Course: Crisis support for the patient, family, and personnel

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Course title Crisis support for the patient, family, and personnel
Course code KOS/P9PRP
Organizational form of instruction Seminary
Level of course Master
Year of study 2
Semester Winter
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)
  • Jeníková Karolína, Mgr.
  • Baštecká Bohumila, PhDr. Ph.D.
Course content
Psychosocial first aid: psychological, social, spiritual, and legal first aid. Communicating bad news. Crisis intervention: assessment, planning, implementation, evaluation. Negotiating with the patient or family members. Agreement mediation between the patient and family members, or if need be, the staff. Accompanying the surviving family members while they are coming to terms with death; escort during contact with the dead body. Types of team support for nurses while coming to terms with the demands of the profession (facilitation, debriefing, termination meetings, and team meetings over supervision cases).

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming), Skills training
Learning outcomes
The aim of the subject is to equip students with basic skills for dealing with challenging situations in health care services, especially with regard to accompanying the dying and their families and with an emphasis on support options for the health care personnel, provided by the nurse in a leadership position.
The student will learn to recognize the indications for selected communication tools and to use them, at the basic level, in practice.
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral examination

Completion of compulsory 80% attendance at the practicum sessions and seminars. Successful completion of an oral examination.
Recommended literature
  • ŠPATENKOVÁ Naděžda a kolektiv. Krizová intervence pro praxi. 2. aktualizované a doplněné vydání, Praha: Grada, 2011.


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