UNIDAD DIDÁCTICA 1. ORGANIZATION OF THE HEALTH SYSTEM: SYSTEMS AND SERVICES

1. Introduction to health systems
2. Classification of health systems
3. Health services
4. Health professionals
5. The national health system
6. - Public health system
7. - Private health system

TEACHING UNIT 2. ORGANIZATION OF MATERIAL RESOURCES IN A UNIT/SERVICE

1. Functional and organic organization of health centers
2. - The organic structure of primary care services
3. - Care functions of health centers
4. - Organic and functional structure in secondary or specialized care
5. - Functional structure of health centers
6. Management of material resources
7. - Stock control
8. - Organization of warehouses
9. - Safety and hygiene standards in the warehouse
10. - Formulation of orders
11. Types of documents in the healthcare field
12. - Healthcare documentation
13. - Administrative documentation
14. - Priority orders in care
15. - Documentation filing methods

UNIT DIDACTIC 3. COMMUNICATION AND PATIENT CARE.

1. Patient communication
2. - Elements involved in communication
3. - Types of communication
4. - Guidelines to follow in a communicative process with patients
5. Pathways of patient care
6. - Priority orders in health care

UNIT DIDACTIC 4. BASIC NURSING CARE

1. Fundamental needs of the person
2. Basic concepts of the epidemiological chain. Transmission of infections
3. - Hand washing
4. - Universal protection and specific isolations
5. Cleaning and disinfection of equipment
6. - Basic principles of cleaning and disinfection
7. - Procedure for manual cleaning of equipment
8. The hospital room
9. - Clinical furniture and accessories
10. - Types of beds. The hospital bed
11. The skin as an organ of protection against infections
12. - Skin functions
13. - Pressure ulcers: hygienic measures and prevention
14. Nutrition
15. - Therapeutic diets
16. - Water
17. Urinary elimination: Water balance and diuresis control
18. - Types of water balances
19. - Procedure to perform a water balance
20. Bowel elimination
21. - Placement of rectal catheters and administration of enemas

UNIT 5. THERAPEUTIC NURSING CARE.

1. Enteral nutrition
2. - Routes of administration
3. Collection of biological products for analysis
4. - Types of samples: Blood, urine, stool and other specimens
5. - Safety standards in specimen collection and handling
6. Drains
7. - Types
8. Body temperature in nursing care
9. - Methods of monitoring
10. - Temperature recording
11. Medication administration
12. Nursing procedures
13. - Catheterizations
14. - Tracheotomies
15. - Osteotomies
16. Surgical preparation
17. - The surgical process
18. - Pre-anesthetic study of the patient
19. - Anesthesia of the surgical patient
20. - Preoperative care

UNIT 6. THE ROLE OF THE HOSPITAL NURSE IN THE OR.

1. Introduction
2. Objectives
3. Conceptual Map
4. Introduction to the role of the nurse in the operating room
5. The reception nurses
6. The circulating nurses
7. The instrumental nurses
8. The nurse anesthetists
9. The nurses in the PACU

UNIT DIDACTIC 7. THE ROLE OF HOSPITAL NURSING IN THE ICU

1. The intensive care unit
2. Nursing staff techniques, care and patient care
3. - Amputations
4. - Crushing
5. - Dressings
6. - Treatment of bleeding
7. - Transfusion of blood products

TEACHING UNIT 8. THE ROLE OF HOSPITAL NURSING IN EMERGENCIES

1. Emergency department
2. - Organization of the emergency department
3. - Quality in the emergency department
4. Nursing competencies in emergency care
5. Ethical and legal aspects in emergency care
6. - Legal responsibilities
7. - Ethical aspects

UNIT DIDACTIC 9. THE ROLE OF HOSPITAL NURSING IN PRIMARY CARE

1. Introduction
2. - Post-surgical patient follow-up
3. Completing the constants chart
4. - Chart components
5. - Awakening and resuscitation charts
6. Liaison nurses or case managers