title: [NIC as a tool for assessing competences of nursing students in clinical placement at surgical units].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  This paper shows the utility of a NIC standardized language to assess the extent of nursing student skills at Practicum in surgical units
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To identify the nursing interventions classification (NIC) that students can learn to perform in surgical units. To determine the level of difficulty in learning interventions, depending on which week of rotation in clinical placement the student is.
  
  
  METHODS
  Qualitative study using Delphi consensus technique, involving nurses with teaching experience who work in hospital surgical units, where students undertake the Practicum. The results were triangulated through a questionnaire to tutors about the degree of conformity.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A consensus was reached about the interventions that students can achieve in surgical units and the frequency in which they can be performed. The level of difficulty of each intervention, and the amount of weeks of practice that students need to reach the expected level of competence was also determined.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The results should enable us to design better rotations matched to student needs. Knowing the frequency of each intervention that is performed in each unit determines the chances of learning it, as well as the indicators for its assessment.
authors.affiliation: Escuela Universitaria de Enfermería Virgen de las Nieves, Hospital Universitario Virgen de las Nieves, Servicio Andaluz de Salud, Granada, España. Electronic address: matilde.celma.sspa@juntadeandalucia.es.
authors.forename: Matilde
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Celma Vicente
authors.affiliation: Unidad de gestión de Cirugía General, Hospital Universitario Virgen de las Nieves, Servicio Andaluz de Salud, Hospital Médico-Quirúrgico (HMQ), Granada, España.
authors.forename: Eloisa
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ajuria-Imaz
authors.affiliation: Escuela Universitaria de Enfermería Virgen de las Nieves, Hospital Universitario Virgen de las Nieves, Servicio Andaluz de Salud, Granada, España.
authors.forename: Manuel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lopez-Morales
authors.affiliation: Unidad de gestión de Cirugía Torácica, Hospital Universitario Virgen de las Nieves, Servicio Andaluz de Salud, Hospital Médico-Quirúrgico (HMQ), Granada, España.
authors.forename: Pilar
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Fernandez-Marín
authors.affiliation: Unidad de gestión de Cirugía Urológica y ORL, Hospital Universitario Virgen de las Nieves, Servicio Andaluz de Salud, Hospital Médico-Quirúrgico (HMQ), Granada, España.
authors.forename: Alicia
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Menor-Castro
authors.affiliation: Escuela Universitaria de Enfermería Virgen de las Nieves, Hospital Universitario Virgen de las Nieves, Servicio Andaluz de Salud, Granada, España.
authors.forename: Maria Dolores
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Cano-Caballero Galvez
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence; D003162:Competency-Based Education; D004506:Education, Nursing; D013527:Perioperative Nursing / Q000193:education*; D000072917:Standardized Nursing Terminology
keywords: Competency-based education; Educación basada en competencias; Educación en enfermería; Enseñanza aprendizaje en enfermería; Intervenciones enfermeras; Learning in nursing education; NIC interventions; Nursing education; Nursing taxonomy; Taxonomía enfermera