Studying at the University of Verona

Here you can find information on the organisational aspects of the Programme, lecture timetables, learning activities and useful contact details for your time at the University, from enrolment to graduation.

The Study Plan includes all modules, teaching and learning activities that each student will need to undertake during their time at the University.
Please select your Study Plan based on your enrollment year.

3° Year  activated in the A.Y. 2020/2021

ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
6
A/B
MED/25 ,MED/45 ,M-PSI/01 ,SPS/07
Prova finale
7
E
-
activated in the A.Y. 2020/2021
ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
6
A/B
MED/25 ,MED/45 ,M-PSI/01 ,SPS/07
Prova finale
7
E
-

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Teaching code

4S01557

Credits

2

Language

Italian

Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)

MED/45 - NURSING

Period

INF VR - 1° anno 1° sem dal Oct 9, 2018 al Dec 21, 2018.

Location

VERONA

To show the organization of the course that includes this module, follow this link:  Course organization

Learning outcomes

Learning Outcomes
(knowledge and skills acquired)

The course introduces the student to the general and Clinical Nursing fundamentals. The program achieves to develop students’ knowledge relatively to general concepts of care and take care of the person and the family, ethical principles that inspire and guide the practice of care, the clinical methodology for identifying the patients’ needs and how to plan nursing activities and outcomes’ evaluation.

Program

The principles of an healthy diet, the data needed to evaluate nutritional status (eating habits, anthropometric data, laboratory tests), the alterations of the nutritional function (obesity, overweight, and malnutrition), the principles to assist a person during the recruitment of the meal;
Principles of a good sleep habit, physiologic effects of spleeping, the interventions to manage the person with sleep disorders (legs without resting, apnoeas night, insomnia in the elderly, the factors that hinder the sleep in the hospital (noise in environments of care).
Principles of a healthy mobility, physical exercise and alterations. Definitions of physical exercise, tolerance, sedentary lifestyle, mobility.
The principles in the measurement of vital signs (blood pressure, pulse, respiration rate, pulse oximetry, and body temperature), measurement mode, normal values and definition of alterations.
The main alterations of thermoregulation (hyperpyrexia, hyperthermia hypothermia) and being able to identify the nursing’s care to the person with a fever.
The prevention and treatment of bedsores.
Body care and care management of self-care deficit: social and cultural significance of body care; the evaluation of the ability to care for themselves; THE self-care deficit: specific assessment data, care interventions; The welfare activities of body care: cleansing and guiding principles; Hygiene activities and care of the body in the bathroom or in bed; L 'oral hygiene and teeth: oral hygiene evaluation of the person, principals and products, oral hygiene and routine care of the prosthesis; The definition of the main alterations of the oral cavity.

Reference texts
Author Title Publishing house Year ISBN Notes
Luisa Saiani, Anna Brugnolli Trattato di cure infermieristiche (Edizione 2) Sorbona 2014

Examination Methods

Written exam with closed questions (10-11) and open questions (4-5) total 15 questions

Students with disabilities or specific learning disorders (SLD), who intend to request the adaptation of the exam, must follow the instructions given HERE

Teaching materials e documents