39311 - Nursing Internship 2 (BO2)

Learning outcomes

At the end of the internship the student is able to identify and satisfy the needs of the person with medium assistance complexity. The student is able to establish effective interpersonal relationships in order to activate a supportive relationship with the person/family. The student is able to enter the organization through his/her own activities and to integrate into the multiprofessional team respecting the deontological principles of the profession.

Course contents

Through specific objectives the student will develop:

- critical thinking and decision-making skills consistent with the responsibility of general nursing recognized by the profile (DM 739/94);

- expertise in intra- and inter-professional team work with a particular focus on multidisciplinary confrontation and synergies

- relational competence towards the person, the family, the community

- the ability to self-train through continuing training and to develop a cultural attitude based on the long-life learning approach, starting from a solid basic training

Across the entire training course, we intend to develop a sensitivity and an attitude based on the values expressed by the Code of Ethics of the Nurse.

- We aim to the ability to apply knowledge and understanding such as:

1. carrying out the nursing assessment and identify the related assistance needs in low and medium complexity situations
2. providing nursing, general, preventive, curative, palliative and rehabilitation assistance for the promotion of health, in all stages of life , to the person, family and community. . The assistance is aimed at situations of low, medium and high healthcare complexity and in different clinical care contexts..
3. establishing and promoting the relationship of aid
implement technical and educational measures
ensure the correct application of diagnostic-therapeutic prescriptions
4. applying the contents of EBN to clinical practice
act in an integrated manner with other health and social professions
5. promoting the ethical principles of the profession.

The ability to understand and apply the acquired knowledge is achieved by the student during the internship activity and during tutoring and laboratory activities. These activities allow the student to integrate, compare and apply the knowledge obtained through theoretical teaching activities and individual study, in clinical nursing practice, encouraging critical reflection on the activities carried out during periodic individual and group meetings.

- ability to judge such as:

1. identifying specific and collaborative competence problems in low and medium complexity care situations
2. defining the expected welfare outcomes
3. establishing the appropriate assistance measures on the basis of the priorities, scientific evidence and will of the assisted person
4. evaluating the results achieved also in terms of quality and the process of assistance
5. identifying, in collaboration with other professionals, the health needs of the person, the family and the community
6. identifying situations in conflict with the ethical principles of the profession

The acquisition of knowledge and the ability to apply it consciously and responsibly in the clinical internship activity, allow the student to develop the independent judgment skills necessary to practice nursing.

- communication skills such as:

1. using verbal and non-verbal communication channels consciously in nursing care
2. teamwork
3. using scientific technical language in nursing documentation.

Communication skills are developed during clinical internships, specific workshops, tutoring meetings, group work.

- learning skills such as:

1. identifying their training needs and how to meet them
2. Selecting content that is consistent with your training needs
3. keeping their skills up to date
4. correctly applying the legislation according to the practice of nursing profession, the rules of ethics and in the general, regulatory framework.

The learning ability is developed throughout the course of studies within the various activities proposed: lectures, seminars, workshops, tutoring, internship, discussion with teachers and professionals, individual study, participation in conferences, congresses and updating initiatives consistent with the contents of the Study Plan.

The program mainly refers to the integrative activities and laboratories carried out in the year of the course founding the prerequisites in the knowledge of the theoretical lessons of the study plan and the clinical internship experience.

To the techniques addressed in the workshops of gestures, are added all the others that have been inserted and presented in the classroom during the lessons of the different Teachings of Nursing. The methodological laboratory refers to individual and group meetings led by the course tutors for the application of the assistance process, in particular the phase of assessment and targeted assessment and definition of nursing diagnoses, adopting the Bifocal Model of Clinical Practice of L.J. Carpenito and/or the Functional Responses Model of Gordon with Taxonomy N.A.N.D.A., applied to persons assisted by the trainee student.

Access to the Internship 2 exam is subject to passing the Internship 1 exam according to the procedures provided by the Curricular Internship Regulations and the Teaching Regulations of the Degree Programme.

Readings/Bibliography

Operating instructions, Protocols, Procedures in use, Check-list for educational use drawn up by the training section Bologna 2 during the activities of Laboratory for the reference A.A. .

For the technical contents presented by the experts during the theoretical classroom activity, laboratories and integrative activities, the bibliographical references are the texts identified by the experts and present in the bibliography of the teacher.

For methodological laboratories the texts used are:

Diagnosi Infermieristiche - Definizione e classificazione 2021 - 2023 dodicesima edizione ; Casa Editrice Ambrosiana.

Carpenito L.J.; Piani di assistenza infermieristica; Assistenza infermieristica centrata sulla persona e sulla famiglia: trasferimento dall'ambito ospedaliero a quello domiciliare. CEA 3° Ed. Milano 2020.

Teaching methods

Nursing Internship 2 provides a clinical experience with guided internship and learning objectives planned for the course year, and other activities such as:

- active teaching methods, small group work, guided activities and classroom exercises on care cases prepared by teaching tutors;
- simulation room, activities in a small group conducted by experts, in connection with the theoretical prerequisites and the guided internship experience with specific learning objectives;
- individual study.

Assessment methods

- The modalities of access to the internship exam are reported in the Internship Regulations of the Degree Course.

The internship exam can be completed after the conclusion of the internship credits provided in the study plan and in the presence of the achievement of the objectives set for the internship.

Nursing Internship Exam 2 includes an examination that will be divided as follows:

- a care planning in written form, dealing with a clinical case of medium-complexity care that must be developed in a time defined on the basis of the Conceptual Model of reference in the Training Section.

Passing the written test allows access to the remaining oral/practical tests consisting of:

- the simulation of a nursing technique drawn among those carried out in the program. The evaluation will be carried out using the check-lists built within the 1 and 2 year of course.
- an oral test that evaluates the ability to apply knowledge and understanding of scientific content and professional legislation referring to nursing care and judgment in relation to care situations - A medium-complexity organizational assistance proposal.
- discussion of the case elaborated during the internship by using the nursing folder for didactic use.

Teaching tools

The student can use the evaluation sheet containing the objectives of the internship consistent with the courses and laboratories, the booklet-diary of practical technical activities and internships and the nursing folder for educational to support the internship activity.

Office hours

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