Provide the theoretical and practical tools to recognize the main pathologies typical of Internal Medicine. Of each will be discussed pathophysiology, symptoms and the diagnostic and decision processes of their figure of majoring in Nursing. The most common therapeutic protocols, both to deal with and manage autonomously will be presented and discussed, and those to be made on the recommendation / prescription and alongside with medical doctor
To provide the tools to understand the use of drugs, their mechanism of action, clinical use and tolerability
At the end of the course students will have acquired skills for the proper management of the various nursing techniques in the geriatric field; It will be able to plan and manage care processes from the stage of assessment of the need to project definition of nursing in the paths of chronicity and disability.
Frontal lessons.
oral exam
Frontal lessons, interactive lessons with the use of visual teaching aids and / or audiovisual
principles of general pharmacology and most frequently used classes of drugs
Introduction to the course -
• Aging
• the changes in the body's systems
• social aspects of aging psycho
• Multidimensional Geriatric Assessment Scale:
- ADL (basic activities of daily living)
- IADL (instrumental activities of daily living)
- Barthel
care pathways related to cerebrovascular disease:
• confusion,
• Senile Dementia
• The hemiplegic patient
• The patient with Alzheimer's
Entrapment syndrome
• Preventive treatment
• Curative treatment
• Pressure sores: prevention and treatment
Prevention and treatment of the elderly person suffering from:
dysphagia, malnutrition, falls, pain, incontinence, constipation
palliative care concept
The accompaniment to death
Nursing expertise within the service network and organizational models for the chronicity:
• assisting the elderly hospitalized,
• the protected discharge,
• home care,
• assisting the elderly institutionalized
Educational interventions for the active participation of the assisted and his family in welfare programs
Internal Medicine
Autor: Antonelli Incalzi Raffaele, Editore: PICCIN EDITOR.
- Internal Medicine
Autors: Massini Renato; Izzi Donatello; Marchetti Patrizia; Passeretti Francesca; Recine Umberto, Editor: McGraw-Hill Italia
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