Course: Nursing Care in Surgery

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Course title Nursing Care in Surgery
Course code UZV/PACH5
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminar
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 2
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Snopek Petr, PhDr. Mgr. PhD., MBA
  • Pelikán Anton, prof. MUDr. DrSc.
Course content
Lectures: - Division of surgical branches. Specifics of work in the surgical department. Asepsis, antisepsis. - Preparation for surgery - 1 hour - Postoperative care. Postoperative complications. Preparing for emergency operation. Anaesthesia. - Basic surgery - 1 hour - Organ transplantation. Plastic surgery - 1 hour - Abdominal surgery - acute appendicitis, cholecystitis, pancreatitis, ileus. Bleeding into the digestive tube. Gastrointestinal perforation, peritonitis - 1 hour - Traumatology and orthopaedics. Head injury. Injuries to chest, ribs - 1 hour - Thyroid, lung surgery - 1 hour - Breast surgery. Urology - 1 hour - Oncological surgery - 1 hour Seminars: - Nurse's work on individual types of surgical workplaces. The work of a nurse in the operating room. Asepsis, antisepsis. Nursing process in a patient before surgery, intraoperative and postoperative - 2 hours - Problems of anesthesia - care of patient after anesthesia. Problems of pain after surgery - 1 hour - Wound care - 1 hour - Importance of parenteral nutrition in surgery. Nursing process in blood transfer - 1 hour - Nursing process in patients with acute appendicitis, cholecystitis, pancreatitis, intestinal obstruction, bowel hernia. Nursing process in patients with bleeding into GIT, peritonitis - 2 hours - Nursing process in a traumatologic patient - with head injury, consciousness disorders. Nursing process in a patient with chest, spine, spinal cord and pelvic injuries. Nursing process in patients after total replacement of large joints - 3 hours - Nursing process in patients after chest and lung surgery, thyroid gland - 1 hour - Nursing process in patients after breast surgery - 1 hour - Nursing process in a patient after surgery GIT. Stoma - 2 hours - Nursing process in a patient with urological disease - 2 hours

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecturing, Training in motion and work skills, Practice exercises, Dealing with situational issues - learning in situations
  • Participation in classes - 24 hours per semester
  • Home preparation for classes - 36 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
The student Is able to combine theoretical and practical skills, knows the structure and developmental diversity of the human body systems. Is able to use critical thinking and also to communicate and cooperate within a health care team.
The student Is able to combine theoretical and practical skills, knows the structure and developmental diversity of the human body systems. Is able to use critical thinking and also to communicate and cooperate within a health care team.
learning outcomes
clarify the issue of the field of surgery and its specifics
clarify the issue of the field of surgery and its specifics
use knowledge about operative procedures from the point of view of preventing complications
use knowledge about operative procedures from the point of view of preventing complications
orientate yourself in the basic procedures in surgery
orientate yourself in the basic procedures in surgery
use technical terms in relation to trauma surgery and urgent acute care
use technical terms in relation to trauma surgery and urgent acute care
to specify the issue of pain in connection with the surgical procedure
to specify the issue of pain in connection with the surgical procedure
Skills
specify the nurse's work at individual types of surgical workplaces
specify the nurse's work at individual types of surgical workplaces
describe the preoperative and postoperative care of the client
describe the preoperative and postoperative care of the client
implement the nursing process in the care of a patient undergoing surgery
implement the nursing process in the care of a patient undergoing surgery
defines the issue of anesthesia and care of the client after anesthesia
defines the issue of anesthesia and care of the client after anesthesia
clarify the nursing process for clients with a diagnosis requiring surgical treatment
clarify the nursing process for clients with a diagnosis requiring surgical treatment
teaching methods
Knowledge
Lecturing
Lecturing
Dealing with situational issues - learning in situations
Training in motion and work skills
Training in motion and work skills
Practice exercises
Practice exercises
Dealing with situational issues - learning in situations
assessment methods
Didactic test
Didactic test
Recommended literature
  • Clinical Handbook for Brunner & Suddarth's Textbook of Medical-Surgical Nursing. Philadelphia: Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams &Wilkins, 2014.
  • HERDMAN, T. H. & KAMITSURU, S., Překlad Pavla Kudlová. OŠETŘOVATELSKÉ DIAGNÓZY: Definice a klasifikace 2015?2017. Praha: Grada, 2015.
  • HOCH, J., LEFFLER. J. Textbook of surgery: current surgical diagnosis and treatment. Prague: Maxdorf, 2013.
  • JANÍKOVÁ, E., ZELENÍKOVÁ, R. Ošetřovatelská péče v chirurgii. Praha: Grada, 2013. ISBN 978-80-247-4412-4.
  • Kapounová, Gabriela. Ošetřovatelství v intenzivní péči. Vyd. 1. Praha : Grada, 2007. ISBN 978-80-247-1830-9.
  • Kudlová, Pavla. Ošetřovatelská péče v diabetologii. Praha: Grada Publishing, 2015. ISBN 978-80-247-5367-6.
  • LUKÁŠ, K., ŽÁK, A. a kol. Gastroenterologie a hepatologie. Praha: Grada, 2007. ISBN 978-80-247-1787-6.
  • MOORHEAD, S., JOHNSON, M., MAAS, M. L., SWANSON, E. Nursing Outcomes Classification (NOC), 4th Edition. 5th Edition. Mosby, 2008. ISBN 978-0-323-05408-9.
  • Pafko, Pavel. Základy speciální chirurgie. Praha : Galén : Karolinum, 2008. ISBN 978-80-7262-402-7.
  • SCHNEIDEROVÁ, Michaela. Perioperační péče. Praha: Grada, 2014.
  • SLEZÁKOVÁ, L. a kol. Ošetřovatelství v chirurgii II. Praha: Grada, 2010. ISBN 978-80-247-3130-8.
  • SLEZÁKOVÁ, L. a kol. Ošetřovatelství v chirurgii I. Praha: Grada, 2010. ISBN 978-80-247-3129-2.
  • Zachová, V. a kol. Stomie. Praha: Grada, 2010. ISBN 978-80-247-3256-5.
  • ZEMAN, M., KRŠKA, zZ. Chirurgická propedeutika. Praha: Grada. 2023.
  • Zeman, Miroslav. Chirurgická propedeutika. 3., přeprac. a dopl. vyd. Praha : Grada, 2011. ISBN 978-80-247-3770-6.


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