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TASK 1: Summarize a tv show, movie or book that was set in a hospital/clinic/doctor's office.

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TASK 1: Summarize a tv show, movie or book that was set in a hospital/clinic/doctor's office.

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The tv show that I'm going to summarise is "Scrubs" which is an America medical-comedy drama, set in the hospital of "Sacro Cuore" that tells the adventures of the main character JD who is a trainee there. The storyline  follow the main character's life inside and outside of the hospital and tell both in third person and first person the events that are gonna lead JD to became a doctor in all facts. Thanks to his internship there, JD is going to met a lot of characters, like his own best friend Turk, his own tutor doctor Perry Cox, another intern Elliot and the head nurse Carla who are gonna "help" him in becoming better at his own job and achieve his dream of becoming a doctor.

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MANDATORY 1:  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? 

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MANDATORY 1:  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? 

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Since I was little, I always wanted to work in the sanitary field, but at first I wanted to be a paediatrician,  because even at the time I really liked being around and working with kids. Then, however, I didn't even consider becoming a paediatric nurse. But as I grew up I started to see the beauty of the bond between nurses and patients and how it could made an impression on someone and decided that maybe that was my path to follow. Nobody ever tried to make me change my mind, my parents and relative were very proud of my decision, just a little bit worried, because I'm a very sensitive and empathic person, so they were worried about me being too overwhelmed to be able to continue this path.

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MANDATORY 2:  Create a dialogue you could hear in a hospital . Explain the scene, location, actors.         

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MANDATORY 2:  Create a dialogue you could hear in a hospital . Explain the scene, location, actors.         

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The scene is set in the
emergency room, the main characters are a triage nurse and a man who had injured himself while working.
TN: Good morning sir, I'm Sophie and I'm gonna assist you today. How can I help you? What happened?
P: My name in William Wisteria and I work as a gardener. This morning, while I was working, I got distracted and cut myself on my left hand with my shear. I tried to make the bleeding stop with ice and cold water, but it didn't work.
TN: Oh... alright, let's see what we have here. How painful is it?
P: Very painful. I feel like 10000 needles are stuck in my hand all at once and the pain doesn't go away.
TN: First of all, we have to make the bleeding stops, so let's disinfect it and put some bandages on it, so it doesn't get inflected. Then, we will call the doctor and let them see it, so we can decide how to move forward.  I think for sure you will need some stitches on that wound.
Other than the pain on your hand, do you feel anything else?
P: No, I just feel a little bit dizzy.
TN: Okay, you probably lost a lot of blood, so we will have to get you hydrated, but we have to wait for the doctor to set an IV for fluids.
P: Thank you so much for your work, miss Sophie.
TN: Don't worry, that's my job. The doctor will arrive very quickly and examine your wound. In the meantime, let's take your Vitals and let's fill in the patient's record.

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TASK 2: Choose 15 new vocabulary words from Units 1 - 5 in our textbook. Write your own sentence for each word. Each sentence should be  (minimum ) 10 words. 

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TASK 2: Choose 15 new vocabulary words from Units 1 - 5 in our textbook. Write your own sentence for each word. Each sentence should be  (minimum ) 10 words. 

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1) She sneezes a lot during spring, maybe she's allergic to some flowers.
2) The guy who was hit by a car was taken away on a stretcher by the paramedics.
3) During summer, if you'll go out at noon, you'll probably get an heat stroke.
4) Children are most likely to fall while playing and get wounds on their knees.
5) Sometimes, I notice that I have some bruises on my limbs, but I don't even remember when or how I got them.
6) When girls get their period, sometimes they get very painful gnawing pain on their abdomen area.
7) Some of the most common Covid19 symptoms are cough, headache, numbness, sore muscles and fever.
8) People with low blood pressure have to be careful when they stand up because if they do it too fast they could get dizzy.
9) In the hospital there are a lot of patients who are afraid of needles, which made collecting the blood samples very difficult.
10) Nowadays, only few structures aren't build based on the standard for disabled people: most of them have also lifts or ramps and not only stairs.

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We all are sick and tired, but we don't wanna mess it up, because life goes on and we have to move forward!!

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I enjoyed reading your Padlet, Chiara. I especially liked reading your dialogue.  It was very believable!
Best,
Carol

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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?         

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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?         

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In my personal opinion, in order to become a good nurse, you'll have to have not only a share of knowledge based on the academic courses but also a fair share of skills and qualities related to the internship period inside the hospital and to the person's personality and individuals' traits. I think some of the skills and traits someone who will want to become a nurse have to have are:
-Empathy: the ability to understand the mood and the physical and mental state of the person you are in front of, without being immersed in it, that way you can establish relationship with the patients;
-Cool head: the ability to maintain a calm state or a cool head in the face of stressful situations, in that way you can react quickly in emergencies situations;
-Passion: without passion that can drive you on this kind of job, it can become stressful and heavy and all of that, it projects on the quality of the assistance you provide;
-Good Communication: being able to communicate to the patients or their relative in a good and simple way can erase the possibility of misunderstanding and help to decrease the anxiety of the treatments or of the diagnosis;
-Altruism: someone who want to become a good nurse has to have a powerful impulse to help others and to do some good for the people around them;
-Patience: sometimes this kind of job can become overwhelming so it's important to breath and maintain the calm even when situations become a bit too much. It's important to remember the reason why we decided to pursue this dream and continue to work hard in order to obtain that.

I really wish that in the future, when I'll got all the academic knowledge and experience on the hospital yards I'll be able to obtain or consolidate some of the skills or traits that I don't have or I have nowadays. Since this is the kind of way I want to run on for the rest of my life, I will try hard to become the kind of nurse that not only cure and assist in the medical sense the patients but I want to assist and help them on all their necessities both the physical, mental or social ones

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MANDATORY   --2nd year --    Choose an article from the "Reading Bank" in your textbook (p52 - 66) and summarize it.  

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MANDATORY   --2nd year --    Choose an article from the "Reading Bank" in your textbook (p52 - 66) and summarize it.  

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ANAESTHESIA (PAG 64)
The article I chose to summarize talks about how the anaesthesia changed during the decades and became more secure and innovative. It was used for the first time in the 19th century in the form of ether, but it had some cons like induce vomit. After that, during surgery, they started to use chloroform but it could cause sudden death. Nowadays they use intravenous induction of anaesthetic and muscles relaxant that let the patient feel no pain and guarantee their safety, while the surgeons proceed with the surgery. There are three different tipes of anaesthesia based on the kind of surgery: local, regional and general. Today, thanks to modern monitoring system and a better knowledge on the anatomy and physiognomy of the human body, anaesthesia is a lot safer than before and cause a fewer possibility of death.

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TASK 1 (2ND YEAR): Choose 15 new vocabulary words from Units 6 - 10 in our textbook. Write your own sentence for each word. Each sentence should be  (minimum ) 10 words. 

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TASK 1 (2ND YEAR): Choose 15 new vocabulary words from Units 6 - 10 in our textbook. Write your own sentence for each word. Each sentence should be  (minimum ) 10 words. 

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1) One of my biggest fear is to lose my independence when I get old.
2) For hospital staff's safety reason is important that they wear gloves all the time it could occur an interaction with bodily fluids, to prevent infections.
3) To become a blood donor, there are some important requirements to follow like: being in good health, age of 18 or above (but under 70), having an haemoglobin value equal or above 13,5 for men and 12,5 for women, etc.
4) The syringes are devices that allow to injects or extract substances inside the human body in a non-natural way.
5) To be able to measure the value of the amount of glucose inside the bloodstream, a drop of blood is enough.
6) In movies, pregnant women always have craving of the weirdest things to eat.
7) Vitamin D is very important to have healthy bones, women's bodies post-menopause don't produce enough of it that's why they need to assume supplements to compense it.
8) Diseases like AIDS affects a person's immune system and make them liable to infections.
9) The long-term use of opioids or drugs could lead to a severe deterioration of the brain.
10) Will you pass me my glasses please? I can't see anything without them.
11) PMS symptoms can be associated with mood swings, bloating and cramps.
12) My grandma always say that if you want to cure a sore throat, you'll have to drink a glass of hot milk and honey.
13) While I was playing volleyball, I injured myself and twisted my ankle. Now my ankle is all swollen and it hurts a lot.
14) The bite of a mosquito during summer can cause an incredible itching sensation.
15) When a person is affected by varicella, they can show symptoms like: fever and red spots on their body.

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TASK 2 (2ND YEAR): Listen to one of the recordings from our book. You can choose any recording from Unit 1 to Unit 10. Summarize what the recording is about.  

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TASK 2 (2ND YEAR): Listen to one of the recordings from our book. You can choose any recording from Unit 1 to Unit 10. Summarize what the recording is about.  

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LISTENING 2 (UNIT 8): "AN EATING DISORDER"

The recording I chose talks about a conversation between a staff nurse and a nurse. The two of them talk about a new patient that came in the hospital, a teenager named Anita that has been hospitalized for a dangerous weight loss, dizziness, stomach ache, constipation and amenorrhea. Based on the symptoms of the patient, the two main characters of the dialogue argue about the possibility of Anita having an eating disorder.

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TASK 3 (2ND YEAR): 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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TASK 3 (2ND YEAR): 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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During my first year of paediatric nursing I attended an internship in two hospital yards: Paediatric yard and MA.CRO.CO (aka a surgical department with three different specialities: general surgery, plastic surgery and digestive surgery). Thanks to that I had a lot of different tutors but only one of them has left a huge impact on me. I met her on the Paediatric yard, she's been a nurse for only 3-4 years and she isn't much older than me. Maybe that's why she left such a big impact on me, she's very passionate about her job and that kind of fondness reflects on the way she does her job and treats her patients. She shows them ultimate care and assistance on their needs, not only by using her knowledge, she talks to them a lot and tries to make them comfortable so the assistance and treatment she provides are accepted gratefully by them and there aren't any misunderstanding. Not only the way she treats them impressed me but also the way she had taught me all she knows, the way she cared for me when something bad happened in the yards, the way she trusted me to do tasks she assigned me because in her eyes I was able to do that and competent enough, the way she was always ready to explain the procedures to me when she was doing them and to answer my questions even if they were stupid. I think the way she treated me and all her patients made such and impact to me, I'm really grateful to her and she inspired me to become just like her or at least a good nurse like her.

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December 2021
Again this term, I enjoyed reading your Padlet, Chiara.   For some reason, I imagined clinical tutors were older.  It  was interesting to read that yours was just a few years older than you.   It must have made it easier to talk to her.  How she trusted you on the ward and assigned tasks to you must have made you become more confident in your skills!
Happy Holidays,
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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Ever since I started studying to get my degree in paediatric nursing, I've done clinical training at the OPBG and I'd like to work there in the near future, perhaps in the onco-haematology department or the neurology department (especially in the neuropsychiatric ward).
If I could, I would also like to work abroad. For example, in Spain or the Netherlands, where the profile of a nurse is much more appreciated than in Italy.
That's because I realised the importance and the respectability of this job and I wish that it would be more recognised and appreciated by others.

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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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Throughout my studies, I completed clinical placements in various departments such as: paediatrics, plastic surgery, ER and onco-haematology.
I had many clinical tutors during my placements, who were there to guide, support and help me develop both my knowledge and practical skills.
However, I have fond memories of my very first clinical tutor: Vanessa.
I met her when I was still in my second year of the paediatric nursing course, during my second placement in the plastic surgery department.
Not only did she taught me the purely clinical skills, but she also showed me what it meant to have passion for your job and what it meant to her to be a nurse.
She is one of the people I admire the most, not only because of her expertise and her work ethic, but also because she was one of the few people who, despite my inexperience and my fear, always respected me as an equal and believed in me, in my knowledge and my skills, time and time again.
By the end of my internship, I had learnt so much from her that I was able to carry out the daily procedures on my own.
Vanessa and I worked as a team, in such a synergistic way that she told me that she would be happy for me to become her colleague in the department when I finished my degree, and that during that time, although she was my tutor and the one who had had to train me, I had taught her my view and what being a nurse meant to me.
I am grateful to her for a lot of things and I hope that one day, not too long from now, I will be able to become like her.

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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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Choose 15 new vocabulary words related to your field . Write a sentence for each word. Each sentence should be minimum 10 words

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Choose 15 new vocabulary words related to your field . Write a sentence for each word. Each sentence should be minimum 10 words

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1) One of the most common symptoms in people with schizophrenia are hallucinations and delusions.
2) Sir, can you please roll up your sleeve, so I can measure your blood pressure?
3) From the results of the blood sample we took before, it seems that Mr. Wright has an infection but we have to do more tests to verify what is the cause.
4) It's important to keep newborns warm, they are more likely to have hypothermia.
5) Nowadays we're witnessing an increase in MRSA, that is mainly because of the improper use of antibiotics.
6) Women affected by endometriosis may have very painful abdominal cramps which neither the painkillers could relieve.
7) People suffering from asthma need a proper education in the use of inhalers in order to prevent the development of asthma attacks.
8) Most of the time, when people go under surgery the anaesthetist prescribes them a pre-med to relieve their anxiety.
9) Last spring, my grandfather's admitted to the hospital because he'd got an allergy's reaction caused by an insect's bite.
10) Can you help me, please ? I have to draw a blood sample from Mrs. Robinson but she's extremely scared of needles and I need some assistance.
11) Recent studies have demonstrated that people with regular migraines can benefit from acupuncture.
12) Eczema flare-ups can be caused by multiple elements such as: pollen, food, animals, chemicals, etc.
13) During the COVID-19's pandemic, many citizens were suspicious and sceptical of vaccines, mainly because they thought it was a worldwide conspiracy.
14) My grandmother, originally from southern Italy, is very superstitious, to the extent that she always wears a good-luck charm on her necklace and never puts her own hat on the bed.
15) Before you are discharged from hospital, we must ensure that you understand the correct treatment schedule for the following week: you have to take two capsules a day, one after breakfast and one after dinner.

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I don't know how you did it, Chiara, but I really like how you made your Padlet in a timeline!

I was interested in reading that you might like to work abroad. Your reason makes it very clear.   It is important to be respected and valued in your job.
Living outside of your country isn't always easy but there are many many benefits :)

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