LF:BSNE061p Nursing in Neurology -lec. - Course Information

BSNE061p Nursing in Neurology - lecture

Extent and Intensity

0/0/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

prof. MUDr. Josef Bednařík, CSc. (lecturer)
prof. MUDr. Milan Brázdil, Ph.D. (lecturer)
prof. MUDr. Pavel Štourač, Ph.D. (lecturer)
prof. MUDr. Martin Bareš, Ph.D. (lecturer)
prof. MUDr. Zdeněk Kadaňka, CSc. (lecturer)
prof. MUDr. Ivan Rektor, CSc. (lecturer)
PhDr. Mgr. Milena Košťálová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
prof. MUDr. Irena Rektorová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. MUDr. Yvonne Benešová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
MUDr. Stanislav Voháňka, CSc., MBA (lecturer)
Amit Suresh Khairnar, Ph.D. (assistant)

Guaranteed by

prof. MUDr. Josef Bednařík, CSc.
Department of Neurology – Joint workplaces with the University Hospital Brno - workplaces of the Bohunice and Mater. Hospital – Faculty of Medicine
Contact Person: Jaromíra Saláková
Supplier department: Department of Neurology – Joint workplaces with the University Hospital Brno - workplaces of the Bohunice and Mater. Hospital – Faculty of Medicine

Timetable

Thu 23. 2. to Thu 27. 4. Thu 10:00–12:30 F01B1/317

Prerequisites (in Czech)

( BZKP021p Clinical Propaedeutics - lec. && BZKP021c Clinical Propaedeutics - pr. ) || ( BSKP021p Clinical Examination-lec. && BSKP021c Clinical Examination-p )

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

• General Nurse (programme LF, B-OS)

Course objectives

The main aims of the subject are: to become familiar with the content of neurology; to acquire an overview of the main diagnostic procedures in neurology, their risks and demands for a patient; to become familiar with clinical symptomatology, course and prognosis of main neurological disorders and their specifics with respect to nursing

Syllabus

• Education is divided into ten 3-hour blocks.
• 1. Introduction. Definition of neurology as a medical specialization and its place among other specialties. Multidisciplinary cooperation. Management of neurological patients especially stroke patients. In-patient and out-patient neurological care. Specialization in neurology. Basic principles of the anatomy and function of the nervous system, basic terms.
• 2. Fundamentals of neurological symptomatology. Movement disorders: pareses, diskinesias, myoclonias, speech disorders. Sensitive, sensory, autonomous disorders. Clinical neurological bed-side examination.
• 3. Fundamentals of topical diagnosis and syndromology. Main neurological topical syndromes. Case record in neurology.
• 4. Basic developmental principles of the nervous system. Specifics of neurological disorders in infancy and childhood.
• 5. Basic diagnostic procedures in neurology I. Imaging methods: X-ray exam, computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, angiography, lumbar puncture and examination of the cerebrospinal fluid, biochemical tests.
• 6. Basic diagnostic procedures in neurology II. Electrodiagnostic methods: electroencephalography, electomyography, evoked potentials. Fundamentals of neurorehabilitation.
• 7. Basic pathophysiological mechanisms in neurological disorders. Vascular disorders of the brain.
• 8. Epilepsy, neoplasms of the nervous system, headache.
• 9. Neuromuscular, spondylogenic a demyelinative neurological disorders.
• 10. Traumatic, infectious and metabolic disorders of the nervous system. Conclusions.

Literature

• Tyrlíková I. a kol. Neurologie pro sestry. IDVPZ 1999, Brno (dosud nebylo vydáno).
• Písemné syllaby k jednotlivým stážím (obdrží od vyučujícího).

Teaching methods

lecture

Assessment methods

Lectures and discussions; final oral exam.

Language of instruction

Czech

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

The course is taught annually.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 30 celkem.

• Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2017, recent)
  
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