- Docente: Olivia Manfrini
- Credits: 1
- SSD: MED/11
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Ravenna
- Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Nursing (cod. 5908)
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from Sep 25, 2023 to Oct 12, 2023
Learning outcomes
At the end of the module, the student possesses knowledge, within his competence, related to pathophysiology, functional and instrumental semeiotics and clinical and pharmacological and instrumental therapy of diseases of the cardiovascular system
Course contents
Meaning of vital signs monitoring, and cardiovascular implications in the detection of altered values (heart rate, respiratory rate, blood pressure, volume of urine output, body temperature) Diagnostics of chest pain of a cardiac nature: stable angina, unstable angina and acute myocardial infarction; non-ischemic cardiovascular chest pain (dissecting aortic aneurysm, pericarditis, pneumothorax, pulmonary embolism). Pathophysiology of stable angina and acute coronary syndromes. Clinic: stable angina and acute coronary syndromes. Principles of therapy: stable angina and acute coronary syndromes. Chronic heart failure and acute heart failure (acute pulmonary oedema). Cause, clinic and principles of therapy. Role of the nurse in the treatment of disease progression. Valvulopathies (epidemiology, etiology, physiopathology, instrumental diagnostics). Learn more about aortic valve stenosis. Cardiomyopathies, myocarditis, endocarditis, pericarditis: brief outline of clinic and prognosis. normal ECG. Meaning of P, QRS, T waves and ST segment. Arrhythmias (classification: bradyarrhythmias and tachyarrhythmias). Atrial fibrillation. Malignant ventricular tachyarrhythmias. Instrumental tests in cardiology (ECG, stress tests, ultrasound, scintigraphy, angiography, magnetic resonance, new endovascular imaging techniques) indications for their use and limits. Tasks and priorities of the nursing staff in cardiovascular emergencies.
Readings/Bibliography
The teaching material presented in class will be made available to the student in electronic format available online Virtually.
The student can deepen the topics covered in class on the following texts:
- Rugarli Systematic Internal Medicine, vol 1
- Cardiac Nursing, A compendium to Braunwald's Heart Disease.
Teaching methods
frontal lessons
Assessment methods
Multiple choice quiz (together with the other CI subjects).
Online registration: AlmaEsami
Teaching tools
Slides
Teaching support platform: Virtuale
Office hours
See the website of Olivia Manfrini