GENERAL SURGERY
cod. 1000468

Academic year 2012/13
2° year of course - First semester
Professor
Academic discipline
Chirurgia generale (MED/18)
Field
Scienze medico-chirurgiche
Type of training activity
Characterising
24 hours
of face-to-face activities
3 credits
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course unit
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Course unit divided into the following partitions:

Integrated course unit module: SURGICAL CLINIC

Learning objectives

identify the nursing needs of the person and his reactions related to surgical pathology and treatments of the same, to be able to assess and manage nursing care to surgical patients, enable decision-making processes on the basis of the patient's condition and reports of instrumental exams, manage diagnostic pathways related to surgical pathology, to be able to properly communicate with patients, family members and staff on topics relating to the surgical pathology.

Prerequisites

knowledge of anatomy and physiology

Course unit content

Nursing in surgery
The operative risk
The biological response to traumatic events (stress)
Introduction to shock: surgical aspects
Thermoregulation and fever
preoperative Evaluation
postoperative Complications
Infections in Surgery
the wounds
Bleeding and haemostasis
Diseases of the esophagus
Diverticular disease of the colon
Colorectal cancer
Breast Lumps
Thyroid diseases
Cholelithiasis and pancreatitis
peritonitis
bowel obstruction
Intestinal ischemia
The polytrauma.
abdominal trauma

Full programme

• operative risk
• biological response to traumatic events (stress)
• surgical aspects of the shock
• thermoregulation and fever
• infections in surgery
• wounds
• pathology of the esophagus
• diverticular disease
• tumors of the colon
• Breast nodules
• cholelithiasis and pancreatitis
• bleeding and hemostasis
• peritonitis
• bowel obstruction
• polytrauma.
• abdominal trauma
• Intestinal ischemia and infarction

Bibliography

Alloni R, Destrebecq A, Gianotti L, Poma S. Infermieristica Clinica in Chirurgia. Hoepli, Milano

Teaching methods

lectures

Assessment methods and criteria

oral examination

Other information

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