School of Nursing
The School of Nursing has a unique curriculum in Latin America, focused on disorders and care by specialty. In addition to a holistic approach to patient care, developing the four areas of nursing (clinical, administration, policy, teaching and research).
With an emphasis on research and evidence-based nursing, the School of Nursing at Universidad Panamericana also has clinical and research facilities in the best health institutions in Mexico, as well as first level: high fidelity simulation center, operating rooms, amphitheater and laboratories.
The semester curriculum is reviewed and updated to adapt to ongoing health, bioethical and technological developments. Its main features are:
- Clinical skills development with a focus on patient safety.
- Integration of basic and clinical sciences from the first semester.
- Ability to work in a team, which is learned during the theoretical part and during the multidisciplinary practices in the Simulation Center.
- Practice in learning scenarios with graded clinical challenges at the Clinical Simulation Centre.
- Clinical internships at hospital sites from the first semester.
- Development of research projects.
Mission
To train nurses of excellence, committed to society, who are distinguished by their knowledge, skills, human quality, ethical training and social responsibility, so that they provide a complete attention to the person and his/her dignity.
Vision
To be an institution of reference in the training of nurses with the highest scientific, professional, human and ethical standards, as well as in the generation of knowledge through research, thus contributing to effectively improve the quality of health systems and patient care at all social levels.
RVOE
SEP 2007062 dated 1/31/2007, 2013 plan, school-based modality, Augusto Rodín site.
ENTRY PROFILE
Studying Nursing at Universidad Panamericana offers you to be a health professional with the highest scientific, professional, human and ethical level; capable of generating knowledge through research, contributing to effectively improve the quality of health systems and the care of the healthy and sick person.
An applicant for the Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree from Universidad Panamericana should have the following characteristics:
- Leadership and self-confidence
- Vocation of service
- Taste for science
- Interest in human beings and their holistic care
- Warmth and empathy
A student of the School of Nursing at Universidad Panamericana is characterized by being responsible, proactive, with communication and leadership skills, being an enthusiastic person, with a spirit of service and dedication to society.
GRADUATE PROFILE
The School of Nursing at Universidad Panamericana forges leaders who provide holistic care. They stand out for their scientific competence, as well as for their human quality and ethical training.
Graduates of the Bachelor's Degree in Nursing will obtain:
- Professional overview of nursing (clinical, administrative, policy, teaching and research).
- Professionals with high labor demand
- Academic excellence
- International scope of the profession
- Professional competencies for performance in any hospital area.
- High degree of professional autonomy
- Graduates with a high sense of ethics and social responsibility.
"The School of Nursing gave me the foundations to grow professionally, when I was in the operational area I gained respect and trust from the doctors, my colleagues and my bosses because of the way I treated my patients. Now I can pass on to the nurses the human training that the University gave me".
Lic. Elsa Vivian Hernández Medina, 2001-2006
"Studying nursing at Universidad Panamericana trained me in all the values and all the love for others. It taught me to transcend through the other having the commitment to service, education, to promote best practices, to continue learning, innovating and actively participating in the formation of future nurses in Mexico."
Mtra. Aida Castillo Ferrari, 1998-2003, Master in Education.
"The School of Nursing at Universidad Panamericana helped me find my passion of being a nurse and encouraged in me to continue preparing myself, so I decided to pursue a Master's Degree in Wounds, Stomas and Burns also at UP and thus do what I love. When I am caring for a patient I realize that it is something I enjoy doing the most."
Mtra. María José González Mier 2003-2008
"Studying nursing at Universidad Panamericana gave me an international vision, I had the opportunity to do exchanges and internships in the United States and Argentina, which opened up a wide range of possibilities. I was trained in patient care, more empathetic, with more affection and with more humanity, which is something that I continue to apply to this day in my profession."
Adriana Quiñones Leyva, 2006-2011. Registered Nurse at Baylor Heart and Vascular Hospital in Dallas, Tx.
"Studying Nursing at Universidad Panamericana trained me in patient care and commitment. After finishing my Bachelor's Degree, I studied the Master's Degree in Wound, Stoma and Burn Therapy, which gave me the skills to provide consultation and empower my profession. Likewise, another important pillar is teaching to which I have been dedicated for 5 years at the undergraduate and post technical level with the objective of being an agent of change".
Ana Paula Sosa, 2014-2019.
"Studying nursing at Universidad Panamericana has allowed me to learn about the health care system in Mexico and the rest of the world. During my undergraduate studies I was able to be a nurse in Argentina, the United States and Costa Rica. Once I graduated, I studied the Master of Science in Nursing in Ireland, which reaffirmed to me the importance of graduating from UP and having a broad practice."
Tanit López, 2014-2019
"After all these years it is still clear to me that the best decision I made was to study at Universidad Panamericana, it gave me tools that have allowed me to develop and excel in the workplace and also to have enjoyed being a university student."
Viviana Gutierrez
"My name is Karime Jimenez Limas, I have a Bachelor's Degree in Nursing. I have a Diploma in Research Methodology from the UP and I have practiced in clinical, teaching and research. I recently applied abroad for a Master's degree in Public Health and was accepted to three universities, including Harvard and Johns Hopkins, the latter of which offered me a 100% tuition scholarship. UP has allowed me to grow personally and professionally; if I were to study nursing again I would definitely choose it again."
Karime Jimenez Limas
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