39341 - Nursing Internship 3 (IMOLA)

Learning outcomes

At the end of the internship program, the student is able to identify and meet the care needs of individuals with high complexity care requirements. They are capable of establishing effective interpersonal relationships to initiate a helping relationship with the person/family. They can integrate their activities within the service organization, working seamlessly with the multiprofessional team while respecting the ethical principles of the profession

Course contents

Through specific objectives, the following aims are intended to be developed:

• The ability to think critically and make decisions consistent with the responsibility of general nursing care as recognized by the profile (DM 739/94);

• Competence in intra- and inter-professional teamwork with a particular focus on multidisciplinary collaboration and synergies;

• Relational competence towards the person, the family, and the community;

• The ability to self-train through continuous education and develop a cultural attitude oriented towards lifelong learning, starting from a solid foundational education.

Throughout the entire training path, the goal is to develop a sensitivity and attitude inspired by the values expressed in the Nurse's Code of Ethics.

• The ability to apply knowledge and understanding such as:

  • Conducting nursing assessments and identifying care needs in low, medium, and high complexity situations;
  • Providing general, preventive, curative, palliative, and rehabilitative nursing care for health promotion throughout all life stages to individuals, families, and communities. This care is aimed at low, medium, and high complexity situations in various clinical care contexts;
  • Establishing and promoting a helping relationship;
  • Implementing technical and educational interventions;
  • Ensuring the correct application of diagnostic and therapeutic prescriptions;
  • Applying the contents of Evidence-Based Nursing (EBN) and research to clinical practice;
  • Appropriately utilizing support staff;
  • Acting in an integrated manner with other health and social professions;
  • Assisting other students in the Study Program at different stages of learning;
  • Promoting the ethical principles of the profession.

The ability to understand and apply the acquired knowledge is achieved through internship activities integrated with various forms of tutorial and laboratory activities. These activities enable the student to integrate, compare, and apply the knowledge gained through theoretical teaching activities and individual study into clinical nursing practice, fostering critical reflection on the activities performed during periodic individual and group meetings.

• The ability to exercise independent judgment such as:

  • Identifying specific and collaborative problems in low, medium, and high complexity care situations;
  • Defining the expected care outcomes;
  • Establishing appropriate care interventions based on priorities, scientific evidence, and the wishes of the cared-for individual, with possible family involvement;
  • Evaluating the achieved outcomes, including qualitatively, and the care process;
  • Identifying, in collaboration with other professionals, the health needs of individuals, families, and the community;
  • Identifying, relative to care complexity, the individuals to involve in care (caregivers/family/support staff/other professionals/community resources);
  • Identifying situations in contrast with the ethical principles of the profession.

All this is expressed through the exercise of critical thinking and a reflective attitude.

Acquiring knowledge and the ability to consciously and responsibly apply it during clinical internships allows the student to develop the independent judgment necessary to practice the nursing profession.

• Communication skills such as:

  • Consciously using verbal and non-verbal communication channels in nursing care;
  • Working in groups and promoting this operational mode;
  • Using technical-scientific language in nursing documentation.

Communication skills are developed during clinical internships, specific laboratories, tutorial meetings, and group work.

• Learning abilities such as:

  • Identifying personal educational needs and ways to meet them;
  • Selecting content relevant to one’s educational needs;
  • Keeping one’s skills up to date;
  • Participating in the dissemination and cultural development of the nursing profession;
  • Correctly applying the legislation concerning the practice of the nursing profession, respecting ethical standards and the general regulatory framework.

The ability to learn is developed throughout the study path within the various proposed activities: lectures, seminars, laboratories, tutorials, internships, discussions with teachers and professionals, individual study, and the preparation of the final thesis. This can be supplemented by additional internship experiences, such as participating in conferences, congresses, and updating initiatives consistent with the contents provided in the Study Plan.

The program mainly refers to integrative activities and laboratories conducted during the course year, based on the knowledge prerequisites from the theoretical teachings in the study plan and clinical internship experience.

In addition to the techniques covered in gesture laboratories, all others that were introduced and presented during lectures in the various Nursing courses are included. The methodological laboratory involves individual and group meetings guided by course tutors to apply the care process, particularly the assessment phase and targeted assessment and definition of nursing diagnoses, adopting the Bifocal Clinical Practice Model of L.J. Carpenito and/or the Gordon Functional Health Patterns Model, applied to individuals cared for by the student during the internship.

Access to the Internship 3 exam is subject to passing the Internship 2 exam according to the methods provided by the Curricular Internship Regulations and the Study Program Teaching Regulations.

Readings/Bibliography

Operational Instructions, Protocols, Procedures from the Mercurio Manual of AUSL of Imola, Check-lists for educational use prepared by the training section of Imola for the academic year of reference, Standard care plans.

For the technical content presented by the instructors during classroom theoretical activities, laboratories, and integrative activities, the bibliographic references are the texts identified by the instructor and included in the teacher's bibliography.

Teaching methods

Clinical Internship Experience

Assistance in internship activities by tutors/guides.

Integrative laboratory activities and clinical and methodological tutoring.

Assessment methods

The access modalities for the internship exam are outlined in the Internship Regulations of the Degree Course.

The overall learning assessment is conducted within the Internship exam, which also considers the ongoing evaluations expressed by the internship tutors of the involved sites regarding the achievement of the objectives specified in the evaluation form. The evaluations expressed during the internship contribute 50% to the final evaluation.

The Internship exam is structured in various tests that assess the different levels of competence required:

• A written care plan, also including an educational plan if required by the case, focusing on a clinical case with high complexity care that must be developed within a defined time frame based on the Conceptual Model of reference at the Training Section.

Passing the written test allows access to the remaining tests, which consist of:

• Two simulations of nursing care techniques related to the completed program, evaluated using the checklists developed within the skills laboratories;

• An oral test that assesses the ability to apply knowledge and understanding of scientific content and professional regulations related to nursing care, as well as the ability to make judgments concerning low/medium and high complexity care/organizational situations presented.

Teaching tools

For support in internship activities, the educational offering includes internship objectives consistent with the teachings and laboratories, as well as the logbook of technical-practical and internship activities.

Office hours

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