FVP:UOSP064 Palliative and End-of-Life Car - Course Information
UOSP064 Palliative and End-of-Life Care
Faculty of Public Policies in OpavaWinter 2017
- Extent and Intensity
- 0/0. 1 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
- Teacher(s)
- MUDr. Petr Štěpánek (lecturer)
Mgr. Marie Monsportová (seminar tutor) - Guaranteed by
- doc. MUDr. Pavel Vodvářka, CSc.
Institute of Paramedical Health Studies – Faculty of Public Policies in Opava - Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is offered to students of any study field.
- Course objectives
- The objective of the course is to familiarize the student with principles of palliative and hospice care and certain issues related to dying and death. The course describes patient classification, indications for palliative/hospice care, issues related to death and dying and common challenges in caring for this specific patient population. On completion of the course the student will be able to orientate themselves theoretically and practically in the care of persons who suffer from incurable diseases or are dying.
- Syllabus
- 1. Palliative care, its forms and characteristic features. Target groups of palliative care.
2. Hospice care, its forms and characteristic features. Target groups of hospice care.
3. Personal management in palliative and hospice care. Prevention of burn-out.
4. Dying and death. Ethical aspects of nursing care of the dying.
5. Needs of dying patients and their relatives, spiritual care.
6. Assessment of signs and symptoms in palliative care.
7. Pain management.
- 1. Palliative care, its forms and characteristic features. Target groups of palliative care.
- Literature
- recommended literature
- TRUHLÍKOVÁ, M. Duchovní potřeby a duchovní péče. Distanční studijní opora a e-learningový kurz. Opava: Slezská univerzita v Opavě, 2012. URL info
- MONSPORTOVÁ, M. Hospicová péče. Distanční studijní opora a e-learningový kurz. Opava: Slezská univerzita v Opavě, 2012. URL info
- VORLÍČEK, J., ABRAHÁMOVÁ, J., VORLÍČKOVÁ, H. Klinická onkologie pro sestry. Praha: Grada Publishing, 2006. ISBN 80-247-1716-6. info
- KOLEKTIV AUTORŮ. Vše o léčbě bolesti. Příručka pro sestry. Praha:Grada Publishing, 2006. ISBN 80-247-1720-4. info
- MUNZAROVÁ, M. Eutanazie, nebo paliativní péče. Praha: Grada Publishing, 2005. ISBN 80-247-1025-0. info
- O´CONNOR, M., ARANDA, S. Paliativní péče-pro sestry všech oborů. Praha: Grada Publishing, 2005. ISBN 80-247-1295-4. 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 1 HOD/TYD, Cvičení 4 HOD/SEM. - Teacher's information
- Credit requirements: 80% attendance in seminars. Students who could not attend a number of lessons for serious reasons will be assigned extra tasks.
Credit test (a minimum of 75 per cent correct answers).
- Enrolment Statistics (Winter 2017, recent)
- Permalink: https://is.slu.cz/course/fvp/winter2017/UOSP064