- Docente: Alessandra Lugaresi
- Credits: 1
- SSD: MED/26
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Rimini
- Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Nursing (cod. 8475)
Learning outcomes
the student will learn the pathogenesis of the main neurological diseases, elements of the neurological examination, of diagnostic tools and therapeutic options and the correct approach to different neurological syndromes on the part of the nurse
Course contents
1. Neurological examination: muscle tone, strength, trophies; deep tendon reflexes, coordination, sensation, abnormal movements, disorders of ambulation, dysphagia, diplopia, dizziness and vertigo, facial paresis, afasia, sphincter disturbances, orthostatic hypotension
2. Laboratory and preclinical exams: EEG, EMG, conduction velocities; lumbar puncture and cerebrospinal fluid exmination
3. Neuromuscular diseases
4. Multiple sclerosis and other demyelinating diseases, including main treatment options
5. Epilepsy and syncope, including main treatment options
6. Parkinson's disease, essential tremor including treatment
7.Movement disorders: chorea, athetosis, including Huntington's disease, vascular chorea and senile chorea
8. Cerebrovascular diseases, treatment options including thrombolysis
9. Dementia: Alzheimer's disease, vascular dementia, normal pressure hydrocephalus
10. Headache and facial pain
11. Facial palsy, facial hemispasm and myokimia
12. Sleep disorders in hospitalized patients
For each subject etiopathogenesis, clinical catacteristics, diagnostic exams, treatment indications and principles of nursing
Readings/Bibliography
NEUROLOGIA E ASSISTENZA INFERMIERISTICAMANUALE PER PROFESSIONI SANITARIE Casa Editrice:EDISES
Autori : Federico, Angelini, Franza
Volume:Unico
Anno Edizione:2015
Numero Edizione:I
ISBN:9788879598576
in alternativa
Elementi di neurologia per odontoiatria
Di:Ildebrando Appollonio, Carlo Ferrarese, Lucio Tremolizzo
ISBN: 9788838639685
Anno edizione: 2012
Teaching methods
frontal lessons
Assessment methods
At the end of the course a written test is scheduled (multiple choice questions); being an integrated course the test consists of 90 questions (15 for each course) with a single answer to be chosen between 4 or + different solutions. For each course the student must correctly answer to at least 5 questions from the 15 proposed and the cumulative score must reach 54 correct answers to have the sufficiency (18/30) and according to the total number of correct answers are predefined (and communicated to the students ) also the upper scores; there is no penalty for incorrect answers. The time allowed for the exam is 80 minutes
Office hours
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