APPLIED CLINICAL NURSING 3 - CO

Degree course: 
Corso di First cycle degree in NURSING
Academic year when starting the degree: 
2023/2024
Year: 
3
Academic year in which the course will be held: 
2025/2026
Course type: 
Compulsory subjects, characteristic of the class
Seat of the course: 
Como - Università degli Studi dell'Insubria
Credits: 
2
Standard lectures hours: 
30
Detail of lecture’s hours: 
Lesson (30 hours)
Requirements: 

To know and to use "Modello delle prestazioni infermieristiche" and i-Nanda taxonomy.

The exam is oral.
Achievement of the expected results will be assessed by assessing the knowledge acquired and the ability to argue for healthcare choices, with particular attention to priorities and the ability to analyze ethical and deontological issues.

Assessment: 
Voto Finale

Learn nursing in clinical settings characterized by frailty and chronic disease, with particular attention to the neurological, nephrological, geriatric, palliative, and psychiatric fields, taking into account the differences between acute and chronic conditions and the application of ethical and legal attitudes and norms in these situations.
RDA
to understand the social and epidemiological situation of elderly, neurological, and nephrological patients in the Italian context.
to understand the social and epidemiological situation of psychiatric patients, focused on evolution of care and legislation in the field of mental health.
to understand the social and epidemiological situation of patients being cared for at the end of life.
to plan nursing care for persons with acute or chronic frailty, whether neurological, nephrological, psychiatric, or assisted in palliative care, according to "Modello delle prestazioni infermieristiche" and using i-Nanda taxonomy.
to understand simple and complex care situations in light of the ethical and deontological principles of the nursing profession.

1. The social-cultural and physiological dimension of aging
2. Frail elderly
3. The Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA) and its tools
4. Identification of more common nursing care needs (BAI) in elderly
5. Delirium in elderly
6. Nursing in dementia and Alzheimer disease
7. Parkinson’s disease and nursing care
8. Multiple Sclerosis (SM) and nursing care
9. Acute and Chronic kidney disease: assessment and nursing
10. Dialysis: outcomes, treatments and nursing
11. Diet and hydration in kidney disease
12. Kidney transplant

Classroom lessons

Professors

CAVADINI GIOVANNI