a) Brief history of evolution of modern
medicine and surgery
b) Theories of illness and its causation -Illness
as human experience
c) Review of Nursing process and Nursing care
plan
a) Brief history of evolution of modern
medicine and surgery
b) Theories of illness and its causation -Illness
as human experience
c) Review of Nursing process and Nursing care
plan
a) Health Assessment
a) Stress adaptation stressors, management,
Nursing interventions
b) Inflammation
c) Defense against injury
d) Nutritional consideration
a) Overview of normal immune system
b) Altered immune response, hypersensitivity
and allergy
c) Assessment of immune system
d) Diagnostic evaluation
e) Allergy disorders:
– Anaphylaxis
– Allergic rhinitis
– Contact dermatitis
– Atopic dermatitis
– Drug reactions
– Food allergy
– Serum sickness
– Latex allergy
f) Approaches to treatallergic diseases
g) Nursing management client with altered
immune response
h) Auto immune disease
– Rheumatoid arthritis
– SLE
– Ankylosing spondylitis
– Graft versus host disease
a) Water contents of body, electrolyte and Acid
– Base balance
b) Homeostasis
c) Review mechanism of regulating fluid and
electrolyte movement
d) Fluid and electrolyte Acid-Base imbalance
and its management
a) Physical Environment
– Operation theatre room – cleaning of tables,
trolleys, lights and other equipments
– Pre-operative holding areas.
b) Theatre Technique
– Scrubbing – Hand washing
– Gowning
– Gloving
– Positioning of patient for various surgical
procedures.
– Draping of patient.
c) Preparation of theatre, equipment and
supplies
– Cleaning
– Needles, sutures – types and their uses.
– Carbolization, ETO sterilization,
fumigation, OT swab, Bacillocid
sterilization.
– Packing and sterilization of dressings, linen
rubber ware suture material, instruments,
needlesandother materials.
Management of patient undergoing surgery
a) Pre operative preparation and care
– Physical
– Psychological,
– Pre-medications
– Legal and ethical
b) Intra operative management
– Surgical Team
– Nursing activities and responsibilities
– Anesthetic agents
– Role of nurse in anesthesia
c) Post operative Management
– Immediate care
– Transferring patient from operation theatre
– Patient in recovery room
– Recovery from Anesthesia
– Post operative observation and nursing
management
– Carryout the post operative orders.
– Postoperative complication observation,
prevention & management.
a) Assessment of respiratory function
– History
– Physical examination
– Diagnostic evaluation
b) Care of patient in respiratory intensive care
and ventilator care and respiratory function
c) Management of Patient with disorders of
upper respiratory airway.
– Obstruction of upper airway
– Epistaxis
– Sinusitis
– Pharyngitis
– Tonsillitis
– Laryngitis
– Deviated nasal septum
d) Management of patient with disorders of the
chest and lower respiratory tract
e) Management of patient with impaired • Lung
abscess
– Empyema
– Bronchial asthma
– COPD
– Pneumothorax
– Pneumonia
– Bronchitis
– Bronchiectasis
– Trauma
– Pulmonary Tuberculosis/DOTS
– Pulmonary embolism
– Pulmonary edema
– Lung tumors
– Disorders of pleura and pleural space
– Lung surgery
– Respiratory failure
– Acute respiratory distress syndrome,
– SARS
f) Alternate therapies
g) Drugs used in treatment of disorder of
respiratory system
a) Assessment of gastro intestinal function
– History
– Physical examination
– Diagnostic evaluation
b) Management of Upper gastrointestinal
disorders
– Parotitis
– Stomatitis
– Glossitis
– Gingivitis
– Pyorrhea
– Dental caries
– Halitosis
– Dysphagia
– Achalasiacardia
– Gastro Esophageal Reflux Disease (GERD)
– Cancer of esophagus
– Hiatus hernia
– Gastritis
– Gastric and duodenal ulcers
– Gastric cancer
– Gastroenteritis
– Esophageal fistula
– Peritonitis
c) Care of patient with gastro intestinal
intubation and special nutritional
management.
d) Management of patient with lower gastro
intestinal disorders:
– Helminthiasis
– Constipation
– Diarrhea
– Fecal incontinence
– Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)
– Appendicitis
– Diverticular disease
– Crohn’s disease
– Ulcerative colitis
– Intestinal obstruction
– Colitis
– TB abdomen
– Colorectal cancer
– Polyps of colon and rectum
– Ano rectal abscess
– Anal fistula and fissure
– Hemorrhoids
e) Alternate therapies
f) Drugs used in treatment of GI disorders
a) Assessment of Hepatic and biliary functions
– History
– Physical examination
– Diagnostic measures
b) Management of patients with hepatic
disorders
– Jaundice
– Hepatic cirrhosis
– Portal hypertension
– Ascites
– Hepatic Encephalopathy and coma
– Viral hepatitis
– Tumors and cyst of the liver
– Liver abscess
c) Management of patients with biliary
disorders
– Cholecystitis
– Cholelithiasis
– Choledocolithiasis
– Acute and chronic pancreatitis
– Cancer of pancreas
d) Assessment of Endocrinal function
– History
– Physical examination
– Diagnostic evaluation
c) Management of endocrinal disorders
– Pituitary disorders
– Thyroid disorders
• Hyperthyroidism
• Hypothyroidism
• Thyroid tumors
• Goiter
– Parathyroid disorders
– Pancreas disorder
• Diabetes mellitus
– Adrenal disorders
• Pheochromocytoma
• Addison’s disease
• Cushing’s syndrome
– Tumors of the endocrine glands
f) Alternate therapies
g) Drugs used in treatment of metabolic and
Endocrine disorder
a) Assessment of renal and urinary functions
– History
– Physical examination
– Diagnostic evaluation
b) Management of patients with renal and
urinary disorders
– Urinary retention and incontinence
– Urinary tract infection
– Acute and chronic glomerulonephritis
– Pyelonephritis
– Urolithiasis
– Renal calculi
– Trauma of kidney, bladder,urethra, ureters
– Urinary strictures
– TB of urinary tract
– Neurogenic bladder dysfunction
– Renal cyst and renal abscess
– Nephrotic syndrome
– Acute and chronic Renal failure
– Uremia
– Acute and chronic nephrosis
– Tumor – benign and malignant
– Care of patient on hemodialysis and
peritoneal dialysis
– Care of patient with renal transplant
c) Assessment of male Genitourinary function
– History
– Physical examination
– Diagnostic evaluation
d) Disorders of male genito urinary tract and its
management
– Hydrocele,
– Phimosis
– Benign and malignant prostatic
hypertrophy
– Orchitis
– Epididymoorchitis
– Cancer penis
e) Alternate therapies
f) Drugs used in treatment of renal and Urinary
disorders
a) Assessment Neurological functions
– History
– Physical examination
– Diagnostic evaluation
b) Management of patients with neurologic
dysfunctions
– Altered level of consciousness
– Increased Intracranial pressure
– Intracranial surgery
c) Management of patients with neurological
disorders
– Headache
– Migraine
– Seizures
– Epilepsy
– Status epileptics
– Cerebrovascular disorder – CVA
– Neurological trauma – Head, brain, spinal
cord, subdural and extradural hematoma
– Neurologic infection
• Meningitis
• Brain abscess
• Encephalitis
– Degenerative disorders
• Multiple sclerosis
• Myasthenia gravis
• Guillain – Barre syndrome
• Parkinsonism
• Alzheimer disease
– Neuralgia
– Bell’s Palsy
– Peripheral neuropathies
– Brain and spinal cord tumors
– Huntington’s disease
– Muscular Dystrophies
– Herniation of the intervertebral disc
d) Alternate therapies
e) Drugs used in treatment of neurological
disorders
a) Assessment
– History
– Physical examination
– Diagnostic measures
b) Management of patients with disorders of
connective tissue and collagen disorders
– Rheumatoid arthritis
– Systemic lupus Erythematosus (SLE)
– Scleroderma
– Polymyositis
– Osteoarthritis
– Ankylosing Spondylitis
– Gout
– Fibromyalgia
c) Alternate therapies
d) Drugs used in treatment of connective tissue
and collagen disorders