Learning objectives

The course aims to provide the student with technical-practical, relational, problem-solving and organizational skills in safe setting, before clinical practice in clinical environment with patients, in order to reduce the emotional impact that comes from real situations and guarantee ethicality and safety to patients. For these reasons this course represents a prerequisite for the clinical practice. It also offers to student the opportunity to train himself in applying the theoretical principles to practice situations. The main skills of the first year of the Bachelor Degree are: measuring vital parameters, hand hygiene, choice and use of personal protective equipment (PPE), setting up a sterile field, staging and treatment of a pressure injury , take care of the person's body, apply the principles of ergonomics, carry out the person's positioning / transfer and assisted positioning maneuvers, assessment skills and objective examination.

Prerequisites and basic notions

Study of the bibliography suggested in the reference program provided for each exercise/laboratory

Program

The course includes the testing of the following skills in a protected environment: - Detection of vital signs - Principles of ergonomics, grips and techniques for positioning/transferring and walking the person - Integrating basic disciplines, applying knowledge of physiology, physiopathology and nursing to a case - Conducting an interview and objective examination to collect data on the person's needs and requirements - Hand hygiene, choice and use of PPE and preparation of a sterile field - Staging a pressure injury and applying the criteria for choosing treatment

Bibliography

Didactic methods

The course includes the testing of the following skills in a protected environment: - Vital sign measurement. There will be peer testing of the measurement and initial interpretation of vital signs (blood pressure, pulse, respiratory rate, pulse oximetry, body temperature). - Principles of ergonomics, grips, and positioning/transfer and walking techniques. Situations will be created that include: peer testing of mobilization of the patient with mild mobility impairments (e.g., mobilization in bed, bed-chair, wheelchair bed), selection and use of certain aids useful for mobilization (e.g., high-sliding sheet, hoist, etc.), and execution of the maneuver while respecting ergonomic and safety principles for the patient and the operator. - Integrate basic disciplines, apply knowledge of physiology, pathophysiology, and nursing to a case. A clinical case will be prepared, and during the workshop there will be time for: small-group analysis, guided by in-depth questions, of the theoretical content needed to understand and interpret the data/manifestations of the person's situation, and plenary discussion, led by an expert. - Conduct an interview and objective examination to collect data on the person's needs and requirements. Active experimentation with role-playing, followed by small-group analysis to understand the sources, methods, and organization of the assessment. - Hand hygiene, selection and use of PPE, and preparation of a sterile field. Settings/scenarios will be set up where students can practice several times: selecting appropriate devices and performing hand hygiene, preparing materials to set up a sterile field, and donning sterile gloves in compliance with sterility principles. - Staging a pressure injury and applying treatment selection criteria. Situation analysis in small groups, guided by in-depth questions, of the theoretical content needed to understand the patient's situation, staging the pressure injury, and identifying management interventions, followed by a plenary discussion led by an expert.

Learning assessment procedures

At the end of the academic year, the teacher will give a grade of "approved" on the exam report.

Evaluation criteria

Regular and certified attendance (100%) of the student in the laboratories with any possible recovery of absences and any training needs in individual skills.

Criteria for the composition of the final grade

Approved

Exam language

Italiano