BZZG061p Basics Geriatrics - lecture

Faculty of Medicine
Spring 2015
Extent and Intensity
1.5/0/0. 1 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Božena Flajšingerová (lecturer), Mgr. Liana Greiffeneggová (deputy)
Mgr. Liana Greiffeneggová (lecturer)
prof. MUDr. Hana Matějovská Kubešová, CSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. MUDr. Hana Matějovská Kubešová, CSc.
Department of Midwifery and Paramedics – Departments of Non-medical Branches – Faculty of Medicine
Contact Person: Mgr. Liana Greiffeneggová
Supplier department: Department of Midwifery and Paramedics – Departments of Non-medical Branches – Faculty of Medicine
Timetable
Tue 3. 3. to Tue 31. 3. Tue 9:00–11:30 332
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
The course is conceived as theoretical-practical. The aim is to acquaint students with involution changes, health condition and diseases in old age for the nursing care needs of seniors and changed by the illness. Emphasis is placed on the differences of individual needs of people in higher age groups and the way of satisfying them, including differences of multidisciplinary care for the elderly in outpatient and inpatient health services.
Syllabus
  • lectures
  • Failure of individual mental functions, basic concepts: consciousness and its disorders.
  • Failure of individual mental functions, basic concepts: memory, intellect and thinking.
  • Personality and its disorders.
  • Neurotic disorders and disorders caused by stress.
  • Psychotropic drugs in first aid.
  • Aggression and restlessness using psychopharmacological management, issue of drug addiction.
  • Manifestations of common mental disorders: schizophrenia, affective disorders.
  • Specifics seniors in nursing   prehospital and hospital emergency care.
Literature
  • POKORNÁ, Andrea, Alena KOMÍNKOVÁ, Michaela SCHNEIDEROVÁ and Hana PINKAVOVÁ. Ošetřovatelství v geriatrii (Geriatric Nursing). 1. vyd. Praha: Grada, 2013, 193 pp. ISBN 978-80-247-4316-5. info
  • MATĚJOVSKÁ KUBEŠOVÁ, Hana and Pavel WEBER. Geriatrie (Geriatrics). In Vnitřní lékařství. Praha: Grada, 2011, 30 pp. Vnitřní lékařství 1. ISBN 978-80-247-2110-1. info
  • SCHULER, Matthias and Peter OSTER. Geriatrie od A do Z pro sestry. 1. české vyd. Praha: Grada, 2010, 336 s. ISBN 9788024730134. info
  • KALVACH, Zdeněk. Geriatrie a gerontologie. 1. vyd. Praha: Grada, 2004, 861 s. ISBN 8024705486. info
Teaching methods
Lecture, discussion.
Assessment methods
Completion: colloquium attendance, active participation in discussions  .
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, spring 2019, spring 2020, spring 2021, spring 2022, spring 2023, spring 2024, spring 2025.
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