continuous nursing care in health and social settings, which guarantees the health and well-being of individuals, their families or the community, based on available scientific evidence, clinical practice guidelines and current legislation, to guarantee well-being, quality and safety.
• Apply comfort measures and health technologies in the final stage of people'lives, in home, health and social environments.
• Act in life-threatening situations according to clinical practice guidelines.
• Establish a non-judgmental relationship with people, considering physical, psychological and sociocultural aspects, ensuring respect for their opinions, beliefs and values and guaranteeing their right to privacy through confidentiality and professional secrecy.
• Establish respectful, assertive and effective communication with people, their families and teams of health professionals.
• Promote the right to information, participation and promotion of autonomy in decision-making of the people served, according to the way in which they experience their health and disease process.
• Use health promotion and education strategies in health and social environments that encourage self-care and preventive and therapeutic behaviours, favouring the health and well-being of community members and minimising suffering, risks and disabilities.
• Work in health and social settings in collaboration with other professionals, forming multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary teams to improve the health and care of individuals, groups or the community. 
• Develop nurses' leadership in care and in teams within the health and social system. 
• Evaluate one's own learning, identifying gaps and planning the acquisition of new knowledge and skills based on the available scientific evidence.
• To generate innovative responses to the needs and demands of society.