Description
General Objectives
Apply specific and up-to-date theoretical and practical knowledge of the most frequent health problems of adults who require hospitalisation in medical-surgical care units.
Addressed to:
Aimed at Health Professionals (Doctors, Nurses, Kinesiology, Obstetrics), Higher Level Nursing Technicians, Health Students in their final year of study who have basic knowledge of the health area.
Content
Module I: INTRODUCTION TO NURSING
History of Medical-Surgical Nursing
Bioethics and Ethics in Nursing
Evidence-based practice
Module II: CARE IN PATIENTS WITH CARDIOVASCULAR AFFECTION
Structure and function of the Cardiovascular system
Blood pressure and hypertension
Ischemic heart disease
Cardiac electrophysiology
Cardiac insufficiency
Module III: CARE OF PATIENTS WITH DIGESTIVE AFFECTION
Digestive System Anatomy
Gastrostomy/jejunostomy/Naso-gastric Tube
Intestinal disorders
Disorders of the biliary tract (cholecystitis, cholelithiasis)
Acute Pancreatitis
Upper gastrointestinal bleeding
Module IV: CARE OF THE PATIENT WITH ALTERATION OF THE HEMOLYMPHOPOIEUTIC SYSTEM
Hematology
Blood coagulation
Anemia
Leukemias
Blood transfusion
Module V: CARE IN THE PATIENT WITH HYDROELECTROLYTE DISBALANCE
Regulation of body fluid and electrolyte compartments.
Chlorine/Sodium/Potassium functions
Magnesium/Calcium/Phosphorus Functions
Module VI: CARE OF PATIENTS WITH ACID-BASE BALANCE DISORDERS
Metabolic acidosis
Metabolic alkalosis
Respiratory acidosis
Respiratory alkalosis
Module VII: CARE OF WOUNDED PATIENTS
The skin
Wound
Physiology of Healing
Wound Care
Pressure Injuries
Module VIII: HEALTH CARE OF THE NEPHRO-UROLOGICAL APPARATUS
Nephro-urological anatomy
Bladder catheterization
Lower urinary tract infection
Chronic renal insufficiency
Upper urinary tract infection (pyelonephritis, glomerulonephritis)
Acute renal failure
Module IX: CARE OF THE PATIENT WITH PATHOLOGY OF THE NEUROLOGICAL APPARATUS
Anatomy Nervous system
Intracranial hypertension
Cerebrovascular accident
Intracranial hematoma (SAH, cerebral arterial aneurysms, AVM)
Encephalocranial trauma (ECT)
Module X: ASSESSMENT OF PATIENTS WITH RESPIRATORY DISORDERS
Anatomy of the respiratory system
O2 transport
Oxygen therapy
Pneumonia
Asthma
COPD
Additional information
Country | Chile |
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Certification | AST |
Ranking | Adult, Specialties, Hospital |
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