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Teaching is concentrated in the faculties and schools, and the departments deal with research, which is also conducted by institutes and chairs, at the same time responsible for knowledge promotion.
This subject aims to provide knowledge of the anatomy and physiology of the human body’s various systems and the implications of such knowledge in assessing patients and planning nursing care and procedures.The general contents are: The musculoskeletal system.The articulatory system.The cardiovascular system.The nervous system.The endocrine system.The respiratory system.The digestive system.The renal system.The reproductive system.The blood.The lymphatic system.The immunological system.
Concepts of metabolism, biochemistry of nutrient groups, food groups.A person's healthy food requirements.Healthy food guidelines.
Exploratory statistical analysis of data.Fundamentals of probabilityDecision making in the area of clinical statistics.Identifying and analysing the influence of internal and external factors on the health levels of individuals and groups.Applying the methods and procedures required in the area to identify the most relevant health problems in a community.Analysing statistical data relating to population studies and identifying the possible causes of health problems.Foundations of quantitative research methodology.
Strategies and skills for an effective communication with individuals, families and social groups and for expressing their concerns and interests.Empathic and respectful relations with individuals and family members in according to the individuals’ health and stage of development.
Research process: quantitative and qualitative research methodology.Access to information for research, use of English in scientific communication and networking in nursingKnowledge of the different information systems, technologies, registers of nursing care and communication, for patient-centred healthcare in our region and in other communities and countries.Using ITCs in networking.
Building up nursing knowledge with theoretical and methodological nursing bases for providing comprehensive life and health care of individuals, family members and the community with a reflective, analytical and creative attitude through person-focused care and by taking people’s dignity into account.
Introduction to the needs of healthy individuals according to the stage of their life cycle.Concept of comprehensive assessment of the health of individuals and family members.Childhood and adolescence: Knowing the characteristics of growth and development.Identifying nursing care aimed at newly born babies, children and teenagers.Understanding women's physiological anatomy and the characteristics of the stages of the reproductive and menopausal cycle.ADULT: Knowing the characteristics of an individual’s adult stage.Knowing how an adult's health is assessed.Data gathering, nurse interviews, systematic observation and physical exploration.Assessing and identifying the patterns of normality among adults.ELDERLY ADULT: Understanding the concept of ageing among individuals and its physical, psychological and social repercussions.Knowing the lifestyle habits that benefit people's health.
These enable students to acquire skills and expertise for improving people's health, comfort and well-being.
Professional practicals that enable the integration of a nurse's expertise, skills and attitudes based on the principles and values associated with person-focused care by incorporating professional values and nursing communication, assessment and judgement competencies.
Physiopathological processes, manifestations and risk factors that determine the state of health and sickness at different times of life.
Psychosocial answers of people facing different health situations (in particular, illness and suffering).Actions for providing help in these situations.Psychological and physical problems derived from gender violence.Prevention, early detection, assistance, rehabilitation of the victims of this form of violence.
Basic concepts of person-centred pharmacology.Importance of a person's empowerment and compliance with their pharmacological treatment.Farmacovigilància.Benefit/risk/cost ratio.Rational use of medicines.Basic pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic concepts.Pharmacological interactions.The main drugs of the various therapeutic groups, dosage, routes of administration, pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics, adverse effects, interactions and main precautions.
Concepts of urgency and emergency.Comprehensive emergencies system.General organisation of emergencies.Healthcare transport and physiopathology of transport.Initial assessment of the emergency patient.Nursing care for multiple victims.Basic and advanced life support.Medical emergencies.Haemorrhages and shock.Severe traumas.Bone, joint and muscular injuries.Wounds, bites and stings.Cold- and heat-related emergencies.Injuries from physical agents.Intoxications.
Manifestations of health problems, appraisal and nursing care for patients with illnesses: infectious, haematological, neoplastic, dermatological, digestive, cardiovascular, respiratory and endocrine diseases.Concepts and general foundations of palliative care and its organisation.Nursing care for people with terminal conditions.Therapeutic relationship with the patient, the family and/or the carer. Highly prevalent nutritional problems and dietary recommendations.
Ethics, bioethics and law.Human rights.Rights and duties of citizens relating to health and healthcare.Deontological codes.Ethical and legal responsibility of healthcare professionals.Bioethics Committees.Privacy and confidentiality.Information and informed consent.Research ethics.Ethical and legal aspects of professional work (start and end of life).
Bases of nursing care in mental health and psychiatry.The context of therapeutic relations.The main psycho-pathological alterations.Nursing care for the more prevalent problems of mental health in health assistance.Nursing intervention in suicidal behaviour.Gender differences in mental health problems.People's behavioural changes according to gender, group and/or community and culture.
Public health, health promotion and education, salutogenesis, health assets, primary health and community health care, community participation.
Clinical-simulation exercises in training spaces, where crucial attitudes and skills are developed in various scenarios for carrying out subsequent placements in health institutions.
Clinical placements in healthcare centres enabling the incorporation of professional competencies by integrating nursing knowledge, skills and attitudes into the clinical placement based on principles and values associated with person-centred care skills.
Clinical placements in hospital services enabling the incorporation of professional competencies by integrating nursing knowledge, skills and attitudes into the clinical placement based on principles and values associated with person-centred care skills.
Nursing care for people with mental health problems at different stages of the life cycle: childhood, adolescence, woman, elderly person.The most serious mental disorders in psychiatric care, diagnostic criteria, symptomatology, treatment and nursing intervention.Introduction to dual pathology.Knowledge of the main mental health programmes.
The management of health care in the 21st century.Marc conceptual and basic principles of the administration.Planning and organisation of the services of health.Care quality policy in relation to person centred care.Nursing management and responsibility in the administration of care.
Bases of the primary level of health and activities to be carried out for providing comprehensive nursing care to people, families and communities.Function, activities and cooperative attitudes that the professional has to develop in a primary healthcare team.Participation of individuals, families and groups in health and sickness processes.Methodology and procedures needed to identify the most relevant health problems in a community.Education for the health and well-being of community members, who may be affected by health problems, risks, suffering, illness, incapacity or death.Use and indications of healthcare products linked to nursing care.Technologies and information and communication systems in healthcare.Analysis, design and application for the main health problems.
Introduction to geriatrics.Ethics of caring for dependant older people.Characteristics of the elderly person suffering from a loss of functionality.Comprehensive geriatric assessment.Pharmacological therapy for the elderly.Nursing interventions to maintain and increase the quality of life of dependant senior citizens.Nursing care for caregivers in dependant older persons.Resources and services for dependant senior citizens.
Demonstrations of changes in health, assessment of nursing care for people in complex situations: in emergency services and intensive care; for people with neurological, renal and musculoskeletal diseases and people undergoing a surgical procedure.
WOMAN: Pregnancy, birth and postpartum.Identification of problems, appraisal and nurse diagnosis.Nursing care and assistance for mothers.Nursing interventions and techniques.Prevention of complications.The relationship between assistance levels.Therapeutic relationship with the person and their family.BABY, CHILD AND TEENAGER: Newborn, child and teenager with problems of health.Identification and nurse appraisal.Nursing care and assistance for children with health problems.Interventions and specific techniques.Prevention of complications.Health education aimed at parents and/or main carers, children and adolescents.Establishing a therapeutic relationship with the children and their family.
Practicals and procedures in laboratories of simulation in relation to the contents of subjects of Clinical Infirmary II, Comunitària II and Materno-infantil.
Clinical placements in healthcare centres enabling the incorporation and consolidation of professional competencies by integrating nursing knowledge, skills and attitudes into the clinical placement based on principles and values associated with person-centred care skills.
Practical professional training in the form of clinical rotations in hospitals or other healthcare centres that enable the student to incorporate professional values, healthcare-communication, clinical-reasoning skills and critical-judgement skills as well as assistance for people with the most prevalent heath problems in the areas of obstetrics, gynaecology, paediatrics, psychiatry, critical illness emergency care, geriatrics and surgical block; and which enable them to integrate into their professional practice their nursing knowledge, skills and attitudes based on principles and values associated with person centred care.
Deepen knowledge of human sexuality in the life cycle to develop tools aimed at promoting a healthy approach to sexuality from a gender perspective and the nursing profession.
Care for people suffering from chronic injuries requires evidence-based practical classes, and nurses are professionals who can contribute the most.It is necessary to know the different types of injuries related to dependency, involving lower limbs and tumours, as well as their prevention and treatment.Performing a comprehensive assessment of the person and their family (not just the wound) will allow us to offer nursing care adapted to the patient and their situation.
Learn about the main tropical and infectious diseases, as well as the clinical syndromes that affect the health of people living in developing countries and travellers and immigrants, and therefore, that are present in our context.Identify recommendations for travellers.Exploring the anthropological vision of health in different cultures.Reflect on the basic aspects of co-operation and humanitarian aid.
English terminology in health sciences and specifically care.Scientific English.Language and communication with English speakers in the various areas of care.Written and oral scientific communication in health sciences in English.
Statistical analysis methods applied to decision-making in the field of nursing.Joint study of two qualitative variables (models of independence and relationship, c2 test, F test, McNemar test, inference for two proportions, inference for OR and RR).Joint study of a qualitative variable and a quantitative variable (t test for two averages, Mann-Whitney U test, Wilcoxon test, parametric ANOVA, Kruskall-Wallis test, ANOVA for repeated measurements, Friedman test).Introduction to regression models depending on the type of dependant variable (linear regression, logistics, Cox, Poisson, common and differential aspects of the models).Application of the methodology of Research and Investigation to real or simulated cases.
Sex-gender system.Health inequalities.Nursing care with a gender perspective. Gender Violence.Nursing care for women victims of Gender Violence
Thorough practical professional training in the student's area of particular interest that allows them to expand their nursing knowledge, skills and attitudes based on principles and values associated with competencies relating to person-focused care.
The bachelor's thesis of the nursing degree involves students conducting a project, study, report or work related to nursing science in which the knowledge, skills, abilities and competencies required during the Bachelor’s degree course are applied and developed.
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