Overview
Lecturer
Angela Bara
Seminar tutor
Angela Bara
Type of course
Compulsory
Language of instruction
English
Erasmus language
English
Domain
Health
Field of study
Nursing
Form of education
Full-time
Form of instruction
Class / Seminary
Credit awarded by
Grade
Teaching methods
Team work and presentations
Entry requirements
General Nursing I, General Nursing II, Year I Internship Semesters 1 and 2, Internship Semester 3
Aims
Familiarization with symptoms and signs of internal medicine diseases
Patient anamnesis
Performing general clinical examination
Monitoring clinical and biological parameters
Ability to synthesize patient signs and symptoms into specific syndromes by organs and systems
Course contents
- Anamnesis, observation sheet, general inspection, systematic inspection of regions
- Palpation of skin and subcutaneous tissue
- Subjective symptoms of respiratory diseases, objective respiratory examination, respiratory syndromes
- Subjective symptoms of cardiac diseases, objective heart examination, clinical manifestations of ischemic heart disease, angina pectoris
- Myocardial infarction, rhythm and conduction disorders, heart failure, valvular diseases, semiology of arterial and venous diseases
- Anamnesis and objective examination of esophageal, gastroduodenal, and intestinal diseases
- Liver and spleen palpation, objective examination in hepatic cirrhosis, detailed abdominal topography and pain points
- Paraclinical examinations in digestive diseases (ultrasound, endoscopy, radiology, laboratory)
- Anamnesis and objective examination of the excretory system, urine examination, paraclinical investigations in excretory diseases
- Case presentations – renal pathology
- Objective and paraclinical examination in anemic syndromes
- Objective and paraclinical examination in leukemias and lymphomas
- Pulmonary thromboembolism
- Objective and paraclinical examination in hemorrhagic syndromes
Learning outcomes
Familiarization with symptoms and signs of diseases specific to internal medicine
Mastery of main symptoms, signs, syndromes, and investigations in internal medicine
Assessment
Evaluation form
Recommended reading
Medical Semiology – for nurses
Opriș M., Sîrbu I.V., Nistor DO, Simu I.
University Press, Tg. Mureș, 2012 · -
Medical Semiology course, for dental students
Ștefănescu M.
-, Tg Mureș, 2000 · -
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