Course 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 Entry Requirements:

Students must have knowledge of anatomy and physiology

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

Teaching methods:

Lecture, conversation, exemplification.

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.

Learning outcomes verification and assessment criteria:

Written multiple-choice exam – 50%/Practical exam – 40%/Individual activity portfolio – 10%

Recommended reading:

McEwen M., Wills E.M., Theoretical Basis for Nursing, 5th ed., Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, -, 2019, -.
Potter P.A., Perry A.G., Stockert P.A., Hall A.M., Fundamentals of Nursing, 11th ed., Elsevier, -, 2022, -.
Taylor C., Lillis C., LeMone P., Lynn P., Fundamentals of Nursing: The Art and Science of Nursing Care, 7th ed., Wolters Kluwer, -, 2011, -.