Course: Nursing in Gerontology and Infectious Medicine

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Course title Nursing in Gerontology and Infectious Medicine
Course code KKO/K5OSI
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Tutorial
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study 3
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 1
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)
  • Kulakovská Anna, Mgr.
  • Mezera Vojtěch, MUDr. Ph.D.
Course content
Introduction, aging, theory of ontogenesis, changes in the organism. Peculiarities of diseases in old age. Mental disorders in old age. Peculiarities of pharmacology in old age. The psyche of an old man. Social aspects. Immobilization syndrome, decubitus.

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 introduce students to the complex approach and specifics of care for elderly patients. The aim of the second part of the course is to familiarize students with the most common infectious diseases, their diagnosis, treatment, prophylaxis, and prevention, including the specifics of nursing care.
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 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

80 % compulsory attendance in seminars. Fulfilling the tasks assigned in seminars. Passing a written test or an oral exam as decided by the course guarantor.
Recommended literature
  • ČECHOVÁ, L., BARTOŠ, A. a kol. Alzheimerova nemoc a mírná kognitivní porucha: diagnostika a léčba. Neurologie v praxi. 2011. roč. 12, č. 3, s. 175 - 180.
  • Černý, Z. Infekční nemoci. Brno: IDVPZ, 2008.
  • HOLMEROVÁ, I., JURAŠKOVÁ, B. a kol. Vybrané kapitoly z gerontologie. 1. vyd. Praha: EV public relations, 2007.
  • HOLUB, M., KOSÁROVÁ, M. Infekční nemoci ve standardní a intenzivní péči. Praha: Karolinum, 2013.
  • HUDÁKOVÁ, A., MAJERNÍKOVÁ L. Kvalita života seniorů v kontextu ošetřovatelství. 1. vyd. Praha: Grada, 2013.
  • KALVACH, Z. a kol. Geriatrické syndromy a geriatrický pacient. Praha: Grada, 2008.
  • KLEVETOVÁ, D., DLABALOVÁ, I. Motivační prvky při práci se seniory. Praha: Grada, 2008.
  • MATĚJOVSKÁ, H. Vybrané klinické stavy u seniorů. Praha: Mladá fronta - Aeskulap, 2015.
  • TOPINKOVÁ, E. Geriatrie pro praxi. Praha: Galén, 2010.
  • VÁLKOVÁ, M., KOREJSOVÁ, M., HOLMEROVÁ, I. Diskusní materiál k východiskům dlouhodobé péče v ČR. Praha: MPSV, 2010.


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