Competencies and objectives

Provisional information. Pending approval.

 

Course context for academic year 2025-26

The subject Practicum XI: Nursing Care in Mental Health and Community Intervention is taught in the second semester of the fourth year of the Degree in Nursing. It is a curricular external practice subject that finds its theoretical and conceptual basis in the subject “Nursing in Community Intervention, Mental Health, Psychiatry and Ethics,” taken during the first semester of the same year.

Practicum XI is developed through face-to-face practices, tutored by accredited clinical and academic professionals. These practices encourage critical reflection on the healthcare experience and enhance the integration of knowledge, technical and non-technical skills, as well as professional attitudes based on the ethics of care.

The main objective of the subject is to offer students a training space where they can develop comprehensive nursing care, aimed at promoting the autonomy and well-being of people, considering their physical and mental health holistically. To do this, it is necessary to understand the processes that affect mental health, identify the factors that condition it and know the nursing interventions based on scientific evidence that favor recovery in different healthcare contexts, both community and hospital.

This training is articulated from a biopsychosocial approach, which understands mental health as the result of the dynamic interaction between biological, psychological and social factors. Within this framework, community work is promoted as a key strategy for promoting, preventing and monitoring mental health. In addition, students are trained to intervene effectively in crises and mental illness processes, guaranteeing person-centred care and oriented towards recovery.

In addition, the subject directly contributes to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations 2030 Agenda. In particular, it aligns with SDG 3 (Health and Well-being) and promotes a holistic view of psychological well-being. It also relates to other SDGs linked to the social determinants of health, such as education (SDG 4), decent work (SDG 8), poverty reduction (SDG 1) and the creation of healthy and sustainable environments (SDG 11). This reinforces the importance of training health professionals to be committed to a care model that considers the social, economic, and environmental contexts in which people live.

 

 

Course competencies (verified by ANECA in official undergraduate and Master’s degrees) for academic year 2025-26

Specific Competences (CE)

  • E02 : Base the interventions of Health Science professionals on scientific evidence and the available resources.
  • E03 : Establish evaluation mechanisms, taking into account scientific, technical and quality aspects.
  • E04 : Understand health care information systems.
  • E05 : Apply the necessary methods and procedures in your field to identify health problems.
  • E18 : Identify and understand the experience of suffering from a chronic process (or illness) and being dependent.
  • E22 : Capacity to lead, manage and work in groups.

 

General Competences of the Degree Course (CG):>>Nursing sciences module

  • 25 : Apply all necessary methods and procedures in one's field to identify the most significant health problems in a community.
  • 27 : Educate, facilitate and support the health and well-being of the members of a community whose lives are affected by problems associated with health, risk, illness, disability or death.
  • 51 : Provide care, guaranteeing the right to dignity, privacy, confidentiality and the capacity of patients and their families to make decisions.
  • 52 : Individualise care according to age, gender, cultural differences, ethnic groups, beliefs and values.
  • 53 : Understand the most relevant health problems at different stages of the life cycle, providing comprehensive and effective care, in the field of nursing.

 

 

 

Learning outcomes (Training objectives)

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Specific objectives stated by the academic staff for academic year 2025-26

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General

Code: 27041
Lecturer responsible:
Juliá Sanchís, Rocío
Credits ECTS: 6,00
Theoretical credits: 0,00
Practical credits: 1,20
Distance-base hours: 4,80

Departments involved

  • Dept: NURSING
    Area: NURSING
    Theoretical credits: 0
    Practical credits: 0,6
  • Dept: COMMUNITY NURSING, PREVENTATIVE MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH
    Area: NURSING
    Theoretical credits: 0
    Practical credits: 0,6
    This Dept. is responsible for the course.
    This Dept. is responsible for the final mark record.

Study programmes where this course is taught