Universitat Internacional de Catalunya
Urgent and Emergency Nursing
Other languages of instruction: English, Spanish,
Teaching staff
Head instructor
Laia Wennberg - lwennberg@uic.es
Office hours
Attention to students will be by appointment by email.
Teaching staff
Ramón Pedrosa, MsN ramonpedrosa@uic.es
Aleix Lopez, MsN alopezo@uic.es
Laura Brichs, MsN lmasnou@uic.es
Laura Tortosa, MsN lauratortosatrancho3@uic.es
Martí Colet, MsN mcolet@uic.es
Laia Wennberg, PhD MsN lwennberg@uic.es
Pre-course requirements
Not required
Objectives
The learner will:
1. Identify and describe life-threatening health situations for the individual.
2. Describe the concepts of urgency and emergency.
3. Identify, evaluate and act rapidly in human responses to life-threatening health problems.
4. Act taking into account the ethical aspects inherent in the care of the person.
5. Demonstrate reflective thinking before and at the end of patient care.
6. Recognise and use protocols, guidelines and standards of action in critical situations of the person.
Competences/Learning outcomes of the degree programme
- 10. B - Protecting the health and welfare of individuals or groups by ensuring their safety.
- 12. B - Know and observe the ethical code of conduct of Spanish nursing, understanding the ethical implications of health in a changing global context.
- 16. G - Know the health information systems.
- 18. E - Ability to lead nursing care in any area of professional practice.
- 19. B - Ability to make decisions based on critical thinking and reflective practice.
- 1. G - Ability to provide technical and professional health care appropriate to the health needs of the people they treat, with full technical and scientific autonomy, according to current and available scientific knowledge and to the quality standards and safety requirements set forth in the applicable legal standards and code of ethics.
- 22. G - Use and management of information and research
- 23. B - Ability to analyze and synthesize.
- 24. G - Ability to work autonomously.
- 25. E - Knowledge of the field of study
- 27. G - Ability to adapt to new situations.
- 2. E - Plan and provide nursing care for individuals or groups, taking health outcomes into account and their impact, through guidelines for clinical practice and care, which describe the four processes by which a health problem is diagnosed or treated.
- 3. E - Know and apply the theoretical and methodological foundations and principals of nursing.
- 6. E - Base nursing care on scientific evidence and available resources.
- 7. B - Understand people without prejudice, considering their physical, psychological and social aspects, as autonomous and independent individuals, ensuring respect for their opinions, beliefs and values, ensuring their right to privacy through confidentiality and professional secrecy.
Learning outcomes of the subject
- Recognise the common pathologies of emergent, emergency and hospitalised patients.
- Identify signs and symptoms of specific pathologies in critical, surgical, emergency, urgent and hospitalised adults.
- Prioritise care according to care needs.
- Act in critical situations applying teamwork and effective communication.
- Apply safe patient practice in relation to the management of pharmacological treatments and action protocols.
- Exercise and apply both clinical and transversal competences (detailed above) necessary for the resolution of the clinical situations that will be presented to the students.
Syllabus
Critical patient and patient safety
Emergency management:
-Hospital triage
-Workshop on hospital emergencies and emergencies
-Advanced life support (ALS)
-PPT code
-Stroke code
-AMI code
-Anafilaxia
-Cardiology
- Communication and health education in an emergency department.
- Acute demand management
Teaching and learning activities
In person
The methodology followed in the course will combine theoretical classes with exercises and case method, and workshops with a teaching-learning methodology based on reflective thinking, practice and participation.
The workshop groups have been planned with 16 people per group.
Classes have a duration of 1h 45 min.
Evaluation systems and criteria
In person
The course will be assessed by means of:
Final exam: 60%.
Continuous assessment: 40%.
- 10% attendance (each absence will be penalised by 0.5 points on the continuous assessment).
- 15% pre-workshop activities
- 5% simulation reflection activity
- 10% resolution of the case
In order to pass the course it is necessary to have a 5 in each of the aforementioned evaluation activities. In the case of failing any of the evaluative activities, it will be possible to recover in the second call (except attendance).
Honor Matrix Assignment Procedure (MH)
- The criterion for assigning Honorary Enrolments (MH) is based on the Excellent (9.0).
- The assignment is solely for the teacher and does not have to give it, even if the student has obtained a mark above 9.0.
- In case the teacher decides to award MH, he will not take into account the numerical mark and the highest, but will evaluate other factors. The HM might not match the highest numeric score.
Procedure for Non-presented Assignment (NP)
- To register an NP in the student's file, it must not have been submitted to any of the evaluation tests throughout the assignment.
- If a student has submitted to one of the evaluation tests, the corresponding percentages in the teaching guide will be applied, with a 0 in those not presented.
Procedure for plagiarism or academic fraud
Any assignment or activity (including exams) in which plagiarism, falsification or academic fraud is detected, will result in a failure of the activity and an academic sanction that will entail from the loss of enrolment rights in this subject, to the opening of a file process.
Bibliography and resources
Prieto Pérez, L., Petkova Sáiz, E., García Cañete, J. y Blanca garcía, A., 2015. Manual básico de primeros auxilios. Madrid: Editorial Tébar Flores. ISBN 9788473605465.
Jiménez Murillo, l. y Montero Pérez, F.J., 2018. Medicina de urgencias y emergencias : guía diagnóstica y protocolos de actuación. 6a edición. Barcelona: Elsevier. ISBN 9788491132080.
Evaluation period
- E1 13/11/2024 08:00h
- E2 25/06/2025 08:00h