laurea (first cycle degree/bachelor - 180 ects) in
Nursing

Course overview

Programme type	Laurea (First cycle degree/Bachelor - 180 ECTS)
Academic Year	2011/2012
General policies and regulations	D.M. 509
Code	0635
Course class	SNT/1 - Nursing and midwifery
Years in which the programme was running	II and III
Student Service Office	Rimini
Programme Director	CARAMELLI ELISABETTA
Language	Italian
Nota informativa pubblicazione lingua	Italian
Mode of study	Convenzionale

Programme profile

The primary goal of the University is the research, teaching and conveying of scientific knowledge.
But knowledge is, first of all, at the service of mankind and its great dignity and a culture that does not absolve this task is an empty knowledge, an end unto itself.
The humanitarian professions taught at the University are not different and separate from the mission itself of the University.
Contemporary society asks a precise and high complex technical-relational task of nurses, as health care professionals: to be responsible for general nursing services (Ministerial Decree 739/1994).
The recognition of the professional autonomy, the possibilities of specialisation and career either in management or in research and in the university world, the creation of a figure of support assisting nurses in the simplest tasks are all expressions of unanimous recognition of the technical-scientific maturity reached by nursing.
Learning the nursing profession in these contexts means, therefore, maturing culturally and technically so as to be at the service of mankind's health and above all its dignity.

Expected learning outcomes

Based on the article 1, paragraph 1 of law nr. 251 of August 10 2000, graduates in Nursing are health care operators in the area of nursing sciences and midwifery who autonomously carry out professional activities aimed at the prevention, care and protection of the health of individuals and the public in general, by fulfilling the functions identified by the implementing regulations of the relative professions as well as by the specific ethical codes and by utilising planning methods for the objectives of assistance in the development age, in adults and in the elderly.
Graduates in Nursing will have an adequate understanding of the basic disciplines, so as to allow them both the best understanding of the most important elements, also in relation to gender, which are at the basis of the physiological and pathological processes to which their preventive and therapeutical interventions are targeted, as well as with the utmost integration with other professions. Furthermore, they will know how to use at least one European language, in addition to Italian, pertaining to the specific sector of competence and for exchanging general information.

Achievement of the professional skills is accomplished through a theoretical and practical education, which includes also the acquisition of behavioural skills and achieved through a working context specific for each profile, so as to guarantee, on completion of the course, full command over all the necessary skills and their immediate usability in working environments. As integral and qualifying part of the professional training, special importance is placed on the practical training and clinical internship, carried-out under the monitored supervision and guidance of especially assigned professional tutors, coordinated by a professor with the highest level of education provided for each professional profile and corresponding, whereby existing, to the regulations defined at European level..

Internship

The 1st cycle Degree Programme provides for 1800 hours of Internship subdivided in the three years of the course and allocated among the units as follow:

1st Year: Clinical Nursing Internship I (14 Credits - 420 hours)

2nd Year: Clinical Nursing Internship II (20 Credits - 600 hours)

3rd Year: Clinical Nursing Internship III (20 Credits - 600 hours), Internship associated to the thesis (6 Credits – 180 hours).

The 1st cycle of the Degree Programme has two campuses: Rimini and Cesena. Students of each campus fulfil the same number of hours of Internship.

International mobility

President of the Commission for student mobility is Prof. Carla De Giovanni E-mail: carla.degiovanni @ unibo.it. Telephone: 051/2094792

Access to further study

It gives access to second cycle studies (laurea specialistica/magistrale) and master universitario di primo livello.

Career opportunities

Graduates in Nursing Services are medical operators entitled with the competences attributed by the Decree of the Ministry of Health nr. 739 of September 4 1995 and subsequent modifications and amendments; meaning that they are responsible for the general nursing services. The above preventive, curative, palliative and rehabilitative nursing services are of technical, relational and educational nature. Their main functions are the prevention of diseases, assistance to sick and disabled people of all ages and health education. The graduates in nursing services will participate in the identification of the health needs of individuals and the public in general ; identify the needs for nursing services for individuals and the public in general and define the relative objectives; they will plan, manage and evaluate interventions of nursing service; they will guarantee the correct application of the diagnostical-therapeutical applications; they will act either alone or in collaboration with other health care and social operators, utilising, whereby necessary, the work of the personnel of support; they will practice their professional activities in public or private medical centres, throughout the territory and at home assistance, either as employees or as freelances; they will contribute to the training of support personnel and directly contribute to the updating of their professional profile and to research.
The need for the qualified nursing personnel is very high, both at the national level as well as in many countries of the European Union. Recent perspective studies have defined this need as destined to increase constantly in the future years.
The career develops both in breadth and in depth and progression is based on qualifications acquired through post-basic training courses, ongoing training courses and acquired experience. The career has progressive undertaking of welfare, organisational and management responsibilities and diversified salaries based on the level of expertise and responsibilities expressed in welfare, organisation and management in addition to the years of service.

The degree programme project has been submitted to selected external stakeholders in order to receive their opinions and feedbacks on the learning outcomes and the professional profiles.

More information

Organization
The 1st cycle Degree Programme in Nursing is divided in 3 years and 6 cycles of course units (6 semesters). Each cycle of course units is composed of integrated courses and mono-disciplinary courses in which various scientific diciplinary fields contribute, for a total of 180 University Credits (CFU), which include the practical course units and internships.
In order to obtain the Degree, students must mature all the Credits provided for by the school system.
One Credit includes: theoretical lessons, guided home study, seminars, practical activites, internships, tutoring, self-learning activities and self-assessment.
In the 1st cycle Degree Programme for Nursing, 1 CFU = 30 hours.

Contact details

Director of the degree programme

Prof.ssa Elisabetta Caramelli

E-mail: elisabetta.caramelli@unibo.it

Contact:

Dr. Donatella Zanchini

E-mail: dozanchini@aulsrn.net

The 1st cycle of the Degree Programme has two campuses: Rimini and Cesena

Contact for the campus of Rimini is Dott.ssa Donatella Zanchini
E-mail: dozanchini@auslrn.net

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elephone: 0541/304909

Contact for the campus of Cesena is Dott.ssa Sandra Montalti
E-mail: scuolainf@ausl-cesena.emr.it
Telephone: 0547/352621

Students office at the Rimini campus is
E-mail: segrimini@unibo.it
Telephone: 0541/434343, 434344

Students office at the Cesena campus is
0547/352996