Universitat Internacional de Catalunya
Specialisation in Intensive Care Unit Nursing
Other languages of instruction: English, Spanish
Teaching staff
A través del correo: ramonpedrosa@uic.es ; anamedinap@uic.es
Introduction
The internships comply with the provisions of Royal Decree 1707/2011, of November 18, which regulates the external academic practices of university students, as well as with the provisions of the Internal Regulation that regulates internships in companies and institutions approved by the Executive Committee of the Governing Board of the International University of Catalonia (UIC) on 14.10.2013.
Pre-course requirements
There are no prerequisites required
Objectives
- Integrate and implement the theoretical knowledge acquired in the classroom
- Acquire and improve specific technical skills
Competences/Learning outcomes of the degree programme
- CB7 - Students should be able to apply the knowledge acquired and have the ability to solve problems in new or little-known environments within broader (or multidisciplinary) contexts related to the field of study.
- CB8 - Students should be able to integrate their knowledge so that they can deal with the complexity involved in making judgements based on information that may be incomplete or limited, and may therefore require considerations of the social and ethical responsibilities involved in applying knowledge or judgement.
- CE01 - To have the ability to communicate with patients suffering from a disease that requires urgent treatment, managing resources for a patient-doctor conversation that is initially focused on the most important medical aspects.
- CE02 - Planning emergency care, assessing the psychological dimension of the suffering of patients and family members
- CE03 - When a patient has an intense or worsening condition, students should know how to identify and assess clinical indications of a risk to their life or a serious danger to their functions, establishing priorities for their treatment.
- CE05 - To use a patient's medical history and physical examination to identify the signs and symptoms of the most common serious conditions and serious complications to chronic conditions, correctly interpreting the information.
- CE06 - To demonstrate their knowledge and flexible and decisive handling of protocols and guidelines for clinical practice when dealing with the most serious or common conditions in urgent and emergency care.
- CE07 - To carry out a continuous re-evaluation of the patient in urgent and emergency care in order to readjust the provisional diagnosis and consequent change to the treatment plan when necessary.
- CE08 - To act decisively, accurately and efficiently when applying the invasive and non-invasive treatment techniques used in emergencies.
- CE09 - To recognise the risks associated with operation procedures and the diagnostic techniques and treatments employed in emergencies, and to carry them out as safely as possible in terms of the safety of the student, other professionals and the patient.
- CG1 - To know how to work in a multidisciplinary team in an independent way, and how to take the initiative to resolve any disputes or problems that arise between different professional perspectives.
- CG2 - To act fairly, making sure to offer equal opportunities and universal access to patients who require medical attention, encouraging respect for human rights and a social and sustainable coexistence.
- CG3 - To practice effective timekeeping and to manage activities so as to ensure efficient organisation and the best possible ability to adapt to unforeseen circumstances.
- CG6 - To apply current healthcare legislation related to both pre-hospital and hospital care.
- CT01 - To respect the ethical standards and laws that govern healthcare and the relationship with the patient in urgent and emergency care, as well as the ability to provide information on basic aspects of the same when required.
- CT02 - To continuously adapt and prioritise available resources to cover the needs of every patient and to maintain the quality of their care.
Learning outcomes of the subject
- It manages care in the critical area of medical, surgical and traumatological emergencies attended in a hospital, as well as in the intensive care unit and anesthesia units.
- Knows and uses biosafety medical equipment and self-protection measures against risks and patient safety.
- It is able to perform nursing diagnosis, carry out comprehensive patient care and appropriately carry out diagnostic and therapeutic prescriptions in situations of cardiological, vascular, respiratory, neurological, digestive, nephrourological, infectious, endocrinometabolic, mental health and the patient in palliative care.
- It is able to perform nursing diagnosis, carry out comprehensive care of the patient and appropriately carry out diagnostic and therapeutic prescriptions in gynecological and obstetric emergency situations, including eutocic delivery assistance.
- Is able to perform nursing diagnosis, carry out comprehensive patient care and appropriately carry out diagnostic and therapeutic prescriptions in paediatric emergency situations.
- Knows and is able to appropriately carry out diagnostic and therapeutic prescriptions in analgesia, sedation and relaxation in emergencies and emergencies.
- Is able to perform nursing diagnosis, carry out comprehensive patient care and appropriately carry out diagnostic and therapeutic prescriptions in musculoskeletal trauma emergency situations.
- It is able to perform nursing diagnosis, carry out comprehensive patient care and appropriately carry out diagnostic and therapeutic prescriptions in situations of general surgical urgency or digestive system.
- It is able to perform nursing diagnosis, carry out comprehensive patient care and appropriately carry out diagnostic and therapeutic prescriptions in emergency situations by physical and chemical agents: burns, electrocution, almost-drowning, acute poisoning, drug deprivation, pathology by expansive wave, crushing pathology, heat pathology, cold pathology.
- Is able to perform nursing diagnosis, carry out comprehensive patient care and appropriately carry out diagnostic and therapeutic prescriptions in the main emergency situations of other medical-surgical specialties: otorhinolaryngological, ophthalmological.
- Knows how to perform patient care under mechanical ventilation or assisted ventilation, invasive or non-invasive.
- Knows how to perform: peripheral venous channeling, intraossia channeling.
- Knows how to prepare and assist in the realization of the technique of channeling the central venous pathway.
- Knows how to perform: bladder sounding, nasogastric and orogastric sounding, gastric lavage.
- Knows how to perform: anterior nasal blockage.
- Knows how to perform: Pulsioximetry, capnography, gasometry, electrocardiography.
- Knows how to perform: sample extraction for laboratory determinations in the emergency room: haemogram, coagulation study, plasma biochemistry, urine systematics, urinary sediment, determination of toxics.
Syllabus
Esta materia consiste en un rotatorio en el servicio de cuidados intensivos con la siguiente carga temporal:
- Unidad de Cuidados Intensivos: 4 ECTS
Teaching and learning activities
In person
On site modality through rotation in health services.
The teaching methodology combines:
- Problem-based learning
- Hands-on learning by doing,
- Practical learning by model observation.
- The individual effort of the student
The rotations are developed following an individual program in a network of health centers specifically selected for their care and research activity and their potential for the training of professionals.
This individual program is communicated to the student at the beginning of the academic year, and changes can be made at the request of the student under certain conditions and requirements.
In each practical rotation the student is tutored by a Internship Tutor, who will be a health professional adequately qualified for clinical practice and teaching, who will be responsible for guiding the student in their practical learning.
The Internship Coordinator will carry out an individualized and continuous follow-up of the student during the development of the practices to guarantee the student's learning and satisfaction during practical experience, as well as consulting doubts and/or resolving conflicts.
Daily attendance at the practices is mandatory. If for justified reasons it is not possible to go to the practices one day, the student must notify the Internship Coordinator, who will evaluate if the lack is justified and if it is necessary and it is possible to reschedule it.
In any case, a maximum of 10% absences will be tolerated in Practicum rotations. Exceeding this percentage will entail a penalty determined by the Academic Commission.
Evaluation systems and criteria
In person
En términos generales, las prácticas se evaluarán teniendo en cuenta la actividad individual del alumno, la evaluación en el puesto de trabajo por parte de los tutores/profesionales, así como la elaboración por parte del alumno de la Memoria de Prácticas.
Durante las prácticas el estudiante deberá elaborar la Memoria de Prácticas que entregará el día que termine las mismas. La entrega será telemática por medio del aula virtual.
El alumno deberá elaborar y entregar una Memoria de Prácticas, que deberá contener la siguiente información relativa a los distintos tipos de servicio por los que ha rotado (servicios de urgencias hospitalarias, unidad de cuidados intensivos y anestesia):
- Descripción de las tareas desarrolladas en cada servicio a lo largo del tiempo de la rotación.
- Evaluación de las tareas realizadas con el conocimiento y las habilidades adquiridas.
- Relación de los problemas planteados y los procedimientos seguidos para resolverlos.
Por otra parte, cada tutor de prácticas del alumno realizará la evaluación de los alumnos por él tutorizados atendiendo a unos criterios evaluativos adaptados a cada rotación específica, alineados con los objetivos y los criterios de aprendizaje establecidos en la memoria académica.
La nota final estará determinada por:
- 60%: Nota media de todas las evaluaciones realizadas por los Tutores de Prácticas en cada una de las rotaciones.
- 30%: Nota media de la Memoria de Prácticas.
- 10%: Asistencia y esfuerzo individual.
Bibliography and resources
Se encontrarán en la Plataforma Virtual Moodle, incluyendo instrucciones específicas para cada rotación relativas a calendario, horarios, ubicación, instrucciones, uniformidad, persona de contacto, etc