Course: Palliative Nursing

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Course title Palliative Nursing
Course code KOS/K8PAL
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Lesson
Level of course Master
Year of study 1
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 3
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)
  • Sládek Karel, doc. RNDr. ThLic. Ph.D., MBA
  • Horáčková Kateřina, PhDr. Ph.D.
Course content
History, basic concepts and organizational forms of palliative care. Palliative care in EU health care system. End-of-life care. The most common symptoms and coping with them: pain, dyspnea, nausea and vomiting, confusion, fatigue, bleeding, disorders of defecation and urination, sleep disorders. Psychological needs, emotional support, nondirective approach, human individuality, truthfulness. Social needs: the importance of stable environment, support of family ties, specifics of home palliative care. Spiritual needs of dying patients from the nursing point of view: hope, love, forgiveness and reconciliation, religiosity. Accompanying family members, care for the bereaved. Specific aspects of care for terminally ill children. Importance of communication with the patient and the family. Legal aspects of palliative care. Coping with the most common symptoms in terminally ill patients. Meeting the psychological needs, emotional support of terminally ill patients and their families. Support of family ties, cooperation and communication with the dying patient's family. Meeting spiritual needs of patients. Nursing care plan and education plan in terminally ill and dying patients.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming), Work with text (with textbook, with book), Stimulating activities (simulation, games, drama)
Learning outcomes
The aim of the subject is to acquaint students with guidelines for palliative nursing care and prepare them for the situations arising in care of terminally ill and dying patients.
Students know organizational forms of palliative care, symptoms of terminal stages of diseases and relevant nursing interventions. Students are able to plan, implement and evaluate nursing process in terminally ill and dying patients. Students are able to educate and help relatives in the care of the dying patient both in home environment and within the framework of a health care team. Students adhere to ethical norms, are able to use psychological and communication skills. Students are able to justify used procedures both in a discussion both with a professional and a layman.
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral examination, Discussion

Fulfillment of mandatory attendance at lectures and exercises. Fulfillment of the assigned written work. Successful completion of the oral exam.
Recommended literature
  • BUŽGOVÁ, R. Paliativní péče ve zdravotnických zařízeních: potřeby, hodnocení, kvalita života. 1.vyd., Praha: Grada, 2015. ISBN 978-80-247-5402-4.
  • GROLLMAN, E. Slon v pokoji. O smrti a zármutku pro dospívající. 1.vyd., Praha: Cesta domů, 2018. ISBN 978-80-88126-13-3.
  • HAKL, M. a kol. Léčba bolesti: Současné přístupy k léčbě bolesti a bolestivých syndromů. 3. přeprac. a dopl. vyd. Praha: Mladá fronta, 2019. ISBN 978-80-204-2902-5.
  • KABELKA, L. Geriatrická paliativní péče a komunikace o nemoci. 2. přeprac. a dopl. vyd., Praha: Mladá fronta, 2018. ISBN 978-80-204-5049-4.
  • Marková, A. a kol. Hospic do kapsy : Příručka pro domácí paliativní týmy. 1. vyd. Praha: Hospicové občanské sdružení, 2009. ISBN 978-80-254-4552-5.
  • ROKYTA, R. a kol. Léčba bolesti v primární péči. 1.vyd., Praha: Grada, 2018.
  • SLÁMOVÁ, R.; MARKOVÁ, A.; KUBÁČKOVÁ, P.; ANTONOVÁ, B. Praktický průvodce koncem života: rozcestník pro nemocné a pečující. 1. vyd., Brno: Edika, 2018. ISBN 978-80-266-1279-7.
  • SVATOŠOVÁ, M. Víme si rady s duchovními potřebami nemocných?. Praha: Grada (povinné učivo s. 9-102), 2012.
  • VAŇÁSEK, J.; ČERMÁKOVÁ, K.; KOLÁŘOVÁ, I. Bolest v ošetřovatelství. 1.vyd., Pardubice: Univerzita Pardubice, 2014. ISBN 978-80-7395-769-8.
  • VORLÍČEK, J.; ABRAHÁMOVÁ, J.; VORLÍČKOVÁ, H. Klinická onkologie pro sestry. Praha: Grada Publishing, 2006.


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