LF:BSPC011 Nursing process and human need - Course Information
BSPC011 Nursing process and human needs
Faculty of Medicineautumn 2025
- Extent and Intensity
- 0/3/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
In-person direct teaching - Teacher(s)
- Mgr. et Mgr. Maxim Ipati (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Vendula Tesaříková (seminar tutor)
PhDr. Natália Beharková, Ph.D. (assistant)
Mgr. Irena Chaloupková (assistant)
Mgr. Dana Soldánová (assistant) - Guaranteed by
- PhDr. Natália Beharková, Ph.D.
Department of Health Sciences – Departments of Non-medical Branches – Faculty of Medicine
Contact Person: PhDr. Natália Beharková, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Health Sciences – Departments of Non-medical Branches – Faculty of Medicine - Timetable of Seminar Groups
- BSPC011/Sk_1: Tue 16. 9. 11:00–13:30 F01B1/509, Tue 23. 9. 11:00–13:30 F01B1/509, Tue 7. 10. 11:00–13:30 F01B1/509, Tue 14. 10. 11:00–13:30 F01B1/509, Tue 21. 10. 11:00–13:30 F01B1/509, Tue 4. 11. 11:00–13:30 F01B1/509, Tue 11. 11. 11:00–13:30 F01B1/509, Tue 18. 11. 11:00–13:30 F01B1/509, Tue 25. 11. 11:00–13:30 F01B1/509, Tue 2. 12. 11:00–13:30 F01B1/509, Tue 9. 12. 11:00–13:30 F01B1/509, Tue 16. 12. 11:00–13:30 F01B1/509, V. Tesaříková
BSPC011/Sk_2: Tue 16. 9. 11:00–13:30 F01B1/309, Tue 23. 9. 11:00–13:30 F01B1/309, Tue 7. 10. 11:00–13:30 F01B1/309, Tue 14. 10. 11:00–13:30 F01B1/309, Tue 21. 10. 11:00–13:30 F01B1/309, Tue 4. 11. 11:00–13:30 F01B1/309, Tue 11. 11. 11:00–13:30 F01B1/309, Tue 18. 11. 11:00–13:30 F01B1/309, Tue 25. 11. 11:00–13:30 F01B1/309, Tue 2. 12. 11:00–13:30 F01B1/309, Tue 9. 12. 11:00–13:30 F01B1/309, Tue 16. 12. 11:00–13:30 F01B1/309, M. Ipati - 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 Nursing (programme LF, B-VO) (2)
- Course objectives
- The main objectives of the subject are identified in cognitive, psychomotor and attitude. Students will be able to: to manage specialist terminology (nursing process and human needs), to provide basic nursing care for people with a health disorder (in the area of assistance in moving, eating and excreting). Students will acquire basic methods of measurement and evaluation of vital functions, will be able to use the basic terminological expert lexicon in relation to the provision of nursing care, they will be able to orientate in specialized literature, will be able to identify the problems of the patient and to formulate the nursing diagnosis in the nursing process), will be able to define requirements for effective and holistic nursing care. Subject The nursing process and human needs are theoretical and practical subjects with the predominance of practicing practical activities and acquiring basic nursing skills. The subject follows the knowledge of specialized subjects, especially nursing and pre-clinical medical disciplines. Teaching is done in specialized classrooms that simulate the conditions of the clinical workplace. Students follow the rules of health and safety at work and are encouraged to accept the rights of patients in the spirit of the holistic concept of nursing and to develop communication skills. The teaching is based on generally binding standards of nursing practice and uses the latest knowledge in the field. Part of the course is rehabilitation nursing in the prevention of immobilization syndrome. As part of the subject, students will learn to perform rehabilitation treatments – positioning, passive and active exercises, breathing gymnastics, early mobilization, self-sufficiency training to match the competences of general nurses.The acquired knowledge and skills are applied in the clinical practice of teaching nursing practice.
- Learning outcomes
- Student will be able to:
orientate themselves in professional literature
use professional terminology
define the nursing process and its individual phases
define NANDA taxonomy and orient in nursing diagnostics
describe the needs of the patient
Provide nursing care in self-care areas (hygiene, emptying, eating, dressing)
provide nursing care in other areas of care (physical activity, pain, sleep)
to properly handle partially self-sufficient and non-self-sufficient patients
measure and evaluate vital functions
remove biological material provide nursing care while ensuring the need for certainty and safety provide nursing care for sensory perception and patient consciousness. provide nursing care at the dying, caring for the deceased. ensure rehabilitative nursing in the patient. - Syllabus
- Needs and nursing process - Theoretical basics and nursing models in a basic overview.
- The needs of the human individual and their hierarchy.
- Nursing process: definition, theoretical basis and process phases, history, individual assessment, data collection, nursing diagnostics, NANDA taxonomy II, nursing intervention classification, nursing intervention classification, evaluation of achieved care goals and the nursing process complex.
- Nursing process in meeting the health and illness needs of a person.
- Nursing process in ensuring the need for physical activity in health and illness - need for self-care and self-sufficiency (need for rest).
- Nursing process in ensuring the need for health care in health and illness (including oral care for healthy and special oral cavity care).
- Nursing process to ensure the need for nutrition and hydration in health and illness (
- Nursing process while ensuring the need to care for urinary and faecal discharge in health and illness.
- Nursing process while ensuring the need for sleep.
- Nursing process while ensuring the need for painlessness.
- Nursing process in the care of vital functions (including assessment and measurement). The nursing process while ensuring the need for certainty and safety. Nursing process in caring for sensory perception and patient consciousness. The nursing process when dying, caring for the deceased. Rehabilitative Nursing.
- Literature
- required literature
- POKORNÁ, Andrea; Alena KOMÍNKOVÁ; Andrea MENŠÍKOVÁ and Marta ŠENKYŘÍKOVÁ. Ošetřovatelské postupy založené na důkazech. 2., doplněné a přepracova. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2019, 128 stran. ISBN 9788021092976. info
- BEHARKOVÁ, Natália and Dana SOLDÁNOVÁ. Základy ošetřovatelských postupů a intervencí (2. aktualizované a doplněné vydání) (Basics of Nursing Procedures and Interventions). 2. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2019. Elportál. ISBN 978-80-210-9313-3. URL, URL, URL, URL info
- TRACHTOVÁ, Eva. Potřeby nemocného v ošetřovatelském procesu : učební texty pro vyšší zdravotnické školy, bakalářské a magisterské studium, specializační studium sester. Čtvrté rozšířené vydá. Brno: Národní centrum ošetřovatelství a nelékařských zdravotnických oborů, 2018, 261 stran. ISBN 9788070135907. info
- POKORNÁ, Andrea; Alena KOMÍNKOVÁ and Nikola SIKOROVÁ. Ošetřovatelské postupy založené na důkazech. 2. díl (Nursing skills - based on evidence. Vol. II). 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2014, 171 pp. ISBN 978-80-210-7415-6. info
- recommended literature
- Nursing outcomes classification (NOC) : measurement of health outcomes. Edited by Sue Moorhead - Elizabeth A. Swanson - Marion Johnson. Seventh edition. St. Louis, Missouri: Elsevier, 2024, xx, 863. ISBN 9780323882521
- Nursing interventions classification (NIC). Edited by Cheryl M. Wagner - Howard Karl Butcher - Mary F. Clarke. Eight edition. St. Louis, Missouri: Elsevier, 2024, xxix, 561. ISBN 9780323882514.
- Náhradní obsah: NANDA-I International Nursing Diagnoses Definitions & Classification, 2024-2026, T. Heather Herdman, Shigemi Kamitsuru, Camila Lopes ISBN: 9781684206018
- Teaching methods
- exercises, demonstrating and practicing model situations, e-learning support teaching
- Assessment methods
- Active participation in lessons (duly excused absence at most 1 times per semester).
Demonstration of theoretical knowledge by continuous written tests
Oral and practical examination. - Language of instruction
- Czech
- Follow-Up Courses
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- Study Materials
The course is taught annually. - Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
- Teacher's information
- Students who are registered in this subject could use the e-learning support of education.
- Enrolment Statistics (recent)
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