Course: Nursing in Oncology and Haematology

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Course title Nursing in Oncology and Haematology
Course code KKO/P6OPO
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Tutorial
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Ročková Jitka, Mgr. DiS.
  • Horáčková Kateřina, PhDr. Ph.D.
  • Hošek Oldřich, Mgr. et Mgr. LLM
Course content
Pathological physiology of the blood and fundamental examination methods. Clinical manifestations of diseases of the blood and of bleeding disorders. Anaemia. Diseases of the white blood cells. Substitute therapy using blood derivatives.

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 course is to acquaint students with fundamentals of diagnostics and treatment of patients with a tumour illness including haematological diseases.
The student orientates himself/herself in an oncological workplace, knows fundamentals of administration of blood derivatives and of treatment of haematological illnesses, knows principles of work with cytostatics, principles of and indications for chemotherapy, complications of chemotherapy, principles of and indications for radiotherapy. Next, the student knows principles of dispensarisation of patients.
Prerequisites
unspecified
KKO/P5OPO

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral examination, Student performance assessment, Didactic test

Completion of compulsory 80% attendance at the lectures, practicum sessions. Passing a written test.
Recommended literature
  • DOUBEK, M., JANÍKOVÁ, A. a kol. Jak si poradit s nádorovým onemocněním krve?: Pomocník pro pacienty nejen s leukemií či lymfomem. Mladá Fronta, 2012.
  • Haferlach, Torsten. Kapesní atlas hematologie. Praha: Grada, 2014. ISBN 978-80-247-4787-3.
  • TOMÁŠEK J. a kol. Onkologie - minimum pro praxi. Axonite, 2015. ISBN 9788088046011.
  • VAŇÁSEK, J.; ČERMÁKOVÁ, K.; KOLÁŘOVÁ, I. Paliativní péče v onkologii. 1. vydání: Univerzita Pardubice, 2013.
  • VORLÍČEK, J, ABRAHAMOVÁ, J, VORLÍĆKOVÁ, H. Klinická onkologie pro sestry. 2. přepr. a dopl. vyd., Praha: Grada Publishing, 2012.


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