NURSING APPLIED TO THE ORTHOPEDIC FIELD
APPLIED CLINICAL NURSING PROGRAMME
MED/45 NURSING APPLIED TO ORTHOPAEDIC FIELD: (1CFU)
The nursing needs of the person with musculoskeletal problems.
Nursing assistance to the person with orthopaedic-traumatological pathology of the limbs
superior and inferior in the following situations:
- Person with transkeletal traction
- Person with external fixator
- Person with bandage: type, purposes, techniques
- Nursing care for the patient undergoing surgical treatment or
prosthetic of:
• Osteosynthesis
• Hip prosthesis
• Knee prosthesis
- Person undergoing limb amputation surgery, limb syndrome
phantom, post acute rehabilitation in upper and lower limb amputations
TEACHING METHODS
The course aims at applying disciplinary concepts in an assistance field such as orthopaedic-traumatology;
It is divided into:
- Classical frontal lessons
- Analysis and discussion of clinical cases
- group work
- Laboratory activities