Course: Nursing in Psychiatry

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Course title Nursing in Psychiatry
Course code KKO/P5OPY
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Tutorial
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 2
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Bräuerová Šárka, Mgr.
  • Fialová Markéta, MUDr.
Course content
History of psychiatry, general psychiatry. Organic psychiatric disorders. Endogenous psychiatric disorders, including mental disorders and behavioural disorders associated with puerperium. Therapy in psychiatry, community care. Alcoholism and other addictions. Child and adolescent psychiatry. Gerontopsychiatry. Eating disorders. Specifics of psychiatric care in the Czech Republic. Approach to restless and aggressive patients. Principles of care for patients with the most common psychiatric disorders.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming), Work with text (with textbook, with book)
Learning outcomes
The aim is to familiarize students with basic concepts and topics in the field of psychiatry and to prepare them for situations that may arise in the care of the mentally ill.
Students are familiar with psychiatric symptoms, syndromes, and manifestations of mental illness. Students are able to plan, lead, and evaluate the nursing process for the mentally ill within a multidisciplinary team.
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
Written examination, Didactic test

80 % compulsory attendance in seminars. Passing a written test or an oral exam as decided by the course guarantor.
Recommended literature
  • BURDA, P. Krizová komunikace s agresivním a hostilním pacientem. Brno: NCO NZO, 2014.
  • DUŠEK, K.; VEŘEŘOVÁ - PROCHÁZKOVÁ, A. První pomoc v psychiatrii. Praha: Grada Publishing, 2005.
  • EVANGELU, J. E. Krizová komunikace: efektivní zvládání krizových a zátěžových situací. Ostrava: Key Publishing, 2013.
  • LÁTALOVÁ, K. Agresivita v psychiatrii. Praha: Grada, 2013.
  • PETR, T., MARKOVÁ, E.; a kol. Ošetřovatelství v psychiatrii. Praha: Grada, 2014. ISBN 978-80-247-4236-6.


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