Course: Hospices care in our country and abroad

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Course title Hospices care in our country and abroad
Course code KOS/P9HPE
Organizational form of instruction Seminar
Level of course Master
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)
  • Svatošová Marie, MUDr.
  • Slováček Ladislav, doc. MUDr. Ph.D.
Course content
The hospice movement from a historical and contemporary perspective. Definition of hospice care. Hospice forms and types of organizational securement of hospice care. Indications for inpatient and mobile hospice care. The hospice experience in the CR. The most immediate aims of the hospice movement in the CR. Case studies from hospice care.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming)
Learning outcomes
The aim of the course is to acquire basic terms and principles of individual forms of hospice care, specifying indications for them and their place among other methods of care of terminally ill patients and their loved ones, including the bereaved.
The student acquires basic orientation and understanding necessary for meaningful attendance at a hospice practical internship, he/she will be theoretically prepared for work on a hospice team, for communication with the patient and his/her loved ones, and will be acquainted with special characteristics of performing nursing documentation in a hospice.
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
Didactic test

Successful completion of a written test.
Recommended literature
  • HAŠKOVCOVÁ H. Thanatologie, nauka o umírání a smrti. 2. přeprac. vyd. Praha: Galén, 2007.
  • KALVACH Z. Manuál paliativní péče o umírající pacienty. 1. vyd. Praha: Cesta domů, 2010.
  • MARKOVÁ A. Hospic do kapsy: příručka pro domácí paliativní týmy. 1. vyd. Praha: Cesta domů, 2009.
  • MARKOVÁ M. Sestra a pacient v paliativní péči. 1. vyd. Praha: Grada, 2010.
  • O´CONNOR M, SANCHIA A. Paliativní péče pro sestry všech oborů. 1. vyd. Praha: Grada, 2005.


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): Nursing in selected clinical specialties (2014) Category: Health service 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Health Studies Study plan (Version): Nursing in selected clinical specialties (2013) Category: Health service 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Winter