UNIVERSITA’ DEGLI STUDI DELL’INSUBRIA
MEDICINE SCHOOL
DEGREE IN NURSING
ACADEMIC YEAR 2023-2024

INTEGRATED COURSE OF CLINICAL NURSING
CLINICAL NURSING 1 (30 HOURS)
TEACHER: GIULIA MONTI
E-MAIL: giulia.monti@insubria.it

LEARNING OBJECTIVES
The student will be able to:
 Identify the most frequent nursing diagnosis in the surgical field
 Develop a nursing assistance care plan for patients undergone surgery using the ICNP® terminology and the Italian model MAPU
 Define the outcomes and apply the nursing interventions related to the most frequent assistance situations considering the guidelines and clinical best practices
 Document and evaluate the different phases and the outcomes of the entire assistance process

CONTENTS
 Nursing care of the patient in the peri-operative period, pre intra- and postoperative period
 Nursing care for the patient with postoperative pain
 Nursing care of the patient undergoing blood component transfusion
 Nursing care of the patient undergoing artificial nutrition
 Nursing care of the patient undergoing the following types of surgery: gastrectomy, mastectomy, lobectomy, hemicolectomy and vascular surgery

EVALUATION METHOD
The assessment consists in one of the following options to be chosen by the student:
1) Three partial tests during the annual course
2) Written and oral test at the end of the course

REFERENCES
Contact the teacher for the English version of the course materials
Lise M. (2017) Chirurgia per infermieri. Padova: Piccin
Smeltzer S., Bare B. (2017) Infermieristica medico chirurgica. Vol. 1 Milano: CEA
Smeltzer S., Bare B. (2017) Infermieristica medico chirurgica. Vol. 2 Milano: CEA