Course: Palliative Care

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Course title Palliative Care
Course code KOS/P6PAP
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Lesson
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study 3
Semester Summer
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)
  • Horáčková Kateřina, PhDr. Ph.D.
  • Matějková Iryna, Mgr. DiS.
Course content
Basic concepts and principles in palliative care. Symptoms of the terminal phase of the illness. Ethics and legal aspects in palliative care. Psychological strain in palliative care. Biological needs of terminally ill patients. Psychological needs of terminally ill patients. Social needs of terminally ill patients. Spiritual needs of terminally ill patients.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming), Work with text (with textbook, with book)
Learning outcomes
The aim is to familiarize students with basic concepts and topics in the field of palliative care and to prepare them for situations that may arise in the care of terminally ill and dying patients in medical and social institutions and in the home environment.
Students know the symptoms of the terminal phase of illness and appropriate nursing interventions. Students are able to plan, lead, and evaluate the nursing process for the terminally ill and dying patients within a multidisciplinary team.
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
Home assignment evaluation

Fulfillment of the mandatory 50% attendance at lectures. Fulfillment of the mandatory 75% attendance at seminars. Passing a written test.
Recommended literature
  • Bužgová, Radka. Dětská paliativní péče. Praha: Grada Publishing, 2019. ISBN 978-80-271-0584-7.
  • KOLEKTIV AUTORŮ. Paliativní péče třetího tisíciletí. Brno: NCO NZO, 2014.
  • Kupka, Martin. Psychosociální aspekty paliativní péče. Praha: Grada, 2014. ISBN 978-80-247-4650-0.
  • MARKOVÁ, M. Sestra a pacient v paliativní péči. Praha: Grada, 2010.
  • VAŇÁSEK J, ČERMÁKOVÁ K, KOLÁŘOVÁ I. Paliativní péče v onkologii. 1. vyd. Univerzita Pardubice, 2013.


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