Course: Palliative Care

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Course title Palliative Care
Course code OSE/VOK40
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Lesson + Seminary
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study 3
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 1
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)
  • Šaňáková Šárka, Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Kala Miroslav, doc. MUDr. CSc.
Course content
Subject's main areas: -palliative care - as defined by the WHO, WACP -general and specialised care, principles, organisation forms, legislation -multidisciplinary team of palliative care providers -history and present state of hospice movement in CR and abroad -dignity and quality of life in the terminal stage of life -nursing issues and symptoms in palliative care -nursing interventions Spiritual Support, pastoral care -accompanying the dying, bereavement, care for the relatives -specificity of palliative nursing care in selected group of patients -nursing process in the terminally ill suffering from psychic and existential anxiety

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Demonstration, Projection (static, dynamic)
Learning outcomes
This is a practical and theoretical subject focusing on providing palliative care in heath care facilities, hospices as well as in home environment. It present new services and types of facilities which belong among follow-up care facilities and which provide individual nursing care for the terminally ill and the dying, with extension to information on specifics of children's palliative care. It puts emphasis on understanding the concept of hospice care providing the terminally ill in the end-of-life phase dignified dying, reconciliation and a peaceful departure. It also focuses on activities to support the close relatives in stages of bereavement.
After completion, students will -understand the basic principles of general and specialised palliative care -will be able to implement general palliative procedures into nursing interventions while providing care at the end of life in home and institutional environment -know the specificity of palliative nursing care in a selected group of patients
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
Mark, Oral exam, Student performance, Dialog, Analyssis of the Student's Portfolio, Seminar Work

Participation in classes 80%, active participation in exercises, analysis of case studies, etc. documentation for a patient in palliative care.
Recommended literature
  • http://www.eapcnet.eu/.
  • (2018). Nursing diagnoses : definitions and classification 2018-2020.
  • www.cestadomu.cz.
  • www.hospice.cz.
  • www.hospice.sk.
  • www.umirani.cz.
  • Ferrell, B.R., Coyle, N. (2006). Textbook of Palliative Nursing. Oxford University Press.
  • Kabelka, L. (2018). Geriatrická paliativní péče a komunikace o nemoci. Praha: Mladá fronta.
  • Křivohlavý, J. (2000). Pastorální péče. Praha: Oliva.
  • Kubíčková N. (2001). Zármutek a pomoc pozůstalým. Praha: ISV.
  • Marková. M. (2010). Sestra a pacient v paliativní péči. Praha: Grada.
  • Matzo, M., Sherman, D. (2010). Palliative Care Nursing: Quality Care to the End of Life. New York: Springer.
  • O'Connor, M., Aranda, S. (2005). Paliativní péče pro sestry všech oborů. Praha: Grada Publishing.
  • Payneová, Seymourová, Ingeltová. (2007). Principy a praxe paliativní péče. Praha.
  • Sláma, O., Kabelka, L., Vorlíček, J. (2007). Paliativní medicína pro praxi. Praha: Galen.
  • Stevens, E., Jackson, S., Milligan, S. (2009). Palliative nursing: across the spectrum of care. Oxford: Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
  • Svatošová, M. (1995). Hospice a umění doprovázet. Praha.
  • Theová. (2007). Paliativní péče a komunikace. Praha.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Health Sciences Study plan (Version): General Nursing (2020) Category: Health service 3 Recommended year of study:3, Recommended semester: Summer