The figure of the midwife between yesterday and today
Professional Profile and Code of Ethics of the midwife
Midwifery management
Hospitalization and work organization
Communication between operators and communication with the woman
The medical record
The patient's care needs
Definition of the state of health and disease
The hospital
Healthcare waste
The patient care unit
Making the bed
The patient's positions in bed
Operator hygiene
Nosocomial infections
The various types of insulation
Hand washing (social with soap or hydroalcoholic gel, antiseptic, surgical)
Put on and remove sterile gloves
Patient hygiene (intimate, bed bath, head, eyes, nose, oral cavity)
Mobilization of the patient (upwards, on the side, return to the upright position)
Bedsores (stages, prevention, treatment, evaluation)
Body thermomanagement (hot and cold applications)
Patient nutrition (various types of diet)
Parenteral and enteral feeding (SNG)
Rest-Sleep (phases and disorders)
Electrolyte balance and water balance
Excretory functions (sweat, sputum, urine, feces, vomiting: description and laboratory tests)
Vital parameters (arterial pulse HR, TC, BP, PVC, RR and SpO2)
THE THERAPY: (Rule 7 G and the different routes of administration)
Enteral route
Topical or local route
Inhalation route
Intratissue route: intramuscular, intradermal, hypodermic or subcutaneous
Intravenous route: sampling and administration
Arterial and capillary sampling
Infusion of blood components
Central venous catheters (CVC, PICC, port-a-cath)
Special punctures (thoracentesis, rachicentesis, paracentesis)
The stomas
Medical examination
Laboratory diagnostic tests
Instrumental tests (ECG, Ultrasound, Rx, CT scan, MRI)
PREOPERATIVE ASSISTANCE OF THE PATIENT
evacuative enema and bladder catheterization
INTRAOPERATIVE ASSISTANCE
Aseptic techniques, Disinfection/Sterilization
PPE, Donning and Doffing in SO
How to hand the sterile material
Patient safety in SO
POSTOPERATIVE CARE
Pain (rating scales)
Simple and complex dressings
Anatomical changes in the female body throughout life:
Puberty and adolescence (Tanner stages)
Fertile age (ovarian and menstrual cycle, pregnancy, periodic gynecological checks)
Climaterium, premenopause, menopause and postmenopause (periodic checks, hormone replacement therapy and phytohormones)
Virginity
Sexuality in the different phases of a woman's life
The phases of sexual intercourse
Gynecological examination
Microbiological tests (vaginal and rectal swabs)
Cytological tests (Pap Test – Thin Prep – HPV DNA Test)
Instrumental examinations in gynecology: colposcopy, biopsy, hysteroscopy, hysterosalpingography, laparoscopy
Obstetric care for the pregnant patient: anamnesis, inspection, palpation, auscultation, exploration
The pregnancy agenda