CLINICAL NURSING IN SURGICAL AREA

[711ME]
a.a. 2025/2026

First semester

Frequency Mandatory

  • 6 CFU
  • 72 hours
  • Italian
  • Trieste
  • Obbligatoria
  • Oral Exam
  • SSD MED/41, MED/45, MED/24, MED/18
Curricula: COMMON
Syllabus

The educational objectives of the integrated course were defined during the planning stage and are consistent with the specific training objectives of the degree course in Nursing.
Knowledge and understanding: The student will have to acquire specific and targeted knowledge in relation to the clinical presentation, the pathophysiological mechanisms, the diagnostic-therapeutic process and the complications of oncologic and benign disease both in hospital and in the outpatient setting.Understanding the main therapeutic procedures performed and the rationale of perioperative nursing care. The student will also have to know the procedures for the treatment of cardiovascular resuscitation, first aid techniques in the event of wounds, hemorrhages, burns and traumas.
Apply knowledge and understanding: The student must be able to apply knowledge in the healthcare field in order to develop an effective care plan relevant to each clinical presentation including the entire peri-operative process as well as rehabilitation and continuity care. Furthermore, the patient will have to acquire technical first aid techniques
Making judgment: The student must be able to use the knowledge and skills acquired to develop his or her own autonomy of judgment regarding the main clinical presentation and complications
Communication skills: At the end of the course the student will have to know and use correct and appropriate technical-professional terminology both within the team and towards patients, family members and care-givers.
Learning skills: At the end of the course the student must be able to prepare for the exam by planning and managing the self-study based on the content of the lessons, to the teaching material delivered and the sources suggested for further study

Prerequisites: general knowledge of pathology and physiopathology and Nursing. Basic knowledge of human anatomy and biology
Propaedeutics:Morphological, molecular and functional bases of the human body (720 ME)

The integrated course provides the theoretical-practical notions to learn about the main pathologies of general surgical and urological interest in relation to the clinical presentation, the pathophysiological mechanisms, the diagnostic-therapeutic process and complications.Furthermore, both notions of emergency and emergency medicine will be transferred, particularly the approach to the treatment of patient requiring post-operative and intensive care. At the end of the course the student must be able to develop an effective care plan relevant to each clinical presentation including the entire peri-operative process as well as rehabilitation and continuity of care

M. Chiaranda Urgenze ed emergenze PICCIN
Mario Giosuè Balzanelli: Medicina di emergenza e di pronto soccorso.
EDRA R. Antonelli Incalzi,
Medicina Interna per Scienze Infermieristiche Piccin;
Ogni altro testo di medicina d'urgenza ed emergenza
Chirurgia per infermieri.
M. Lise
Piccin
lectures notes
slides

Notions of general surgery relating to the following areas: pathologies of the digestive tract, of the hepatobiliary-pancreatic district, of the breast and of the thyroid.Pathologies of the male and female urogenital system, urological diagnostics, robotic surgery and internal and external urinary derivations. Types of anesthesia, preoperative evaluation and anesthetic risk, anesthetic drugs, muscle relaxant drugs, phases of anesthesia and prevention and treatment of complications, airway management during anesthesia, life support and intraoperative monitoring. Pre-operative, intra-operative and post-operative nursing, prevention of surgical site infection (guidelines) in the perioperative period, surgical wound management

frontal lessons and continuous mutual interaction between student and teacher. The student is encouraged to actively participate in the lesson also through the support of videos and additional teaching material

The teaching material is available on the University's official "moodle 2" website.
Any changes to the methods described here will be communicated on the Department and degree course websites

The course gives rise to a single grade, weighing the contribution of the credits of each individual partial test through a weighted average. The overall evaluation is expressed in thirtieths with possible honors if the weighted average has a value greater than 30.5. If the student does not accept the overall grade of the course, he must repeat all the partial tests.The minimum threshold for passing each individual partial test corresponds to a score of eighteen/thirtieths.Refusal of the grade obtained in any partial test is not permitted.
The grading system applied is: (18-24): sufficient or fair knowledge of the subject, adequate mastery of the technical language; (25-27): good or very good knowledge of the subject, technical language proficiency, essential ability to connect the themes addressed during the course; (28-30 with honours): excellent knowledge of the subject and technical language proficiency, autonomous critical and analytical skills, and ability to apply acquired knowledge to concrete clinical scenarios
The examination method for the partial tests can be either written or oral.

This course explores topics closely related to one or more goals of the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (SDGs)

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