26687 - Holistic Nursing

Learning outcomes

At the end of the module the student possesses the knowledge, regarding the systemic theoretical models in comparison, holism and the holistic approach in Nursing and taking charge of nursing care with empathic and therapeutic relationship and complementary care .

Course contents

Solidarity, equity and territorialization for the choices of the national health system and participation of citizens, users, operators, transparency of results, procedures and organizational processes, institutional, financial, organizational and professional integration: these are the general principles that encompass the position of nurses expressed in the face of the changes in the country in health matters.
From these derive: the centrality of the citizen, the principle of free choice of the place of care, the enhancement of the human and professional resources of the SSN operators, the development of research and training activities for innovation.
'The future bet is outlined on the ability of health systems to understand and take charge of new needs by pursuing public health policies, inter-sectoral and network-oriented, based on the partnership of all the players in the system and on the integration of professional skills and implementing profound organizational changes through the adoption of models capable of interpreting and governing the intrinsic complexity of the system, with the values on which it is founded and the economic constraints in the field of planning and management of services The answers to be offered are aimed at overcoming the centrality of the hospital in favor of territorial networks, overcoming the fragmentation of care through taking charge, continuity of assistance, social and health integration and support for appropriateness effectiveness of integration interventions and effective, appropriate and safe organizational conditions'.

Thems:

Human complexity - Holism
Taking charge - empathic and therapeutic relationship
Complementary care

Readings/Bibliography

• La testa ben fatta E. Morin; 2000 Raffaello Cortina Editore

• L’infermiere di famiglia L.Sasso, L. Gamberoni, A. Ferraresi, L. Tibaldi ;2005 Mc Graw-Hill

• Al di là delle cure. Interventi complementari e di supporto in oncologia. P.Pantaleo; 2011 F.Angeli editore

• G. Cavicchioli, "Curare chi non può guarire; Hospice: cure palliative a approccio multidisciplinare" edizioni FrancoAngeli 2015.
• Carpenito – Moyet. “Diagnosi Infermieristiche. Definizioni e classificazioni 2018-2020”, undicesima edizione. Casa Editrice Ambrosiana

Teaching methods

Active teaching (brainstorming, classroom exercises), lectures, case analysis, work-group

Assessment methods

Written / oral examination

Teaching tools

PC, Video projector
movies, slides

Office hours

See the website of Giorgia Ciani