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503748 - CLINICAL NURSING 2

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ID:
503748
Duration (hours):
45
CFU:
3
SSD:
SCIENZE INFERMIERISTICHE GENERALI, CLINICHE E PEDIATRICHE
Year:
2025
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Overview

Date/time interval

Secondo Semestre (02/03/2026 - 30/06/2026)

Syllabus

Course Objectives

The organization of the contents will be implemented starting from the nursing skills identified within the Tuning Educational Structures in Europe Project, which for the first year of the course provide for the priority acquisition of problem solving skills, in relation to the Dublin Descriptors: knowledge understanding ability; knowledge and understanding apply; autonomy of judgement; communication skills; ability to learn.
Reference will be made:
- to the conceptual model of V. Henderson and to the theoretical contribution of F. Nightingale and M. F. Collière
- the nursing care process in relation to the following vital needs:
- Protect yourself from environmental hazards
- Maintain body temperature within normal limits
- Communicate with others
- Provide personal hygiene and protect the integuments
- Dressing and undressing
At the end of the course, the student will be able to:
- understand the main healthcare aspects relating to healthy and sick people and those in risk conditions
-you will identify the nursing function as a complex function achieved at the intersection between care that promotes and maintains health and care that treats illness. Such care involves the healthy and sick person considered in different living environments, from the home, to the community, to the hospital.
For every need, the student will be able to: collect data, interpret them and identify the problem of nursing care; define care priorities; identify evidence-based nursing interventions using critical thinking.

Course Prerequisites

Basic notions of the humanities and biological sciences are required. The acquisition of the theoretical knowledge provided by the teachings of the Integrated Course in Anatomy and Histology, Physiology, General Nursing and General Pathology and Microbiology, Preventive Medicine, 1st year, 1st semester is required.

Teaching Methods

Frontal lessons integrated by laboratories with analysis of care situations; projection of films; classroom practice of nursing techniques.

Assessment Methods

The learning assessment consists of a written and an oral test that will focus on the evaluation of theoretical knowledge and clinical reasoning applied to a care situation. The written test will consist of a variable number of multiple choice questions. The answers have a variable score (from a minimum of 0.25 to a maximum of 2) that is indicated in the test for each question. The oral test, on the other hand, will focus on the discussion of a care situation relating to the modules explained above. The exam is considered passed if both tests (written and oral) are passed. In particular:
- test: the minimum score is 18 and the maximum score is 30.
- oral: the minimum score is 18 and the maximum score is 30.
The final grade of the exam will consist of the weighted average of the written test (50%) and oral test (50%). Minimum score 18 maximum score 30 with the possibility of honors. If the written test is insufficient, the student will not be admitted to the oral test. If, however, the student passes the written test but not the oral exam, in the next session he/she will have to take only the oral exam. If the student, having passed the written test, does not want to take the oral exam in the same session, he/she must communicate this when he/she registers for the exam using the notes on the “ESSE3” platform. In the next session he/she must register specifying “oral exam” in the notes.
Even at the first exam, the student will be able to decide to take the partial tests of the modules he wishes (clinical nursing 2 and/or ethics and/or professional organization and/or medical assistance and educational-relational processes).
Students with learning disabilities certified by the Unipv SAIDS Service will be entitled to the extra time and compensatory measures provided.

Texts

Mandatory and recommended bibliography
-V. Henderson, Fundamental principles of nursing
-Saiani L., Brugnolli A., Treatise on Nursing Care III edition, Naples, Ed IDELSON-GNOCCHI-Sorbonne
-Scientific articles, International Guidelines indicated by the teachers. The in-depth literature is as follows and is available on the KIRO platform:

Module 1:
-Saiani L., Brugnolli A., Trattato di Cure Infermieristiche III edizione, Napoli, Ed IDELSON-GNOCCHI-Sorbona (capitolo 16, Vol. 1)
-Nicolaas C. Schaper, Jaap J. van Netten, Jan Apelqvist, Sicco A. Bus, Robert Fitridge, et al. Practical guidelines on the prevention and management of diabetes-related foot disease (IWGDF 2023 update). Diabetes/Metabolism Research and Reviews, 2023, Diabetes/Metabolism Research and Reviews, pp.e3657.
- Fourie A., Nokaneng E., The Prevention of Skin Tears—A Focus on Vulnerable
Populations from Older Adults to Critically Ill Patients:
ISTAP Part 1, advances in skin & wound care
–Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Prevenzione e trattamento delle lesioni da pressione Consultabile al seguente link: 4/02/25 https://www.iss.it/-/prevenzione-trattamento-lesioni-da-pressione (data di consultazione 4 Febbraio 2025)

Module 2:
-Saiani L., Brugnolli A., Treatise on Nursing Care III edition, Naples, Ed IDELSON-GNOCCHI-Sorbonne (chapter 24, 25, Vol. 2)

Module 3:
-Saiani L., Brugnolli A., Treatise on Nursing Care III edition, Naples, Ed IDELSON-GNOCCHI-Sorbonne (chapter 14, Vol. 1)
Recommended reading
-RNAO (2020) Oral Health: Supporting Adults Who Require Assistance (https://rnao.ca/bpg/guidelines/oral-health-supporting-adults-who-require-assistance) pag. 30-51 e pag.110-133
-Lichterfeld, A., Hauss, A., Surber, C., Peters, T., Blume-Peytavi, U., & Kottner, J. (2015). Evidence-Based Skin Care: A Systematic Literature Review and the Development of a Basic Skin Care Algorithm. Journal of wound, ostomy, and continence nursing: official publication of The Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nurses Society, 42(5), 501–524. https://doi.org/10.1097/WON.0000000000000162

Module 4:
-Saiani L., Brugnolli A., Treatise on Nursing Care III edition, Naples, Ed IDELSON-GNOCCHI-Sorbonne (chapter 14, Vol. 1)

Module 5:
-Saiani L., Brugnolli A., Treatise on Nursing Care III edition, Naples, Ed IDELSON-GNOCCHI-Sorbonne (chapter 23, Vol. 1; chapter 7 pages 216-223)

Module 6:
-Saiani L., Brugnolli A., Treatise on Nursing Care III edition, Naples, Ed IDELSON-GNOCCHI-Sorbonne (chapter 3, Vol. 1, chapter 22, Vo.l 2)

Module 7:
-Saiani L., Brugnolli A., Treatise on Nursing Care III edition, Naples, Ed IDELSON-GNOCCHI-Sorbonne (chapter 11-12, Vol. 1)

Module 8:
-Saiani L., Brugnolli A., Treatise on Nursing Care III edition, Naples, Ed IDELSON-GNOCCHI-Sorbonne (chapter 7, Vol. 1)

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- 2024-ESH Guidelines for the management of arterial hypertension. The Task Force for the management of arterial hypertension of the European Society of Hypertension.

Contents

Module 1: Risk of developing lesions.
Contents:
Pressure Ulcers (PU), pathophysiology, pressure ulcer development, classification, risk assessment, Norton-Stotts and Braden rating scales, nursing care for the prevention of PU. Foot care in diabetics: injury prevention. Skin tears: predisposing factors, classification, prevention.

Module 2: Pain and end of life
Contents:
Pain: Physiology, classification, assessment, one-dimensional scales (NRS, VAS, VRS, Wong-Baker Facies Pain Rating) and multidimensional scales (Brief Pain Inventory) and the PAINAD scale; nursing care and non-pharmacological interventions.
End of life: death in today's society, reactions and fears of the dying and of the family, the model of E. Kubler Ross, assistance to the terminally ill, death and care of the corpse.

Module 3: Maintain personal hygiene and protect skin.
Contents:
Body and body care as crucial and complex elements of nursing care.
The main alterations in personal care: forgetfulness, neglect, incapacity.
The skin as a protection between the organism and the external environment. Skin alterations.
Assessment of the hygiene need.
Nursing care: Hygiene and body care: guiding principles; body care products; total hygiene: bath in tub or shower and bath in bed; partial hygiene: hygiene and care of the face, nose and ears; eye hygiene, eye care in the unconscious person; oral hygiene and oral hygiene for denture wearers; shaving; hand and foot hygiene; hair care; perineal hygiene in bed.

Module 4: Choosing the right clothing, dressing and undressing
Contents:
Protection, identity, self-image, nursing care.

Module 5: Maintaining body temperature within normal limits
Contents:
Definition of body temperature, mechanisms of production, income and heat dispersion; thermoregulation in the various age groups, especially in the newborn and in the elderly; nursing assessment: normal temperature values, perception of heat and cold; changes in body temperature: fever, hyperthermia, hypothermia; stages and classification of fever; techniques, tools, locations for detecting body temperature; nursing care to treat CT abnormalities and complications.

Module 6: communicating with others
Contents:
Fundamental principles of communication, communication process; forms of communication; helping relationship; communication in particular assistance situations (deaf, blind); disturbances of language, memory, alterations of the state of consciousness and of the space-time orientation; evaluation scales: Mini Mental Assessment, AVPU. Nursing assessment and care.

Module 7: Avoiding the dangers of the environment and avoiding harming others
Contents:
Concept of risk and danger; classification of risks in the health sector; operator safety: infectious risk, risk from manual handling of loads, chemical/physical risk; concepts of hygiene, cleaning or cleansing, sanitation, disinfection, sanitization, decontamination, sterilization, disinfestation; use of disinfectants and detergents; management of tools and equipment for patient assistance; Spaulding classification of sanitary material; waste management and their classification
The infectious chain. Infection in care settings, healthcare-associated infections; interventions to interrupt the infectious chain; standard precautions and transmission-based precautions; hand washing; personal protective equipment (PPE); isolations according to the transmission route.

Module 8: Cardiovascular function
Contents:
Prevention of cardiovascular risk through the promotion of healthy lifestyles, influencing factors (diet, BMI, movement, smoking, arterial hypertension).
Vital signs: heart rate: detection methods, locations, normal and abnormal values. Arterial pressure: locations, instruments for detection, normal and altered values, factors that interfere, alter and influence correct blood pressure detection; changes in blood pressure; front-line interventions for the management of hypertension: dietary strategies, encouraging physical activity. Measurement of blood pressure at home.

Course Language

Italian

More information

Module 1: Risk of developing lesions.
Knowledge and Understanding
Clinical-care area
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; define the basic principles of education of people and intervention strategies in the community;
Hygienic-preventive area:
Define and understand the function of the determinants of health, of the risk factors in the onset of chronic degenerative diseases;
Organizational and legislative learning area:
Define the clinical nursing governance tools to reduce the incidence of adverse events in professional practice and to promote the quality of care processes.
Ability to apply knowledge and understanding
Clinical-care area:
Use nursing assessment techniques to collect data accurately on the main health problems of patients; provide safe direct nursing care to individuals and groups of patients using evidence-based practice, the nursing process, and caring principles; define basic principles of education of individuals and community intervention strategies.
Communication skills:
Use teaching and learning principles for informative or educational interventions aimed at patients, families, and the community in order to promote health behaviors, reduce risk factors, promote self-care skills by strengthening coping skills, self-esteem, and enhancing available resources).
Module 2: Pain and end of life
Knowledge and Understanding
Clinical-care area
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
Define the basic principles of education of people and intervention strategies in the community.
Ability to apply knowledge and understanding
Clinical-care area
Identify the nursing care needs of the person and his/her reactions to the disease, to the treatments in progress, to institutionalization, to changes in daily life, to the perceived quality; provide direct nursing care in a safe way to individuals and groups of patients through the use of a practice based on scientific evidence, the nursing process and the principles of caring;
Communication skills: Use teaching and learning principles for informative or educational interventions aimed at patients, families and the community in order to promote healthy behaviors, reduce risk factors, promote self-care skills by reinforcing coping skills, self-esteem and enhancing available resources).
Module 3: Maintain personal hygiene and protect skin.
Knowledge and Understanding
Clinical-care area
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
Define the basic principles of education of people and intervention strategies in the community.
Ability to apply knowledge and understanding
Clinical-care area
Identify the nursing care needs of the person and his/her reactions to the disease, to the treatments in progress, to institutionalization, to changes in daily life, to the perceived quality; provide direct nursing care in a safe way to individuals and groups of patients through the use of a practice based on scientific evidence, the nursing process and the principles of caring;
Communication skills: Use teaching and learning principles for informative or educational interventions aimed at patients, families and the community in order to promote healthy behaviors, reduce risk factors, promote self-care skills by reinforcing coping skills, self-esteem and enhancing available resources).
Module 4: Choosing the right clothing, dressing and undressing
Knowledge and Understanding
Clinical-care area
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
Define the basic principles of education of people and intervention strategies in the community.
Ability to apply knowledge and understanding
Clinical-care area
Identify the nursing care needs of the person and his/her reactions to the disease, to the treatments in progress, to institutionalization, to changes in daily life, to the perceived quality; provide direct nursing care in a safe way to individuals and groups of patients through the use of a practice based on scientific evidence, the nursing process and the principles of caring;
Communication skills: Use teaching and learning principles for informative or educational interventions aimed at patients, families and the community in order to promote healthy behaviors, reduce risk factors, promote self-care skills by reinforcing coping skills, self-esteem and enhancing available resources).
Module 5: Maintaining body temperature within normal limits
Knowledge and Understanding
Clinical-care area
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.
Define the basic principles of education of people and intervention strategies in the community.
Ability to apply knowledge and understanding
Clinical-care area
Identify the nursing care needs of the person and his/her reactions to the disease, to the treatments in progress, to institutionalization, to changes in daily life, to the perceived quality; provide direct nursing care in a safe way to individuals and groups of patients through the use of a practice based on scientific evidence, the nursing process and the principles of caring;
Communication skills: Use teaching and learning principles for informative or educational interventions aimed at patients, families and the community in order to promote healthy behaviors, reduce risk factors, promote self-care skills by reinforcing coping skills, self-esteem and enhancing available resources).
Module 6: communicating with others
Knowledge and understanding
Clinical-care area
Define and understand the mechanisms of functioning of physiological and pathological processes related to the state of health and disease of people at different ages of life.
Define and understand within the scope of 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.
Ability to apply knowledge and understanding
Clinical-care area
Use the theoretical knowledge deriving 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 sex/gender differences.
Conduct a comprehensive and systematic nursing assessment of the individual's health needs to assess the response to functional patterns of activity and exercise, health perception and maintenance, 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.
Use nursing assessment techniques to accurately collect data

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NURSING 
Bachelor’s Degree
3 years
NURSING 
Bachelor’s Degree
3 years
NURSING 
Bachelor’s Degree
3 years
Nursing 
Bachelor’s Degree
3 years
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COLLIVASONE LUCIA
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GABETTA MONICA
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RUSSO SARA
AREA MIN. 06 - Scienze mediche
Settore MED/45 - Scienze Infermieristiche Generali, Cliniche e Pediatriche
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