GENERAL AND CLINICAL NURSING

Course objectives

At the end of the course, students, after having achieved adequate understanding of the terminology in use, should demonstrate: abilities in understanding ethical and social-cultural implications of professional practice in today's environment; capability to develop a personal plan of care using the nursing process criteria, and competently adopt the specific techniques and procedures thorough critical evaluation of criteria used to elaborate the plan of care

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Annarita Crescenzi Lecturers' profile

Program - Frequency - Exams

Prerequisites
No specific prerequisites required
Books
Craven RF, Hirnle CJ, Fundamentals of Nursing 1-2. 2011 Casa EditriceAmbrosiana • Wilkinson JM, Nursing Process and Critical Thinking. 3rd Ed. 2013 Casa EditriceAmbrosiana • Carpenito-Moyet LJ, Nursing Diagnosis–Applications to Clinical Practice. 2010Casa EditriceAmbrosiana • Berman A., Snyder S., Jackson C.: Clinical Nursing–Kozier Techniques and Procedures. 2nd Ed. 2009EdiSES
Frequency
In order to take the exam, it is required to attend lectures of a number of hours equal to or greater than 66% of the hours assigned to the individual modules, in accordance with the relevant European legislation. Attendance is recorded by teachers by adopting the assessment methods established by the CCdS.
Exam mode
The assessment of the achievement of the objectives set by the course includes an oral exam. By means of open-ended questions regarding the contents of the course, it will be ascertained whether the student has achieved the goal of knowledge and understanding of the contents.
Lesson mode
The frontal lesson is mainly focused on the explanation and repetition of a certain amount of information. It involves a design to organize the contents in an organic way and to choose the most suitable methods so that the explanation can capture attention and reach a satisfactory level of learning. Images to support the lesson must also be shared, through the use of PowerPoint.
Francesco Cecconi Lecturers' profile

Program - Frequency - Exams

Course program
Urinary elimination: • Urine and its characteristics • Functional model of urinary elimination • Alterations in urinary function • Manifestations of alteration of urinary function • Bladder catheterization • Suprapubic drainage or epistostomy or suprapubic cystostomy • Main diagnostic tests that are performed on urine Blood samples: • Definition • Procedures and recommendations for carrying out blood sampling • Difficult blood sampling • Management of blood samples • Blood cultures • Therapeutic bloodletting Vascular accesses: • Classification of vascular accesses, characteristics and their management • Notes on blood gas analysis Respiratory system: • Oxygen therapy • Devices for oxygen administration • Pulse oximetry • Diagnostic tests on the respiratory system: oropharyngeal swab, sputum sampling (sputum) Digestive system: • Vomiting or emesis (definition, phases, characteristics, causes, etc.) • Nasogastric tube • Stool (characteristics and classification) • Laboratory investigations on feces (coproculture, parasite detection, occult blood in feces) • Constipation • Diarrhoea • Enemas and their classification (nursing recommendations and procedures) Drugs, scientific principles and routes of administration: • Routes of drug administration • Legislative references related to the administration of drugs • Single therapy card and medical prescription • Doses, volumes and conversions • The 10 Gs • Narcotic drugs, management • Oral route • Parenteral route (recommendations and procedures for each individual route of administration) • Intravenous route • Proportions in drug dilution • Sublingual, buccal, nasal, inhalation route • Ocular route • Via earphone • Vaginal, anal (rectal) route • Topical route • LASA drugs, precautions and recommendations on some types of drugs (dilutions, storage, extravasation) PROGRAMMA PIETROBONO • Nursing Research and Scientific Method • Evidence Based Nursing: hierarchy of sources, gray area and limits of the EBN • Bibliographic sources and search engines • Search tools: wildcards, Boolean operators, filters and field search • Biomedical databases: Medline/PubMed, Cochrane Library, etc • Identification and definition of the problem: problem statement, purpose statement • Literature reviews: how to carry them out, formulation of the question, PICO method, identification of key words • The research design: quantitative, qualitative research, triangulation and meta-analysis • Sample, sampling and population • Data collection methods and tools • Data analysis and dissemination of research results • Ethical problems in nursing research • Clinical governance • Standardization tools: legislative references, guidelines, protocols, procedures, PDTA • Health documentation CRESCENZI Know the origins of the nursing process Describe development in Italy The process of changing care over the years Health reforms Definition of the nursing process in terms of purpose and characteristics Therapeutic communication and helping relationship Nursing diagnoses and collaborative problems The nursing diagnostic process Taxonomic development and classification according to NANDA Classification of performances and outcomes Evaluation of nursing diagnoses, planning of care interventions and verification of outcomes List and description of the phases of the nursing process Knowledge of the advantages of applying the process for the nurse and for users Patient safety and clinical risk management - RCA
Prerequisites
CECCONI Minimum knowledge of organs and systems. PIETROBONO knowledge and use of search engines in order to find bibliography useful for a care practice suited to the real and potential health needs of the patient. CRESCENZI Prior knowledge of Italian health legislation
Frequency
compulsory, equal to 66% of lessons
Exam mode
Examination through either oral interview or written test with multiple-choice questions
Lesson mode
frontal lessons with practical exercises on various devices.
VALENTINA BRITOLLI Lecturers' profile
  • Lesson code1004105
  • Academic year2024/2025
  • CourseNursing
  • CurriculumSingle curriculum
  • Year1st year
  • Semester2nd semester
  • SSDMED/45
  • CFU6
  • Subject areaScienze infermieristiche