General principles of pharmacology
Pharmacokinetics
Pharmacodynamics
Principles of therapy
Principles of toxicology
Active drugs on synapsis and neuroeffective junctions
Neurotransmission
Agonist antagonist muscarinic receptor
Catecholamines, sympathomimetic and adrenergic receptor antagonists
Principles of anesthesiology
Analgesics, opioids
Diuretics
Renine and angiotensin
Drugs for cardiac ischemia treatment
Anti-hypertensive drugs
Pharmacology of gastrointestinal tract
Chemotherapy of infectious diseases
Autacoids, pharmacologic therapy of inflammation

Pharmacology text books, professor’s notes.

Organization of the emergency department. Definition of emergency. The triage procedure. Approach to the patient with chest pain, dyspnoea, headache, shock, alteration or loss of consciousness. Therapeutic management of the patient with acute coronary syndrome, stroke, pulmonary embolism, deep vein thrombosis, shock, respiratory failure, acute kidney injury, hypo and hyperglicaemia.

McGraw-Hill Education - O. John Ma, Judith Tintinalli, Donald Yealy, Garth Meckler, J. Stapczynski, David Cline, Stephen Thomas -
Tintinalli's Emergency Medicine: A Comprehensive Study Guide
ISBN 9781260019933

Saunders - ENA - Emergency Nurses Association
Emergency Nursing Core Curriculum
ISBN: 9780323443746

FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS
Overview of critical care nursing: Definition of critical care nursing, Evolution of critical care, Professional organizations, Critical care nurse characteristics, Nursing care models in critical care settings.
Patient and family response to the critical care experience: The critical care environment, The critically ill patient, Family members of the critically ill patient.
Ethical and legal issues in critical care nursing: Ethical decision making, Ethical principles, Selected ethical topics in critical care.
End-of-life care in the critical care unit: Effects on nurses and the healthcare team, Dimensions of end-of-life care.
TOOLS FOR THE CRITICAL CARE NURSE
Comfort and Sedation: Assessment of pain and anxiety, Pain measurement tool, Anxiety and sedation Measurement tools, Continuous monitoring of sedation, Management of pain and anxiety, Substance abuse, Restraining devices.
Management of enteral nutrition in critical Care: Nursing assessment of Nutritional Status, Enteral Nutrition and enteral access devices, Administering a tube feeding, Drug-Nutrient Interactions, Complications of Nutritional Support.
Management of fluid in critical care: Composition and regulating of body fluid, Intravenous solutions, Intravenous catheters (peripheral and central catheters), Management of venous catheters’ exit site, Intravenous infusion equipment, Devices to control infusions, Adverse events from infusion catheters.
Dysrhythmia interpretation and management: Overview of electrocardiogram monitoring, Causes of dysrhythmias, Dysrhythmia analysis, Basic dysrhythmias, Cardiac pacemakers.
Hemodynamic Monitoring: Hemodynamic monitoring modalities (invasive, non invasive), Arterial pressure monitoring, Right atrial pressure/Central venous pressure monitoring, Pulmonary artery pressure monitoring, Cardiac output monitoring, Esophageal doppler monitoring.
Ventilatory Assistance: Physiology of breathing and respiratory mechanics, Nursing respiratory assessment, Arterial blood gas test and its interpretation, Oxygen administration, Oxygen delivery devices, Airway management, Endotracheal intubation, Tracheostomy, Endotracheal suctioning, Mechanical ventilation, Positive-pressure ventilation, Noninvasive positive-pressure ventilation, Respiratory monitoring during mechanical ventilation, Complications of mechanical ventilation, Nursing care during mechanical ventilation, Communication during mechanical ventilation, Weaning patients from mechanical ventilation, Extubation.
Rapid response teams and clinical emergency management: Rapid response teams, Basic life support, Advanced cardiac life support, Recognition and treatment of dysrhythmias, Electrical therapy, Pharmacological interventions during an emergency, Documentation of the emergency situation, Care of the patient after resuscitation, Therapeutic hypothermia after cardiac arrest.
CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS AND NURSING CARE DURING CRITICAL ILLNESS
Shock, sepsis and multiple organ dysfunction syndrome (MODS); Cardiovascular alterations (Angina, Heart failure, Aortic aneurysms); Nervous system alterations (Acute stroke, Seizures and status epilepticus, Central nervous system infections, Spinal cord injury); Acute respiratory failure (Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), Acute respiratory secondary to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)/asthma/pneumonia/pulmonary embolism, Ventilator-associated pneumonia); Acute gastrointestinal bleeding; Endocrine alterations (Hyperglycemia and hypoglycemia in the critically ill patient); Trauma and management of specific organ injuries; SARS-CoV-2.

Title: Introduction to Critical Care Nursing (6th ed.), Elsevier/Saunders.
Authors: Mary Lou Sole, Deborah G. Klein, Marthe J. Moseley

Title: Kozier & Erb’s fundamentals of nursing: concepts, process, and practice (10th ed.), Pearson.
Authors: Audrey Berman, Shirlee Snyder, Geralyn Frandsen.

Scientific papers, procedures and guidelines provided by the professor.


APA:
Sole, M. L., Klein, D. G., & Moseley, M. J. (2013). Introduction to Critical Care Nursing (6th ed.). St. Louis, Mo: Elsevier/Saunders.

Berman, A., Snyder, S. J., & Frandsen, G. (2016). Kozier & Erb’s fundamentals of nursing: concepts, process, and practice (10th ed.). Boston: Pearson.

Preparation of environment and patient to surgical procedures
Use of anesthetics. Management of preanesthesia phase.
Intra and post-surgical phase
Management of central and peripheral venous lines and surgical drainages
Management of surgical wounds and post-surgical pain.
Monitoring in Intensive Care Unit
Organ failure.
Physiopathology and treatment
Mechanical Ventilation
Extracorporeal removal techniques
The patient in shock
Stupor and coma

AACN Essentials of Critical Care Nursing, 4th Ed.
Authors: S. Burns, S. Delgado
McGraw Hill Editor

Critical Care Nursing: Science and Practice
di Sheila Adam, Sue Osborne, e al.
OUP Oxford Ed

Assistenza infermieristica in anestesia. Giorgio Torri, Elena Moizo.
Antonio Delfino Editore

L'infermiere strumentista. Procedure in chirurgia specialistica
Alessandro Peruzzi
Elsevier Masson Editore

Guida al monitoraggio in area critica.
GD Giusti
Maggioli Editore

Oh. Manuale di terapia Intensiva
Bersten AD, Soni N
Elsevier Masson Editore

• SHOCK
• DIGESTIVE HEMORRHAGE
• ACUTE ABDOMEN
• THORACIC-ABDOMINAL TRAUMA
• NURSING FRAMEWORK OF EMERGENCY SURGUICAL PATIENTS

Titolo: Compendio di Chirurgia per le professioni sanitarie
Autori: ESDD – A. Divizia C. Fiorani G. Maggi F. Romano