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1. NURSING CARE OF PATIENT:
a. with cardiovascular diseases
b. with endocrine and metabolic disorders
c. with gastrointestinal disorders
d. with respiratory diseases
e. with infectious diseases
f. with nephrological and urological diseases
g. with haematological diseases
h. with neurological diseases
i. with musculoskeletal and autoimmune diseases
j. with dermatological disorders
k. which is treated with blood and blood components
2. EVERY SPECIFIC AREA OF NURSING CARE OF INTERNAL MEDICINE PATIENTS WITH VARIOUS ACUTE AND CHRONIC INTERNAL DISEASES DEALS WITH:
a. epidemiology of diseases in Slovenia and in the world
b. the role of nurses in the treatment of patients with acute and chronic internal diseases at the primary, secondary and tertiary level of healthcare
c. nursing assessment of the situation
d. nursing diagnoses and collaborative problems
e. nursing interventions
f. health education

3. LABORATORY EXCERCISES
a. vascular approaches
b. preparation of parenteral therapy for intravenous administration, calculations
c. venous and arterial blood sampling
d. maintaining a clear airway by aspiration
e. oxygen therapy
4. ABOUT INTERNAL DISEASES
a. epidemiology
b. prevention
c. basics about pathophysiology of diseases
d. identifying, signs and simptoms
e. diagnostic tests
f. basic treatments
5. MOST COMMON INTERNAL MEDICINE DISEASES
a. cardiovascular diseases
b. nephrology
c. gastroenterology with haematology
d. pulmology
e. endocrinology
6. FUNDAMENTALS OF ONCOLOGY
a. epidemiology
b. carcinogenesis
c. overview of the basic imaging and laboratory tests – diagnosis, including genetic counselling
d. classification of tumours
e. treatments 8surgery, radiotherapy, systemic therapy including new biological drugs)
f. adverse side effects of therapies
7. COMMON INFECTOLOGY
a. Introduction to infectious diseases, clinical and laboratory signs of inflammation
8. SPECIAL INFECTOLOGY
a. streptococcal infections: angina, scarlet fever, shingles, impetigo, pneumococcal infections
b. staphylococcal infections: skin infections, pneumonia, sepsis, endocarditis, osteomyelitis, toxic shock syndrome
c. central nervous system infections: purulent meningitis( meningococcal, pneumococcal), Haemophilus influenzae meningitis, serous meningitis(TBC, other serous meningitis), encephalitis, meningoencephalitis (tick meningoencephalitis)
d. intestinal infections: bacterial infections(travelers’ diarrhea, antibiotic diarrhea, diarrhea caused by E. coli, salmonellosis, acute enterocolitis, typhoid, paratyphoid, dysentery, campylobacteriosis,food poisoning, yersiniosis, cholera), viral infections( rotavirus diarrhea, other viral diarrhea)
e. respiratory infections: infections with atypical agents (chlamydia infections, Mycoplasma pneumonia, Legionella), bacterial respiratory infections(whooping cough, diphtheria), viral respiratory infections(influenza, respiratory syncytial virus infection, adenovirus infections)
f. other major infectious diseases(botulism, tetanus, Lyme diseas, leptospirosis, listeriosis, tularemia, brucellosis, anthrax, plague, cat scratch diseas, rabies, sepsis, septic shock)
g. rickettsia infections: rickettsial fever with rash, typhoid group of rickettsiae, Q fever, ehrlichiosis
h. rash diseases: measles, rubella, fifth diseas, Kawasaki diseas, chicken pox, shingles
i. infctions with herpes viruses: herpes simples, cytomegalovirus, infectious mononucleosis
j. mumps
k. infantile paralysis – poliomyelitis
l. viral hepatitis, hemorrhagic fevers, HIV infections
m. parasitic infections: toxoplasmosis, malaria, leishmaniasis, giardiasis, cryptosporoidosis, amoebiasis, toxocariasis
n. infections in immunocompromised patients