The general objective of the course is to provide knowledge of the correct management and administration of medication in all its forms, by topical, enteral and parenteral routes, with particular reference to the field of patient safety and nursing responsibility.
At the end of the course, in accordance with the Dublin Descriptors, in order to pass the examination, the student must demonstrate the following
- Knowledge and ability to understand: to know the processes related to the correct management of medication, the persons involved and their responsibilities, the risks related to medication and their correct administration.
- Applied knowledge and ability to understand: to be able to apply knowledge by describing the processes related to the drug of supply, storage and stock management as well as the correct procedures of parenteral, enteral and topical drug administration.
- Autonomy of judgement: having developed the ability to recognise risks related to drug administration and possible related errors.
- Communication skills: to have been able to use the technical-professional language correctly and appropriately in order to set out clearly and unambiguously the knowledge acquired and the reasoning developed.
- Ability to learn: to have been able to integrate the information provided in lectures by autonomously drawing on authoritative information sources (e.g. textbooks), as well as being able to self-assess one's own level of preparation and one's ability to express organised thought before taking the exam.

To be successful in this course, students are expected to have prior knowledge in the following areas:
• basic notions of human anatomy and physiology, mathematics, chemistry and biochemistry, microbiology and hygiene.
• General Nursing 2; (prerequisite exam)
• nursing care process.

Management and administration of the drug in all its forms.
Roles and responsibilities of the various professionals involved in the drug process (procurement, storage and administration)
Administration of blood components Correct pharmacological prescription Evaluation criteria in the process of pharmacological administration Routes of administration Procedure and management of complications for intramuscular, subcutaneous, intradermal, hypodermic, and intravenous injection Recognizing medication errors and prevention strategies.

Nursing clinico Tecniche e pocedure di Kozier” A.Berman, S. Snyder, Edises Università, 2019. (Cap.14-18)

Actions, roles and responsibilities of professionals involved in drug administration and in blood transfusions,
Drug management process: procurement, storage, stock management.
Drugs subject to specific regulations and recommendations: narcotics, concentrated electrolytes.
The drug and its information, pharmaceutical forms, equivalent forms.
Prescribing: general criteria, special situations.
Safety in therapy management and standards. LASA drugs.
Nursing responsibility: criteria for the evaluation of the prescription, criteria for the evaluation of the person in the preadministration, administration and postadministration phases; monitoring of side effects.
Organisation of the setting for drug preparation and administration.
Procedures for drug preparation and administration

Management of oral and enteral therapy, divisible/treatable preparations, management of complications; nursing care plans.
Management of sublingual therapy, management of complications; nursing care plans.
Intramuscular, subcutaneous, intradermal therapy management, management of complications; nursing care plans.
Hypodermic therapy management, management of complications; nursing care plans.
Management of hypodermic administration, management of complications; nursing care plans.
Management of intravenous therapy: continuous and intermittent administration, simultaneous administration of multiple drugs, drug interactions, management of complications; nursing care plans.
Management of topical therapy: cutaneous, vaginal, and rectal applications, otic and ocular instillations, management of complications; nursing care plans.
Analysis of errors in pharmacotherapy: types of errors, determining factors, actions in case of error, prevention strategies, monitoring and reporting systems.
Procedure, responsibilities, and complications of the administration of blood components.

Interactive lectures with the aid of projected Power Point files.
Small group exercises on examination problems.
Mobile learning.

Power point presentations, links to films and videos, relating to the teaching units can be found on the moodle@units and Microsoft Teams IT platforms

The course General Nursing 3 is a prerequisite exam in order to take the Internship and Cognitive Tutoring 2 exam.

The lecturer is available for further clarifications and explanations by telephone or by institutional e-mail.

Through an oral exam structured as follows:
three open-ended questions on the topics covered
a practical section requiring the correct reading of a single therapy sheet (FUT) The total duration of the exam is 20 minutes.
Through the interview, on one of the topics of the programme, the student's ability to correctly manage the administration of medication in all its forms will be tested, with particular reference to the field of patient safety and nursing responsibility.
The evaluation grid adopted is as follows:

- Excellent (30 - 30 cum laude):
very good knowledge of the subject matter, very good ownership of language, very good analytical skills; the student is able to apply theoretical knowledge brilliantly to concrete cases
Very good (27 - 29): good
knowledge of the subject matter, remarkable language property, good analytical ability; the student is able to apply theoretical knowledge correctly to concrete cases.
Good (24-26):
good knowledge of the main topics, fair command of language; the student shows an adequate ability to apply theoretical knowledge to concrete cases.
Satisfactory (21-23):
the student does not show full mastery of the main topics of the course, even though he/she possesses the fundamental knowledge; however, he/she shows satisfactory properties of language and sufficient ability to apply theoretical knowledge to concrete cases.
Sufficient (18-20):
minimal knowledge of the main teaching topics and technical language, limited ability to adequately apply theoretical knowledge to concrete cases.
Insufficient:
the student does not possess an acceptable knowledge of the content of the different topics of the syllabus.

This course explores topics closely related to one or more goals of the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (SDGs)
In particular 'Health and Well-being