Course: Nursing in the Primary and Home Care

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Course title Nursing in the Primary and Home Care
Course code KOS/P3OPP
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Lesson
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)
  • Štěpánová Hana, Mgr.
  • Kulakovská Anna, Mgr.
  • Matějková Astrid, MUDr.
Course content
Philosophy of primary nursing care. Philosophy of health in primary health care. Nursing in primary health care. The Family in Health and Illness. Elements of education in nursing care. Interdisciplinary cooperation in primary health care, standards of nursing care in primary health care. Nursing models and the nursing process in primary health care. Introduction to home care issues. Primary care, components of home care. Nursing process in home care. The most common diagnoses in home care. Wound management. Caring for the dying in home care. Primary care providers, concepts, components, principles and forms of primary care. Advantages and disadvantages of hospital care. Home care, benefits and disadvantages of home care. Workshop - establishment of a home care agency, experience with home care in the Czech Republic and abroad, home hospice care, articles, books. Nursing process for patients in home care. The nursing process for 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), Skills training
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, Student performance assessment

Completion of 80% participation in exercises. Completion of the assigned seminar work or presentation on the assigned issue. Passing the oral exam.
Recommended literature
  • HUDÁKOVÁ, A., MAJERNÍKOVÁ L. Kvalita života seniorů v kontextu ošetřovatelství. Praha: Grada, 2013.
  • JAROŠOVÁ, D. Úvod do komunitního ošetřovatelstí. Praha: Grada Publishing, 2007.
  • KALVACH, Z.; ČELEDOVÁ, L.; HOLMEROVÁ, I. Křehký pacient a primární péče. Praha: Grada Publishing, 2007.
  • KRÁTKÁ, A. Ošetřovatelství v komunitní péči. 1. vyd. Zlín: Univerzita Tomáše Bati, 2008.
  • MASTILIAKOVÁ, D. Holistické přístupy v péči o zdraví. 2. vyd. Brno: NCO NZO, 2007.


Study plans that include the course
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