Overview
Aims
Describe the stages of the nursing process
Identify the purpose of the initial nursing assessment
Differentiate between subjective and objective data and between primary and secondary data
Course contents
Nursing: historical perspective and contemporary practice; definition, beneficiaries, purpose, settings; roles and functions of the nurse; professional criteria (education, knowledge, service orientation, continuous research, code of ethics, autonomy, professional organization—Romanian Order of Nurses); legal aspects; ethics, values and advocacy; health literacy – 2h
Nursing theories and models; emergence and development; nursing metaparadigm; classification; overview of major theories/models (Henderson, Orem, Roy, Nightingale); importance and advantages in clinical practice – 2h
Fundamental concepts and principles of nursing; from traditional nursing to conceptual nursing; holism (biophysiological, psychological, sociocultural, spiritual dimensions); evidence-based practice – 2h
Scientific methodology applied to nursing; critical thinking techniques (critical analysis, inductive and deductive reasoning); application in nursing practice; the nursing process as a systematic, rational method for planning and providing individualized nursing care – 2h
Learning outcomes
By the end of lectures and practicals, the student will be able to formulate a nursing care plan based on the stages of the nursing process: data collection using a theoretical nursing framework, identification of nursing diagnoses through clinical reasoning, identification of objectives and selection of nursing interventions, and evaluation of outcomes after implementation.
Assessment
Written multiple-choice exam – 50%/Practical exam – 40%/Individual activity portfolio – 10%