According to Navidad Canga, director of the Master's Degree in Advanced internship and management in Nursing of the School of Nursing of the University of Navarra,"in Spain the profile of Advanced internship nurse is a pending subject ". This was stated at the Basurto Hospital in Bilbao in comparison to other countries where the implementation of this advanced role is pioneering, such as in the United States, Great Britain or Holland.

More than thirty nurses attended the session in which Professor Canga reviewed the globalstatus of the status of Advanced internship Nurse, clarified what their competencies are and introduced the new models of conceptualization of the internship. 

Advanced Clinical Nurse internship

"In some hospitals in the Basque Country, Andalusia and Navarre, there are positions that require some of the competencies of this professional profile ", said Professor Canga, for whom the pillars of an advanced clinical internship are Education and training, expertise and research. Therefore, a nurse whose functions are management and advanced internship must have a series of competencies core topic: expert coaching, consultancy service, research skills, professional and clinical leadership, partnership and ethical decision-making skills. The impact of this role, says the expert, "increases the satisfaction of the patient and the team of professionals, reduces costs in the healthcare system and improves the results of care".