Nursing Training Institute

The institute is authorized by the president of the Normandy Regional Council to welcome a class of 180 students who obtain a double diploma : License in nursing sciences and a State Nursing Diploma.

It is headed by a director, approved by the president of the Normandy Region . It is responsible for the approvals and operating authorization of the institute.

AFNOR certifies that the CAEN University Hospital Center has been judged to comply with the requirements for carrying out training activities.

Certificate 2022/98983.1

To be a nurse is to practice a profession turned towards others: listening, examining, advising, educating or caring for people, ensuring their well-being. Being a nurse also means choosing your mode of practice and working as a team: nurses work in prevention and care structures, as well as at home, independently and in collaboration with other health professionals. This high-responsibility job requires rigour, vigilance and technicality.

Five expected outcomes have been selected for nursing training:

• Interest in health and social issues : knowledge in the health, medico-social and social fields, knowledge of the profession, sense of the general interest;
• Human qualities and interpersonal skills : ability to show attention to others, ability to collaborate and work in a team, ability to exchange and communicate with others, practice of digital tools, ability to document and communicate in a language foreign;
• Skills in written and oral expression : good command of French and written and oral language;
• Aptitude for the scientific approach and mastery of the basics of arithmetic : ability to research, select, organize and restore scientific information, ability to produce logical reasoning, mastery of the basics of arithmetic;
• Organizational skills and interpersonal skills : rigour, method, diligence, ability to organize, to prioritize tasks, autonomy in work, creativity.

As part of the decree of May 11, 2020 and the decree of 09/09/2021 authorizing experiments, the ten IFSIs of the Caen section are engaged in a process of universitarization of paramedical training.

Students entering training are systematically registered at the UFR Santé de Caen (without any additional procedure) in the Bachelor of Care Sciences , whatever the access route. This license is obtained at the same time as the DEI.

Skills Bachelor of Care Sciences

• CL8.1 Assess a clinical situation and establish a business diagnosis
• CL8.2 Design and conduct a care project related to the profession
• CL8.3 Implement diagnostic and therapeutic actions related to the profession
• CL3 Design and conduct a health promotion process
• CL6 Communicate and lead the relationship with the person cared for
• CL4 Contribute to the quality of care and the improvement of professional practices
• CL 1 Use reference digital tools and computer security rules
• CL2 Research and process professional and scientific data
• CL5 Organize and manage the activity in cooperation with the various actors
• CL7 Inform and train professionals and trainees

IDE business skills

• C1 Assess a clinical situation and establish a diagnosis in the nursing field
• C2 Designing and conducting a nursing project
• C3 Accompany a person in carrying out daily care
• C4 Implement diagnostic and therapeutic actions
• C5 Initiate and implement educational and preventive care
• C6 Communicating and leading a relationship in a care setting
• C7 Analyze the quality of care and improve professional practice
• C8 Research and process professional and scientific data
• C9 Organize and coordinate care actions
• C10 Inform and train professionals and trainees

You will find by following this link the essential information on this project:

The training leading to the state nursing diploma aims to acquire skills to meet the health needs of people within a multi-professional framework.

Two admission channels are possible:

• Candidates, holders or in preparation of a French baccalaureate or a title admitted in equivalence, are authorized to register via Parcoursup . Registration is not permitted to candidates under the age of 17 on December 31 of the current year.
• People with 3 years of contribution to a social protection scheme (bachelor's degree or not) are authorized to register via the FPC selection (Continuing Professional Training)

To follow the training:

• Vaccination against hepatitis B is mandatory.
• A laptop is recommended, a vehicle is necessary to get to the internship.

With regard to the law of February 11, 2005 for equal rights and opportunities, participation and citizenship of people with disabilities, the principles of non-discrimination and accessibility are applied to training.

A disability representative is in contact with all the paramedical training structures at the CAEN University Hospital. Concerned students can contact her via the address: pfp-sec-dir@chu-caen.fr

Vigilant point:

There is no obligation for the student to communicate their disability situation to their structure, either at the time of the competition or during their studies.

The disability situation of a candidate or student is confidential, even if it may be a secret shared between professionals in the training structure.

Before entering a health or social training institute in Normandy, you must ensure that:

• the method of financing* the educational costs of your training (Normandy Region, OPCO , employer, self-financing, etc.)
• your resources for the duration of your training (CROUS, Pôle emploi, OPCO , employer, etc.)

*See Training Funding

Annual training costs:

• Registration fees 2024-2025: € 170
• Student life contribution and campus (Cvec) 2024-2025: € 100
• Educational cost 2024-2025: € 8,120

An apprenticeship contract can be set up for the 2nd and 3rd years of training. The CFA PSS (Training Center for Apprentices Health and Social Professions) of Normandy supports employers and candidates in this process.

• A theoretical training (60 weeks at the institute) with lectures, practical work and tutorials. 59 teaching units are divided into 6 areas: human sciences, biological and medical sciences, foundations of nursing methods and techniques, nursing interventions and techniques, integration of knowledge and professional posture, working methods.
• Clinical training (60 weeks internship) : internships are distributed alternately from the first year over periods of 5 to 10 weeks.

1. Promoting interprofessionalism and interdisciplinarity is a strong axis of our project.

Several activities are proposed in this direction throughout the training:

• Implementation of the sanitary service
• Mutualization of educational activities with the medical university
• Participation in awareness-raising actions : organ donation days, diabetes days, white plan simulations
• multi-professional simulation activities with the CHU simulation center
• Co-organization of events to raise awareness among groups of users or future professionals (teddy bear hospital with medical and speech therapy students, organization of activities to raise funds to help user associations, participation at high school student forums and days, at cluster open days, etc.)
• Participation in interprofessional conferences (hygiene days, wound and healing conferences, etc.)
• Participation in discussion and/or working groups organized by the ARS , the Regional Council, Health Establishments, the University, etc.

2. Develop your skills through simulation

The IFSI of Caen Normandy University Hospital wished to develop active teaching methods such as simulation by proposing multiple scenarios:

• Simulations by scenarios supporting exchanges and reflections around the care of a patient in a given situation.
• Simulations on basic mannequins (low fidelity) allowing training in professional gestures (sampling, injections on peripheral sites or on implantable chambers, surveys, cardiac massage)
• Standardized patients: these are simulated patients or role plays allowing caregiver-patient interaction. It is a question of developing technical relational skills in scripted situations (welcome interviews, crisis situation management, etc.)
• Simulation on an interactive mannequin: The objective is to put the learners in an evolving situation, to mobilize their knowledge and to acquire skills.

The training is provided by health executive trainers, State Registered Nurses, who have varied professional experience and university titles: University Diplomas, Licenses, Masters.

The permanent trainers work in collaboration with university teachers and professionals in the field. Since 2013, students have benefited from a university digital platform that allows them access to educational content remotely.

Each student is followed during the 3 years of study by a referent trainer who accompanies him in the acquisition of his skills.

Formalized times in small groups allow students to share their experiences and work on the areas in which they encounter difficulties. These times are led by the institute's trainers.

A system of supervision of undergraduate students by their undergraduate peers aims, for new students, to support the start of training to promote integration into the institute and better adaptation to the work methods required. Regular assessment activities of this system are organized by the teaching team.

Online assessments, online homework submissions, homework on the table, oral presentations of work, simulated situations, analyzes of clinical situations during internships.

The IFSI is part of a training center where are grouped:

• Initial training : paramedics, caregivers, medical electroradiology technicians
• Specialty training: anesthetist nurses, operating room nurses, childcare nurses
• Health framework training
• Medical training: medicine, pharmacy, maieutics, speech therapist

The grouping of these training courses on a single site “Pôle des Formations et de Recherche en Santé ( PFRS )” makes it possible to develop shared and innovative educational activities: teaching and multi-professional internships. The premises are accessible to people with disabilities, a disability referent is also available on the Paramedical Training Center (contact details on request from the Institute's secretariat) .

The students of the institute benefit from numerous internship sites in the departments of the CHU but also in peripheral public or private hospitals, home care structures, mental health establishments and accommodation for dependent elderly people, establishments schools, businesses...

• The IFSI manages the assignments of students on internships. The 3-year course respects the typologies and durations prescribed in the reference system. Internships are established for the semester. For some internships, the student has the possibility of looking for a land by himself
• In the event of a learning difficulty, the course can be adapted according to the student's situation.

An internship allowance and reimbursement of travel expenses are paid in accordance with the decree of July 31, 2009 relating to the State Nursing Diploma.

The state nursing diploma is obtained by obtaining 180 European credits. Students, having validated the first five semesters of training (i.e. 150 credits) and having completed all the tests and internships of semester 6, are authorized to appear before the regional jury for the award of the State Diploma in Nursing .

After obtaining the DEI, it is possible to access state diplomas in “specialties”: childcare nurse, operating theater nurse, nurse anesthetist (Master 2 grade), health executive (Master 2), or practical nurse advanced (Master 2).

The degree in care sciences facilitates access (bridges) to other medical and paramedical university courses.

Throughout their professional practice, the nurse can have access to targeted training on professional development: public health, quality, pain management, ethics, etc.

You will find the public report of the Parcoursup 2024 below.

Three access roads to training:

For baccalaureate holders (or in final year class): registration via Parcoursup

Selection calendar Parcoursup 2025 :

• From January 15 to March 13: I register and I formulate my wishes
• March 13: Last day to formulate my wishes
• April 2: Last day to complete my file and confirm my wishes

For people with 3 years of contributions to a social protection system (high school graduates or not): registration via Continuing Professional Training (CPD)

FPC 2025 selection calendar :

• Closed competition
• Results: 01/27/2025

For people meeting the conditions defined by the decree of October 22, 2021 amending the decree of November 4, 2019 relating to access to training in medicine, pharmacy, odontology and midwifery: registration via the Passerelle LAS

 LAS 2025 gateway selection calendar :

• Registration until May 23, 2025 12 noon
• Selection interview between June 10 and 13, 2025
• Results: June 23, 2025

The registration folder is to download at the bottom of the page

Since 2023, there has been a “ Specific Caregiver Pathway ” which allows caregivers, having been declared successful in the FPC selection and meeting certain conditions (Cf. decree of July 3 , 2023 and DGOS instructions of August 2, 2023 ), to access the second year of the Nursing Training Institute following a 12-week training course.

The terms of access to this specific route are specified in paragraph 8 of the FPC 2025 information booklet

As part of the decree of May 11, 2020, the ten IFSIs of the Caen section are engaged in a process of universitarization of paramedical training.

Students who enter training are systematically registered at the UFR Santé de Caen (without additional steps) in the Care Sciences License regardless of the access route. This license completes the State Nursing diploma.

You will find by following this link the essential information on this project:

Licensed high-level athletes can, under certain conditions, request an adjustment to their training. Each individual situation is studied on a case-by-case basis by the director of the institute. Please note, this arrangement may result in an extension of training.

• Be at least 17 years old on December 31 of the year of entry into training
• Secure funding for the cost of their training.
• Check with their attending physician that they are up to date with their mandatory vaccinations for the start of the school year (take into account the deadlines: several injections spaced one month apart for hepatitis B with serological control). Covid vaccination is no longer compulsory for all healthcare professionals (including students) .