The general educational objective of the course is to provide knowledge useful for defining the professional reference framework through the understanding of the nursing role, its historical evolution, the specific field of activity, the interprofessional relationships and the theories to which the discipline refers.
At the end of the course, in accordance with the Dublin Descriptors, in order to pass the exam, the student must demonstrate that:
KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
- know the organization of the National and Regional Health Service and its evolution
- know the regulatory history of the development of the nursing discipline and profession in Italy
- know the role of the Order of Health Professions and its national and local internal bodies
- know the ethical and deontological principles of the Profession
- describe the profile of the support operators and their contribution in the implementation of the assistance plan
APPLYING KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
- implement the nursing process in awareness of the role and responsibility, also ethical and deontological, of the Nursing Profession
- analyze the concept of assistance and nursing care considering the contribution of support operators in taking charge of assisted persons
MAKING JUDGEMENTS
- identify the areas of one's professional responsibilities, one's autonomy, one's role within a multi-professional team
COMMUNICATION SKILLS
- use appropriate communication skills with care recipients of all ages and their families within the care process and/or with other healthcare professionals in an appropriate verbal, non-verbal and/or written manner
- develop a communication method useful for supporting a helping relationship
LEARNING SKILLS
- develop independent study skills
- demonstrate the ability to cultivate doubts and tolerate the uncertainties deriving from study and practical activity by asking suitable and pertinent questions to resolve them
- demonstrate the ability to continuously seek out self-learning opportunities
- demonstrate the ability to self-assess one's own skills and outline one's own development and learning needs

There are no prerequisites and propaedeutics.

- National and Regional Health Service/System: definition, evolution, organization.
- Legal aspects of the Nursing Profession: evolution, exercise, development/training, responsibility, professional secrecy and protection of data confidentiality, management of support personnel, ethics and professional deontology.

The teaching material will be made available to the students.
Books to be consulted only for further information:
- AA.VV. Diritto sanitario. Milano: Wolters Kluwer; 2019.
- AA.VV. Guida all’Esercizio della Professione di Infermiere. Nuova edizione. Torino: C.G. Edizioni Medico Scientifiche; 2014.
- Benci L. Aspetti giuridici della professione infermieristica. VIII edizione. Milano: McGraw Hill; 2019.
- Nicolini E. Il Sistema Sanitario Nazionale. Perché non possiamo farne a meno. Torino: Espress Edizioni; 2021.
- Piccioli C, Sarteanesi A. La responsabilità nelle professioni sanitarie. Infermieristiche, ostetrica, riabilitative, tecnico sanitarie e della prevenzione. Milano: Giuffrè Editore; 2017.

NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE
- historical evolution
- Municipal and provincial law n. 3702/1859 (Rattazzi Law)
- Law n. 6972/1890 (Crispi Law) - On the Piety Works
- Royal Decree n. 1265/1934 - Consolidated Text of Health Laws
- Welfare organizations for the social protection of workers: Mutual Funds
- Italian Constitution (articles 3, 13, 32 and 38)
- Establishment of the Ministry of Health
- Law n. 132/1968 (Mariotti Law) - Hospital institutions and hospital assistance
- Law n. 833/1978 - Establishment of the National Health Service
- Law n. 180/1978 - Voluntary and compulsory health checks and treatments
- Legislative Decree n. 502/1992 - Reorganization of the legislation on health matters
- Legislative Decree n. 517/1993 - Amendments to Legislative Decree n. 502/1992
- Legislative Decree n. 229/1999 - Rules for the rationalization of the National Health Service
- Decree of the President of the Council of Ministers November 29, 2001 - Definition of the essential levels of assistance
REGIONAL HEALTH SERVICE
- Law n. 189/2012 and Law n. 221/2012 - Urgent measures for the growth of the country
- Friuli Venezia Giulia Regional Law n. 17/2013 - Reorganization of the institutional and organizational structure of the Regional Health Service
- FVG Regional Law n. 17/2014 - Reorganization of the institutional and organizational set-up of the Regional Health Service and rules on health and social-health planning
- FVG Regional Law n. 27/2018 - Institutional and organizational structure of the Regional Health Service
- FVG Regional Law n. 22/2019 - Reorganization of assistance levels, rules on health and social-health planning and programming
EVOLUTION AND PRACTICE OF THE NURSING PROFESSION
- development and training
- from the Board of Professional Nurses, Health Assistants and Childhood Supervisors to the Order of Nursing Professions
- Decree of the President of the Republic n. 225/1974 - Job description of professional nurses and general nurses
- Decree of the Ministry of Health n.739 / 1994 - Regulation concerning the identification of the figure and the relative professional profile of the nurse
- Law n. 42/1999 - Provisions concerning the health professions
- Law n. 251/2000 - Regulation of the nursing, technical, rehabilitation and prevention health professions as well as the midwifery profession
- Law n.43/2006 - Establishment of professional associations
RESPONSIBILITY OF THE HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONS
- Responsibility of Health Professions in civil, criminal, administrative and disciplinary law
- Law n. 24/2017 (Gelli-Bianco Law) - Professional liability of healthcare professionals
- Law n. 113/2020 - Provisions on safety for operators of the health and social-health professions in the exercise of their functions
PROFESSIONAL SECRETITY AND PROTECTION OF DATA CONFIDENTIALITY
- definition and legislation
SUPPORT PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
- Permanent Conference for relations between the State, the Regions and the Autonomous Provinces of Trento and Bolzano 22 February 2001
- attribution of assistance activities
ETHICS AND PROFESSIONAL DEONTOLOGY
- Code of Conduct
- Ethics of Care
- Law n. 219/2017 - Rules on informed consent and advance treatment provisions

Frontal lessons with the use of multimedia audio-visual tools, with extensive interaction between students and teacher.

- Teaching materials: the teaching materials, which the student will have to consult, will be uploaded to the Microsoft Teams platform.
- Attendance at the course: attendance at the Integrated Course is compulsory. Those who have attended at least 75% of the lessons of the Integrated Course are admitted to the exam.
- Student reception: reception before and between lessons, or by appointment.
- Contact details:
Dr. Sara Buchini
Institute for Maternal and Child Health - IRCCS Burlo Garofolo
mobile phone +393341142531
e-mail: sara.buchini@burlo.trieste.it

The written test consists of 3 open-ended questions. Duration of the test max 40 minutes. The final grade is expressed out of thirty according to the following criteria: 10 points for each open answer if the student demonstrates that he/she has acquired an excellent knowledge of the topic covered and that he/she has answered exhaustively and with excellent language skills. A score of less than 10 is also foreseen for open answers - up to 1 point if the answer is incomplete, only partially correct and the argument presented in a confused manner and with little or no language skills, 0 points if student does not respond or does not demonstrate an acceptable knowledge of the contents.

This teaching explores topics closely related to one or more objectives of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development of the United Nations.