Nursing

1. The Objective of the Training

This training aims to produce professionals able to analyze health situations, make decisions within the limits of their competence, and conduct interventions either independently or within a multidisciplinary team.

2. Required Skills

Generic Skills

• Be responsible, reflexive, and relational;
• Have adequate gestures and capacities;
• Develop adequate interpersonal and intrapersonal skills to interact effectively with patients, their entourage, and the health team;
• Be trustworthy and reliable;
• Have the capacity for critical thinking, analysis, and questioning;
• Develop ethical values of a professional norm;
• Make thoughtful and informed decisions;
• Act with autonomy and responsibility in their area of competence;
• Master the computer tool and ICT.

Specific Skills

• Evaluate a clinical situation and establish a diagnosis in the Nursing field;
• Design and lead a Nursing project;
• Accompany a person in performing daily health care;
• Implement actions for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes;
• Initiate and implement educational, preventive, curative, and rehabilitative care;
• Communicate and conduct relationships in a context of care;
• Analyze the quality of care and improve professional practice;
• Work with health information systems and related teams;
• Organize and coordinate interventions among health caregivers;
• Share knowledge and skills with other health professionals.

3. Career Opportunities

• Public Service;
• Private hospitals and clinics;
• NGOs (Non-Governmental Organizations);
• Self-employment;
• Agri-food sector.