- Docente: Sophie Ghetti
- Credits: 3
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Ravenna
- Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Nursing (cod. 5908)
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from Sep 26, 2023 to Dec 14, 2023
Learning outcomes
At the end of the module, the student possesses knowledge related to taking care of the person/family in the context of priority health problems in the surgical area. He/she identifies, plans and evaluates nursing care interventions and collaborates with other professionals in diagnostic-therapeutic-care pathways.
Course contents
Introduction related to the surgical patient pathway Surgical classifications ( elective, emergency, urgent and freestanding).
Illustration of the types of hospitalization and different modalities of performing surgeries.
Preoperative nursing care:
- assessment, evaluation, education, preparation
- documentation management
Intraoperative nursing care:
- roles, functions and responsibilities of nurses present within the surgical team
- behavioral norms and safety
- documentation management
- management of the anesthesia component
Postoperative nursing care:
- the role of the nurse in the immediate postoperative period
- management of drains, wounds, and dressings
- evaluation and management upon return to the ward
Perioperative management by types of surgeries: abdominal surgery, thoracic surgery, breast surgery, vascular surgery, urologic surgery, laryngeal/otoror surgery, orthopedic surgery.
Formulation of care paini according to the Gordon - Carpenito bifocal model.
Readings/Bibliography
Brunner Suddarth - Medical surgical nursing, Ambrosian House Ed., 2021.
Carpenito L.J. - Nursing care plans, Ambrosian Publishing House, 2000.
Luisarsi R. - Operating Room Instrumentation, Ed. Idelson Gnocchi, 2021.
Teaching methods
Frontal lessons
In-depth discussions with personnel from specific fields
Case analyses
Assessment methods
oral exam
Teaching tools
slide and video
Office hours
See the website of Sophie Ghetti