21348 - Nursing in the Surgery Area (FO)

Academic Year 2023/2024

  • Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
  • Campus: Ravenna
  • Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Nursing (cod. 5908)

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