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Course: Palliative Care

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Course title Palliative Care
Course code OSE/ZZK35
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)
  • Kala Miroslav, doc. MUDr. CSc.
  • Šaňáková Šárka, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
unspecified

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified
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. It also introduces students to the specifics of pediatric 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.

Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
Recommended literature
  • 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.
  • Kubíčková N. (2001). Zármutek a pomoc pozůstalým. Praha: ISV.
  • Kurucová, R. a kol. (2017). Vybrané kapitoly z paliatívnej ošetrovatelskej starostlivosti. Martin.
  • 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): Paramedic (2021) Category: Health service 3 Recommended year of study:3, Recommended semester: Summer
Palacký University Olomouc, date of update: 01.05.2025 23:59. Data created for academic year 2024/2025