21360 - Critical Care Nursing (RN)

Academic Year 2025/2026

  • Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
  • Campus: Rimini
  • Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Nursing (cod. 8475)

Learning outcomes

At the end of the module the student correlates the different clinical care knowledge to recognize the critical indicators in the different operational contexts of the emergency area.
She knows and applies appropriate interventions based on the organization, rules and protocols/procedures shared by the scientific community. Identifies, plans and evaluates healthcare interventions and collaborates with other professional figures in diagnostic-therapeutic paths.

Course contents

Introduction: the concept of "critical area"

Assessment and assistance for people in critical condition

The emergency response system

Pre-hospital nursing care

Nursing care in the emergency department

Nursing care in intensive care

Networks and diagnostic-therapeutic-care pathways in time-dependent diseases

Readings/Bibliography

Badon P., Giusti GD. "Assistenza infermieristica in area critica e in emergenza", CEA, 2022

Chiaranda M. «Urgenze ed emergenze», 5° ed, Piccin, 2022

Giusti GD, Benetton M, «Guida al monitoraggio in area critica», 2015 Maggioli Editore

Cosentini B, Aliberti S, Brambilla AM, «ABC della ventilazione meccanica non invasiva in urgenza», Mc Graw Hill, 2010

Rouichi Y., Prudhomme C., "L'infermiere in rianimazione", Monduzzi editoriale, 2020

Brunner-Suddarth «Infermieristica medico-chirurgica», 6° ed, CEA, 2024

Linee guida, Buone pratiche assistenziali.

Teaching methods

Participatory frontal lesson on the main theoretical contents

Analysis of real clinical cases/problems through guided classroom work and/or group work with review and integration in plenary.

Assessment methods

Evaluation within the C.I. includes a written test: at least 6 open questions, one of which is calculation.

In-person test: each question will be screened individually and will remain visible only for the scheduled time (the time for each question is proportional to its complexity).

The evaluation is out of 30 [evaluation for each question from 0 to 5, a sufficient response requires an evaluation of at least 3 and total grade in proportion out of 30].

Evaluation criteria: correctness of the answer in terms of clarity and terms used, completeness of content, ability to summarize.

Teaching tools

In the classroom: video projector, flip chart
handout, items of interest.

If online mode: using Teams

Office hours

See the website of Nicola Colamaria