Undergraduate Degree in Nursing (School of Nursing - Zamora. Assigned centre)

Overview

The degree will commence in the 2011-12 academic year, once it has been passed by the ACSUCyL and replaces the diploma in Nursing. Graduates from the previous diploma in Nursing will graduate with a degree in Nursing. In the coming months full information about this course will be made available on this website. Meanwhile we apologie for any inconvenience caused.

The Undergraduate Degree in Nursing will commence at USAL in the 2010-11 academic year, once it has passed the verification process. It will replace the Diploma in Nursing and it will prepare students for work in the regulated profession of Nursing.

The teachings of this degree are designed to educate professionals with scientific training and the ability to describe, identify, treat and compare health problems that can be solved through Nursing, using the joint methods of, procedures, models, techniques and actions to improve the health status of patients, therefore contributing to the prevention of diseases and their affects. All this, taking the individual into account in the following three dimensions: biological, psychological and social.

The degree lasts 4 years (60 ECTS credits per year, 240 to complete overall) and is made up of semester long modules. Basic training modules (60 ECTS) are planned in the first year; the specialised training or mandatory modules (84 ECTS) and elective modules (6 ECTS) are mostly taught in the last two years. Clinical placements (84 ECTS) are planned for every semester, except during the first semester, and the final year project (6 ECTS) is planned for the last semester.

The clinical placements are carried out in the Castilla y León Public Health Service in the Zamora area. 2 Placement centres are hospitals and 4 are primary care centres.