UOGK049 Acute Care and Intensive Care Nursing

Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Summer 2017
Extent and Intensity
0/0. 1 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Jana Haluzíková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Jana Haluzíková, Ph.D.
Institute of Paramedical Health Studies – Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
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 contents form the core of general nurses' professional skills and it is included in the complex of basic specialized courses. The instruction is practical. It allows students to obtain basic manual skills and confidence in safe and quality providing of professional interventions and procedures to clients/patients. The intervention, which has been performed in high quality, respects individual needs of a client/patient, above all his/her needs of comfort, respect, security and safety. Learning outcomes: Professional knowledge: The students gain a basic overview of theoretical knowledge about nursing techniques and procedures in acute and intensive care. Professional skills: The students are able to perform basic nursing techniques and procedures practically and according to the latest requirements. General ability: The students are able to assess patient's condition and to choose the most appropriate nursing procedure. Competence: The students shall deepen and enhance the gained skills to work by means of the method of the nursing process in acute and critical conditions in following studies and clinical practice.
Syllabus
  • 1. Securing of the central vein, care of a central venous catheter, central venous pressure taking.
    2. Fundamentals of EKG assessment in acute care.
    3. Securing of the air passages in acute and intensive care, care of the air passages.
    4. Nursing care of patients connected to an artificial lung ventilation device.
    5. General anaesthesia, local anaesthesia, outpatient anaesthesia.
    6. Cardioversion, defibrillation, temporary cardiac stimulation, permanent cardiac stimulation, implantable cardioverter-defibrillator.
    7. Specifics of nursing care in an intensive ward.
    8. Care of an epidural catheter, monitoring of complications, application of medicines.
    9. Drainages, types of drainages, nursing care.
Literature
    required literature
  • HANDL, P. Monitorování pacientů v anesteziologii,resuscitaci a intenzivní péči - vybrané kapitoly. IDV ZP Brno, 1999. info
  • KAPOUNOVÁ, G. Ošetřovatelství intenzivní péči. Praha: Grada, 2007. info
  • HALUZÍKOVÁ, J. Ošetřovatelské postupy v akutní péči. Distanční studijní opora [online]. c2012, posl. akt. říjen 2012 [cit. 2012-10-05]. Opava: Slezská univerzita v Opavě, 2012. URL info
  • KOLEKTIV AUTORŮ:. Sestra a urgentní stavy. Praha: Grada Publishing, 2009. ISBN 978-80-247-2548-2. info
  • DOSTÁL, P. A KOL. Základy umělé plicní ventilace. Praha:Maxdorf, 2005. ISBN 80-7345-059-. info
  • CHROBOK, V., ASTL, J., KOMÍNEK, P. A KOL. Tracheostomie a koniotomie techniky, komplikace a ošetřovatelská péče. Praha: Maxdorf, 2004. ISBN 80-7345-031-3. info
  • ADAMS, B., HAROLD, C. E. Sestra a akutní stavy od A do Z. Praha: Grada, 1999. ISBN 80-7169-893-8. info
  • BOHUŠ, O. A KOL. Anesteziológia a intenzívna starostlivosť I. Martin: Osveta, 1992. ISBN 80-217-0436-5. info
    recommended literature
  • DRÁBKOVÁ, J. Polytrauma v intenzivní medicíně. Praha: Grada Publishing, 2002. info
  • BRODANOVÁ, A., ANDĚL, A. Infúzní terapie, parenterální a enterální výživa. Praha: Grada Publishing, 1994. ISBN 80-85623-60-9. 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: Přednáška 4 HOD/SEM.
Teacher's information
Exam requirements: written test, 80 per cent of correct answers is required.
The course is also listed under the following terms Summer 2018, Summer 2019, Summer 2020, Summer 2021, Summer 2022, Summer 2023, Summer 2024.
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