Course: Nursing in the primary and home care

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Course title Nursing in the primary and home care
Course code KOS/K3OPP
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Lesson
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study 2
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 4
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.
  • Svobodová Iva, Mgr.
  • Holubová Ilona, Mgr.
Course content
Philosophy of primary nursing care. Philosophy of health in primary health care. Nursing in primary health care. The family from the perspective of health and illness. Elements of education in nursing care. Interdisciplinary collaboration in primary health care, nursing care standards in primary health care. Nursing models and the nursing process in primary health care. Introduction, when hospitalization and when home care. Primary care, components of home care. The nursing process in home care. The most frequent diagnoses in home care. Wound management. Care of the dying in home care.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming), Work with text (with textbook, with book)
Learning outcomes
The aim of the course is to acquaint students with basic aspects of nursing in the area of primary health care and in home care from the perspective of the general nurse.
The student knows basic terminology and hierarchy in primary care and home care in the Czech Republic. He/she is able to explain and use basic elements of the educational process towards supporting health and in primary health care. The student knows basic principles of community care and options for collaboration with the social sphere.
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
Written examination

Recommended literature
  • JAROŠOVÁ, D. Úvod do komunitního ošetřovatelstí. Praha: Grada Publishing, 2007.
  • KALVACH, Z.; ČELEDOVÁ, L.; HOLMEROVÁ, I. Křehký pacient a primární péče. Praha: Grada, 2007.
  • Krátká, Anna. Ošetřovatelství v komunitní péči. Zlín: Univerzita Tomáše Bati, 2008. ISBN 978-80-7318-726-2.


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 (2013) Category: Health service 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Health Studies Study plan (Version): General Nurse (2014) Category: Health service 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Winter