Nursing as a science
 Brief history of nursing care
 Florence Nightingale
 From 1800 to today
 The care process
 Nursing diagnosis
 Bifocal model
 NANDA, NIC, NOC coding system
Enze Competences in the current NHS
 How to read a scientific article
Need of power supply
 Normal power supply
 Assist the person during feeding
 Gastric nose feeding
 jejunal nose feeding
 Gastric nose tube: insertion and removal procedure
 Assistance to the patient who vomits
 Distribution of food in the hospital
 Overview of total parenteral nutrition
Need for elimination
Intestinal elimination
 Alvo disorders: constipation, diarrhea, fecal incontinence
Enziali Assistance interventions in alvo alterations
 Use of laxatives
 Physiological and pathological features of faeces
 Sample collection for chemical, physical, cultural, parasitological, occult blood research
 Vacuum emulsion: types, purposes, action, solutions, procedure, complications.
 Macroscopic stool characteristics
 Harvesting faeces for exams: chemical, physical, cultural, parasitological, occult angue
 Manual removal of fecal impaction

Urinary elimination
• Physiological and pathological features of urine
• Collection of samples for chemical-physical, cultural, cytological examination
• Collection of samples for toxicological tests, also for medical-legal purposes
• Disorders of diuresis
• Urination disorders
Temporary and permanent bladder catheterization, male and female
Risks of catheterization
Alternative methods (condom application)
Need to receive treatments
Therapy: general principles and implications of responsibility
Rule of G
Medication administration:
 Parenteral therapy
or intramuscular
or subcutaneous
or intradermal injection
o Notes on intravenous therapy
 Non-parenteral therapy:
or Enterale
o Topica
or Inhalation
o Other pathways (ocular, nasal ,.)
Calculation and dosage of drugs
 Flow regulator
 Infusion pump
 Syringe pump
 Elastomer
 Types of infusion sets
Dosaggio Dosage calculation (formulas)
Bandages and dressings
Generali General notes
 Common, elastic, functional bandages: procedure
 Some techniques (circular, spiral, reverse spiral, recurrent, eight-shaped)
 Particular bandages (Desault, chapel of Hippocrates, Gilchrist, bandage for clavicle.)
 Notes on plaster casts and guardians
End of life treatment
Hospice
Terminale Terminal patient care
Iative Palliative care
 Outlines of euthanasia
Diagnosis of death (continuous ECG for 20 minutes)
 Preparation of the body
 Custody of personal items
Treatment errors: legal and forensic nursing