IN21B1F - MEDICAL CLINICAL NURSING

The module, in compliance with the provisions of the Didactic Regulations in article no. 3 ‘Specific educational objectives and expected competences’, aims at providing the student with the necessary tools for: the identification of basic and specific nursing care needs in the medical field, the elaboration of nursing care plans, with the identification of nursing diagnoses and expected outcomes, and therapeutic education aimed at self-care in the medical field. EXPECTED LEARNING OUTCOMES (LEARNING Outcomes): Knowledge and understanding: To understand the fields of nursing intervention, the clinical method that guides an effective approach to care, the operational techniques of intervention and the evidence that guides decision-making in clinical nursing in the medical area. Ability to apply knowledge and understanding: to integrate knowledge with the skills and attitudes of nursing to deliver evidence-based care; to use theoretical knowledge of nursing, biological sciences, humanities, behavioural, psychological and social sciences to identify the needs of the persons cared for, respecting age, groups and communities to provide evidence-based nursing care in order to achieve health outcomes or a state of compensation; to conduct a comprehensive and systematic assessment of care needs, based on the analysis and processing of collected data; to evaluate the specific results of the care provided and those obtained in cooperation with the multidisciplinary team; to plan. Making Judgements: to make care decisions taking into account clinical and care priorities; to decide on care interventions and to personalise them on the basis of clinical, psychosocial and cultural variables; to critically evaluate the outcomes of care decisions made on the basis of the patient's outcomes and care standards; to use the scientific approach in problem solving. Communication skills: to use relevant communication skills with users, family and team members in appropriate verbal, non-verbal and written form. Learning skills: demonstrate ability in active learning and developing self-study skills; demonstrate ability and autonomy to critically select primary and secondary sources of evidence to guide the delivery of care; demonstrate ability to self-assess own competencies and to define own development and learning needs; demonstrate ability to learn collaboratively and to share knowledge within the work team.