VLPX042t Vacational Training in Nursing

Faculty of Medicine
spring 2027
Extent and Intensity
0/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Petra Búřilová, Ph.D., BBA (seminar tutor)
prof. PhDr. Andrea Pokorná, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Dana Soldánová (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Eliška Miková (assistant)
Ing. Kateřina Sehnalová (assistant)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Andrea Pokorná, Ph.D.
Department of Health Sciences – Departments of Non-medical Branches – Faculty of Medicine
Contact Person: Mgr. Eliška Miková
Supplier department: Department of Health Sciences – Departments of Non-medical Branches – Faculty of Medicine
Prerequisites (in Czech)
VLBF011p Biophysics-lect. && VLPO011p First Aid - lecture && ( VLLT0222 Bas. Med. Terminol. II -p || VLLT0222s Bas. Med. Terminol. II -s )
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
Abstract
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.
Key topics
  • 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.
Study resources and literature
    required literature
  • POKORNÁ, Andrea; Alena KOMÍNKOVÁ; Andrea MENŠÍKOVÁ and Marta ŠENKYŘÍKOVÁ. Ošetřovatelské postupy založené na důkazech (Nursing procedures based on evidence). 2. dotisk 2. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2025. ISBN 978-80-210-9297-6. info
  • POKORNÁ, Andrea; Alena KOMÍNKOVÁ and Nikola SIKOROVÁ. Ošetřovatelské postupy založené na důkazech. 2. díl (Nursing skills – based on evidence. Vol. 2). 3. dotisk 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2025, 171 pp. ISBN 978-80-210-7415-6. 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
    recommended literature
  • VYTEJČKOVÁ, Renata. Ošetřovatelské postupy v péči o nemocné I : obecná část. 1. vyd. Praha: Grada, 2011, 228 s. ISBN 9788024734194. info
  • VYTEJČKOVÁ, Renata. Ošetřovatelské postupy v péči o nemocné II : speciální část. 1. vyd. Praha: Grada, 2013, 272 s. ISBN 9788024734200. info
  • VYTEJČKOVÁ, Renata; Petra SEDLÁŘOVÁ; Vlasta WIRTHOVÁ; Iva OTRADOVCOVÁ and Lucie KUBÁTOVÁ. Ošetřovatelské postupy v péči o nemocné III : speciální část. 1. vydání. Praha: Grada Publishing, 2015, 303 stran. ISBN 9788024734217. info
  • MCEWEN, Melanie and Evelyn M. WILLS. Theoretical basis for nursing. Sixth edition. Philadelphia: Wolters Kluwer, 2023, xvi, 604. ISBN 9781975175658. URL info
  • PERRY, Anne Griffin; Patricia Ann POTTER and Wendy OSTENDORF. Nursing interventions & clinical skills. Seventh edition. St. Louis, Missouri: Elsevier, 2020, xv, 878. ISBN 9780323547017. info
  • STANDING, Mooi. Clinical judgement and decision making in nursing. Third edition. Los Angeles: SAGE, 2017, ix, 238. ISBN 9781473957268. info
  • BACH, Shirley and Alec GRANT. Communication and interpersonal skills in nursing. 3rd edition. Los Angeles: SAGE, 2015, xiii, 193. ISBN 9781473902572. info
Approaches, practices, and methods used in teaching
Clinical practice.
Method of verifying learning outcomes and course completion requirements
Credit, 100% attendance in clinical practice.

Language of instruction
Czech
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 týdny během letních prázdnin.
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
Teacher's information
The scope of the holiday internship in nursing I is 80 hours. TThe internship can be carried out from June 1 to September 30 in an inpatient department of adult medicine of internal or surgical type (e.g. in an inpatient internal, cardiology, gastroenterology, metabolic, neurological, pulmonary, geriatric, infectious and oncology department or in surgical departments, including traumatology, cardiac surgery, neurosurgery, orthopedics, vascular and thoracic surgery, oncosurgery, dental surgery and otorhinolaryngology). Gynecological inpatient departments can only be chosen exceptionally (mandatory internship is in the 5th year of study).
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, spring 2025, spring 2026.
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