Bachelor in Nursing

Nursing is a three-year bachelor's program taught in English at UniCamillus - Saint Camillus International University of Health Sciences, in Roma, Italy. Nursing is a health care discipline concerned with the assessment, care and support of patients across the lifespan, in settings ranging from hospitals and clinics to community and home-based care. Typical coursework in a nursing program includes anatomy and physiology, pharmacology, pathology and microbiology, alongside nursing-specific subjects such as clinical nursing practice, patient assessment, medical-surgical nursing, pediatric and maternal health nursing, and mental health nursing. Students also study health care ethics, patient safety, infection control and the organization of health care systems. A central component of nursing education is supervised clinical practice, during which students work directly with patients under the guidance of qualified nurses and other health professionals, applying classroom learning in real clinical settings. This combination of theoretical study and hands-on clinical training is intended to prepare graduates to deliver direct patient care competently and safely. Graduates of nursing programs typically go on to work as registered nurses in hospitals, clinics, long-term care facilities and community health services, and some pursue further specialization in areas such as intensive care, pediatric nursing or public health, or continue into graduate study in nursing or health sciences. Roma, as Italy's capital, is home to a wide range of hospitals and health care institutions, providing context for the clinical training that nursing programs based there typically include. Taught in English, this bachelor's program is designed to prepare students, including those from outside Italy, for professional practice as nurses within an internationally oriented health sciences university.