Universitat Internacional de Catalunya - Barcelona

Nursing Care Methodology

• code 07890
• course 1
• term Semester 2
• type OB
• credits 6

Module: Module Fundamentals of Care I

Matter: Fundamentals of Nursing

Main language of instruction: Catalan

Other languages of instruction: Spanish

Head instructor

Dra. Maria del Pilar FUSTER - pfuster@uic.es

Other instructors

Dr. Pere DOMINGO - pdomingo@uic.es

Office hours

Appointment via e-mail

Pilar Fuster pfuster@csc.uic.es

This course develops the theoretical study and practical skills needed to perform the functions of the nurse. This subject is constituted by knowledge of the theoretical, simulation laboratories and practice nurses in hospitals.

-In addition, this course students will have the possibility of a joint undertaking practicum volunteer in NGOs or foundations (Places are limited. At the start of the course will receive information about the selection process and the various possibilities).

-The UIC charity project is a comprehensive learning experience in nature, promoting the acquisition of skills for personal development (such as responsibility, social commitment, service capacity, etc..)

Not required

After completing this course the student should be able to:

- Start the implementation of the nursing process in clinical practice.
- Incorporate concepts of nursing models in implementing the nursing process.
- Apply knowledge in the humanities, biology, physiology and anatomy in the planning of patient care.
- Use appropriate communication techniques with patients, colleagues and other health professionals.
- Assess health status in clinical cases based on theories and research in nursing.
- Formulate nursing diagnoses based on analysis of data generated in the assessment of health status using the correct nomenclature and diagnostic labels.
- Identify objectives and expected results in relation to the diagnosis
- Perform nursing functions to promote, maintain and restore the optimum level of wellness.
- Evaluate nursing interventions in relation to the results
- Demonstrate competence and reliability to patients and other health professionals.
- Discuss the use of nursing research findings in relation to the development of nursing theories and the promotion, maintenance and restoration of health.
- Meet the criteria of normality in different health patterns: nutrition, urinary excretion, fecal elimination, hygiene and skin integrity, oxygenation, activity and rest, thermoregulation, fluid and electrolytes, sensory perception, pain, circulation, self-concept, spirituality and the loss or bereavement.

OBJECTIVES OF LEARNING EXPERIENCE OF SOLIDARITY:

1. Develop their commitment to the values themselves.
2. Develop your ability to make ethically informed choices.
3. Cultivate your sense of responsibility for their own behaviors.
4. Develop your ability to think for himself.
5. Improve your communication skills, with an emphasis on listening.
6. Improve their ability to organize and use time effectively.
7. Develop a commitment to exercise their rights and responsibilities as a citizen, actively and voluntarily contributing to social, economic and environmental.

• 10. B - Protecting the health and welfare of individuals or groups by ensuring their safety.
• 17. E - Perform nursing care based on comprehensive health care, which involves multidisciplinary cooperation, integration of processes and continuity of care.
• 24. G - Ability to work autonomously.
• 23. B - Ability to analyze and synthesize.
• 25. E - Knowledge of the field of study
• 3. E - Know and apply the theoretical and methodological foundations and principals of nursing.
• 11. E - Establish effective communication with patients, families, social groups and partners and promote health education.
• 12. B - Know and observe the ethical code of conduct of Spanish nursing, understanding the ethical implications of health in a changing global context.
• 15. B - Work with the team of professionals as a basic unit in which uni or multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary professionals and other staff of health care are organized.
• 21. B - Oral and written communication.

- Incorporate the concepts of nursing models in the NAP (nursing attention process)
- Begin implementation of NAPs: assessing health status in clinical cases based on theories and nursing research
- Formulate nursing diagnoses based on analysis of indicial obtained in the assessment of health status of the person
- Identify objectives and outcomes achieved in relation to nursing diagnosis
- Propose nursing interventions to promote, maintain and restore the optimal level of welfare of the individual
- Assess the status of the person in relation to health outcomes anticipated

Learning objectives for students conducting the practicum solidarity 

1. Develop your own commitment to the values
2. Develop your ability to make ethically informed choices
3. Cultivate your sense of responsibility for their own conduct and behavior
4. Develop your ability to think for themselves
5. Improve your communication skills, with an emphasis on listening
6. Improve their ability to organize and use time effectively
7. Develop a commitment to exercise their rights and responsibilities as a citizen, actively and voluntarily contributing to social, economic and environmental. 

•  Nursing Care Process (NCP)
• Assessment of the welfare and health needs after the analysis and interpretation of data from the individual.
•  Data Collection Instruments
•  Nursing Diagnoses
• Planning of care
• Implementation of Care Plan
• Evaluation of Care Plan

• Master class
• Case Method
• Cooperative Learning
• Critical Reading
• Group Tutoring

• Group work: 25%
• Midterm Exam 25% short questions
• Tasks developed in classroom 10%
  
• Multiple-choice+ short questions: final exam 40%

To make half must be passed the final test. we will consider the participation in the tasks carried out during class.

To make half must be approved the final evaluation test. Be valued participation in the tasks performed in the classroom.

2nd call is to maintain the% i% treball group of evaluative intermitja prova, També is Fara mitja if prova s'aprova the end evaluative.

No fees of Honor awarded for 2nd call.

3rd call like the first.

For students who do the practicum solidarity:

- The overall assessment of the course (see above) will count for 85% of total solidarity and practicum, 15%. It is a prerequisite for applying these percentages, having previously approved the overall mark of the course assessment.

Practicum-assessment will be supportive: by the NGO or foundation where such practices are conducted and by conducting a reflective journal (corrected by the coordinator of the subject to which associate the practicum).

• Alfaro-LeFevre Rosalinda. (2007). Aplicación del proceso enfermero.:Elsevier Masson
• Carpenito Lynda. Diagnósticos de enfermería. Aplicaciones a la práctica clínica (2003). McGraw-Hill
• Kozier B, Erb G, Blais K. (2005). Conceptos y temas en la practica de enfermeria. (7ª ed.). Nueva York: Interamericana, McGraw-Hill
• Marrier-Toney A. (1994). Nursing theorists and their work. (3ª de.). St. Louis: Mosby
  
• Marriner-Toney A. (2007). Modelos y Teorías en enfermería.Elsevier/Mosby
• Luis Rodrigo, Mª Teresa (2007). Los diagnósticos enfermeros. Revisión crítica y guía práctica. Barcelona, Masson.
• Wesley, L.(1997) Teorías y modelos de enfermería.Mèxic: McGraw-Hill.

E: exam date | R: revision date | 1: first session | 2: second session:

• E1 06/05/2015 10:00h
• R1 19/05/2015 11:00h
• R1 19/05/2015 16:00h
• E2 03/07/2015 12:00h
• R2 15/07/2015 11:00h