Ateneo - UPO

Fundamentals of ethics and bioethics in the nursing field.

Paola Gobbi “Storie di persone, voci di infermieri. Un approccio innovative allo studio della bioetica e deontologia” McGraw-Hill 2020
Roberta Sala“Etica e bioetica per l’infermiere” Carocci e Faber 2003
IPASVI, “Commentario del Codice Deontologico”
Codice Deontologico dell’Infermiere 2019

The module aims to teach the theoretical assumptions necessary for a reflection on ethical issues that involve the nursing figure.

Knowledge of the Nurse's Code of Ethics currently in force.

Power Point presentation
Presentation of cases and situations with ethical implications
Watching movies
Group work

Le studentesse e gli studenti con disabilità o con Disturbi Specifici dell’Apprendimento (DSA) o con
Bisogni Educativi Speciali (BES) possono richiedere servizi e strumenti specifici a loro dedicati
rivolgendosi allo Staff Sviluppo e Coordinamento Carriere e Servizi alle Studentesse e agli Studenti e
consultando la pagina dedicata del sito di Ateneo: https://uniupo.it/it/servizi/servizi-studentidisabili-e-dsa
Le studentesse e gli studenti con disabilità, DSA, BES, una volta preso contatto con lo Staff di Ateneo,
possono contattare la/il docente titolare dell'insegnamento in relazione alla declinazione delle
modalità di esame, in merito agli aspetti didattici
Students with physical disabilities, Learning Disabilities or Special Education Needs can request
specific services and tools via the Staff Sviluppo e Coordinamento Carriere e Servizi alle Studentesse
e agli Studenti, consulting the University webpage: https://www.uniupo.it/en/services/servicesstudents-physical-or-learning-disabilities
Students with disabilities, learning disabilities or special education needs, once they have contacted
the University Staff, can refer to the tutor in charge of the course to define the examination
modalities, concerning academic aspects.

The learning test will be conducted in an integrated manner with the other disciplines pertaining to the integrated course of "Organization and Management of Care Processes." The test consists of 64 closed multiple-choice questions of which only one is correct and 2 open-ended questions
The Ethics and Bioethics part includes 12 closed questions in which knowledge will be assessed and 2 open questions in the form of a case, in which students will have to identify The ethically questionable behaviors enacted and apply The contents of the Code of Ethics.
The exam is considered passed if students correctly answers at least 60% of the closed questions for each discipline and expresses The required contents in the open questions. In this regard docents have formulated a specific correction grid.
If students achieves a total of 95% correct answers, he/she will be graded with 30/30, keeping the minimum threshold of 60% unchanged. If students does not exceed this threshold he/she repeats the exam in its entirety, taking the test again including questions from all disciplines. Students have 1 hour and 30 minutes to complete the test.

1.Principles of ethics and bioethics;
2. Bioethical issues of early life: predictive testing, law 40, objection, pre-term births
3. ethical aspects of gender medicine
4. Pharmacological experimentation on humans and animals;
5. The principle of self-determination and informed consent
6. Physical and pharmacological restraint
7. End of life: therapeutic obstinacy, advance directive for treatment (DAT), euthanasia;
8. Ethics committees
9. Organ donation and transplantation

At the end of the proposed course, students will have understood the ethical aspects of nursing in general and in particular of the proposed areas