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Topical Problems in Care
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:9.00
Study Course Accepted:21.03.2023 13:55:01
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | MDAK_138 | LQF level: | Level 7 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 4.00 | ECTS: | 6.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Clinical Medicine; Health Care | Target Audience: | Nursing Science | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Kristaps Circenis | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Department of Nursing and Obstetric Care | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Riga, 26a Anninmuizas boulevard, mdak rsu[pnkts]lv, +371 67061568 | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 9 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 18 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 15 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 30 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 48 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Medical ethics, nursing diagnoses and nursing process, nursing theory, microbiology, epidemiology, infectious diseases, medical care and the history of science, care organisation and management. | ||||||||
| Objective: | To promote and develop an understanding of the role of care professionals in evidence-based healthcare systems, practices, care organisation and education, to promote knowledge and skills for evidence-based policy and practice, to develop the ability to critically analyse and translate state-of-the-art research into current issues. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Actual problems in nursing (care science) – historical and contemporary perspective. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 2 | Technological approach to patient care. Ethical issues in care in the 21st century traditional and complementary medicine. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 3 | Infection control philosophy (infection control team operation, standard infection control rules, infectious disease epidemiology and defense strategies). Infection control practice. Healthcare associated infections and their prevention in practice: wound infections, vascular therapy related infections, bladder related infections, respiratory infections, gastrone testinal infections. | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | Management of an infectious patient in a medical institution. Development of an international hand hygiene day plan. Analysis of a hygiene plan. | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 5 | Topicality and essence of patient safety. The role of the human factor or ergonomics. Proactive approach to risk management. Analysis of treatment processes and identification of risks. Strategies for risk reduction. The role of organisational and community culture. Reporting and learning. International patient safety goals: patient safety identification, surgical safety, anesthesia safety, safe drug administration, etc. Accident analysis, methods. Importance of using root cause analysis method. | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 6 | WHO Active aging policies and strategies to reduce the consequences of chronic illnesses in the context of public health. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 7 | Challenges for 21st century patient and community education. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 8 | Development in nursing practice. Development and change in nursing roles. Mechanisms regulating nursing practice and education. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 9 | The latest scientific research and publications in the field of nursing and care science. | Classes | 3.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | Students independently look for, read and analyse scientific articles on current problems in nursing. During the course students prepare presentations and a summary of their chosen topical problems in nursing, present it in the classes. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | Independently prepared works and the presentation of the study during the course (20%) and final examination (summary – presentation) (80%). | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam (Oral) | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | |||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | On completion of the study course students know and understand the components of nursing and health care practice and education, the influencing conditions, the regulatory mechanisms and the development perspective. The student is able to describe and compare infection control policies and principles at different levels, understands differences in information perception among patients/members of the public, understands and describes WHO active aging policies, and interacts with different factors in the aging process. Knows elements of patient safety system. | ||||||||
| Skills: | On completion of the study course students are able to identify and analyse the main problems in the development of nursing and health care practice and to offer solutions. The student is able to apply infection control guidelines and the development of nosocomial infections and restrictive measures in medical institutions. Able to analytically evaluate and shape patient/community education process. Is able to apply the basic principles of the WHO active aging policy to characterise a person's situation. Is familiar with patient safety legislation and systems. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | During the study course the students will develop the competence – ability to successfully operate in nursing practice in the context of development, integration and use of the situation appropriate skills, knowledge, attitudes. Will be able to develop a nosocomial infection prevention action plan for the medical institution. Will be able to collect literature, the latest evidence-based sources, analyse and integrate knowledge of contemporary problems in nursing and care science in Latvia and the world. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | ANO Vispārējā cilvēktiesību deklarācija | ||||||||
| 2 | Ārstniecības likums. “ Latvijas Vēstnesis”, 1997, Nr.167/168; “Ziņotājs”, Nr.15. (akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| 3 | Bennett, Gail: Infection Control Compliance Guide /Gail Bennett. Marblehead, MA: HCPro, c2006. xiv, 182 lpp. (akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| 4 | Brila A. Infekcijas slimību epidemioloģija. Nacionālais apgāds, 2009. (akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| 5 | Clambers M. Nursing Informatics and Practice Development, Nursing Times Research. 2002. 7:101. (akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| 6 | Bennett, Gail: Infection Control Compliance Guide /Gail Bennett. Marblehead, MA: HCPro, c2006. xiv, 182 lpp. (akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| 7 | Disinfection and Decontamination: Principles, Applications and Related Issues /edited by Gurusamy Manivannan. Boca Raton [etc.]: CRC Press/Taylor & Francis Group, 2008. xiii, 496 lpp., [16] lpp. (akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| 8 | Ministru kabineta 2019. gada 29. oktobra rīkojums Nr. 537 "Par konceptuālo ziņojumu "Par māsas profesijas turpmāko attīstību"". Latvijas Vēstnesis, 222, 01.11.2019. | ||||||||
| 9 | Ārvalstu studentiem/For international students: | ||||||||
| 10 | Bennett, Gail: Infection Control Compliance Guide /Gail Bennett. Marblehead, MA: HCPro, c2006. xiv, 182 lpp. (akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| 11 | Clambers M. Nursing Informatics and Practice Development, Nursing Times Research. 2002. 7:101. (akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| 12 | Bennett, Gail: Infection Control Compliance Guide /Gail Bennett. Marblehead, MA: HCPro, c2006. xiv, 182 lpp. (akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Fagin L., Garelick A. The Doctor-Nurse Relationship. Advances in Psychiatric Treatment, p.277-286, 2004 | ||||||||
| 2 | Konvencija par cilvēktiesību un cieņas aizsardzību bioloģijā un medicīnā | ||||||||
| 3 | LR Satversme | ||||||||
| 4 | McCormack B., Manley K., Garbett R. Practice Development in Nursing. John Willey &Sons, 2013 | ||||||||
| 5 | Natural Ventilation for Infection Control in Healthcare Settings /edited by: James Atkinson [et al.]. Geneva: World Health Organization, 2009. xxv, 106 lpp.: il. | ||||||||
| 6 | Parker M.E. Nursing Theories and Nursing Practice. F.A. Davis Company, Philadelphia, 2019 | ||||||||
| 7 | Understanding Patient Safety /edited by Lynne Currie. London: Quay Books, 2007. 172 lpp: il. | ||||||||
| 8 | WHO policy on TB Infection Control in Healthcare Facilities, Congregate Settings and Households [elektroniskais resurss]: [annexes] /World Health Organization. [Geneva]: World Health Organization, c2009. | ||||||||
| 9 | Clambers M. Nursing Informatics and Practice Development, Nursing Times Research. 2002. 7:101. (akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| 10 | WHO policy on TB Infection Control in Healthcare Facilities, Congregate Settings and Households [elektroniskais resurss]: [annexes] /World Health Organization. [Geneva]: World Health Organization, c2009. | ||||||||
| 11 | Schicktanz S., Schweda M.(2021)Aging 4.0? Rethinking the ethical framing of technology-assisted eldercare, History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences volume 43, Article number: 93, | ||||||||
| 12 | Technologies in care for older people, EPTA report 2019, Sweriges Riksdag, https://eptanetwork.org/images/documents/minutes/EPTA_repor… | ||||||||
| 13 | Leonardsen AL, Hardeland C, Helgesen AK, Grøndahl VA. Patient experiences with technology enabled care across healthcare settings- a systematic review. BMC Health Serv Res. 2020 Aug 24;20(1):779. doi: 10.1186/s12913-020-05633-4. PMID: 32838784; PMCID: PMC7446109. | ||||||||
| 14 | Ārvalstu studentiem/For international students: | ||||||||
| 15 | Fagin L., Garelick A. The Doctor-Nurse Relationship. Advances in Psychiatric Treatment, p.277-286, 2004 | ||||||||
| 16 | McCormack B., Manley K., Garbett R. Practice Development in Nursing. John Willey &Sons, 2013 | ||||||||
| 17 | WHO policy on TB Infection Control in Healthcare Facilities, Congregate Settings and Households [elektroniskais resurss]: [annexes] /World Health Organization. [Geneva]: World Health Organization, c2009. | ||||||||
| 18 | Technologies in care for older people, EPTA report 2019, Sweriges Riksdag, https://eptanetwork.org/images/documents/minutes/EPTA_repor… | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | Cilvēku, zīmolu, mediju un kultūras menedžments, rakstu krājums, J.Rozes apg., 2006 | ||||||||
| 2 | www.vm.gov.lv | ||||||||
| 3 | www.nva.lv | ||||||||
| 4 | www.currentnursing.com | ||||||||
| 5 | www.sandiego.edu | ||||||||
| 6 | www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov | ||||||||
| 7 | www.who.int/csr/resources/publications/drugresist/en/whocds… | ||||||||
| 8 | http://who.int/patientsafety/about/en/index.html | ||||||||
| 9 | www.oecd.org | ||||||||
| 10 | www.icna.co.uk | ||||||||
| 11 | WHO Active Ageing Framework, 2002: | ||||||||
| 12 | WHO World Report on Ageing and Health, 2015 | ||||||||
| 13 | Ārvalstu studentiem/For international students: | ||||||||
| 14 | www.currentnursing.com | ||||||||
| 15 | www.who.int/csr/resources/publications/drugresist/en/whocds… | ||||||||
| 16 | www.icna.co.uk | ||||||||
| 17 | www.oecd.org | ||||||||
