ECTS credits ECTS credits: 4.5
ECTS Hours Rules/Memories Student's work ECTS: 74.25 Hours of tutorials: 2.25 Expository Class: 18 Interactive Classroom: 18 Total: 112.5
Use languages Spanish, Galician
Type: Ordinary Degree Subject RD 1393/2007 - 822/2021
Center Faculty of Nursing
Call: Second Semester
Teaching: Sin Docencia (En Extinción)
Enrolment: No Matriculable (Sólo Planes en Extinción)
Knowing the demographic impact, social and health of population aging.
Knowing the levels of assistance to the elderly.
Understanding the aging process to establish the boundaries between the characteristics of aging and disease in the elderly.
Identify factors that contribute to or alter health in the elderly.
Widely known and deeply appreciates the geriatric patient and the real needs of the elderly patient.
Addressing the elderly and families, teaching them patterns of behavior aimed at preventing disease and restoring health.
Nursing care plan, taking into account the mechanisms that cause diseases in old age, the manifestations and their evolution.
Integration into the health team for planning, implementing and evaluating the care plan in the elderly.
I.-GERIATRICS AND GERONTOOGY BASES MODULE:
Topic 1. Conceptual bases
Topic 2. Aging of populations (E: Block II of schedules)
Topic 3. Demography (E: Block II of schedules)
Topic 4. Gerontological evaluation (E: Block II of schedules)
Topic 5. Cognitive assessment (E: Block II of schedules)
Topic 6. Psycho-affective assessment (E: Block II of schedules)
Topic 7: Social assessment (E: Block II of schedules)
II.-MODULE II. GERIATRICS
1.Ageing changes
Unit 1.-Anatomo-functional changes in aging. Repercussions on health. (E)
Topic 2. Pharmacology in the elderly (E, S)
2: Geriatric syndromes:
Topic 1.-Cognitive impairment / Dementia / Acute Confusional Syndrome (E; S)
Unit 2.-Infections (E, S)
Unit 3. Pressure ulcers (E, S)
Unit 4.-Falls, Post-fall syndrome, Immobilization syndrome (E, S)
Unit 5.-Urinary incontinence (E, S)
Unit 6.-Frail elderly (E, S)
E: Exposure; S: Seminars: Cynical Cases. Simulation of cases.
1.-Books.
Misericordia García Hernández Rosa Martínez Sellarés, Enfermería y envejecimiento. Editorial: Elsevier, Junio 2012.
Núñez-Iglesias MJ, Novío S, Freire-Garabal M. Farmacología y Yatrogenia. Valoración e intervención en gerotonlogía y geriatría. En: Millán Calendi JC, edi tor. Gerontología y Geriatría. Valoración e intervención. 1ª edición. Madrid: Editorial Panamericana; 2010. p. 483-505 (I.S.B.N.: 978-84-9835-266-5).
Patricia A. Williams (2020). Enfermería Geriátrica. Elsevier.
García Hernández, M y Martínez Sellarés, R (2012) Enfermería y envejecimiento. Elsevier.
2.-Websites of scientific societies:
2.-Páginas web de sociedades científicas:
2.1.-Sociedad Española de Geratría y Gerontología. Disponible en: http://www.segg.es/
Contenidos:
Guias, Documentos y protocolos:
Guias
Consenso SEGG-SENPE " Valoración nutricional en el anciano”
708.74 KB
Guía de buena práctica clínica en Geriatría: Fractura de cadera. SEGG y SECOT
1.09 MB
Guía de buena práctica clínica en Geriatría: EPOC. SEGG y SEPAR
520.82 KB
Guía de buena práctica clínica en Geriatría: Neumonías. SEGG y SEPAR
425.58 KB
Guía de buena práctica clínica en Geriatría: Enfermedad ácido-péptica. SEGG y AEG
826.43 KB
Guía de buena práctica clínica en Geriatría: Infecciones urinarias. SEGG y SEIMC
290.7 KB
Guía de buena práctica clínica en Geriatría: Depresión y ansiedad. SEGG y SESPG
259.33 KB
Guía de buena práctica clínica en Geriatría: Osteoporosis. SEGG y SER
316.13 KB
Guía de buena práctica clínica en Geriatría: Artrosis
7.87 MB
Guía de buena práctica clínica en Geriatría: Enfermedad de Parkinson. SEGG y SEN
Anciano y COVID-19 https://www.segg.es/publicaciones/biblioteca-online-segg
Coronavirus: the geriatric emergency of 2020. Joint document of the Section on Geriatric Cardiology of the Spanish Society of Cardiology and the Spanish Society of Geriatrics and Gerontologyhttps://www.revespcardiol.org/en-coronavirus-geriatric-emergency-2020-j…
WHO. Ageing and Health: https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/ageing-and-health
Documentos:
Cien recomendaciones básicas para la mejora continua del diseño y funcionamiento del servicio de atención a domicilio
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100 recomendaciones básicas de calidad y mejora continuada para los servicios de centros de día de atención a personas mayores
558.77 KB
Cien recomendaciones básicas para fomentar la calidad en residencias de personas mayores
319.64 KB
Specific competences of the subject
(* ORDER CIN / 2134/2008, + ANECA white paper on the Degree in Nursing)
-Understand the processes associated with the aging process and its impact on health. Identify structural, functional, psychological and lifestyle modifications associated with the aging process *.
-Know the most frequent health problems in older people. Select care interventions aimed at treating or preventing health problems and their adaptation to daily life through proximity and support resources for the elderly *.
-Ability to respond to personal needs during the life cycle and experiences of health or illness. For example, pain, vital choices, disability or in the process of imminent death (using the skills ...). +
Basic: * CB2- * B5
General: * CG9; * CG12; * CG17
Transversal: * CT1, * CT 4; * CT5; * CT 6; * CT7; * CT 8; * CT13; * CT15; * CT16
Specific: * CB 7, * CE20, * E21, * CE23, • Group II CE8
* ORDER CIN / 2134/2008, of July 3, which establishes the requirements for the verification of official university degrees that enable the exercise of the profession of Nursing.
+ ANECA bank book, Gado nursing title (page 85).
Teaching will be developed in lectures of the theoretical contents of the program, and practical classes and discussion of clinical cases with a bibliographic orientation in which the student will develop, analyze and expose contents of the subject and will acquire the competences of this one.
The student must pass at least 50% of the proposed activities.
The evaluation will be carried out continuously and globally according to the following criteria and scenarios. See the Contingency Plan observations section.
A) Continue:
-Content corresponding to the presentation and teaching in seminars through various face-to-face tests (20%).
- Participation in classes that allow knowing the acquisition of knowledge of the students (10%)
B) Final test of the contents corresponding to the lectures and seminar (70%) See observations section.
For the assessment of class attendance, the application or provision of the Class Attendance Regulations adapted to the European space of higher education (Acordo do Consello de Goberno of March 25, 2010).
The qualification of he seminars and laboratories will be saved during an academic year.
If due to exceptional circumstances (illness, etc.), the student does not attend any of seminars and does not participate in the activities related to them, asome alternative to carry out the corresponding activities coulb be considered.
Type hours
Individual study 33,75
Recommended reading, library or similar activities 18
Work for practical computer persoal 15,75
Total hours of student's personal work 67,5
Be enrolled at the USC-virtual course to be able to access the virtual course
USE OF ELECTRONIC DEVICES IN CLASS
- In accordance with article 9.2.a of the USC Student Statute and article 36 of the Organic Law of the University System, the use of electronic devices (mobile phones, tablets, computers, etc.) is not authorized in expository and interactive classes. ) except when expressly authorized by the teachers.
ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSIBILITY
The delivery of works in digital format will be promoted. If a printed work is requested for the subject, either individual or group, the following indications will be taken into account:
- Avoid plastic caps or other unnecessary outer wraps.
- Whenever possible, use staples instead of spirals.
- "Ink-saving" quality double-sided printing.
- Do not use blank sheets as chapter or part dividers.
- Avoid annexes that do not have direct reference to the topics covered in the papers.
For more informaation see https://www.usc.gal/es/usc/institucional/desarrollo-sostenible
GENDER PERSPECTIVE
In view of the criteria of gender equality in the university environment, it is recommended to use non-sexist language both in daily classroom work and in requested academic work. The information can be obtained at the following link:
http://www.usc.es/export/sites/default/gl/servizos/oix/descargas/lingua…
Other measures will also be used to apply the gender approach in teaching, such as the recognition and consideration of the particular situations of students, the promotion of an egalitarian climate of interactions, the egalitarian organization of groups whenever possible, the deployment of scientific contributions and techniques. of women in the subject and of the students themselves, and the introduction of gender as a category of analysis of students' work.
PERSONAL DATA PROTECTION
The regulations on privacy and protection of personal data available at https://www.usc.gal/gl/normativa/protecciondatos/index.html will be followed.
Maria Jesus Nuñez Iglesias
- Department
- Psychiatry, Radiology, Public Health, Nursing and Medicine
- Area
- Nursing
- Phone
- 881812070
- mjesus.nunez [at] usc.es
- Category
- Professor: University Lecturer
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