Guia docente 2015_16
E. U. de Enfermaría (Povisa)
Grao en Enfermaría
 Subjects
  Geriatric nursing and palliative care
   Competencies
Code Description
A1 Students have demonstrated knowledge and understanding in an area of study that comes from the basis of the general secondary education, and it is often found at a level that, if well supported on advanced text books, it also includes some aspects that involve knowledge from the forefront of their field of study.
A2 Students know how to apply their knowledge to their work or vocation in a professional manner and have the skills that are often demonstrated through the preparation and defense of arguments and the resolution of problems within their area of study.
A3 Students have the capacity to collect and interpret relevant data (normally within their area of study) to make judgments that include a reflection on relevant topics of social, scientific or ethical nature.
A4 Students will be able to convey information, ideas, problems and solutions to specialist and non-specialist audiences
A5 Students have developed those skills needed to undertake further studies with a high degree of autonomy.
B1 To be able, in the field of nursing, to provide a professional and technical health care, appropriate to the health needs of people they assist, in accordance with the state of development of the scientific knowledge of each moment and with the quality and safety levels established in the legal and ethical applicable standards.
B2 To know how to plan and provide nursing care to individuals, families or groups, aimed at health results, evaluating their impact through clinical and care practice guidelines, that describe the processes by which a health problem is diagnosed, treated and looked for.
B3 To know how to apply the foundations and technical and methodological principles of nursing.
B5 To design care systems conducted to individuals, families or groups, assessing its impact and making the necessary modifications.
B6 To apply the nursing interventions on scientific evidence and on the available resources.
B7 To know how to understand, without prejudice, people, considering their physical, psychological and social aspects, as autonomous and independent individuals, ensuring respect for their views, beliefs and values, besides ensuring the right to privacy, through professional confidentiality and secrecy
B9 To promote healthy lifestyles and self-care, supporting the maintenance of preventive and therapeutic behaviours.
B11 To know how to establish effective communication with patients, families, social groups and colleagues. To promote training and information for health.
B14 To establish mechanics of evaluation, taking into account the scientific, technical and quality aspects
B15 To be able to work with a professional team as the basic unit in which professionals are structured in uni or multidisciplinar and interdisciplinar way and the rest staff of the welfare organizations.
B18 To apply strategies for means of comfort and care for symptoms, directed to the patient and family, in the implementation of palliative care that contributes to alleviating the situation of patients in advanced or terminal disease situations.
C8 To apply the technologies and information systems and communication of health care
C41 To understand changes associated with the aging process and its impact on health.
C42 To identify structural, functional, psychological and life forms changes, associated with the aging process
C43 To know the most common health problems in elderly.
C44 To select care interventions aimed to treat or prevent health problems and its adjustament to everyday life by proximity and support resources to elderly.
C49 To provide care, guaranteeing the right to dignity, privacy, confidentiality and problem-solving ability of the patient and family.
C52 To know palliative care and pain control to provide care that soothe the situation of patients in advanced or terminal illness situation.
D1 Analysis and synthesis ability
D2 Organization and planning ability
D3 Information management ability.
D4 Problem solving and decision making.
D5 Multidisciplinar and multilingual teamwork
D6 Skills in interpersonal relationships
D7 Critical reasoning.
D8 Autonomous learning.
D9 Adaptation to new situations. Initiative and entrepreneurial spirit. Creativity
D10 Motivation for the quality.
D11 Sensitivity towards environmental issues.
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