aVLPX042t Vacational Training in Nursing I

Faculty of Medicine
spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
0/5.3/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Petra Búřilová, BBA (seminar tutor)
prof. PhDr. Andrea Pokorná, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Andrea Pokorná, Ph.D.
Department of Health Sciences – Departments of Non-medical Branches – Faculty of Medicine
Contact Person: Mgr. Tereza Sáňková
Prerequisites
aVLBF011p Biophysics -lect. && aVLPO011p First Aid - lecture && aVLLT0222s Bas. Med. Terminol. II -sem.
are not reguired
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
Course objectives
Vacation/Summer practice in nursing I follow up on the subject Nursing. The aim of the course is to acquaint students with the activities of a general nurse in the inpatient department/treatment unit. Teaching is focused on the practice of practical skills - nursing activities and procedures according to the latest scientific knowledge, in real conditions of clinical practice.
Learning outcomes
The student will gain knowledge and skills for the implementation of nursing care and diagnostic-therapeutic activities, which are in the competence of the general nurse, or in which the general nurse assists the doctor/physician(other members of the multidisciplinary team.
After completing the course in the field of cognitive goals the student will be able to:
define the categories of non-medical health professionals and their competencies
describe the nature and equipment of the treatment unit, the organization of work and its schedule
define organizational forms of nursing care
list the categories of patients
define medical and nursing documentation
list evaluation scales and tests (to assess the risk of falls, the risk of pressure ulcers, to assess self-sufficiency, to assess pain, nutritional screening, etc.).
In the field of psychomotor goals the student will be able to:
work together as a team
communicate properly with healthcare professionals and patients
to provide individualized nursing care to adult patients on the basis of knowledge of their biopsychosocial needs and problems, with the determination of nursing diagnoses, goals and plans of nursing activities and with the evaluation of nursing interventions
apply the principles of barrier care
apply aseptic work procedures
apply other activities in the prevention of diseases associated with the provision of health care
perform selected nursing activities and services
work with medical and nursing documentation
apply rating scales and tests.
Syllabus
  • Nursing activities with which the student will be acquainted during the clinical practice or will participate in their implementation:
  • principles of hand hygiene and aseptic working procedures
  • implementation of the nursing process
  • admission, transfer and discharge of the patient
  • care for aids, disinfection, sterilization
  • hygienic care for self-sufficient, partially self-sufficient and non-self-sufficient patients
  • bed adjustment
  • nutrition and diet of the sick
  • emptying patients, enemas, inserting a urinary catheter in a woman, caring for incontinent patients
  • care for   rest and sleep of the sick
  • care for patients with pain
  • prevention of pressure ulcers, care of patients with pressure ulcers
  • care for patients with impaired consciousness
  • measurement and recording of vital functions, electrocardiography
  • visit, assistance during the visit
  • a sampling of biological material
  • peripheral vein cannulation and care of an inserted catheter
  • tasks of a nurse in the preparation and application of drugs orally, per rectum, on the skin and into the body cavities, application of injections (subcutaneous, intramuscular, intravenous)
  • preparation and administration of infusion and transfusion
  • oxygen and inhalation therapy
  • secretion of secretion from HDC in conscious patients older than 10 years
  • dressings of aseptic and septic wounds, care of drains, care of the stoma
  • acquaintance with basic dressing technique, prevention of venous thrombosis - bandages of lower limbs, care of patients with immobilization bandages
  • rehabilitation nursing - positioning, mobilization, breathing exercises, self-service and self-sufficiency training
  • caring for the dying and caring for the dead body
  • optional: preoperative preparation and postoperative care.
Literature
    required literature
  • POTTER, Patricia Ann, Anne Griffin PERRY, Patricia A. STOCKERT and Amy HALL. Essentials for nursing practice. 8th edition. St. Louis, Missouri: Elsevier-Mosby, 2015, xxii, 1225. ISBN 9780323112024. info
  • Nursing older adults. Edited by Jan Reed - Charlotte L. Clarke - Ann Macfarlane. Maidenhead, Berkshire: Open University Press/McGraw-Hill, 2012, xvii, 297. ISBN 9780335240845. info
  • MCEWEN, Melanie and Evelyn M. WILLS. Theoretical basis for nursing. 3rd ed. Philadelphia: Wolters Kluwer/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2011, xix, 508. ISBN 9781605473239. info
    recommended literature
  • Webb, L. Nursing: Communication Skills in Practice (Prepare for Practice) 1st Ed. Oxford University Pres: 2011, ISBN-13: 978-0199582723
  • Beharková,N. Soldánová, D. Základy ošetřovatelských postupů a intervencí. available at: http://portal.med.muni.cz/clanek-665-zaklady-osetrovatelskych-postupu-a-intervenci.html
  • NANDA International, Inc. nursing diagnoses : definitions & classification 2015-2017. Edited by T. Heather Herdman - Shigemi Kamitsuru. Tenth edition. Chichester: Wiley Blackwell, 2014, xxviii, 48. ISBN 9781118914939. info
  • Nursing Interventions Classification (NIC). Edited by Gloria M. Bulechek. 6th ed. St. Louis: Elsevier, 2013, xxviii, 60. ISBN 9780323100113. info
  • Nursing Outcomes Classification (NOC) : measurement of health outcomes. Edited by Sue Moorhead. 5th ed. St. Louis: Elsevier, 2013, xix, 751. ISBN 9780323100106. info
  • SCHUMACHER, Lori and Cynthia C. CHERNECKY. Saunders nursing survival guide : critical care & emergency nursing. 2nd ed. St. Louis, Mo.: Elsevier Saunders, 2010, xviii, 377. ISBN 141606169X. info
    not specified
  • Náhradní obsah: DEBNATH, Rita. PROFESSIONAL SKILLS IN NURSING. 1st. ed. 218 pp. ISBN 978-1-84787-396-5
Teaching methods
clinical practice
Assessment methods
100% attendance in clinical practice
credit
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: in blocks.
Note related to how often the course is taught: 2 weeks during summer.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 80.
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
Teacher's information
The scope of Vacation/Summer practice in Nursing I is 80 hours. The internship can be carried out in the period from June to September, in the inpatient department of the internal or surgical type (workplace of adult medicine).
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2017, Spring 2018, spring 2019, spring 2020, spring 2021, spring 2022, spring 2023, spring 2024.
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