UNIVERSITY

ÜA, PERUVIAN WINGS

FACULTY OF HUMAN MEDICINE AND

P
HEALTH SCIENCES
PROFESSIONAL ACADEMIC SCHOOL OF NURSING

SYLLABUS
1. INFORMATIVE DATA

1.1 Subject NURSING FUNDAMENTALS 1303-

1.2 Code 13205
1.3 Area Vocational training
1.4 Requirement 1303-13110
1.5 Graduate School III
1.6 Credits 06
1.7 Character Mandatory
1.8 Duration 17.5 Weeks
1.9 Total hours 12
1.9.1 Theory hours 04
1.9.2 Practical hours 08
1.10 . teacher

II. SUMILLA

The Nursing Fundamentals subject is part of the professional area, it is

theoretical-practical in nature, whose purpose is to develop in the student the
competence to provide basic nursing care, using the PAE and nursing theories
to solve problems derived from the dissatisfaction of basic needs.
The contents of the subject have been organized into 4 learning units:
• First Unit: Philosophical, ethical and legal aspects of clinical nursing, the
patient and family facing illness, hospitalization and death
• Second Unit: Administrative care processes and registration techniques.
• Third Unit: Biosecurity - Clinical assessment of the person.
• Fourth Unit: Nursing interventions against dissatisfaction
basic and special needs.

III. GENERAL OBJECTIVE

Identify and execute basic nursing care for the person with family participation
using the PAE and Nursing Theories to satisfy basic needs.

IV. COMPETENCES

■ Identifies the importance of the philosophical, ethical and legal aspects of

clinical nursing to be used in the basic care of the person and the family.
■ Identifies and uses administrative and care processes and participates in
registration techniques during patient admission, hospitalization, transfer
and discharge.

■ Uses instruments for the clinical assessment of the person and bio-safety
measures.

■ Uses the PAE and nursing theories to provide basic nursing care to the
person and family.
THEMATIC UNITS
FIRST UNIT: PHILOSOPHICAL, ETHICAL AND LEGAL ASPECTS OF CLINICAL NURSING, THE PATIENT AND
FAMILY FACING ILLNESS, HOSPITALIZATION AND DEATH

COMPETENCE: Identifies the importance of the philosophical, ethical and legal aspects of clinical nursing to be used in the basic care
of the person and the family.
CONTENTS ACHIEVEMENT TIME O/
CONCEPTUAL PROCEDURAL ATTITUDINAL INDICATORS WEEK
CAPABILITIES
NA

Appreciate the content and

Orientation to the assume successes and
Know and analyze Critically
subject Entrance test Identify the course content failures 1st week
the Nurses Law, as participates in the
to
well as its content of
Promotes the importance of
importance within philosophical and
Philosophical and legal Identifies and discusses the the enactment of the Nurses 6 hours
the workplace. legal aspects.
aspects of nursing. nurse law, specifies their duties Law for the development of
and rights (clinical cases) the Profession
Profile of the UAP graduate

Analyzes the The person facing Supports your prior knowledge. Recognizes and
behavior of the hospitalization. Identify the behavior of each Assume the behavior of each identifies the
person and the person in the face of illness, person in the face of illness person's behavior 1st week
family in the face of Self-esteem. hospitalization and hospitalization in the face of to
the disease. illness and
Select which strategies are
hospitalization. 4 hours
most beneficial for the
patient.
SECOND UNIT: ADMINISTRATIVE, CARE PROCESSES AND REGISTRATION TECHNIQUES

COMPETENCE: Identifies and uses administrative care processes and participates in registration techniques during patient admission,
hospitalization, transfer and discharge.
CONTENTS ACHIEVEMENT TIME /
CAPABILITIES CONCEPTUAL PROCEDURAL ATTITUDINAL INDICATORS WEEK TO

Known the Admission, transfer, Establishes the role of the nurse Assume the role of Run the processes
different registration referral, consultations to the processes the nurse in front of administrative
techniques and and patient administrative and assistance the processes 2nd week
administrative discharge: administrative. and
processes. Rules and Makes correctly the records of 4 hours
procedures hospital admission, transfer and Nursing.
Records: History discharge
clinic, kardex,
report, shift change, Use written and oral sources.
rounds of
Nursing
 THIRD UNIT: NURSE SKILL IN THE CLINICAL ASSESSMENT OF THE PERSON
COMPETENCE: Uses the instruments for the clinical assessment of the person and bio-safety measures.

CONTENTS
CAPABILITIES CONCEPTUAL PROCEDURAL ATTITUDINAL ACHIEVEMENT TIME/
INDICATORS WEEK
Identify possible PHYSICAL EXAMINATION: Perform the Assume the importance of Participates in the
alterations through the concept, purpose, methods, cephalocaudal physical the nurse's skills in the evaluation of the
physical examination. interview, observation, vital examination evaluation of the physical physical examination 2nd week 6
signs examination. and identifies hours
alterations.

Identify each of the Most frequent alterations of Plan nursing Assesses nursing care to Recognizes the
vital signs and their the different vital signs interventions for solve problems in the face alteration in the normal 3rd week 2
alterations. (temperature, pulse, patients with altered of altered vital signs. values of vital signs. hours
respiration, blood pressure) vital signs.
Nursing care.

LABORATORY 8 hours
Nurse intervention in biosafety Demonstrates the Assume the importance of Applies preventive
measures: Cleaning, various techniques, biosafety measures to actions and protective
disinfection, sterilization, infection control prevent infections measures in the
isolation techniques, medical management and different procedures to
and surgical asepsis (hand biosafety measures. be executed 4th week 2
washing, wearing gloves, use hours
of apron, hat and boots)
Recognizes nursing
actions at the first level
of
prevention. Management of equipment Demonstrates the Assume the importance of Applies preventive
and sterile objects; Healing various techniques, biosafety measures to actions and protective 4th week 2
car infection control prevent infections measures in the hours
Infective process: management and different procedures to
Common vehicles of infection biosafety measures be executed.
and focus of transmission

Identify the different Use asepsis in wound Apply correct wound Recognizes the types of
types of wounds. Wounds: types, classification, healing and changing healing techniques to wounds and uses
healing process. dressings prevent infections. aseptic techniques in 4th week 2
Nursing interventions each of them. hours
Pressure ulcers: (Norton
Scale)
LABORATORY 4 hours
FOURTH UNIT: NURSING INTERVENTIONS AGAINST DISSATISFACTIONS OF BASIC AND SPECIAL NEEDS IN THE PATIENT AND
FAMILY

COMPETENCE: Uses the PAE and nursing theories to provide basic nursing care to the person and family.
CONTENTS
CONCEPTUAL PROCEDURAL ATTITUDINAL ACHIEVEMENT
CAPACITY S
INDICATORS TIME/
WEEK TO
Applies important PAE in patients with Carry out the Promotes patient Recognize the
principles in hygiene needs. assessment of the hygiene patient hygiene needs.
planning and Bathroom: types. patient with Assume the importance 5th week 2
carrying out hygiene problems. of a good hours
nursing assessment.
interventions.
Point out the Administration of Identify the Participates in the
legal implications drugs; definition, related problems with administration of
in types, presentation, routes the medicines
made mistakes administration of Choose the correct path
to of administration drugs. to manage he
the Enteral (via oral, Employ and execute medicine
administer sublingual) correctly the Assume the indications
medications. Parenteral (IM, SC, IV, ID) administration of and contraindications
Others; otic, ophthalmic, medications: for the Review the
vaginal, rectal, different ways acronym Identify the different routes
dermal making use of the universal to avoid of Administration and 5th week 4
Universal acronyms for correct ten confusion correctly execute the hours
administration of Assume his administration of
drugs: assessment, responsibility in medicines.
diagnosis, planning, administration of
execution and evaluation medicines
Identify the Administration of Employ the ten Participates in the
different drugs drugs by via correct in the administration of
and routes of parenteral: definition, administration of drugs by via
administration of guys, indications, parenteral medications parenteral
each of them. contraindications, areas Identify the Discuss about the
of application, indications, indications and against
administration dose. contraindications indications
Assessment, diagnosis, Assume the importance
planning, execution and and of parenteral treatment
evaluation in the the zones of Assume with
administration of application of responsibility the
drugs medicines. Carry out the administration of
assessment of drugs by via
Nursing of parenteral
the
patient receiving
treatment via
parenteral.
Correctly execute the
preparation
parenteral medications:
via
intradermal,
subcutaneous,
intramuscular,
intravenous.
Preparation d4e
administration of
infusion, blood
transfusion,
management of
disposable equipment,
triple-way valve.
LABORATORY 2 hours

FIRST WRITTEN PRACTICE 2 hours

 CONTENTS TIME/
CAPABILITIES CONCEPTUAL PROCEDURAL ATTITUDINAL ACHIEVEMENT WEEK
INDICATORS
Establishes and execute Assume with Participates in the
Identify problems and interventions of responsibility for elaboration of the
recognize signs of PAE in patients with nursing in patients with interventions of process of
insufficiency alterations issues of Nursing in attention of
respiratory that allow respiratory. oxygenation patients with Nursing in
carry out Administration of issues of patients with
appropriate actions. Methods of oxygen by the oxygenation Selecthe respiratory problems.
oxygen different media; method of 6th week 2
administration binasal cannula, venturi administration of hours
Nebulization, mask, bag of oxygenaccording to
respiratory reservoir, tube need
physiotherapy, endotracheal,
aspiration of tracheostomy
secretions,
respiratory exercise.
Spirometry
CLINICAL PRACTICE 8 hours
Apply scientific Establishes andexecute Identifyand apply
principles and PAE in patients with interventions of Participates in he process of
necessary to altered nutritional nursing in patients with the attention of
the needs; issues interventions to solve Nursing in
perform feeding nutritional nutritional problems patients with
techniques. mentions the types of Asume 7th week 2
with nutritional problems
subsistence allowance hours
responsibility for
Assisted feeding NGT interventions of
placement. nursing in nutritional
problems.

CLINICAL
PRACTICE 8 hours
Apply measures PAE in patients Perform nursing Helps the patient solve Apply the process of
asepsis to prevent with urinary elimination assessment in patients with problems of attention of
urinary problems. disorders. basic urinary elimination urinary elimination. Nursing in 8th week
problems patients with 2 hours
urinary problems.

CLINICAL PRACTICE 8 hours

Provides the Factors that influence Establishes and execute Participates in the Apply the process of
means for urination interventions of interventions of attention of
eliminations to Issues of the nursing in patients with Nursing with Nursing in
occur normally excretion urinary, need of responsibility patients with
catheterizationbladder; elimination urinary, urinary problems.
9th week
permanent – urine collection techniques
2 hours
temporary, urine – urine culture
culture, Crede Interpretation of urinalysis
maneuver,. Careof the
patient with urinary
catheter
MIDTERM EXAM 2 hours
CLINICAL PRACTICE 6 hours
10th
week 10
CLINICAL PRACTICE
hours

Identify situations Digestion Identify the different factors Participates in the Identify and
that that intervene in resolution of develops he
require the and the digestion issues of nursing care process
intervention of excretion, factors and eliminationintestinal for patients with
nursing in the that affect the excretion of the assuming with intestinal problems
intestinal defecation food responsibility the 11th
elimination. Perform nursing different techniques week 2
PAE in patients intervention in the hours
with intestinal different
 procedures;
placement of flat,
rectal probe

CLINICAL PRACTICE 8 hours

Assess the Disturbance of the Perform nursing Participates in he Participates in he
patient's fluid hydroelectrolyte assessment on patients care of patients with patient care with
status for balance and with issues issues issues
identify problems. basic acid hydroelectrolytics hydroelectrolytics hydroelectrolytes 12th
week 2
PAE in patients Performs nursing Assume the hours
with hydration needs. interventions on patients interventions of
with disturbance Nursing with
hydroelectrolytic responsibility
CLINICAL PRACTICE 8 hours

Determine the Pain, physiology, Identify related problems Identify the

different causal Causes, guys, with the issues of the
stimuli of measures No comfort, rest, Participates in the convenience and
pain, as well as the pharmacologicalof the sleep and pain resolution of comfort of the patient.
factors that affect pain relief Establishes the most problems related to
the PAE in patients common sleep problems comfort, rest, sleep
comfort, rest and with issues of Mentions the causes and and pain
13th
sleep. comfort, rest, sleep and management of pain Assume with
week 2
pain. Performs nursing responsibility the
hours
Issues interventions on patients position changes and
with need of evaluate each one of
further movement, change of them
common sleep. position, massages, Promotes the
Need of transfer of the patient from mechanics bodily
movement, alteration the bed to the stretcher, to for avoid
of the the wheelchair; exercises complications
mobility, protection
 accident, bed rest. active and passive, use
Anatomical positions, body mechanics
transfer of the
patient
and
body mechanics
CLINICAL PRACTICE 8 hours
14th
2nd QUALIFIED PRACTICE week 2
hours
CLINICAL PRACTICE 8 hours

Gather PAE in patients with Identify problems in Assume with Identifies the patient's
adequate data conditions sensory; patients with responsibility the sensory problems.
to identify disturbance of the vision, sensory conditions interventions of
sensory- hearing, taste, smell and touch Nursing for 15th
perception sort out the week to
disorders. issues
2 hours

CLINICAL 8
PRACTICE hours
Learn how Nursing intervention in the Identifies and describes Assume with Identify the different stages
HE process of death and mourning. the nurse's actions in responsibility for nursing by the that
must act response to the care in the post crosses the dying person to
before the problems the patient is mortuonum the post mortuonum.
facts that going through.
decrease self- Perform nursing
16th
esteem and in assessment in the death
week to
the face of and mourning process
death. Care for the dying and
2 hours
corpse.
Identification plugging,
transfer to the mortuary.
Administrative
transactions

CLINICAL PRACTICE 8 hours

FINAL EXAM
17th
week to
SUBSTITUTE EXAM
VI. METHODOLOGY

The methodology used is active participatory, which allows the

achievement of the objectives. The teacher will promote autonomous and
meaningful learning in the student, they must enable inter-learning, body
expression, and mental activity that leads to the development of the
students' cognitive and evaluative structure. Likewise, interactive
methodology will be used, by groups and the use of audiovisual media,
with all of this the designed competencies will be achieved.

VII. EVALUATION SYSTEM

Students will be evaluated considering the nature of the contents

according to the standards and provisions proposed by the Alas
Peruanas University, this evaluation being diagnostic, formative,
summative, permanent and comprehensive:

ATTENDANCE and PUNCTUALITY will be taken into consideration for

the evaluation; Exceeding the 30% absence limit will be grounds for
separation and disapproval of the course as stated in the UAP
regulations.

The final grade for the course will be the average of:

Midterm exam (EP) (30% of the grade)

Final exam (EF) (30% of the grade)
Internship Average (PP) (40% of the
Final average (PF)

PF = PP x (4) + EP x (3) + EF x (3)

10

The average of practices consists of oral interventions in class,

attendance, qualified reading practices or excerpts recommended by the
teacher, individual and/or team work.

The grade will be twenty (20), requiring a minimum passing grade of

eleven (11) in accordance with the provisions of the UAP.

The student will be able to enter the substitute exam only if his or her EP
or EF failing grade is equal to or greater than 08, the maximum grade
obtained will be 14, the substitute exam only replaces one of the two
exams.

The substitute exam notes will be published within 48 hours after taking
said exam.
VIII. BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCES

■ NANDA International. Nursing Diagnoses: Definitions and

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■ Lewis, S., Heitkemper, M., Dirksen, S. Medical Surgical Nursing. 6th
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2009
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2009
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Mosby; 2008
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edition. Spain: Pearson; 2008
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■ Peruvian Nurse Code of Ethics. CEP
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 NURSING FUNDAMENTALS COURSE (III CYCLE)

COMPETITION I

Identifies the importance of the philosophical, ethical and legal aspects of clinical
nursing to be used in the basic care of the person and the family.

EVALUATION CRITERIA: EVIDENCE:

• Analyzes the code of ethics and • Exposure

philosophy related to clinical
nursing.

• Internalizes the legal aspects of • Sociodrama

Nursing in the care of the
person.
• Analyzes the behavior of the • Group dynamics
person and family when faced
with illness.
• Identifies the problems derived • Written test
from hospitalization in the
person and family

COMPETITION II

Identifies and uses administrative and care processes and participates in

registration techniques during patient admission, hospitalization, transfer and
discharge.
EVALUATION CRITERIA: EVIDENCE:

• Identifies the rules and • Written/oral test

procedures of the patient's
administrative and care
processes.
• Identifies techniques and records • Management of techniques and
during patient admission, records
hospitalization, transfer and
discharge.

• Employ administrative skills. • Mastery of the concept and

technique
• Use sources of information on • Records management
administrative processes.

COMPETITION IV

Determines the nursing diagnosis, executes nursing care, participates in the

resolution of interdisciplinary problems through invasive and non-invasive
treatments and problems derived from the dissatisfaction of the basic and special
needs of the patient and family.

EVALUATION CRITERIA: EVIDENCE:

• Determines nursing diagnoses • Written test

based on your basic needs

• Executes activities according to • Theoretical/practical evaluation

the degree of dependency

• Participates in decision making in • Attitude test

solving patient problems