BASIS OF NURSING CARE

Course objectives

At the end of the course the student, after having acquired an adequate terminology, must: - know the theories and conceptual reference models of nursing care that guide professional action; - recognize the fundamental stages of the historical path of nursing and highlight the role of scientific methodology and communication in assistance; - knowing how to recognize, through assessment, the basic needs of the healthy and sick individual; - knowing how to observe the person, from the moment of his taking charge up to the moment of his discharge, and being able to intervene with correct procedures for solving problems.

Channel 1
Annarita Crescenzi Lecturers' profile

Program - Frequency - Exams

Course program
Teaching: Basics of nursing care The course is divided into the following modules: 1 History and theory of nursing - Teacher: Maria Rosaria D'Emlio 2 Principles of nursing care - Teacher: Annarita Crescenzi 3 General and clinical nursing - Teacher: Sabrina Pietrobono First Module: History and Theory of Nursing - Teacher Maria Rosaria D'Emilio PART I 1. Historical-legislative excursus of the nursing profession. 1.1 Nurse and Nursing 1.2 Assistance in primitive peoples 1.3 Assistance in ancient civilizations up to the Middle Ages 1.4 Assistance towards new frontiers: the Renaissance 1.5 Between the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The Enlightenment. 1.6 Assistance in the twentieth century PART II 2 The evolution of nursing education. 2.1 University training 3 The Institutions. International Council of Nurses (I.C.N.) 3.1 The IP.AS.VI. 3.2 FNOPI / OPI what changes 3.3 The Red Cross PART III 4. Theory and models. The theorists of nursing. 4.1 Model and theory. The characteristics of a profession. 4.2 The scale of needs. 4.3 Florence Nightingale and English nursing 4.4 "Nursing Science" is born in the USA 4.5 Hildegard Peplau 4.6 Ida Jean Orlando 4.7 Virginia Henderson 4.8 Faye Glenn Abdellah 4.9 Martha Rogers 4.10 Dorothea Orem 4.11 Sister Callista Roy 4.12 Marjory Gordon's Functional Models of Health 4.13 J. Carpenito bifocal model 4.14 Transcultural nursing. Madeleine Leininger 4.15 Renzo Zanotti and the concept of harmony-health * 4.16 Lidya Hall. Model of relationship, assistance and care * PART IV 6 Role of doctors and nurses 7 Heal and take care 8 Nursing care. Slow cure and rapid cure Second module: Principles of nursing care - Teacher Anna Rita Crescenzi PART I The mutual system Health reforms, the National Health Service, the corporatization process The founding articles of the constitution PART II Prevention Health policies The training cornerstones that qualify the profession PART III Critical thinking Clinical thinking Definition of competence Nursing skills PART IV The nursing process The nursing assessment Nursing diagnosis The classification of diagnoses according to the NANDA taxonomy Third module: General and clinical nursing - Sabrina Pietrobono Plan Hierarchies of human needs according to A. Maslow • Hospitality • The unity of the patient • Health assessment: objective examination of the integumentary system, head, neck, chest, etc. • Outline of basic care techniques and hygiene promotion principles: correct patient care and hygiene, bed making, hand washing (social, antiseptic and surgical), pre-operative and/or pre-procedural hygiene, healthcare management for adults with self-care deficits, assistance in urinary and faecal elimination; • Assignment and supervision of care activities to support staff: knowing how to distinguish care needs from nursing care needs, differentiating the contribution of support workers from that of nurses • Description and detection of vital parameters: body temperature, pulse, blood pressure, heart rate, breathing and pain • Main alterations of breathing and oxygenation (hypoxia and cyanosis, dyspnoea, cough, haemoptysis, bronchial obstruction and sputum, pathological breathing): management of the main alterations of breathing • Main alterations in body temperature (fever, hyperthermia, hypothermia), correct registration and care management of the person with alteration in body temperature. • Pain detection in adults: main assessment scales • Description and detection of saturation, diuresis, hydroelectrolyte balance and its alterations (dehydration, hypovolemia, hydroelectrolyte imbalance, excess volume of fluids, maldistribution of fluids): healthcare management Main sleep disorders (insomnia, circadian rhythm sleep disorders, restless legs syndrome, sleep apnea, other sleep disorders): healthcare management of the main sleep disorders • Principles for healthy eating: basic assistance during feeding, alterations in nutritional status (obesity, malnutrition, anorexia, cachexia, dysphagia); healthcare management of the main problems of nutritional status • Principles for healthy mobility and physical activity: definition of tolerance; definition of the concepts of physical activity, exercise and functional status; main alterations of mobility (intolerance to physical activity, hypokinetic syndrome); mobilization and transfer of the patient bed-stretcher, bed-wheelchair; care management for adults with mobility impairments • Principles of skin integrity, wound healing, prevention and management of pressure ulcers: risk assessment and care management of the risk of pressure ulcers and care management of the person with pressure ulcer • Principles of asepsis, disinfection, sterilization, no touch technique and control of healthcare-associated infections (HAI) • Loss, grief and the dying process N.B. FOR EACH TOPIC THE FOLLOWING ASSESSMENT SCALES, THE RELATED CARE PLANNING WITH NANDA TAXONOMY AND THE RELATED NURSING DIAGNOSIS WILL BE ILLUSTRATED
Prerequisites
-History and theory of nursing Notions of general culture useful for framing Italian and international historical periods -Principles of general and clinical nursing and nursing care Predisposition for reasoning and critical thinking and logical thinking
Books
Text adopted for all three teaching modules: 1-Fundamentals of nursing care, theory, concepts and applications – Judith M., Wilkinson et al-Casa Editrice Ambrosiana Recommended text for the general and clinical nursing module: 2-Manual of nursing techniques and procedures -Taylor Piccin Recommended texts, to complement the first, for the history and theory of nursing module: 3 - Nursing theorists and their theories – Ann Marriner – Ambrosiana publishing house 4 - History and philosophy of nursing - Edoardo Manzoni - Maura Lusignani - Beatrice Mazzoleni - Ambrosiana Publishing House - Rozzano (MI)
Frequency
In order to be able to take the exam related to the specific integrated course it is necessary to have documented the presence in the classroom of at least 66% of the hours corresponding to the credits assigned to the integrated course.
Exam mode
To pass the exam it is necessary to achieve a grade of not less than 18/30 in each module. The student must demonstrate that they have acquired sufficient knowledge of the topics covered during the course. To achieve a score of 30/30 cum laude, the student must instead demonstrate that they have acquired excellent knowledge of all the topics covered during the course, arguing a linear reasoning with the use of technical terms and making use of correct linguistic expressions. The exam is carried out in a coordinated manner by the teachers of the integrated course
Lesson mode
All three teaching modules include: frontal lessons through the projection of slides and videos practical demonstrations production of group work
MariaRosaria D'Emilio Lecturers' profile

Program - Frequency - Exams

Course program
Teaching: Basics of nursing care The course is divided into the following modules: 1 History and theory of nursing - Teacher: Maria Rosaria D'Emlio 2 Principles of nursing care - Teacher: Annarita Crescenzi 3 General and clinical nursing - Teacher: Sabrina Pietrobono First Module: History and Theory of Nursing - Teacher Maria Rosaria D'Emilio PART I 1. Historical-legislative excursus of the nursing profession. 1.1 Nurse and Nursing 1.2 Assistance in primitive peoples 1.3 Assistance in ancient civilizations up to the Middle Ages 1.4 Assistance towards new frontiers: the Renaissance 1.5 Between the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The Enlightenment. 1.6 Assistance in the twentieth century PART II 2 The evolution of nursing education. 2.1 University training 3 The Institutions. International Council of Nurses (I.C.N.) 3.1 The IP.AS.VI. 3.2 FNOPI / OPI what changes 3.3 The Red Cross PART III 4. Theory and models. The theorists of nursing. 4.1 Model and theory. The characteristics of a profession. 4.2 The scale of needs. 4.3 Florence Nightingale and English nursing 4.4 "Nursing Science" is born in the USA 4.5 Hildegard Peplau 4.6 Ida Jean Orlando 4.7 Virginia Henderson 4.8 Faye Glenn Abdellah 4.9 Martha Rogers 4.10 Dorothea Orem 4.11 Sister Callista Roy 4.12 Marjory Gordon's Functional Models of Health 4.13 J. Carpenito bifocal model 4.14 Transcultural nursing. Madeleine Leininger 4.15 Renzo Zanotti and the concept of harmony-health * 4.16 Lidya Hall. Model of relationship, assistance and care * PART IV 6 Role of doctors and nurses 7 Heal and take care 8 Nursing care. Slow cure and rapid cure Second module: Principles of nursing care - Teacher Anna Rita Crescenzi PART I The mutual system Health reforms, the National Health Service, the corporatization process The founding articles of the constitution PART II Prevention Health policies The training cornerstones that qualify the profession PART III Critical thinking Clinical thinking Definition of competence Nursing skills PART IV The nursing process The nursing assessment Nursing diagnosis The classification of diagnoses according to the NANDA taxonomy Third module: General and clinical nursing - Sabrina Pietrobono Plan Hierarchies of human needs according to A. Maslow • Hospitality • The unity of the patient • Health assessment: objective examination of the integumentary system, head, neck, chest, etc. • Outline of basic care techniques and hygiene promotion principles: correct patient care and hygiene, bed making, hand washing (social, antiseptic and surgical), pre-operative and/or pre-procedural hygiene, healthcare management for adults with self-care deficits, assistance in urinary and faecal elimination; • Assignment and supervision of care activities to support staff: knowing how to distinguish care needs from nursing care needs, differentiating the contribution of support workers from that of nurses • Description and detection of vital parameters: body temperature, pulse, blood pressure, heart rate, breathing and pain • Main alterations of breathing and oxygenation (hypoxia and cyanosis, dyspnoea, cough, haemoptysis, bronchial obstruction and sputum, pathological breathing): management of the main alterations of breathing • Main alterations in body temperature (fever, hyperthermia, hypothermia), correct registration and care management of the person with alteration in body temperature. • Pain detection in adults: main assessment scales • Description and detection of saturation, diuresis, hydroelectrolyte balance and its alterations (dehydration, hypovolemia, hydroelectrolyte imbalance, excess volume of fluids, maldistribution of fluids): healthcare management Main sleep disorders (insomnia, circadian rhythm sleep disorders, restless legs syndrome, sleep apnea, other sleep disorders): healthcare management of the main sleep disorders • Principles for healthy eating: basic assistance during feeding, alterations in nutritional status (obesity, malnutrition, anorexia, cachexia, dysphagia); healthcare management of the main problems of nutritional status • Principles for healthy mobility and physical activity: definition of tolerance; definition of the concepts of physical activity, exercise and functional status; main alterations of mobility (intolerance to physical activity, hypokinetic syndrome); mobilization and transfer of the patient bed-stretcher, bed-wheelchair; care management for adults with mobility impairments • Principles of skin integrity, wound healing, prevention and management of pressure ulcers: risk assessment and care management of the risk of pressure ulcers and care management of the person with pressure ulcer • Principles of asepsis, disinfection, sterilization, no touch technique and control of healthcare-associated infections (HAI) • Loss, grief and the dying process N.B. FOR EACH TOPIC THE FOLLOWING ASSESSMENT SCALES, THE RELATED CARE PLANNING WITH NANDA TAXONOMY AND THE RELATED NURSING DIAGNOSIS WILL BE ILLUSTRATED
Prerequisites
-History and theory of nursing Notions of general culture useful for framing Italian and international historical periods -Principles of general and clinical nursing and nursing care Predisposition for reasoning and critical thinking and logical thinking
Books
Text adopted for all three teaching modules: 1-Fundamentals of nursing care, theory, concepts and applications – Judith M., Wilkinson et al-Casa Editrice Ambrosiana Recommended text for the general and clinical nursing module: 2-Manual of nursing techniques and procedures -Taylor Piccin Recommended texts, to complement the first, for the history and theory of nursing module: 3 - Nursing theorists and their theories – Ann Marriner – Ambrosiana publishing house 4 - History and philosophy of nursing - Edoardo Manzoni - Maura Lusignani - Beatrice Mazzoleni - Ambrosiana Publishing House - Rozzano (MI)
Frequency
In order to be able to take the exam related to the specific integrated course it is necessary to have documented the presence in the classroom of at least 66% of the hours corresponding to the credits assigned to the integrated course.
Exam mode
To pass the exam it is necessary to achieve a grade of not less than 18/30 in each module. The student must demonstrate that they have acquired sufficient knowledge of the topics covered during the course. To achieve a score of 30/30 cum laude, the student must instead demonstrate that they have acquired excellent knowledge of all the topics covered during the course, arguing a linear reasoning with the use of technical terms and making use of correct linguistic expressions. The exam is carried out in a coordinated manner by the teachers of the integrated course
Lesson mode
All three teaching modules include: frontal lessons through the projection of slides and videos practical demonstrations production of group work
Sabrina Pietrobono Lecturers' profile

Program - Frequency - Exams

Course program
Teaching: Basics of nursing care The course is divided into the following modules: 1 History and theory of nursing - Teacher: Maria Rosaria D'Emlio 2 Principles of nursing care - Teacher: Annarita Crescenzi 3 General and clinical nursing - Teacher: Sabrina Pietrobono First Module: History and Theory of Nursing - Teacher Maria Rosaria D'Emilio PART I 1. Historical-legislative excursus of the nursing profession. 1.1 Nurse and Nursing 1.2 Assistance in primitive peoples 1.3 Assistance in ancient civilizations up to the Middle Ages 1.4 Assistance towards new frontiers: the Renaissance 1.5 Between the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The Enlightenment. 1.6 Assistance in the twentieth century PART II 2 The evolution of nursing education. 2.1 University training 3 The Institutions. International Council of Nurses (I.C.N.) 3.1 The IP.AS.VI. 3.2 FNOPI / OPI what changes 3.3 The Red Cross PART III 4. Theory and models. The theorists of nursing. 4.1 Model and theory. The characteristics of a profession. 4.2 The scale of needs. 4.3 Florence Nightingale and English nursing 4.4 "Nursing Science" is born in the USA 4.5 Hildegard Peplau 4.6 Ida Jean Orlando 4.7 Virginia Henderson 4.8 Faye Glenn Abdellah 4.9 Martha Rogers 4.10 Dorothea Orem 4.11 Sister Callista Roy 4.12 Marjory Gordon's Functional Models of Health 4.13 J. Carpenito bifocal model 4.14 Transcultural nursing. Madeleine Leininger 4.15 Renzo Zanotti and the concept of harmony-health * 4.16 Lidya Hall. Model of relationship, assistance and care * PART IV 6 Role of doctors and nurses 7 Heal and take care 8 Nursing care. Slow cure and rapid cure Second module: Principles of nursing care - Teacher Anna Rita Crescenzi PART I The mutual system Health reforms, the National Health Service, the corporatization process The founding articles of the constitution PART II Prevention Health policies The training cornerstones that qualify the profession PART III Critical thinking Clinical thinking Definition of competence Nursing skills PART IV The nursing process The nursing assessment Nursing diagnosis The classification of diagnoses according to the NANDA taxonomy Third module: General and clinical nursing - Sabrina Pietrobono Plan Hierarchies of human needs according to A. Maslow • Hospitality • The unity of the patient • Health assessment: objective examination of the integumentary system, head, neck, chest, etc. • Outline of basic care techniques and hygiene promotion principles: correct patient care and hygiene, bed making, hand washing (social, antiseptic and surgical), pre-operative and/or pre-procedural hygiene, healthcare management for adults with self-care deficits, assistance in urinary and faecal elimination; • Assignment and supervision of care activities to support staff: knowing how to distinguish care needs from nursing care needs, differentiating the contribution of support workers from that of nurses • Description and detection of vital parameters: body temperature, pulse, blood pressure, heart rate, breathing and pain • Main alterations of breathing and oxygenation (hypoxia and cyanosis, dyspnoea, cough, haemoptysis, bronchial obstruction and sputum, pathological breathing): management of the main alterations of breathing • Main alterations in body temperature (fever, hyperthermia, hypothermia), correct registration and care management of the person with alteration in body temperature. • Pain detection in adults: main assessment scales • Description and detection of saturation, diuresis, hydroelectrolyte balance and its alterations (dehydration, hypovolemia, hydroelectrolyte imbalance, excess volume of fluids, maldistribution of fluids): healthcare management Main sleep disorders (insomnia, circadian rhythm sleep disorders, restless legs syndrome, sleep apnea, other sleep disorders): healthcare management of the main sleep disorders • Principles for healthy eating: basic assistance during feeding, alterations in nutritional status (obesity, malnutrition, anorexia, cachexia, dysphagia); healthcare management of the main problems of nutritional status • Principles for healthy mobility and physical activity: definition of tolerance; definition of the concepts of physical activity, exercise and functional status; main alterations of mobility (intolerance to physical activity, hypokinetic syndrome); mobilization and transfer of the patient bed-stretcher, bed-wheelchair; care management for adults with mobility impairments • Principles of skin integrity, wound healing, prevention and management of pressure ulcers: risk assessment and care management of the risk of pressure ulcers and care management of the person with pressure ulcer • Principles of asepsis, disinfection, sterilization, no touch technique and control of healthcare-associated infections (HAI) • Loss, grief and the dying process N.B. FOR EACH TOPIC THE FOLLOWING ASSESSMENT SCALES, THE RELATED CARE PLANNING WITH NANDA TAXONOMY AND THE RELATED NURSING DIAGNOSIS WILL BE ILLUSTRATED
Prerequisites
-History and theory of nursing Notions of general culture useful for framing Italian and international historical periods -Principles of general and clinical nursing and nursing care Predisposition for reasoning and critical thinking and logical thinking
Books
Text adopted for all three teaching modules: 1-Fundamentals of nursing care, theory, concepts and applications – Judith M., Wilkinson et al-Casa Editrice Ambrosiana Recommended text for the general and clinical nursing module: 2-Manual of nursing techniques and procedures -Taylor Piccin Recommended texts, to complement the first, for the history and theory of nursing module: 3 - Nursing theorists and their theories – Ann Marriner – Ambrosiana publishing house 4 - History and philosophy of nursing - Edoardo Manzoni - Maura Lusignani - Beatrice Mazzoleni - Ambrosiana Publishing House - Rozzano (MI)
Frequency
In order to be able to take the exam related to the specific integrated course it is necessary to have documented the presence in the classroom of at least 66% of the hours corresponding to the credits assigned to the integrated course.
Exam mode
To pass the exam it is necessary to achieve a grade of not less than 18/30 in each module. The student must demonstrate that they have acquired sufficient knowledge of the topics covered during the course. To achieve a score of 30/30 cum laude, the student must instead demonstrate that they have acquired excellent knowledge of all the topics covered during the course, arguing a linear reasoning with the use of technical terms and making use of correct linguistic expressions. The exam is carried out in a coordinated manner by the teachers of the integrated course
Lesson mode
All three teaching modules include: frontal lessons through the projection of slides and videos practical demonstrations production of group work
  • Lesson code1034950
  • Academic year2025/2026
  • CourseNursing REPLICA O-ASL FROSINONE UMBERTO I
  • CurriculumSingle curriculum
  • Year1st year
  • Semester1st semester
  • SSDMED/45
  • CFU6