Palliative care ERASMUS>PIE05
Aims of the course:
1. Acquisition and consolidation of knowledge on diseases and injuries requiring palliative care.
2. Acquiring the ability to select methods of care for a patient treated in a medical department palliative care in order to plan a holistic care for the patient.
3. Developing an attitude of moral responsibility for a person and professional tasks performed and systematic enrichment of knowledge, striving for professionalism.
Course coordinators
Learning outcomes
1. Organization of palliative care. Philosophy of conduct in palliative care.
2. The terminal period in selected systemic diseases (system respiratory, digestive, urinary, brain tumors)
3. Neoplastic pain pathomechanism. Principles of pain treatment (ladder analgesic, invasive methods of pain treatment). Assessment of pain intensity.
4. The role of the nurse in symptomatic treatment (dyspnoea, haemoptysis, nausea, vomiting, ascites, duct obstruction alimentary tract). Nursing a patient with fistulas. Care oral cavity (dryness, drooling, stomatitis, mycosis). Lymphedema. Cachexia.
5. Rehabilitation in palliative care.
6. Mental, spiritual and ethical problems. Emotional reactions to terminal state (anxiety, anger, depression, hope). Family help in the period of dying.
7. Palliative care for children.
8. Nursing a patient with gastrostomy.
9. Nursing a patient with pressure ulcers.
10. Nursing a patient with cancerous ulcer.
11. The role and tasks of the nurse in caring for the dying person.
12. “Help me, listen to me, don't leave me, expand your mind”.
Additional information
Information on level of this course, year of study and semester when the course unit is delivered, types and amount of class hours - can be found in course structure diagrams of apropriate study programmes. This course is related to the following study programmes:
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