39264 - Evolution and Structure of Nursing Studies (CE)

Learning outcomes

At the end of the module the student knows the epistemological aspects of the nursing discipline, the main models and theories of assistance, the tools and disciplinary application methods. Knows the evolution of the professionalisation process, the ethical, deontological and legislative aspects relevant to the professional exercise and the purpose and organization of the National Health System.

Course contents

From the concept of assistance to the birth of the nurse

 

Basics of assistance: evolution of the concept of assistance and nursing care

Florence Nightingale: thought and works

Birth and development of the nurse in Italy

The evolution of training in the nursing profession: role and function

The professionalization process

 

The evolution of legislation in the exercise of the nursing profession

The concept of the profession and the process of professionalization

Ethical and deontological aspects of the nursing profession

Professional practice: areas of competence and responsibility

The professional exercise: relationship with the Social Health Operator

Nursing associations and professional culture

OPI: Professional Order of Nurses

Epistemological aspects of the nursing discipline

 

Definition of discipline, the paradigms of the nursing discipline

The concept of health and disease

The concept of person according to the biomedical, systemic, holistic approach

Theories – models and concepts of the nursing discipline

From the scientific method to the nursing care process

 

The method of the nursing discipline: the scientific method, problem solving, the nursing care process

The nursing care process and its phases

The initial assessment according to the Gordon model

The Nursing Care Process and Nursing Diagnostic Taxonomies (NANDA-I, NOC, and NIC)

Information and operational assistance tools

 

The medical record, the nursing record, the integrated record, the computerized record

Guidelines, protocols, procedures

The responsibility of the nurse in compiling and managing health records

Birth and evolution of the National Health Service

 

Teaching methods

Interactive teaching methodology, group work and care planning exercises, analysis of clinical cases

Assessment methods

The assessment of the knowledge acquired by the student is divided into two tests:

 

- Written test, preparatory to the oral, with 30 multiple choice questions. The test is considered passed starting from 21 correct answers out of 30.

 

The overall time allowed for carrying out the written test is 30'

 

-Oral exam: the purpose of the oral exam is to verify the student's ability to apply his own knowledge and to make the necessary logical-deductive connections inherent in the topics of the course.

 

Graduation of the final grade:

 

Analytical skills that emerge only with the help of the teacher, expression in overall correct language → 18-19;

Autonomous analysis skills, expression in correct language → 20-24;

Ability to carry out critical analysis, mastery of specific terminology → 25-29;

Ability to carry out critical and linking analysis, full mastery of specific terminology and ability to argue and self-reflect → 30-30 cum laude

The evaluation will be averaged with the evaluations of the other modules making up the Integrated Course

Teaching tools

PC and projector

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