University Degree in Nursing

Objectives and Structure

The university degree program in Nursing provides the knowledge and skills necessary to plan, manage and evaluate the intervention of care, ensuring the correct application of diagnostic and therapeutic patient services. The nurse carries out professional activities in health care facilities, public or private, as employees or as independent professionals. Recent growth has been seen the nursing activity more engaged in the servicing of chronic patients in nursing homes and at home. In hospitals the nurse professional is expected to provide an important contribution to the quality of care provided to the patient and manage the interpersonal relationship, which is crucial for the therapeutic alliance between professionals and patient. The nurse often provides the organization of this care activity through the management of hospital resources both human and material.

Studying at the Santa Lucia Foundation

The university degree course in Nursing is awarded by the Faculty of Medicine, University of Rome Tor Vergata. The situs of the lessons and the related internship is the Hospital of Santa Lucia Foundation, Scientific Institute for Research and Healthcare (IRCCS), specializing in neuro-rehabilitation. The Santa Lucia Foundation cares each year more than 2,000 adult patients in inpatient and outpatient treatment and has treated more than 200 children at its Extensive Rehabilitation Outpatient Unit. The activity involved is particularly specialized nursing in the treatment of patients with motor and cognitive difficulties, swallowing difficulties and in the treatment of post coma patients.

Degree Program Admittance

Students are eligible for admission to the Degree Course in Nursing with a secondary school diploma or equivalent foreign credential. For admission, a good score is also required on the entrance exam, which tests the adequacy of knowledge of logic, general culture, biology, chemistry, physics and mathematics. Applications for admittance must be submitted to the Secretary of the Faculty of Medicine, University of Rome Tor Vergata in accordance with the admittance guidelines and application deadlines published each year by the University. Additionally student’s admission is subject to a medical certification of the mental and physical capacity required for nursing activities.

Attendance and Final Exam

Attendance of both theoretical lecture courses and internships is mandatory. Exams can be taken only with an attendance of at least 75 percent of the scheduled hours. The degree course ends with a final exam that has the value of University Bachelors Degree, level I. It is a certified professional degree.