Nursing and Midwifery Sciences – Nursing Profile - Course A - Roma Azienda Policlinico Umberto I

MARCO DI MUZIO
ANNA RITA MARUCCI
SOFIA TABORRI
Walter De Caro
Francesco Tontini
SUSANNA SODO
EMANUELE LISANTI

At the end of the integrated course, students will be able to:
Plan, manage and evaluate healthcare management processes with a view to improving the quality of care in general and nursing in particular; describe the analysis of the organisational context and strategic decisions in the management functions of the healthcare professions.
Apply multi-professional tools and methods for programming, planning, organisation, measurement, verification and evaluation.
Ensure continuity of care (hospital, territory, community) through the application of innovative care and management models that respond to the health needs expressed by the population, by constructing specific and updated clinical care pathways.
Use a nursing classification for the definition and coding of care problems/diagnoses that allows specific areas to be defined during the negotiation of the nursing budget.

It is recommended that you have successfully passed the exam in Care Processes and Advanced Nursing Methodology in the 2nd year, 1st semester.

 Introduction to the Course on Care Processes and Organisational/Management Models
 The paradox of longevity: new care models
o The sustainability of the system: the silver economy and welfare
o Innovation: technology in the service of longevity
 Treatment adherence in the elderly population
o Definition and characteristics of treatment adherence
o Epidemiology and prevalence of the phenomenon
Nursing and environmental sustainability in clinical settings
o Sustainability in healthcare:
1. The environmental impact of healthcare systems
2. Healthcare as a determinant of climate change
The phenomenon of treatment burden
o Theoretical background
o Epidemiology in older people
o Determinants of treatment burden
Social isolation and loneliness: from a ‘social problem’ to a determinant of health
o Conceptual framework
o Impact on population health
 Older people as a priority population group:
o Demographic and epidemiological overview of ageing
o Social isolation and loneliness as structural phenomena in the older population
o Epidemiology of social isolation and loneliness in older people
o Clinical and care outcomes of loneliness and social isolation in older people
 Regulatory framework and care models
o Reorganisation of community care (Ministerial Decree 77/2022)
o Policies for the older population (Legislative Decree 29/2024)
o Models of social and health care interaction: social prescribing

RCN competencies-Advanced Nurse Practitioners. An RCN guide to the. Advanced Nurse Practitioner role, competences and programme accreditation.

The course will consist of lectures aimed at providing students with the fundamental concepts of the core curriculum.
Practical activities will also be carried out in the classroom during the lectures.

Mandatory

The assessment of learning for the entire course will be conducted through a written test and an oral examination. Only those who have attended at least 67% of the module hours will be allowed to take the exam. The written test consists of 32 multiple-choice questions (1 point for each correct answer – 32 points correspond to a grade of 30 with laude). There are no penalties for unanswered or incorrect answers. Those who achieve a score higher than 18/30 will be admitted to the oral exam.

Which of the following definitions best describes the concept of ‘treatment burden’?
Behavioural and social risk factors for poor treatment adherence include:
How should one plan a high-quality impact assessment?
Which was the first standard to recognise the importance of skills development and to define continuing professional development?