Nursing REPLICA ASL ROMA 2

Medicine 1: Empathy, Active Listening, Effective Communication with the Patient. Signs and Symptoms. Medical History and Physical Examination. From Symptom/Sign to Disease in Nursing Triage: Pain, Headache, Dyspnea, Cough. Cyanosis, Acrocyanosis, Raynaud’s Phenomenon, Capillaroscopy. Prevention of Hospital-Acquired Infections and the Role of Hands in Infection Transmission. Medicine 2: Active participation of students in the review of Lesson 1. General clinical approach to diseases: from symptom/sign to disease in nursing triage — peripheral facial paralysis versus stroke, palpitations, syncope/presyncope, hematuria, pruritus, jaundice. Edema, lymphedema, lipedema. Elastic compression bandaging. Ankle-Brachial Index (ABI). Medicine 3: Active participation of students in the review of Lesson 2. From symptom/sign to disease in nursing triage — deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism, post-thrombotic syndrome, venous ulcer. Primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention. Interdisciplinary management model for chronic disease care. CRIIS as a PDTA model for the interdisciplinary management and continuity of care in rare chronic diseases. Hospital–community integration. Geriatrics 1: Demographic aging, chronological versus biological age, cardiovascular and oncological risk, main symptoms and signs related to aging diseases, community-based chronic care networks. The elderly and hypomobility: pressure ulcers — prevention and treatment strategies, chronic venous insufficiency and post-thrombotic syndrome, edema and elastic compression. Geriatrics 2: Cardiovascular diseases — atherosclerosis, abdominal aortic aneurysm, peripheral arterial occlusive disease, acute/chronic ischemia, blue toe syndrome in nursing triage. The frailty of the elderly patient: multimorbidity, reduced drug metabolism, vascular fragility, skin atrophy. Definition of geriatric syndromes. Geriatrics 3: Geriatric syndromes — sarcopenia, osteoporosis and fractures, falls. Telemedicine in geriatric patients. The concept of humanization of care. Practical Training: 1-week rotation at the Medical Day Hospital — Vascular Medicine and Autoimmunity Unit (UOSD): • Observing the performance of videocapillaroscopy • Observing the performance of a teleconsultation • Technique for measuring the Ankle-Brachial Index (ABI) using continuous-wave (CW) Doppler • Technique for performing elastic compression bandaging of the lower limbs

Sharing of slides explained and commented on during the lessons. Suggested textbook : Macleod Manuale di Semeiotica e metodologia medica Edizione Masson Edra