TEACHING UNIT 1. LEGAL FRAMEWORK AND BASIC ASPECTS OF MINOR SURGERY IN PRIMARY CARE

1. Introduction
2. Concept of minor surgery
3. Portfolio of services and purposes
4. Purposes and scope of minor surgery
5. Nursing interventions/Quality features
6. Patient selection criteria for the minor surgery program in Primary Care
7. Medical-legal aspects
8. - Informed consent
9. - Sending samples for histological study and registration system

UNIT DIDACTIC 2. BASIC INSTRUMENTATION AND ASEPSIS METHODS IN MINOR SURGERY

1. Minimum requirements for infrastructure and adequacy of a minor surgery service
2. Surgical material
3. - Fungible and non-fungible
4. - Electrosurgery
5. - Treatment and conservation of surgical material
6. - Cleaning and disinfection of surgical sites
7. Sterilization
8. - Basic principles of sterilization
9. - Concepts and objectives of central sterilization
10. - Sterilization methods

UNIT DIDACTIC 3. ANATOMY, PHYSIOLOGY AND PATHOLOGY OF THE TEGUMENTARY SYSTEM

1. Anatomy of the integumentary system and cutaneous appendages
2. Functions of the skin
3. Elementary skin lesions
4. - Primary lesions
5. - Secondary lesions
6. Langer's lines
7. Wounds
8. - Possible causes
9. - Flap
10. - Healing process in wounds

UNIT DIDACTIC 4. ADMINISTRATION OF DRUGS

1. Local anesthetics
2. - Structure
3. - Pharmacokinetics
4. - Nerve stimulus and mechanism of action
5. - Factors determining local anesthetic action
6. - Classification
7. - Therapeutic applications
8. - Local anesthetic techniques
9. - Contraindications and adverse effects of local anesthetics
10. Association of vasoconstrictors to local anesthetics
11. Preoperative preparation of the patient for local and regional anesthesia
12. Analgesics and NSAIDs

TEACHING UNIT 5. BASIC TECHNIQUES AND PREVIOUS CONSIDERATIONS IN MINOR SURGERY IN PRIMARY CARE

1. Preoperative considerations
2. Hand washing and gloving
3. Sterile field
4. - Preparation of the field
5. - Instrument table. Placement of instruments
6. Surgical field hygiene
7. Antiseptics
8. Disposal of clinical waste
9. - Protocol for accidental exposure to biological material

UNIT 6. BIOPSIES IN MINOR SURGERY IN PRIMARY CARE

1. Basic maneuvers in minor surgery
2. Types of biopsies in minor surgery
3. Skin biopsy
4. - Shave biopsy
5. - Curettage biopsy
6. - Punch biopsy
7. - Biopsy by shaving
8. - Fusiform or elliptical biopsy
9. - Biopsy with scissors
10. - Excision of dermatological lesions
11. Complications and general recommendations in the practice of biopsies

UNIT UNIT 7. BASIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES I

1. Common pathologies in minor surgery
2. Ingrown toenail
3. Hidroadenitis suppurativa
4. Lipomas
5. Warts
6. Epidermal cyst (sebaceous)
7. Seborrheic keratosis
8. Cryotherapy technique

UNIT DIDACTIC 8. BASIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES II

1. Introduction
2. Foreign body
3. Ulcers
4. - Risk assessment
5. - Pressure ulcer stages
6. - Prevention
7. - Pressure ulcer treatment
8. Abscesses
9. Nail excision
10. Wound reconstruction
11. Trichilemmal cyst on scalp
12. Removing a tick

UNIT DIDACTIC 9. SUTURES

1. Suture
2. - Brief history
3. - Types of healing
4. - Suture characteristics
5. - The ideal suture
6. Classification
7. Material used
8. - Needles
9. - Other material
10. Suture technique
11. - Suture types
12. - Knots
13. - Other specific sutures

UNIT 10. POSTOPERATIVE CARE

1. Postoperative phase
2. Cures and care after surgery
3. - Wound complications
4. Stitch removal

TEACHING UNIT 11. ORAL COMMUNICATION IN HEALTHCARE CONTEXTS

1. Introduction
2. The attitudes for the dialogue between the health professional and the patient
3. Keys to the understanding of health information
4. Psychological problems of communication between the health professional and the patient

TEACHING UNIT 12. NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION IN THE HEALTHCARE CONTEXT.

1. What is nonverbal communication?
2. Components of nonverbal communication
3. - Facial expressions
4. - Body posture
5. - Proxemics
6. - Kinesics
7. - Paralanguage
8. - Our image
9. Body language
10. - The context of communicators in the ED
11. - Nonverbal communication in patient assessment
12. - Tactile communication
13. - Nonverbal indicators of mood
14. Importance of good observation for proper communication
15. - Objectives of observation applied to nursing care
16. - Types of observation

UNIT DIDACTIC 13. PREVENTION OF NOSOCOMIAL INFECTIONS OF HEALTHCARE PERSONNEL.

1. Introduction
2. - General recommendations
3. - Hand washing techniques
4. - Use of gloves in the healthcare environment
5. - Infection control precautions during patient care
6. - Exposure to different agents
7. - Exposure to human immunodeficiency virus
8. - Exposure to hepatitis B virus
9. - Exposure to hepatitis C virus, N. meningitidis, M. tuberculosis and others
10. Vaccination in health professionals
11. - Hepatitis B
12. - Influenza
13. - Measles, mumps and rubella
14. - Varicella
15. - Vaccines indicated in certain circumstances

UNIT DIDACTIC 14. PREVENTION OF OCCUPATIONAL HAZARDS IN HEALTH

1. Accidentability, job description and basic activities
2. Risks arising from safety conditions
3. - Risk of falling at the same level
4. - Risk of falling to a different level
5. - Risk of shocks and blows against moving or immobile objects
6. - Risk of falling objects due to collapse or collapse, risk of entrapment
7. - Risk of cuts or punctures
8. - Risk of projection of fragments, particles or liquids
9. - Risk of burns due to thermal contact
10. - Risk of fire or explosion
11. - Risks arising from electrical contacts
12. - Risk of overexertion
13. - Risk of contact with noxious, toxic or corrosive substances
14. - Risk of being struck and run over by vehicles
15. - Risk of aggression
16. Risks arising from hygienic conditions
17. - Risk of exposure to chemical contaminants
18. - Risk of exposure to biological contaminants
19. - Risk of exposure to ionizing radiation
20. - Risk of exposure to non-ionizing radiation
21. - Risk from ergonomic conditions of the workplace
22. - Visual fatigue due to inadequate lighting and working with PVD
23. - Risk of discomfort due to excessive noise
24. - Risk of discomfort due to inadequate temperature
25. - Physical fatigue
26. - Mental fatigue