- Docente: Nicolino Cesare Franco Rossi
- Credits: 1
- SSD: M-PSI/08
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Rimini
- Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Nursing (cod. 0635)
Learning outcomes
The course is aimed at giving students central and basic notions regarding:
- emotional reactions to illness, medical treatment and hospitalization
- psychological implications of chronic illness in serious illness, in fatal prognosis and surgery
- central abilities for an effective communication with the patient and the management of the relational dynamics with the patient
Course contents
bio-psycho-social model of illness
- emotional reactions to illness, treatment and hospitalization in severe disorders and in the oncological illness (e.g. anxious reactions, depressive reactions, defence mechanisms, coping strategies)
- psychological intervention in health care units and communication with the patient
- management of emotional relationships in the help practice
- stress and the burn-out syndrome in health care operators
Assessment methods
multiple choise test
Teaching tools
power point
Office hours
See the website of Nicolino Cesare Franco Rossi