THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING
Course objectives
At the end of the course the student must be able to identify the problems of a nursing nature related to the main pathologies of medical interest; use the care planning applied to the person with internal medicine problems; know the operating procedures for the application of the main diagnostic-therapeutic procedures in the medical area.
Channel 1
Lucia Capoccetta
Lecturers' profile
Program - Frequency - Exams
Course program
LESSON 1 - THE PATIENT WITH PAIN
Pathophysiology, typology, and characteristics of pain
National legislation; Pain-Free Hospital
Classification: Acute, Subacute, Chronic Pain
Cancer Pain, Emergency Pain, Pain in the Elderly, Cancer Pain in Pediatrics, Pain in Children, Postoperative Pain, Dressing Pain, Pain from Deafferentation
Nervous Mechanisms of Pain
Nursing Skills in Pain Management
Pain Detection and Monitoring
Measurement Systems: Unidimensional Rating Scales
Pain Treatment: Pharmacological and Non-Pharmacological Treatments
LESSON 2 - NURSING RESPONSIBILITY IN MANAGING THE THERAPEUTIC
PROCESS
Administration
Clinical Risk of Drugs
Medication Errors
Strategies to Reduce Errors
5 "G" Rule
Dose, Posology, Therapeutic Effect
Classification of Drugs
Method of administration
Routes of administration
Pharmaceutical forms
RECONSTITUTION AND CALCULATION OF PHARMACOLOGICAL DOSAGE
Reconstitution and dilution of drugs
Preparation phase
Reconstitution of IV drugs
Infusion System Administration Routes
Bolus Drug Administration
Intravenous Therapy
Preparation and Administration Phases of Infusion Therapy
LESSON 3 - MANAGEMENT OF VENOUS ACCESSES: TYPES AND MANAGEMENT OF PERIPHERALLY INSERTED CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER
PICC
Role of the Implant Nurse
PICC Team
PICC Dressing and Management
Infections
TYPES AND MANAGEMENT OF CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER
Types of CVCs for Hemodialysis
Choosing the Site for CVC Insertion
CVC Management
Role of the Nurse
Device Management
LESSON 4 - THE HEMATOLOGICAL ONCOLOGY PATIENT
Therapies Antineoplastics: Chemotherapy and complications, new therapies with beta-specific antibodies and CAR-T, and management of complications (CRS: Cytokine Release Syndrome and ICANS-induced neurological toxicity)
Management of chemotherapy drugs and side effects
Preparation and administration of antiblastic drugs
Management of extravasation
Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation
LESSON 5 – PATIENT WITH NEUROLOGICAL PROBLEMS
Ischemic stroke: definition and clinical manifestations
Recognition of symptoms and assessment scales: Glasgow Coma Scale, Cincinnati
Prehospital Stroke Scale, Rankin Scale, NIHSS (National Institute of Health Stroke
Scale), Barthel Index Code, Conley Scale, Braden Scale, Malnutrition Universal
Screening Tool
Treatments for ischemic stroke: Fibrinolysis
Nursing care for patients suffering from ischemic stroke: management
of the patient in the acute and post-acute phase;
Addressing care needs: hygiene, mobilization, breathing,
nutrition, hydration, urinary-intestinal elimination, cardiovascular stabilization, infection prevention, safety, and interaction in
communication
Discharge
Rehabilitation
Hemorrhagic stroke: definition and clinical manifestations
LESSON 6 – CARE FOR PATIENTS UNDERGOING EXPLORATORY DRUG INSPECTION
Thoracentesis
Paracentesis
Spinal puncture
Osteomedullar biopsy
Fine-needle bone marrow aspiration
CARE FOR PATIENTS UNDERGOING ENDOSCOPIC PROCEDURES
EGDS (Esophagogastroduodenoscopy)
Colonoscopy
ERCP (Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography)
Bronchoscopy
LESSON 7 - PATIENT WITH RESPIRATORY PROBLEMS
Ventilation
Cough
Bronchial Asthma
Spirometry
COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease)
Inhalation Therapy for COPD
Pulmonary Rehabilitation for COPD
Dyspnea: Definition, Types, Causes, Non-Pharmacological and Pharmacological Interventions,
Classification
Respiratory Failure: Definition, Symptoms, Effects of Hypoxemia and Hypercapnia,
Diagnosis, Treatment, Types
Acute, Chronic, and Exacerbated Respiratory Failure: Definition, Causes, Treatment
Nursing Interventions in Acute and Chronic Respiratory Failure
Breath Sounds: Crackles, Wheezing, Rubs
Breathing Changes: Respiratory Rate, Breathing Patterns, Breathing Changes
(Tachypnea, Bradypnea, hyperpnea, apnea)
Pathological breathing: Dyspnea, Kussmaul breathing, Cheyne-Stokes breathing, Biot breathing, ataxic breathing
Assessment of respiratory function: Pulse oximetry
Arterial blood gas analysis: Standard procedure for performing an arterial blood gas analysis,
Interpretation of the ABG
Oxygen therapy: Methods of oxygen administration, administration devices (low-flow and high-flow), Nursing interventions in oxygen administration, how to
reduce oxygen therapy
Cultures
PATIENTS WITH KIDNEY PROBLEMS
Acute kidney failure and chronic kidney disease
Replacement treatments: Hemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis, kidney transplantation
Nursing management of the patient undergoing hemodialysis
Books
Nursing clinico. Tecniche e procedure di Kozier. A. Berman et al.
Calcoli e dosaggi farmacologici. La responsabilità dell’infermiere. Casa Editrice Ambrosina.
L’infermiere in oncologia. La gestione dei farmaci antiblastici. Carocci Faber Editore.
Infermieristica clinica in medicina interna. Hoepli
Infermieristica medico-chirurgica. Brunner.Suddarth. Vol 1, Vol 2. CEA
Emodialisi e dialisi peritoneale. S. Gozzini, P. Procaccio et al. McGraw-Hill
Gestione infermieristica degli accessi vascolari per emodialisi. F. Tesio, M. Canzi. Arianna
Editrice
Patologia medica per infermieri professionali. Vol 1, Vol 2. A. Zangara. Piccin
Diagnosi infermieristiche. Applicazione alla pratica clinica. L. J. Carpenito. CEA
- Academic year2025/2026
- CourseNursing REPLICA O-ASL FROSINONE UMBERTO I
- CurriculumSingle curriculum
- Year2nd year
- Semester1st semester
- SSDMED/45
- CFU2