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Passed! :)

I wish you all the best, Chiara, in your future nursing career.

Happy Easter.

Carol

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Mandatory -- 3rd year -- Your future: What type of structure do you imagine working in?  How do you imagine your career? Write 75- 100 words

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Mandatory -- 3rd year -- Your future: What type of structure do you imagine working in?  How do you imagine your career? Write 75- 100 words

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I imagine working in a very large public hospital characterized by numerous specialized and surgical departments capable of treating a wide variety of pathologies. It will be a non-profit hospital, based on contributions from volunteers, that deals with scientific research and is committed to ensuring the well-being of patients by providing the maximum form of assistance with the use of advanced medical equipment and with the choice of excellent healthcare personnel. I would like to become an emergency nurse with a developed ability to understand with a glance if there is a need to intervene immediately on the child or i would like to become an oncology nurse able to listen to the needs and desires of the patients, to support them in times of suffering and accompany them in the end of life.

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Mandatory -- 3rd year --   Because you will be new graduates, your CV should not be more than one page. Upload your English language CV /resume

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Mandatory -- 3rd year --   Because you will be new graduates, your CV should not be more than one page. Upload your English language CV /resume

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Mandatory -- 3rd year --   Write 150 words about your experience with one of your clinical tutors.

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Mandatory -- 3rd year --   Write 150 words about your experience with one of your clinical tutors.

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The clinical internship represents for the nurse student an experience that can greatly affect the

coursework both positively and negatively.

It can be an important learning tool but it can also lead to a loss of interest in the nursing profession, if the student is joined by a clinical tutor who demotivates him. My internship experience was extremely positive in the ER thanks to my clinical tutor Sara. She has been for me an important reference point because she has been able to accompany me in my learning path with great kindness and empathy.

Sara helped me at a difficult time because I was returning to the hospital after about a year due to an ankle injury. I felt extremely misplaced, anxious and incapable compared to my peers. She understood my difficulties and concerns, helped me to overcome my fears of relating to patients and the nursing team and

to become aware of my abilities and skills. Sara has managed to convey to me all the love for her work, her patience and her empathy. It is mainly thanks to her that I currently dream of becoming an ER nurse.

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Create a health care graphic/meme/logo. You can address any issue related to health (smoking, diet, exercise, vaccinations etc) - - 3⃣Ws Wear a mask 😷Watch your distance⌚️Wash your hands 🧼

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Create a health care graphic/meme/logo. You can address any issue related to health (smoking, diet, exercise, vaccinations etc) - - 3⃣Ws Wear a mask 😷Watch your distance⌚️Wash your hands 🧼

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Do not smoke🚬

Smoking severely kills you and people who are close to you.

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Chiara, I liked reading your Padlet. I especially appreciated reading what makes a good nurse and then reading about your clinical tutor, Sean.
Happy Holidays!
Carol

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MANDATORY --2nd year -- Choose an article from the "Reading Bank" in your textbook (p52 - 66) and summarize it. Include the title of the article.  You can do the related exercises to help you understand the article better but it is not mandatory. You should write 100- 150 words.  If you want to write more , great!

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MANDATORY --2nd year -- Choose an article from the "Reading Bank" in your textbook (p52 - 66) and summarize it. Include the title of the article.  You can do the related exercises to help you understand the article better but it is not mandatory. You should write 100- 150 words.  If you want to write more , great!

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ANAESTHESIA

Anaesthesia is a “loss of sensation” caused by Drugs that work by blocking the signals that pass along the nerves to the brain. This drugs, called Anaesthetics, stop the feeling of pain. When the Anaesthetics wear off, the patient starts to feel normal sensations again. The development of effective anaesthetics in the 19th century was an important factor in successful surgery. Before this time, some doctors used alcohol and morphine to reduce pain. Few operations were possible and surgeons were judged by their speed. Many patients died on the operating table. When Anaesthesia was born, surgeons could take more time and perform more complex procedures. One of earliest anaesthetics was Ether but it had some drawbacks- for example, it could cause vomiting. It was quickly replaced by Chloroform, which was more potent and easier to use than ether. However, it was not as safe to use as ether because it could cause sudden death. By the 1920s, intravenous induction agents were introduced. In the 1940s muscle relaxants became available. Anaesthesia can be given in different ways and not all anaesthesia makes unconscious:

Local anaesthesia numbs a small part of the body and the patient is conscious but free from pain;

Regional anaesthesia can be used for operations on larger or deeper parts of the body and the patient stays conscious but free from pain. The most common regional anaesthetics are spinal and epidural anaesthetics used for operations on the lower body;

General anaesthesia is a state of controlled unconsciousness and the patient feels nothing. It is used in abdominal surgery.
Now Anaesthesia is very safe due to modern monitoring systems and a greater understanding of the functions of the body. Death during operations is not resulting common from anaesthesia.

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MANDATORY -- 2nd year -- What makes a good nurse? What skills are needed? Why do you think you will be a good nurse? Write at least 150 words

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MANDATORY -- 2nd year -- What makes a good nurse? What skills are needed? Why do you think you will be a good nurse? Write at least 150 words

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A good nurse is one who can put into practice what he has studied assuming, at the same time, an empathetic attitude towards patients. He works with the utmost professionalism showing humanity and respect for others. A good nurse identifies with the patient trying to establish a relationship of mutual trust so that the patient can turn to him if necessary. A nurse has to be an organized person, open to listening and group work. He has to be able to confront patients, colleagues and doctors so that effective healthcare can be achieved. He has to be able to welcome the fears of patients and their families by offering support and comfort. He has to transmit and receive information calmly and quickly. In addition, a nurse must act in critical situations necessarily with the utmost calm, remaining professional and able to play his role. I believe that in future I could be a good nurse because I am a very empathetic and human person. I would like to support my patients in every moment of discomfort and rejoice with them for every little victory. I think I am a very rational person who can act clearly even in the most difficult situations. I would like to help those who are in a time of suffering and make a difference in their lives even with a simple gesture of kindness.

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Write (or record) a 100 word description of one of your clinical tutors. What kind of personality did your tutor have? What did you admire about this person?

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Write (or record) a 100 word description of one of your clinical tutors. What kind of personality did your tutor have? What did you admire about this person?

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My clinical tutor's name is Sean and he works in the Plastic Surgery Department. Sean is a nurse who does his job with professionalism, dedication and great attention to the patient. He’s an empathetic man but at the same time he manages not to get involved with the people that he meets. He is welcoming, available and really kind. Sean knows how to put patients at ease by fostering the nurse-patient dialogue needed to implement a successful healthcare. He’s a strict and extremely precise nurse but his attitude is due to the fact that he cares about not only the health of his patients but also the training of the students that he follows. I admire his willingness to listen and his ability to handle even the most complex situations with a critical spirit without panicking. Moreover, I especially admire Sean because he wants that his students do their best and learn as much as possible so that they become valid healthcare professionals.

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Write (or record) an essay about why you would (or would not) like to be a clinical tutor in future. (100 words)

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Write (or record) an essay about why you would (or would not) like to be a clinical tutor in future. (100 words)

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In future I would like to be a clinical tutor because I believe that it is essential for a student to have a reference point to turn to increase their skills and abilities. I would like to accompany students on their path, be the person the student can turn to for advices and teach everything I can. I would like that students refer to me whenever they feel disoriented or unable to carry out a procedure in order to make them more independent and confident about their skills.
I believe that it is essential that a clinical tutor is interested not only in the training of the student but also in his emotional/relational state that can greatly affect his performance. During my internship experience, I happened to be without a clinical tutor so I had not a reference figure that could focus on me and make me aware of my abilities. I would like to play that role because I want to be for the other students what I have been missing.

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Create a short message related to COVID or vaccinations

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Create a short message related to COVID or vaccinations

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Through the experience of the COVID-19 pandemic, Italy has witnessed the importance of a strong national healthcare system to address the increasingly positive cases. Thanks to the vaccine, our nation is now recovering but it is crucial that all people support and promote vaccinations to end the pandemic once and for all. The vaccines against Covid-19 are the result of the efforts of the global scientific community and have passed all safety testing procedures. So, if you haven’t already, trust the scientific community and get the vaccine. I’m gonna get vaccinated and I think we should all do it.

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MANDATORY -- 1st year -- Create a dialogue you could hear in a hospital. Explain the scene, location, actors. Write at least 100 words

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MANDATORY -- 1st year -- Create a dialogue you could hear in a hospital. Explain the scene, location, actors. Write at least 100 words

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A patient, who has fallen down the stairs, arrives in the emergency room and meets a triage nurse who gets personal details from the patient and does an initial assessment.

Nurse: Are you Mr. Simone De Martino?

Patient: Yes, it’s me.

Nurse: Hi, I’m the nurse who will take care of you. Could you tell me what happened?

Patient: This morning, when I left the house to go to work, I fell down the stairs. I felt weak and passed out.

Nurse: You may have had a drop in blood pressure. Did you have breakfast this morning?

Patient: No, I didn’t have time for breakfast this morning because I was late.

Nurse: You may have fainted because your blood sugar dropped suddenly. Did you hit your head?

Patient: I think it might be. Initially I was dizzy and now I just feel tired and nauseated.

Nurse: Okay, well, sit down. You may have a concussion. Meanwhile, I have to measure your blood pressure and your blood sugar.

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Chiara, I enjoyed reading your Padlet. Your dialogue was very creative and realistic. I wonder if it is actually one that you overheard!
Enjoy your summer,
Carol

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MANDATORY -- 1st year -- Why do you want to be a nurse? When did you decide you wanted to be a nurse? Did anyone or anything influence your decision?                                                                      Write 100-150 words.                               

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MANDATORY -- 1st year -- Why do you want to be a nurse? When did you decide you wanted to be a nurse? Did anyone or anything influence your decision?                                                                      Write 100-150 words.                               

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Since I was a little girl, I have always felt the need to help others with my actions. I have always been a selfless child, always active in volunteering and in the assistance to the poor, desirous of being a change in the world. When I grew up, however, I realized that I couldn’t change the whole world but I could start by changing the world of individual people. So, after high school, I chose to dedicate my life to nursing because I wanted to undertake a job that would gratify me at the end of the day and that could appease my desire to help people in difficulty, especially children. Although my parents did not agree, I followed my heart that led me to do a job in which there is a continuous exchange of love with the patient. The nurse is the one who dedicates his life without expecting anything in return. Although it is a demanding and stressful job, I love seeing children who smile at me and hug me just for helping them in something seemingly trivial. I want to become a nurse because I want to accompany those children in the most difficult moments of their lives and to see them enjoy another chance after so much pain.

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Summarize a tv show, movie or book that was set in a hospital/clinic/doctor's office. At least 75 words.

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Summarize a tv show, movie or book that was set in a hospital/clinic/doctor's office. At least 75 words.

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The TV Show tells the story of Professor Andrea Fanti, a brilliant doctor who works in Milan at Policlinico Ambrosiano where he plays the role of chief of Internal medicine. Fanti is an arrogant doctor who does not believe in the doctor-patient relationship because he thinks that all patients lie. His life is upset when the father of a patient who died in the ward, due to a mistake by the medical team, shoots him in the head. Andrea survives the shot but suffers an irreversible pre-frontal injury. The trauma causes him to lose the memory of the last twelve years and so, after his awakening, Fanti is convinced that it is June 2008 instead of 2020.

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Listen to one of the recordings from our book. You can choose any recording from Unit 1 to Unit 6. Summarize what the recording is about.

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Listen to one of the recordings from our book. You can choose any recording from Unit 1 to Unit 6. Summarize what the recording is about.

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The recording concerns a nurse student who is receiving instructions from a paramedic to implement the cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Initially, the paramedic asks the student to check the pulse to examine the patient ’s state of consciousness. She replies that the patient has no pulse and he is not breathing. So the paramedic claims that the patient has had a cardiac arrest and tells the nurse to give CPR. She has to support his head and to hold his nose close and his mouth open. The nurse gives two breaths into the patient’s mouth and checks the pulse. Since nothing happens, the paramedic recommends the nurse to turn patient’s head and to put one of her hands on his chest and the other one on the top of her first hand. She has to push down a little and to release. The paramedic counts up to four after each push down on the chest. The nurse repeats the procedure for fifteen times. After doing that, she checks again the pulse but it is still undetectable. So the paramedic suggests to use the defibrillator. They set the charge on it at 200. The nurse applies the pads on the chest above and below the heart, makes sure that she does not touch the body, calls “everybody clear out” and presses the bottom for two seconds. The patient starts to respond after the second charge from the defibrillator. So the paramedic tells the nurse to give the patient lidocaine. The dosage is 100 ml over two minutes.

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Choose 15 new vocabulary words from Units 1 - 6 in our textbook. Write your own sentence for each word. Each sentence should be (minimum ) 10 words.

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Choose 15 new vocabulary words from Units 1 - 6 in our textbook. Write your own sentence for each word. Each sentence should be (minimum ) 10 words.

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1. Sorry, I am busy at the moment. I'm attending a part-time course to became a triage nurse.

2.  If Nadia gets experience, she can be promoted to nursing officer.

3. The head porter needs a stretcher to carry patients up from the wards to Radiology.

4. If you need to take an appointment for the next week, you have to talk with the hospital receptionist.

5. Thomas was taken to the hospital because, on his way out, he fell down the stairs. Probably suffered head trauma.

6. Yesterday a patient with a life-threatening condition arrived in Emergency room so the doctor decided to see him immediately.

7. A prescription is required to perform some medical services in Italian hospitals.

8. If a patient has a cardiac arrest, the nurse must immediately implement the Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation.

9. During a fight a teenager got stabbed in the leg. The wound began to bleed so badly that he risked an haemorrhage.

10.  During certain procedures such as tooth extraction, patients require a local anaesthetic that helps them to bear the pain.

11. After some tests and an MRI scan, Marisa discovered that the mass she felt in her abdomen was a tumor.

12. Today Tamara does not come to school because she has a terrible cough. Probably, she is positive to Covid-19.

13.  After the loss of his wife, Mr. Smith began to suffer from Depression. He started having exhaustion and wild mood swings.

14. The majority of pregnant women in the first trimester suffer from nausea and vomiting.

15. Last Night Taylor was taken immediately to the hospital because he had another stroke.