Competencias en proceso de enfermería en estudiantes de práctica clínica

Introduction: The nursing process is a method that involves knowledge, skills, abilities, attitudes and values acquired during training, so it is essential to ensure the achievement of this competition in clinical practice. The aim was to assess the level of compliance and scope of the Nursing Process skills in nursing students. Materials and Methods: Sectional design, with a sample being all the students’ enrolled (73 students) in IV and VI level nursing program in the city of Bucaramanga that rotated through clinical and community areas. Results: In the opinion of the students, the skills of the nursing process were reached between 2.63 % to 100 % and a level of compliance with 2.7 and 4, which according to the scale established are fair to very good. The skill “provides careusingthe nursing process” wascommon amongrotationsin IV leveland were found no differencesin theperceived level ofachievement (p=0.3180ANVOVAtest), but there were also significant differences between the level reached between IV and VI semesters. Discussion: Although there are few studies on the measurement of skills in nursing process for university level education, a large number of scientific publications have made evident the results of the application of this method in clinical practice. Conclusions: Knowing the extent to which nursing skills are being achieved and at what level, makes easy to adjust curricular aspects of the study program.