Course: Nursing in Orthopaedics, Rehabilitation Nursing

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Course title Nursing in Orthopaedics, Rehabilitation Nursing
Course code KKO/P3OPR
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Tutorial
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study 2
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)
  • Holubová Marie, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
Introduction, overview of the basic anatomic knowledge, bandages, and surgeries in orthopaedics. Degenerative joint disease. Degenerative spine disease. Paediatric orthopaedics. Inflammatory connective tissue diseases, musculoskeletal tumours. Injuries to soft tissues and joints. Bone injuries. Septic orthopaedics, amputation.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming), Monitoring, Skills training
Learning outcomes
The aim of the subject is to acquaint students with the most common diseases and injuries of the locomotor apparatus, Their clinical features, risks, and treatment options with links to specific problems in their care. Special attention will be paid to degenerative diseases and artificial joint replacement, congenital and acquired defects, intra-articular injuries and endoscopic interventions, injuries of the long bones and soft tissues, and to septic orthopaedics.
The student will become familiar with the rehabilitation of patients with a physical, mental, or sensory handicap, with the aim to maintain or regain lost skills or to compensate for functions that have been lost permanently.
Prerequisites
unspecified

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

Completion of compulsory 80% attendance at the practicum sessions. Successful completion of a written test or an oral examination according to the course guarantor's decision.
Recommended literature
  • GALLO, J. a kol. Ortopedie pro studenty lékařských a zdravotnických fakult. Olomouc: Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci, 2014.
  • GALLO, J. Osteoartróza, průvodce každodenní praxí. Praha: Maxdorf, 2014. ISBN 978-80-7345-406-7.
  • KOLÁŘ, P.; MÁČEK, M. Základy klinické rehabilitace. 2. vyd. Praha. 2021.
  • KOLÁŘ, P. Rehabilitace v klinické praxi. 2.vyd. 2020.
  • MIŽENKOVÁ, L. a kol. Obecná traumatologie pro nelékařské zdravotnické obory. Praha. 2022.
  • REPKO, M. a kol. Perioperační péče o pacienta v ortopedii. Brno: NCO NZO, 2012.
  • SOSNA, A. Základy ortopedie a traumatologie pohybového aparátu. Praha: Triton, 2024. ISBN 978-80-7684-290-8.


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