21348 - Nursing in the Surgery Area (FO)

Academic Year 2025/2026

  • Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
  • Campus: Ravenna
  • Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Nursing (cod. 5908)

Learning outcomes

At the end of the module, the student will possess the knowledge related to taking charge of the person/family in the context of the priority health problems of the surgical area. It identifies, plans and evaluates nursing care interventions and collaborates with other professionals in diagnostic-therapeutic-care pathways.

Course contents

Principles of safety in the operating room and in the surgical field, PDTA, ERAS protocol.

Management of the surgical patient in all phases of care:

  • Preoperative nursing care (pre-admission analysis, preoperative assessment, education and preparation for surgery, informed consent, documentation, anxiety management, etc.);
  • Intraoperative nursing care (roles, functions and responsibilities of the surgical team, the intraoperative environment, types of anesthesia and sedation, risk management, etc.);
  • Postoperative nursing care (drainage management, medication management, pain management, infection management, "TIPO" hospitalization, patient monitoring, etc.).

 

  • Care planning of cases related to:

    Abdominal surgery,
    neck-larynx surgery,
    thoracic surgery,
    breast surgery,
    vascular surgery,
    urological surgery,
    Orthopedic Surgery

Readings/Bibliography

 

  • Janice l. Hinkle Kerry H. Cheever Kristen J. Overbaugh "Brunner Suddarth “Infermieristica Medico-Chirurgica “ VI edizione, Casa Editrice Ambrosiana, Milano 2024
  • Linda Carpenito "Piani di assistenza infermieristica. Assistenza infermieristica centrata sulla persona assistita e sulla famiglia: trasferimento dall'ambito ospedaliero a quello domiciliare", Casa Editrice Ambrosiana, Milano 2019
  • Alberto di Leo, BRUGNOLLI Anna – SAIANI Luisa (2023) Trattato di Chirurgia e Infermieristica - Edizioni Idelson Gnocchi 1908
  • O. Ljungqvist, N. Francis, R. Urman, ERAS, Protocolli per il miglioramento del recupero dopo l' intervento chirurgico, Monduzzi esitori 2024

Teaching methods

Interactive lectures with problem-based method; case discussion.

Assessment methods

The assessment of learning will be carried out by means of an oral exam.

The purpose of the oral examination is to assess the student's ability to apply their knowledge and to make the necessary logical-deductive connections.

Grading scale:

Preparation on a very limited number of topics covered in the course and analytical ability that emerges only with the help of the teacher, expression in overall correct language → 18-19;

Preparation on a limited number of topics covered in the course and autonomous analytical ability only on purely functional issues, expression in correct language → 20-24;

Preparation on a broad range of topics covered in the course, ability to make independent critical analysis choices, mastery of specific terminology → 25-29.

Students with learning disorders and\or temporary or permanent disabilities: please, contact the office responsible (https://site.unibo.it/studenti-con-disabilita-e-dsa/en/for-students ) as soon as possible so that they can propose acceptable adjustments. The request for adaptation must be submitted in advance (15 days before the exam date) to the lecturer, who will assess the appropriateness of the adjustments, taking into account the teaching objectives.

Teaching tools

Slides, Videos

Office hours

See the website of Rita Castellano

SDGs

Good health and well-being Quality education

This teaching activity contributes to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals of the UN 2030 Agenda.