Academic Year 2019/2020
- Docente: Martina Debiasi
- Credits: 1
- Language: English
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: Single cycle degree programme (LMCU) in Medicine and Surgery (cod. 9210)
Learning outcomes
Provide basic support for first-line nursing care.
Course contents
Basic Nursing Skills course for Medical students at UNIBO Medical School
This highly interactive course will teach you how to safely perform basic nursing skills before starting the clinical clerkships in the hospital wards.
The course consists of practical hands-on simulation in the Clinical Simulation Center.
LEARNING OUTCOMES:
After attending the course, the medical student should be able to:
COMPETENCY GOALS - SKILLS OBJECTIVE
Pressure ulcers (PUs) assessment and dressing
Knowledge of:
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PUs staging
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PUs treatment: i) wound bed preparation (wound irrigation and, when necessary, chemical or surgical debridement), ii) key attributes of a PU dressing, iii) types of dressings: basic wound dressings, advanced wound dressings, anti-microbial dressings and specialist dressings
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collection of a specimen for culture and sensitivity (C&S) of a wound
Perform a PU dressing while maintaining patient’s safety and comfort.
Correctly perform a Peripheral Venous Catheter (PVC) insertion and removal
Identification of an appropriate intravenous (IV) site
Identification of the appropriate size of the cannula
Maintain aseptic technique
Perform skin cleansing
Apply sterile dressing
Correctly perform Central Venous Access Devices (CVADs) dressing
Assess CVAD insertion site (for inflammation, redness, etc.) through old dressing
Remove old dressing
Maintain aseptic technique
Perform skin cleansing
Reapply sterile dressing
Correctly perform a venipuncture procedure
Correctly perform a sterile collection of blood samples for aerobic and anaerobic culture
Knowledge of the equipment needed for the procedure
Maintain aseptic technique
Demonstrate the proper technique to perform a venipuncture and a sterile collection of blood samples for aerobic and anaerobic culture.
Correctly insert an urinary catheter
Knowledge of the equipment needed for the procedure
Maintain aseptic technique
Demonstrate the proper technique to insert an urinary catheter in a female and in a male.
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