Approach to the fundamentals of Nursing with insights into clinical risk, with particular regard to microbiological risk and good prevention practices
Course Prerequisites
no
Teaching Methods
Lectures, interactive teaching with presentation of images and short films. PDFs of the lessons and reference bibliography are provided.
Assessment Methods
Written test
Contents
1. Fundamentals of Nursing: definition, ethical principles and social role, methodological principles, training and career paths 2. Principles of Risk Management: definition of fundamental principles and of clinical risk 3. Hospital infections and clinical risk 4. Sanitary Environment: definition of the concepts of cleaning, sanitation, decontamination, antisepsis and sterilisation. Strategies to ensure microbiological safety. 5. Hand hygiene: simple hand washing, alcohol antisepsis, antiseptic washing, surgical washing. Preparation and management of a sterile field. Use of gloves. Hospital waste management. 6. Vital parameters: definition and hints on detection methods and normal range. 7. Basics of first aid. 8. Introduction to BLSD
