Nursing the Adult and Elderly
Enfermagem ao Adulto e Idoso
Course code:9500212
Cidália Maria da Cruz Silva Patacas de Castro
Learning outcomes of the curricular unit:
Goals:
- To develop competencies for the provision of nursing care for adults and the elderly in acute and chronic health and disease processes in the various systems of the body.
- Analyze the data for the diagnostic evaluation and respective nursing interventions.
- Analyze the impact of the disease (acute or chronic) and hospitalization on the individual, family and community.
- Know the concepts of Continuity of Care, Long Term Care and Palliative Care.
- Understand the values and principles of palliative care.
- Understand the process of normal mourning and distinguish anticipatory mourning and complicated mourning.
- Perform different nursing procedures and techniques in the laboratory.
Syllabus:
- Aging process.
- The process of health / disease transition in the adult and elderly.
- The adult and elderly with endocrine and metabolic disease.
- The adult and elderly with respiratory disease.
- The adult and elderly with cardiovascular disease.
- Adult and elderly with gastrointestinal disease.
- Adult and elderly with renal disease.
- The adult and elderly with blood diseases.
- The adult and elderly with immune disease.
- The adult and elderly with neurological disease.
- The adult and elderly with ortho-trauma disease.
- The adult and elderly with cancer disease.
- The adult and elderly with pain.
- The adult and elderly with acute and chronic wound.
- The adult and elderly in need of surgical interventions.
- The adult and elderly in need of integrated continuous care.
- The adult and the elderly at the end of life.
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