Teacher
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Notarnicola Ippolito
(syllabus)
- excretory functions - diuresis and diuresis disorders; urine alteration. Urine tests: urine collection for chemical and cultural examination and 24-hour urine collection, urine test strip - temporary and permanent bladder catheterization, bladder lavage, bladder irrigation. - bowel evacuation disorders, stool analysis, enema, manual evacuation. Stool tests: rectal swab, stool culture, fecal occult blood test - sputum: description and interpretation. Positioning for postural drainage. - perspiration: description and interpretation, nursing care for diaphoretic patient - vomiting: pathophysiology, pathogenesis, observation of vomiting, nursing care for vomiting patient - disinfectants and antiseptics - drugs and controlled substances: types of drugs, pharmacological preparations and absorption methods, nurse's responsibility in the preparation, administration and evaluation of pharmacological therapy. Routes of administration: intravenous, intramuscular, intradermal, subcutaneous, oral, sublingual, topical, anal, vaginal, mucous. - nursing responsibilities in drug storage and control - pain: assessment, pain management
(reference books)
- Potter & Perry (2017). Fundamentals of Nursing (9th Ed.) St. Louis, Missouri: Elsevier. - Slides
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