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Course Sheet Academic Year of enrolment:
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Course of 1st Cycle Degree in NURSING
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Preparatory courses and exams according to the didactic regulations.
Objectives Contents Elements of Neurology for nursing in stroke, epilepsy, neurodegenerative disorders of central and peripheral nervous system.
Extended Syllabus 1) The neurological patient : gait disorders, muscular tone and strength, sensory examination, coordination, deep tendon jerks. 2) Cerebrovascular disorders: ischemic stroke, cerebral hemorrhage, subaracnoid hemorrhage. The stroke unit characteristics and organization. Trombolysis: the role of the nurse in the different phases. Positioning and mobilization of the stroke patient. 3) Neuromuscular diseases: amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, hereditary neuropathies, Guillain-Barré syndrome, myasthenia gravis, myopathies and muscular distrophies Pathophysiology, clinical manifestations, role of nursing in the patient’s care. 4) Parkinson disease: motor and non-motor symptoms. Elements of treatment. Other movement disorders: Hungtinton’s corea, hemiballismus, dystonia. 5) Epileptic seizures. classification, clinical features. What to do in case of generalized convulsive epileptic seizure. Syncope, pathophysiology and differential diagnosis with epileptic seizures.
Recommended Bibliography Neurologia e assistenza infermieristica. A. Federico, C. Angelini, P. Franza. Editore Edises 2015. PDFs of the teaching material of the lessons.
Teaching Methods Frontal lessons with contents in power point and video clips. Interactive discussion of clinical cases.
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