BSIL0611c Nursing care in infectious diseases – practice

Faculty of Medicine
spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
0/1/0. 1 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
prof. MUDr. Petr Husa, CSc. (seminar tutor)
doc. MUDr. Svatava Snopková, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
MUDr. Roman Stebel, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
MUDr. Lenka Vojtilová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Kristýna Žaludová (assistant)
Guaranteed by
prof. MUDr. Petr Husa, CSc.
Department of Infectious Diseases – Joint workplaces with the University Hospital Brno - workplaces of the Bohunice and Mater. Hospital – Faculty of Medicine
Supplier department: Department of Infectious Diseases – Joint workplaces with the University Hospital Brno - workplaces of the Bohunice and Mater. Hospital – Faculty of Medicine
Prerequisites (in Czech)
BSIG0422p Nursing in internal medicine and geriatrics II - lecture
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 concept of the course The nursing care in Infectious diseases is theoretically-practical.It is focused on patient of all ages with clinical and laboratory markers of infectious diseases.It is concetrated on early diagnosis of infectious diseases, principles of barrier care methods, prevention of hospilality-acquires infections, personal protection, typical diagnosis a isolation by law of selected infectious diseases. It familiarizes students with the special demands of infectious patients to be able to provide high-quality care in close co-operation with the patient´s family. The course will bring knowledge a practical experience of nursing care in both standard and intensive units of departments of infectious diseases.
Learning outcomes
After successful graduation the student will be able
- to know the basic differences in care of patient with infectious disease and non-infectious patient
- to use barrier care methods in practice
- to know and practically use aplication of effective methods of healthcare workers protection and prevention of hospitality-acquired infections
- to know and practically use aplication of isolation in selected infectious diseases wih high risk of person-to-person transmission of the infection
Syllabus
  • 1. standard unit and intensive-care unit in infectious diseases – differences to other parts of medicine.
  • 2. barrier care methods, prevention of hospitality-acquired infections, prevention ofthe personal against infectious diseases
  • 3. infections of the central nervous system
  • 4. infections of gastrointestinal tract
  • 5. sepsis and septick shock
  • 6. Clostridium difficile infection
  • 7. acute and chronic viral hepatitis
  • 8. spondylodiscitis
  • 9. infectious endokarditis
  • 10. HIV/AIDS
  • 11. infectious complications in patient with serious immunosuppression
  • 12. skin infections
  • 13. travel-related infections
Literature
    required literature
  • CHALUPA, Pavel, Drahomíra BARTOŠOVÁ, Petr HUSA, Zdeněk ČERNÝ, Alena HEJLOVÁ and Alena HOLČÍKOVÁ. Infekční lékařství. Učební text pro posluchače magisterského studia zdravotních věd. (Infectious diseases. Textbook for undergraduates of magister study of health sciences.). 1st ed. Brno: Vydavatelství Masarykovy univerzity Brno, 2001, 48 pp. ISBN 80-210-2576-X. info
    recommended literature
  • ČERNÝ, Zdeněk a kolektiv. Infekční nemoci. (Infectious diseases.). 2., přepracované a rozšířené. Brno: NZCO, 2008, 284 pp. ISBN 978-80-7013-480-1. info
  • BENEŠ, Jiří. Infekční lékařství. 1. vyd. Praha: Galén, 2009, xxv, 651. ISBN 9788072626441. info
  • HUSA, Petr, Lenka KRBKOVÁ, Kateřina HAVLÍČKOVÁ, Alena HOLČÍKOVÁ, Lukáš HOMOLA, Peter MIKOLÁŠEK, Pavel POLÁK, Mária PORUBČANOVÁ and Svatava SNOPKOVÁ. Infectious diseases for foreign students. 1st ed. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2013. ISBN 978-80-210-6630-4. info
    not specified
  • HUSA, Petr, Lenka KRBKOVÁ, Drahomíra BARTOŠOVÁ, Svatava SNOPKOVÁ, Alena HOLČÍKOVÁ, Pavel POLÁK, Radek SVOBODA and Kateřina HAVLÍČKOVÁ. Infekční lékařství. Učební text pro studenty všeobecného lékařství (Infectious Diseases. Textbook for students of general medicine.). 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2011, 159 pp. ISBN 978-80-210-5660-2. info
Teaching methods
Seminar/practice
Assessment methods
Requests for credit acquisition 1. 100% presence in practice/seminars during semester. 2. Absence will be excused only from health reasons. 3. Active participation on seminars and practices.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 10.
The course is also listed under the following terms spring 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (spring 2025, recent)
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