UOGD038 Community Care

Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Winter 2020
Extent and Intensity
0/0/6. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Zuzana Hlubková, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Zuzana Hlubková, Ph.D.
Institute of Paramedical Health Studies – Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Contact Person: Mgr. Veronika Slováček Hagenová
Prerequisites (in Czech)
FAKULTA(FVP) && TYP_STUDIA(C)
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The course is designed as theoretical-practical complex. It completes nursing courses in the field of primary and tertiary care. It focuses on human health in a community. The students will understand the meaning of the term "community", its main social functions in satisfying human needs and its hierarchy: individual-family-precinct-town-district-state-nation-world. They will recognize the necessity of a healthy social and natural environment in the community for the life of individuals and their families. They will learn procedures of caring for clients / patients at home. The course shall also acquaint the students with the organizational structure of the services of home care agencies and with the legislation applicable to their activities.
Syllabus
  • Organization of health care services. Community as a client - a definition of community according to WHO (1974), factors influencing the health of the community.
    Community and community care, development of communities in the EU - territorial administrative units - theories of community development.
    General principles of community care, community planning, community services and institutions.
    Community nursing, nursing process in community.
    Role of general nurse in community care. Standards of community nursing.
    Use of classification systems in community nursing.
    Home care (home care philosophy, home care organization, differences in providing nursing care at home), home care agencies, National Centre of Home Care.
    Forms of home health care, scope of the care provided.
    Family as a client, family definition and function, characteristics and changes of the family, family assessment, family health needs, home visits.
    Community care for children.
    Community care at schools, school nurse.
    Community care for women.
    Community care for persons with special needs (groups endangered by social exclusion, homeless people).
    Community care for persons with mental disease, with addiction.
    Community care for handicapped persons.
    Community care for seniors.
    Community care in multicultural environment.
Literature
    required literature
  • HANKEOVÁ, L, ČADECKÁ, L. Komunitní a domácí péče. Opava: Slezská univerzita v Opavě, 2012. info
  • KALVACH,Z., ČELEDOVÁ, L. HOLMEROVÁ, I. a kol. Křehký pacient a primární péče. Praha:Grada Publishing, 2012. ISBN 978-80-247-4026-3. info
  • JAROŠOVA, D. Úvod do komunitního ošetřovatelství. Praha: Grada, 2007. ISBN 978-80-247-2150-7. info
    recommended literature
  • SIKOROVÁ, L. Dětská sestra v primární a komunitní péči. Praha: Grada, 2012. ISBN 978-80-247-3592-4. info
  • GRUCMANOVÁ, D. Romové v komunitě. Distanční studijní opora a e-learningový kurz. Opava: Slezská univerzita v Opavě, 2011. URL info
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: Seminář 6 HOD/SEM.
Teacher's information
The contact instruction is implemented through the system of tutorials on selected topics. The combined part of the studies is implemented in the e-learning course environment at e-portal http://elearning.fvp.slu.cz/. The students have study supports including correspondence tasks available for instruction there. The course is concluded by a credit in written or oral form; within it, the student will demonstrate knowledge of basic and recommended reading and be able to discuss the processed correspondence tasks. The student will have the opportunity to consult individually the topics studied, through individual or group tutorials or electronic mail.
Credit requirements: processing of a selected topic in an extent of 5-7 pages and the respective presentation and defence.
The course is also listed under the following terms Winter 2017, Winter 2018, Winter 2021, Winter 2022, Winter 2023.
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