39264 - Evolution and Structure of Nursing Studies (RN)

Learning outcomes

The student has to achieve these goals/target: He/she acquires the knowledge of: - the historical path of nursing care -The historical path of the birth of the nurse - the phases of the professionalization process - the governmental and non governmental nursing associationism - the ethical and deontologycal principles of the nursing profession - The concepts of responsibility - The epistemological aspects of nursing discipline - The informative and operative tools of the nursing care and responsibilities of the nurse in the compilation of the documentation - the stages of the birth and evolution of the national health care service

Course contents

From the concept of health care to the birth of the nurse - Hints of health care : evolution of the concept of health care and nursing care - Florence Nightingale : thought and works - birth and development of the nurse in Italy - The evolution of nursing education : role and functional The process of professionalization - The evolution of legislation in the practice of nursing - the concept of profession and professionalization process - Ethical and deontological aspects of the nursing profession - Professional practice : areas of competence and responsibility - The nursing associationism and the professional culture - OPI : professional order nurses Epistemological aspects of nursing discipline - Definition of discipline, the paradigms of the nursing discipline - The concept of wellness and disease - The concept of a person according to the biomedical, systemic, holistic approach - Theories - models and concepts of nursing discipline From the scientific method to the nursing care process - the method of nursing discipline: the scientific method, the problem solving, the nursing care process - the nursing care process and its phases - The initial evaluation according to the Gordon model - The nursing care process and nursing diagnostic taxonomies (NANDA -I, NOC and NIC) Informative and operative tools of nursing care - The medical record, the nursing record, the integrated medical -nursing record, the computerized record. - Guidelines, protocols, procedures - The responsibility of the nurse in the compilation and management of health records Birth and evolution of the national health care service - from mutuals to SSN - reorganization of the health discipline - priority health problems and health needs - health care system planning - hints of the national collective labor agreement - hints of the code of conduct and data protection

Readings/Bibliography

Processo infermieristico e pensiero critico – (Nursing process and objective thinking) J.M Wilkinson, 3° Edizione, 2013 Casa Editrice Ambrosiana Milano Introduzione alle scienze infermieristiche (Introduction to Nursing sciences)-P.C. Motta, Carocci Fader, 2002 Roma Autonomia-CompetenzaResponsabilità infermieristica (AutonomyCompetence- Nursing Responsibility) – IPAVSI Collegi provinciali Regione Emilia – Romagna, 2009 Codice deontologico delle professioni infermieristiche- (Code of ethics of the nursing professions), 2019 FNOPI – Roma, Aprile 2019 Il solco dell’assistenza : otto lezioni di storia illustrate dell’assistenza infermieristica dalle origini a oggi- (The care trail: eight illustrated history lessons of nursing from its origins to nowadays) – M. Negri, S. - Theories - models and concepts of nursing discipline From the scientific method to the nursing care process - the method of nursing discipline: the scientific method, the problem solving, the nursing care process - the nursing care process and its phases - The initial evaluation according to the Gordon model - The nursing care process and nursing diagnostic taxonomies (NANDA -I, NOC and NIC) Informative and operative tools of nursing care - The medical record, the nursing record, the integrated medical -nursing record, the computerized record. - Guidelines, protocols, procedures - The responsibility of the nurse in the compilation and management of health records Birth and evolution of the national health care service - from mutuals to SSN - reorganization of the health discipline - priority health problems and health needs - health care system planning - hints of the national collective labor agreement - hints of the code of conduct and data protection Montalti, C. Forni - Bonomo Editore 2021 Bologna Nursing: Storia illustrata dell’assistenza infermieristica – (Illustrated history of nursing care) M.P Donahue, Antonio Delfino Editore , 1991 Roma

Teaching methods

Interactive frontal teaching methodology (Classroom lessons). Group work and exercises for nursing care planning

Assessment methods

The assessment of the knowledge acquired by the student is based on 2 tests: -written exam with 30 multiple-choice questions for access to the oral exam. The test is considered to be passed from 21 correct answers out of 30. The total agreed time for the written test is 30 '. -oral exam to evaluate the degree of deepening of the contents addressed in the program and the ability to link the different contents together. It consists of the oral presentation of two topics, each from a different section of the program, randomly extracted from the student from a list of 15 questions.

Teaching tools

slide and team work

Office hours

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