UODK009 Nursing Theory

Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Winter 2018
Extent and Intensity
0/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Pavlína Rabasová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Pavlína Rabasová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Pavlína Rabasová, 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 aims to provide students with basic information about systemic definition of nursing as integral part of health care system in which qualified nurses carry out their profession. The course explains recent scientific (holistic) view of health of individuals and its effect on economic transformation and change of organization structures of health care systems. It characterizes current social needs in health care in European context and realization of extensive changes connected to implementation of new legal regulations and standards. Extended roles of nurses are reflected in their professional education and functional profile in practice. Gordon's functional health patterns, a structure of health assessment defines the field of nursing as well. After finishing the course, the student will be well informed in the systemic definition of nursing. They will understand functions and competence of nurses. They will be able to apply the structure of nursing assessment to assess health of individuals, families and communities. Learning outcomes: Professional knowledge: The student is able to characterize the developmental trends affecting development and education in nursing care. The student is able to characterize the concept of health and the main determinants of health of population. The student is able to describe tasks, extended roles and competence of nurses, is able to explain education trends and learning to achieve competence. The student is able to characterize nurses' professional approach and the significance of regulation system of nursing care. Professional skills: The student is able to use systematic structure of functional health patterns to assess health, to compile nursing anamnesis, to distinguish records of subjective and objective data. General ability: The student is able to use the structure of functional health patterns independently and methodically to assess health of individual subjects (client/patient, infant, small child, adolescent, family and community). Competence: The student improves the acquired skill of using functional health patterns to assess health of individual subjects in the course of further study and clinical practice.
Syllabus
  • 1. Social changes and nursing care (main trends affecting education in nursing).
    2. Health of population and nursing care (the concept of health, WHO strategy for population health care, roles of nurses and midwives in society.)
    3. Professional training of nurses and midwives in Europe (standards of education and training of nurses, WHO strategy principles of education for nurses and midwives, policy of education content).
    4. Nursing competence in practice - growth of professionalism in nursing care (the term of competence, professional nursing, role and competence of nurses in multi-disciplinarian team, standards of nurses' professional performance, knowledge and skills, regulation system of nursing practice).
    5. Nursing assessment of health (types of information and its acquisition, development of standard model for nursing assessment).
    6. Functional health patterns - M.Gordon's model, structure for health assessment (its significance for nursing practice; health assessment of adult client/patient, of infant/child/adolescent; health assessment of family, community).
    7. Dysfunctional types of health and nursing assessment (distinguishing functional and dysfunctional type of health; NANDA nursing diagnosis in 11 patterns of dysfunctional health; health assessment for acute life-threatening conditions.
Literature
    required literature
  • MASTILIAKOVÁ, D. Funkční typy zdraví. Model Marjory Gordonové pro posuzování stavu zdraví. Standardní model ošetřovatelství. Distanční studijní opora a e-learningový kurz [online]. Opava: Slezská univerzita v Opavě, 2012. URL info
  • MASTILIAKOVÁ, D. Úvod do ošetřovatelství. Distanční studijní opora a e-learningový kurz [online]. Opava: Slezská univerzita v Opavě, 2012. URL info
    recommended literature
  • MASTILIAKOVÁ, D. Úvod do oboru ošetřovatelství II.díl. Systémový přístup. Praha: Univerzita Karlova v Praze, 2002. info
  • ROUX, G. M., HALSTEAD, J. A. Issues and Trends in Nursing: Essential Knowledge for Today and Tomorrow. Burlington: Jones & Bartlett Learning, 2008. ISBN 0-7637-5225-8. info
  • MASTILIAKOVÁ, D. Úvod do oboru ošetřovatelství I.díl. Systémový přístup. Praha: Univerzita Karlova v Praze, 2002.s.187. Praha: Karolinum, 2003. ISBN 80-246-0429-9. info
  • SALVAGE, J., HEIJNEN, S. Nursing in Europe. A Resource For Better Health. Copenhagen: WHO, 1997. ISBN 978-92890-1338-3. info
  • SALVAGE, J. Nursing in Action. Copenhagen: WHO, 1993. ISBN 9-2890-1312-5. 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 6 HOD/SEM.
Teacher's information
Controlled self-study with continuous assessment of acquired knowledge.
Evaluation of risk for own health according to Gordon's functional health patterns.
Two final electronic tests, a minimum of 80 per cent of correct answers are required on each test.
The course is also listed under the following terms Winter 2014, Winter 2015, Winter 2016, Winter 2017.
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