Unit PHARMACOLOGY AND NURSING SEMEIOTICS

GENERAL PHARMACOLOGY - I

Code	GP005101
CFU	1
Teacher	Emira Maria Ayroldi
Teachers	Domenico Vittorio Delfino (Codocenza) Emira Maria Ayroldi
Hours	3 ore (Codocenza) - Domenico Vittorio Delfino 12 ore - Emira Maria Ayroldi
Learning activities	Base
Area	Primo soccorso
Academic discipline	BIO/14
Type of study-unit	Obbligatorio (Required)

GENERAL PHARMACOLOGY

Code	GP005098
CFU	1
Teacher	Emira Maria Ayroldi
Teachers	Domenico Vittorio Delfino (Codocenza) Emira Maria Ayroldi
Hours	3 ore (Codocenza) - Domenico Vittorio Delfino 12 ore - Emira Maria Ayroldi
Learning activities	Caratterizzante
Area	Scienze medico-chirurgiche
Academic discipline	BIO/14
Type of study-unit	Obbligatorio (Required)
Language of instruction	italian
Contents	Basic principles of pharmacology: pharmacodynamics, drug interactions, adverse drug reactions and medication errors, individual variability in drug responses
Reference texts	Farmacologia Generale e Speciale per le lauree sanitarie, a cura di Silvano Gabriele Cella - Anna Maria Di Giulio - Alfredo Gorio - Francesco Scaglione, Università degli Studi di Milano; Piccin. Pharmacology for Nursing Care; Richard A. Lehne, Saunders Elsevier.
Educational objectives	Understanding the pharmacological effects and learn the prudence in the use of drugs to increase patient safety
Prerequisites	In order to fully understand and apply most knowledge of the course it is important and useful having successfully passed the following exams: "Molecular and cellular basis of life", Anatomical-physiological basis of the human body", "Basis of nursing care". Students need, in fact, to know how cells, organs and systems works inside the human body and also to understand the meaning of the nursing care.
Teaching methods	Class lessons, DVD projection and work in small discussion groups with questions and answers.
Other information	Frequenza: mandatory 75% Location: Via Oberdan 123, Foligno (PG) - aule del corso di Laurea in infermieristica
Learning verification modality	The exam is an oral exam of all three parts. It consists in a discussion of about 30 minutes. During this discussion the student must show to have reached a good level of knowledge and comprehension on theory and methods of the program (most of all on nursing methods beside pharmacology and diet knowledge. The oral exam will evaluate also the communication, the language and the autonomy skills of the students. Students can be driven, during the exam, by immagines showed in the class lessons. All considered, the exam allows to know the ability to learn, the level of knowledge and the critical ability of the students, beside their capacity to talk and to apply knowledge learned.
Extended program	Pharmacodynamics: Dose-response relationships, drug-receptor interactions, drug responses that do not involve receptors, interpatient variability in drug responses, the therapeutic index; Drug interactions: drug-drug interaction, drug-food interactions, drug-herb interactions; Adverse drug reactions and medication errors: Adverse drug reactions, medication errors; Individual variation in drug responses: body weight and composition, age, pathopysiology, tolerance, placebo effect, variability in absorption, genetics, gender, race, failure to take medicine as prescribed, drug interactions, diet

NURSING METHODOLOGY I

Code	GP005099
CFU	2
Teacher	Valentina Onori
Teachers	Valentina Onori
Hours	30 ore - Valentina Onori
Learning activities	Caratterizzante
Area	Management sanitario
Academic discipline	MED/45
Type of study-unit	Obbligatorio (Required)

DIETETICS SCIENCES

Code	GP005100
CFU	1
Teacher	Francesco Galli
Teachers	Francesco Galli
Hours	15 ore - Francesco Galli
Learning activities	Caratterizzante
Area	Prevenzione servizi sanitari e radioprotezione
Academic discipline	MED/49
Type of study-unit	Obbligatorio (Required)
Language of instruction	Italian
Contents	Key concepts in dietetics and human nutrition. Definition of nutritional and health-promoting properties of food groups, and their use in dietary prescriptions. Strategies of primary and secondary prevention of age- and food-related diseases.
Reference texts	- Nutrizione applicata (Riccardi et al. - Idelson Gnocchi Ed.) - notes by the teacher
Educational objectives	The course is designed to build knowledge and skilling on dietetics and nutritional management of adult and pediatric patients in clinical centers, as well as on strategies and tools to implement and deliver to individuals and communities the concept of “healthy diet and life style” (health promotion activity). Students will gain a background on nutritional requirements in different physiological conditions such as pregnancy, lactation and weaning, infancy and adolescence, adulthood and aging, as well as on health effects of food groups and dietary prevention of age- and food-dependent diseases (including obesity, malnutrition, and food toxicology and environmental threats).
Prerequisites	The student should have a solid background in medical biochemistry, physiology and human nutrition.
Teaching methods	frontal teaching
Other information	none
Learning verification modality	Profit evaluation will consist of written examination by multiple choice of true/false questions (quizzes); tests will be performed in one session and will take about 30 minutes.
Extended program	FRONTAL LESSONS 1) Basics in nutrition: terminology and basic concepts 2) Food patterns and dietary models: mediterranean diet and ketosis 3) Essentials on food groups/categories: composition and nutritional values. 4) Nutritional requirements in the different ages and physiological states: childhood and adolescence, pregnancy and menopause, breastfeeding, senescence, and sport. 5) Nutrition under various physiological conditions: the basics of proper nutrition during pregnancy and lactation, menopause, at various stages of growth and the elderly 6) Diets and nutritional programs in disease and hospitalization (secondary prevention, “food therapy”, nutraceuticals, artificial nutrition).