Background:

it is necessary to improve the subject "National Security and Primary Assistance" in the 1st year of the Nursing Bachelor's degree in which there have been affectations on the educational results of the students, with some frequency.

Objective:

to design methodological actions for the improvement of the subject "National Security and Primary Assistance", based on a diagnosis of the teaching process.

Methods:

a descriptive, cross-sectional study was carried out, with a mixed approach in the Bachelor of Nursing degree, with information from the 2015-2016 to 2018-2019 courses. Theoretical, empirical and statistical-mathematical methods were used. The professors who participated acted as experts to assess the proposal made.

Results:

insufficiencies were found in the teaching-learning process of the subject "National Security and Primary Care" in the 1st year of the Nursing Bachelor's degree, which motivated the design of general and particular methodological actions in different topics that contribute to the improvement of the course.

Conclusions:

the methodological actions proposed after the diagnosis of the teaching process of the subject "National Security and Primary Assistance", respect the amount of time devoted to the subject and according to the experts; they should have a foreseeable potential positive impact on 1st year students of the Bachelor's Degree in Nursing.

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