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Course: Human needs and the nursing process 1

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Course title Human needs and the nursing process 1
Course code FZS/PCOP1
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Lesson
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study 1
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 2
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements Course does not contain work placement
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Kyrianová Alena, Mgr.
Course content
Lectures: 1) Introduction to the subject, holism, the essence of a holistic view of man. 2) Holistic theory of disease origin, stress theory, foundations of psychosomatic medicine. 3) Human needs; Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs. 4) Algorithm of satisfying human needs. 5) Physiological needs - need for breathing, nutrition, defecation. 6) Physiological needs - need for hydration, sexual needs. 7) Psychological needs. 8) The need for safety and security; the need for love, acceptance, belonging. 9) Need for recognition, respect; the need for self-actualization; the needs of the dying. 10) Human needs in the nursing process. Exercises: 1) Holism, illness as a demanding life situation. 2) Perception of health and illness by different groups of people. 3) Human needs, the dynamics of satisfying human needs. 4) Gordon's model in a healthy and a sick individual. 5) Practical assessment of physiological needs. 6) Immobilization syndrome - prevention. 7) Practical assessment of safety and security needs. 8) Practical evaluation of needs for recognition and respect, needs for self-realization.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture, Practicum
Learning outcomes
The subject is designed as a theoretical-practical unit. It allows students to understand the main task of a professional nursing practice. It introduces the classifications of human needs according to various fields and focuses on the reactions and manifestations of unsatisfied needs in healthy, sick, disabled and dying people. It focuses on practicing the individual phases of the nursing process. It allows students to acquire systematic knowledge and skills in the nursing process.
The student will get to know the classifications of human needs according to different fields, practice the individual phases of the nursing process and acquire systematic knowledge and skills in the nursing process.
Prerequisites
untermined

Assessment methods and criteria
Test

. 80% participation in exercises . passing the test
Recommended literature
  • HALMO, R. Sebepéče v ošetřovatelské praxi. Praha: Grada, 2014. ISBN 978-80-247-4811-5.
  • KŘIVOHLAVÝ, J. Sestra a stres: příručka pro duševní pohodu. Praha: Grada, 2010. ISBN 978-80-247-3149-0.
  • MELLANOVÁ, A. Psychosociální problematika v ošetřovatelské profesi. Praha: Grada, 2017. ISBN 978-80-247-5589-2.
  • SIKOROVÁ, L. Potřeby dítěte v ošetřovatelském procesu. Praha: Grada, 2011. ISBN 978-80-247-3593-1.
  • SIKOROVÁ, L.,ZELENÍKOVÁ, R. Potřeby člověka a ošetřovatelská diagnostika 1. Ostravská univerzita v Ostravě, Ostrava, 2012. ISBN 978-80-746-4210-4.
  • ŠAMÁNKOVÁ, M. Lidské potřeby ve zdraví a nemoci aplikované v ošetřovatelském procesu. Grada, Praha, 2011. ISBN 978-80-247-3223-7.
  • TÓTHOVÁ, V. Ošetřovatelský proces a jeho realizace. Praha: Triton, 2014. ISBN 978-80-7387-785-9.
  • TRACHTOVÁ, E. Potřeby nemocného v ošetřovatelském procesu: učební texty pro vyšší zdravotnické školy,. IDVZP Brno, 2018. ISBN 978-80-7013-590-7.
  • VENGLÁŘOVÁ, M., a kol. Sestry v nouzi. Praha: Grada, 2011. ISBN 978-80-247-3174-2.
  • VÖRÖSOVÁ, G., SOLGAJOVÁ, A., ARCHALOUSOVÁ, A. Standardizovaná terminologie pro ošetřovatelskou diagnózu. Praha: Grada, 2015. ISBN 978-80-247-5304-1.


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Technical University of Liberec, date of update: 13.09.2025 23:50. Data created for academic year 2025/2026