UVSSPUD021 Basics of nursing care for social workers

Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Summer 2025
Extent and Intensity
0/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Zdeňka Římovská, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Institute of Public Administration and Social Policy – Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Contact Person: Ing. Lucie Kamrádová, Ph.D.
Timetable
Sat 8. 3. 8:55–13:00 ONLINE, Sat 15. 3. 8:55–13:00 ONLINE
Prerequisites (in Czech)
FAKULTA(FVP) && TYP_STUDIA(C)
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The aim of the course is to enable students to obtain basic information about nursing care, including practice in practical procedures. After completing the course, the student will be able to perform basic nursing interventions in accordance with the latest knowledge while following lege artis procedures. It enables students to gain a basic understanding of basic human needs including their saturation in clients/patients. Part of the course is aimed at acquiring expertise in the most common chronic diseases, including the specifics of nursing care for these clients/patients
Syllabus
  • 1. Nursing as a science, nursing care, human needs from the perspective of nursing. Collaboration between social work and health care.
  • 2. Providing a safe home environment, equipment, basic safety features and aids.
  • 3. Prevention of infection, hand washing, use of gloves, isolation of the patient, care of tools, disinfection, sterilization.
  • 4. Promoting patient activity, mobilization.
  • 5. Hygiene care, bedside hygiene training, oral care, hair, nails, feet care.
  • 6. Prevention of decubitus, positioning.
  • 7. Eating area - feeding the patient, assisting in feeding the patient with swallowing disorder, weight monitoring, weighing, monitoring food and fluid intake, enteral nutrition, nasogastric and orogastric probes.
  • 8. Dietary system, distribution of diets, use of diets in the context of medical care.
  • 9. Vital signs - measurement of physiological functions: body temperature, pulse, respiration, blood pressure, measurement of oxygen saturation.
  • 10. Excretion - feeding of a bedpan, fluid balance.
  • 11. Medication administration - oral, topical, eye and ear, inhalation, suppositories, oxygen therapy.
Literature
    required literature
  • MELICHARČÍKOVÁ, V. Sterilizace a desinfekce. Praha: Galén, 2015. ISBN 978-80-749-2139-2.
  • ČOUPKOVÁ, H., MARCIÁN, P., MARCIÁNOVÁ, V, et al. Ošetřovatelství v chirurgii I: 2., přepracované a doplněné vydání. 1. elektronické vydání. Praha: Grada, 2019. SBN 978-80-247-2900-8; 978-80-271-2862-4.
  • HLUBKOVÁ, Z. Vybrané kapitoly z ošetřovatelských postupů II. Opava: Slezská univerzita v Opavě, Fakulta veřejných politik v Opavě, 2015
  • HLUBKOVÁ, Zuzana. Vybrané kapitoly z ošetřovatelských postupů I: odborný učební text - skripta [CD-ROM]. Opava: Slezská univerzita v Opavě, Fakulta veřejných politik v Opavě, 2014. ISBN 978-80-7510-102-0.
  • NAVRÁTIL, L. a kol. Vnitřní lékařství pro nelékařské zdravotnické obory. 2., zcela přepracované a doplněné vydání. Praha: Grada, 2017. ISBN 978-80-271-0210-5.
    recommended literature
  • HOZOVÁ, H.,HEIDEROVÁ,H. Ošetřovatelská péče v chirurgických oborech, přepracované, doplněné vydání. 2020 Distanční studijní opora. 1. vyd. [online] Opava: Slezská univerzita v Opavě, 2020. [cit. 2012]. Dostupné z: http://elearning.fvp.slu.cz/course/
  • . HALUZÍKOVÁ, J. Ošetřovatelství v interních oborech II. Opava: Slezská univerzita v Opavě, Fakulta veřejných politik v Opavě 2014. ISBN 978-80-7510-103-7
  • PLEVOVÁ, I. a kol. Ošetřovatelství I. Praha: Grada Publishing, 2018. ISBN 978-80-271-2327-8
  • HEIDEROVÁ,H. Ošetřovatelská péče v chirurgických oborech II. 2012 Distanční studijní opora. 1. vyd. [online] Opava: Slezská univerzita v Opavě, 2012. [cit. 2020]. Dostupné z: http://elearning.fvp.slu.cz/course/.
Assessment methods
Credit - credit test and examination. Combined form: completion of correspondence assignments - Examination: written verification of knowledge from lectures and required literature according to the course syllabus.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 10př/sem.
The course is also listed under the following terms Summer 2024.
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