Nursing REPLICA M - ROMA AZIENDA S.CAMILLO-FORLANINI (S.CAMILLO)

• concepts of asepsis, antisepsis, bacteriostasis, and sterilization; hand washing and use of gloves in relation to the various care needs; • patient preparation for elective and emergency surgery; • nursing skills in managing informed consent for surgery and anesthesia; • nursing care in the immediate preoperative period: assistance during pre-anesthesia, transport to the operating room; • operating suite, management of electromedical equipment, management of sterilization processes and routes; • staff behavior: preparation of the operating room and surgical instruments, dressing of nursing and medical staff; • nursing responsibilities and skills regarding surgical counts in the operating room; • suture materials, surgical wound dressing, drains; • nursing skills in managing the patient in the immediate postoperative period; • patient care during liver biopsy; • management of the patient with a nasogastric tube; • management of the ostomy patient.

Reference bibliography • “Nursing Procedures”, P. Badon, M. Canesi, A. Monterosso, F. Pellegatta, Casa Editrice Ambrosiana Recommended Readings • “Surgery. For the Health Professions,” M. Lise, 4th ed., Piccin Publishing House. • “Medical-Surgical Nursing,” Brunner-Suddarth, vol. 1-2, 4th ed., Ambrosiana Publishing House. • “Nursing Care in the Operating Room: Guidelines and Procedures,” L.A. Rigon, E. Thiene, Ambrosiana Publishing House. • “Clinical Nursing. Kozier Techniques and Procedures,” A. Berman, S. Snyder, C. Jackson, 2nd ed., EdiSES Publishing House. • “Advanced Trauma Life Support for Physicians, ATLS for Students,” 3rd Italian ed., American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma.