In Italy there is a shortage of 30.000 nurses: "lost care" increases the risk of mortality. Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma forerunner in the academic training of care professionals. Today you open the new call to become a nurse: until 6 April the call is open on unicampus.it to compete for scholarships to cover fees and accommodation.

 

Rome, 10 February 2020 - Today in Italy 30 nurses are missing and the phenomenon of "lost treatments" is likely to worsen year after year, significantly increasing the risk of mortality in hospital. These are nursing interventions necessary for the patient but which - according to the National Federation of Nursing Professions - are omitted, primarily due to lack of personnel. For Fnopi, the need for nurses will grow rapidly: nationally it will reach 58.000 nurses in 2023, 71.000 in 2028 and almost 90.000 in 2033.

Forerunner of the need for academic training for the nurses of its Polyclinic and among the first in Italy to activate the Degree Course in Nursing in 1993, theUniversità Campus Bio-Medico di Roma has always focused on the complete professionalism of its nurses, acknowledging the nursing body a fundamental role for the relationship with the needy person of care and quality of services provided.

In fact, the nurse guarantees quality of care, pays attention to the specific health and relational needs of each patient, giving the whole of care a particular focus on the patient understood as a person. A passion that led the first 1990 Ucbm students to study in Spain in 15 at the University of Navarra in Pamplona, ​​famous for its high level of education, when nursing courses in Italy had not yet reached academic status.

A profession that has grown over time and which is updated daily in connection with the great challenges of our time. So much so that the World Health Organization, in order to achieve objective 3 of the 2030 Agenda for sustainable development, estimates that the world will need 9 million more nurses over the next 10 years. Professionals employed in hospital wards, on the territory and in home care, as well as - and this is the sign of the vitality of this profession - in companies, in the world of welfare and insurance companies and the third sector.

The Nursing Profession celebratory video made by UCBM – is defined by the same protagonists interviewed as "the most beautiful in the world" capable of giving those who exercise it profound human and work satisfaction.

Also for this reason today the Degree course in Nursing ofUniversità Campus Bio-Medico di Roma - where is it from today until 6 April it is possible to register for the selective tests for the degree course in Nursing - stands out at national level for its 84,9 percent employed 1 year after graduation compared to a national average of 73,9% (Almalaurea data).

A commitment, that ofUniversità Campus Bio-Medico di Roma of comprehensive education of the nursing professional which also translates into support for the most deserving with scholarships which, in addition to covering university fees, also cover the costs of accommodation for those who come from further afield.