Course: Nursing in Gerontology and in Infectious Medicine

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Course title Nursing in Gerontology and in Infectious Medicine
Course code KKO/P5OSI
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)
  • Bureš Ivo, MUDr.
  • Holubová Ilona, Mgr.
Course content
Introduction, aging, ontogenesis theory, changes in an organism. Special features of illnesses in the old age. Mental disorders in the old age. Special features of pharmacology in the old age.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming), Work with text (with textbook, with book), Skills training
Learning outcomes
The aim of the subject Nursing care of patients with infectious diseases is to acquaint students with the diagnostics, treatment, prophylaxis, and prevention of infectious, or more precisely, communicable diseases.
The student knows special characteristics of diseases in the old age, both from a general perspective and from a perspective of specific disease groups. The aim of the course Nursing Care of Patients with Infectious Diseases is to acquaint students with diagnostics, treatment, prophylaxis, and prevention of infectious, or, as the case may be, of transmittable diseases. The student has specialized theoretical and practical knowledge of the nursing process in the care of patients with an infectious illness.
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
Student performance assessment, Didactic test

Completion of compulsory 70% attendance at the lectures. Completion of compulsory 80% attendance at the practicum sessions and seminars. Completing assigned written work. Successful completion of a written test.
Recommended literature
  • Černý, Z. Infekční nemoci. Brno: IDVPZ, 2008.
  • Earvin "Magic" Johnson. Jak se vyhnout AIDS.
  • HAŠKOVCOVÁ, H. Fenomén stáří. Praha: Panorama, 1990. ISBN 80-7038-158-2.
  • Jiří Havlík et al. Infekční nemoci, druhé rozšířené vydání. Praha: Galén, 2002.
  • Kalvach, Zdeněk . Geriatrické syndromy a geriatrický pacient. Praha: Grada, 2008. ISBN 978-80-247-2490-4.
  • KAPOUNOVÁ, G. Ošetřovatelství v intenzivní péči. Praha: Grada Publishing, 2007.
  • Klevetová, Dana. Motivační prvky při práci se seniory. Praha: Grada, 2008. ISBN 978-80-247-2169-9.
  • Šrámová, Helena. Nozokomiální nákazy II. Praha: Maxdorf, 2001. ISBN 80-85912-25-2.
  • Šrámová, Helena. Nozokomiální nákazy. Praha: Maxdorf, 1995. ISBN 80-85912-00-7.
  • TOPINKOVÁ, E. Geriatrie pro praxi. Praha: Galén, 2010.
  • Weber, P. a kol. Minimum z klinické gerontologie pro lékaře a sestru v ambulanci. Brno: IDVPZ, 2000.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Health Studies Study plan (Version): General nurse (2014) Category: Health service 3 Recommended year of study:3, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Health Studies Study plan (Version): General nurse (2013) Category: Health service 3 Recommended year of study:3, Recommended semester: Winter