Nursing students, in a subject internship . PHOTO: Manuel Castells

The School of Nursing of the University of Navarra, which began in 1954, has become School with the approval of this denomination by the Ministry of Education.

This change does not imply any modification in the Study program of Degree, which began last academic year 2009, when the School of the University of Navarra was one of the first in Spain to adapt to Bologna and move from three to four years of programs of study.

According to its director, the new dean Mercedes Pérez Díez del Corral, this evolution of the School "closes a process of equalization of the programs of study of Nursing with the rest of the degrees". In this sense, the professor emphasized that this development "is the one being followed by the other Spanish universities that teach Nursing".

On the other hand, Mercedes Pérez Díez del Corral announced that next academic year 2011-12 the School of Nursing will launch a new doctoral program in Nursing Science and the Master's Degree of Nursing in Palliative Care. The latter is in addition to the postgraduate program already taught at research and Advanced Role.

60% of professors-doctors
Currently, the new School has 153 professors divided into two Departments: Community Nursing and Maternal-Child Nursing, and Nursing Care for Adult Patients. In both, research projects are carried out in relevant areas such as the Dependency Law, palliative care, children's health, or nursing support for patients with cancer and Parkinson's disease.

Likewise, 60% of the professors are doctors, one of the highest percentages among the Spanish nursing schools and Schools . Their doctoral thesis , defended in centers in the UK and USA, address areas such as the relationship between the nursing professional and the patient, the family relationship and aging processes or the treatment of smoking in university students.