ID:
503744
Duration (hours):
45
CFU:
3
SSD:
SCIENZE INFERMIERISTICHE GENERALI, CLINICHE E PEDIATRICHE
Year:
2025
Overview
Date/time interval
Primo Semestre (01/10/2025 - 30/01/2026)
Syllabus
Course Objectives
At the end of the Course the student will be able to:
1. Define and understand the functioning mechanisms of physiological and pathological processes connected to the state of health and disease of people at different ages of life.
2. Define and understand within the general and clinical nursing sciences the fields of intervention of nursing, the clinical nursing method that guides an effective approach to care, the operational techniques of intervention and the evidence that guides the decision-making process of care
3. Understand the fundamental strategies used in prevention, promotion and health education of the individual, of all ages and of the community in living environments
4. Use the theoretical knowledge derived from the various biomedical, clinical and nursing disciplines, to implement responses to the needs of the people assisted at various ages and stages of development in the different phases of life and to recognize and manage the health problems of the people assisted, of the family and of the community, with attention to differences in sex/gender
5. Conduct a complete and systematic nursing assessment of the health needs of the person to ascertain the response to the functional models of activity and exercise, perception and maintenance of health, nutrition and metabolism, elimination, rest and sleep, cognition and perception, self-concept, role and relationships, coping and stress management, sexuality and reproduction, and values and beliefs
6.Use nursing assessment techniques to accurately collect data on the main health problems of the patients
7.Identify the nursing care needs of the person and his/her reactions to the disease, current treatments, institutionalization, changes in daily life, perceived quality
8.Plan the implementation and evaluation of nursing care in collaboration with the users and with the interdisciplinary care team.
1. Define and understand the functioning mechanisms of physiological and pathological processes connected to the state of health and disease of people at different ages of life.
2. Define and understand within the general and clinical nursing sciences the fields of intervention of nursing, the clinical nursing method that guides an effective approach to care, the operational techniques of intervention and the evidence that guides the decision-making process of care
3. Understand the fundamental strategies used in prevention, promotion and health education of the individual, of all ages and of the community in living environments
4. Use the theoretical knowledge derived from the various biomedical, clinical and nursing disciplines, to implement responses to the needs of the people assisted at various ages and stages of development in the different phases of life and to recognize and manage the health problems of the people assisted, of the family and of the community, with attention to differences in sex/gender
5. Conduct a complete and systematic nursing assessment of the health needs of the person to ascertain the response to the functional models of activity and exercise, perception and maintenance of health, nutrition and metabolism, elimination, rest and sleep, cognition and perception, self-concept, role and relationships, coping and stress management, sexuality and reproduction, and values and beliefs
6.Use nursing assessment techniques to accurately collect data on the main health problems of the patients
7.Identify the nursing care needs of the person and his/her reactions to the disease, current treatments, institutionalization, changes in daily life, perceived quality
8.Plan the implementation and evaluation of nursing care in collaboration with the users and with the interdisciplinary care team.
Course Prerequisites
The theoretical knowledge required at the entrance refers to the characterising discipline of the General Nursing and Nursing Theories Module (1st semester)
Teaching Methods
Classroom simulations.
Role Playing: exercises of care situations related to health promotion, primary prevention, care in non-complex care situations
Analysis of cases related to care situations related to health maintenance, health risk and functional dependence
Analysis of different relational styles in taking charge of people's health needs.
Role Playing: exercises of care situations related to health promotion, primary prevention, care in non-complex care situations
Analysis of cases related to care situations related to health maintenance, health risk and functional dependence
Analysis of different relational styles in taking charge of people's health needs.
Assessment Methods
The final evaluation includes a written test and an oral examination. The written examination will consist of multiple-choice questions; (30 questions); each correct answer is assigned a score, the maximum achievable rating is 30/30 and the minimum rating is 18/30.
The oral examination, on the other hand, will focus on the discussion of a care situation. Again, a mark between 18/30 and 30/30 will be awarded, with the possibility of honours.
The final mark will be calculated as the arithmetic mean of the written and oral examinations. Admission to the oral examination is conditional upon passing the written examination (minimum mark 18/30). If the student does not intend to take the oral exam, they must specify this in the notes on ESSE3 “written test only”. If, on the other hand, the student fails the oral exam, the written exam will still be valid for the next exam session. Students who are only required to take the oral exam must specify this in the notes on ESSE3 “oral exam only”.
In the first exam session that the student takes, she will have to enroll in the General Nursing and Nursing Theories Module and the Clinical Nursing Module I.
- If the student passes both tests positively, the arithmetic mean will generate the Integrated Course (I.C.) grade.
- If the student does not pass one of the two tests, the grade of the positive test will be maintained and he will have to take only the negative test again in one of the subsequent sessions by enrolling only in that session.
-If the student does not pass both tests, in subsequent sessions you will be able to register for the exams separately and it will no longer be necessary to register for both.
- Students with DSA certified and recognized by the Unipv SAISD Center will be able to take advantage of the compensatory measures recognized to them.
Overcoming the C.I. of General Nursing and Nursing Theories together with attendance at professional laboratories will allow the student to access the internship exam and access the following year.
The oral examination, on the other hand, will focus on the discussion of a care situation. Again, a mark between 18/30 and 30/30 will be awarded, with the possibility of honours.
The final mark will be calculated as the arithmetic mean of the written and oral examinations. Admission to the oral examination is conditional upon passing the written examination (minimum mark 18/30). If the student does not intend to take the oral exam, they must specify this in the notes on ESSE3 “written test only”. If, on the other hand, the student fails the oral exam, the written exam will still be valid for the next exam session. Students who are only required to take the oral exam must specify this in the notes on ESSE3 “oral exam only”.
In the first exam session that the student takes, she will have to enroll in the General Nursing and Nursing Theories Module and the Clinical Nursing Module I.
- If the student passes both tests positively, the arithmetic mean will generate the Integrated Course (I.C.) grade.
- If the student does not pass one of the two tests, the grade of the positive test will be maintained and he will have to take only the negative test again in one of the subsequent sessions by enrolling only in that session.
-If the student does not pass both tests, in subsequent sessions you will be able to register for the exams separately and it will no longer be necessary to register for both.
- Students with DSA certified and recognized by the Unipv SAISD Center will be able to take advantage of the compensatory measures recognized to them.
Overcoming the C.I. of General Nursing and Nursing Theories together with attendance at professional laboratories will allow the student to access the internship exam and access the following year.
Texts
Saiani L, Brugnolli A. (2021) Trattato di cure Infermieristiche – III edizione (Vol. I-II) – Napoli: Ed. Idelson Gnocchi
Chapters 5-6: The care process – Nursing assessment methods
Chapter 7: Breathing Assessment page. 196 – 201
Chapter 11: Falls risk assessment pages 396-405
Chapter 13: Rest and sleep and night care pages 480-500
Chapter 15: Physical activity, mobility and management of alterations page 564-628
Chapter 17: Breathing and management of alterations page 668-682, 707-712.
Chapter 18: Nutrition and assistance with the main problems of nutritional status page 724-773; 798-801 (care of dependent and elderly patients)
Chapter 19: Hydro-electrolyte balance and management of alterations pag. 806-817
Chapter 20: Intestinal elimination and management of alterations page 842-855, 858-873, 887-888
Chapter 21: Urinary elimination and management of alterations pag. pages 894-945
Ministry of Health, CREA guidelines
Chapters 5-6: The care process – Nursing assessment methods
Chapter 7: Breathing Assessment page. 196 – 201
Chapter 11: Falls risk assessment pages 396-405
Chapter 13: Rest and sleep and night care pages 480-500
Chapter 15: Physical activity, mobility and management of alterations page 564-628
Chapter 17: Breathing and management of alterations page 668-682, 707-712.
Chapter 18: Nutrition and assistance with the main problems of nutritional status page 724-773; 798-801 (care of dependent and elderly patients)
Chapter 19: Hydro-electrolyte balance and management of alterations pag. 806-817
Chapter 20: Intestinal elimination and management of alterations page 842-855, 858-873, 887-888
Chapter 21: Urinary elimination and management of alterations pag. pages 894-945
Ministry of Health, CREA guidelines
Contents
Module 1:
“Moving and maintaining a desired position”
•Impact of physical activity on health: evidence-based prevention (EBP)
•What and how much physical activity, how to recommend it to promote health and prevent chronic degenerative diseases with particular reference to walking, aids and assessment tools
•Mobility in the clinical care setting, impact of immobility on health: immobilization syndrome, prevention and treatment from a systemic perspective, frailty of the elderly, restraint, positions in bed
-Obesity and physical activity; high risk of sedentary lifestyle
-Risk of falling: recommendations from the Ministry of Health
•Evaluation tools: Global Physical Activity Index, ADL and IADL scales, Walking Test, Borg Scale, Conley Scale and Tinetti Scale
Module 2: “Eating and drinking adequately”
•Nutrition as a determining factor of health, protective and risk food profiles for health.
•Nutritional assessment and identification of risk situations: MUST, BMI, abdominal circumference measurement, MNA.
Overweight, obesity, protein-energy malnutrition as risk factors for health: implications for treatment. Difficulty in feeding due to swallowing problems and presence of oral stomatitis/mucositis. Feeding aids.
Module 3: "Promoting safety with particular reference to primary and secondary prevention of falls
• Situations related to life, health and disease conditions that influence safety
• Methods and tools for assessing risk
Module 4: - “Breathing normally”. How to maintain normal breathing: analysis of environmental, biological, lifestyle, behavioral and dietary factors of the person and what are the causes of an alteration of the need. Assessment of the need for breathing, use of assessment scales (Borg, walking test, speech time). Care approach to alterations of need. Minimal clinical intervention to promote cessation of smoking.
Module 5: -Rest and sleep. Physiological notes on circadian rhythmicity; physiological effects of sleep; Nursing assessment of physiological sleep: sleep assessment scale Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI).
Module 6: -Intestinal elimination. Meaning of normal intestinal elimination, factors that influence it (biopsychosocial and environmental), tools for the detection of habits, behaviors, lifestyles and interventions to adopt to respond physiologically to the need. Care approach to alterations of need related to diarrhea, constipation, fecal incontinence.
Module 7: Urinary elimination.
Definition of urinary elimination, urinary elimination in various age groups, nursing assessment of the need for urinary elimination, frequency and characteristics of urination, chemical-physical characteristics of urine, the influence of the living and working environment on urinary elimination, lifestyles, factors and habits (physical exercise, nutrition, hydration and rest) that influence elimination especially in the elderly; health promotion interventions for adequate urinary elimination.
• The phenomenological and socio-anthropological approach to care situations suggested by M.F. Collière
• Functional assessment relating to: ability to perform basic and instrumental activities of daily life.
“Moving and maintaining a desired position”
•Impact of physical activity on health: evidence-based prevention (EBP)
•What and how much physical activity, how to recommend it to promote health and prevent chronic degenerative diseases with particular reference to walking, aids and assessment tools
•Mobility in the clinical care setting, impact of immobility on health: immobilization syndrome, prevention and treatment from a systemic perspective, frailty of the elderly, restraint, positions in bed
-Obesity and physical activity; high risk of sedentary lifestyle
-Risk of falling: recommendations from the Ministry of Health
•Evaluation tools: Global Physical Activity Index, ADL and IADL scales, Walking Test, Borg Scale, Conley Scale and Tinetti Scale
Module 2: “Eating and drinking adequately”
•Nutrition as a determining factor of health, protective and risk food profiles for health.
•Nutritional assessment and identification of risk situations: MUST, BMI, abdominal circumference measurement, MNA.
Overweight, obesity, protein-energy malnutrition as risk factors for health: implications for treatment. Difficulty in feeding due to swallowing problems and presence of oral stomatitis/mucositis. Feeding aids.
Module 3: "Promoting safety with particular reference to primary and secondary prevention of falls
• Situations related to life, health and disease conditions that influence safety
• Methods and tools for assessing risk
Module 4: - “Breathing normally”. How to maintain normal breathing: analysis of environmental, biological, lifestyle, behavioral and dietary factors of the person and what are the causes of an alteration of the need. Assessment of the need for breathing, use of assessment scales (Borg, walking test, speech time). Care approach to alterations of need. Minimal clinical intervention to promote cessation of smoking.
Module 5: -Rest and sleep. Physiological notes on circadian rhythmicity; physiological effects of sleep; Nursing assessment of physiological sleep: sleep assessment scale Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI).
Module 6: -Intestinal elimination. Meaning of normal intestinal elimination, factors that influence it (biopsychosocial and environmental), tools for the detection of habits, behaviors, lifestyles and interventions to adopt to respond physiologically to the need. Care approach to alterations of need related to diarrhea, constipation, fecal incontinence.
Module 7: Urinary elimination.
Definition of urinary elimination, urinary elimination in various age groups, nursing assessment of the need for urinary elimination, frequency and characteristics of urination, chemical-physical characteristics of urine, the influence of the living and working environment on urinary elimination, lifestyles, factors and habits (physical exercise, nutrition, hydration and rest) that influence elimination especially in the elderly; health promotion interventions for adequate urinary elimination.
• The phenomenological and socio-anthropological approach to care situations suggested by M.F. Collière
• Functional assessment relating to: ability to perform basic and instrumental activities of daily life.
Course Language
Italian
More information
The scientific articles illustrated in the classroom and recommended for the study are available on the Kiro website·
Emails of professors are:
annamaria.rampi@unipv.it
sara.russo@unipv.it
simonamaria.bozzani@unipv.it
Emails of professors are:
annamaria.rampi@unipv.it
sara.russo@unipv.it
simonamaria.bozzani@unipv.it
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