Teaching code

4S01557

Credits

6

Coordinator

Daniel Pedrotti

Language

Italian

Moodle Seminars 0

The teaching is organized as follows:

Learning objectives

The course is focused on the fundamentals of general and clinical nursing in relation to the concepts of care and caring for the person and family, to the deontological principles that inspire and guide nursing practice. It provides conceptual and methodological bases for identifying nursing care needs, planning interventions and assessing outcomes. The students will develop skills in data collection through observation, interview and physical examination, in the analysis and understanding of the events reported by patients; will acquire the methodological basis for the assessment of problems or risks also through the use of assessment scales or tools to make decisions and propose prevention, treatment and monitoring interventions with respect to the needs and problems of the person. FUNDAMENTALS OF NURSING: The course introduces the student to the basic fundamentals of general and clinical nursing in relation to the concepts of health, illness, care and caring for the person and the family, to the deontological principles that inspire and guide the practice of care. NURSING CLINICAL METHODOLOGY The course aims to provide knowledge and skills related to the clinical methodology for identifying and managing nursing care needs, with particular reference to the use of assessment and monitoring methods and tools, the planning of interventions and the assessment of outcomes. Students will acquire these skills with regard to: nutritional status and alterations (obesity, cachexia, malnutrition); walking, exercise and mobility deficits; vital parameters, thermoregulation and changes in body temperature (fever and hypothermia); body care (body and oral hygiene) and self-care deficits. BASIC OF NURSING IN SURGICAL CARE: the course is aimed at learning the clinical method and the contents of preoperative surgical care, such as preoperative information and consent to the intervention, evaluation of the operative and infectious risk and physical preparation for the different types of intervention. The fundamental aspects of caring in the immediate post-operative phase will be treated, such as surveillance and monitoring, wound and drainage management, recovery of nutrition, ileus and early mobilization

Prerequisites and basic notions

Being a first year, first semester exam, there are no specific prerequisites different from those required for access to the degree course

Bibliography

Criteria for the composition of the final grade

Methods of teaching evaluation
The exam is written and is organized into 2 blocks:
‐ Block A: General Nursing (2 CFU) and Surgical Assistance (1 CFU)
‐ Block B: Clinical Nursing Methodology (2 CFU) and Clinical Nursing I (1 CFU).
The student can take both Blocks in the same session, or can choose to take only Block A or Block B. It is not possible to take single Module exams as the contents are very integrated with each other. On the occasion of the exam, students communicate before the start of the exam which Block(s) they intend to take.
The tests will consist of approximately 10-12 questions with multiple-choice closed-answer questions [on average with four answers of which only one is correct] for knowledge/application objectives, approximately 25-30 short open-answer questions in which arguments on the clinical contents for analysis objectives, independent judgment and decision making. The questions are also proposed as a summary of clinical cases. The weight and number of questions is proportionate to the credits (2 for general nursing and clinical nursing methodology and 1 for surgical nursing and clinical nursing I).
Approximate time for the written exam
Each block takes approximately 2.30 hours to complete.
Passing the exam is dependent on sufficient performance in the various modules. The final grade originates from the average of the results of Block A and Block B. This grade can also include elements relating to active participation, contributions during lessons and adherence to the pre-reading mandates of the text. The student who takes the single Block will complete the exam within the following 2 sessions.