450-2100 – The Basics of Psychology and Psychopathology (ZO)

Gurantor departmentDepartment of Cybernetics and Biomedical Engineering
Subject guarantorPhDr. Radka Kozáková, Ph.D.
Study levelundergraduate or graduate
Subject version
Version codeYear of introductionYear of cancellationCredits
450-2100/01 2019/2020 2
450-2100/02 2019/2020 2

Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences

The student defines basic psychological concepts. Student knows the basic characteristics of the communication process, communication techniques. The student knows the basics of psychopathology.

Teaching methods

Lectures
Individual consultations

Summary

The subject of the basics of psychology and psychopathology is conceived as a theoretical and practical subject. It deals with psychology as a science and solves the problem of defining basic psychological concepts. It provides theoretical knowledge of basic psychological procedures in communication with patients of different types and degrees of disability and its relatives. It deepens the knowledge that is important for professional coping with difficult situations in caring for the individual needs of the sick, the handicapped and the dying, and maintaining the balance of the care and assistance provider itself.

Compulsory literature:

MAGNUS, V. S., TURKINGTON, L. Communication interaction in ICUPatient and staff experiences and perceptions. Intensive and critical care nursing. 2006, roč. 22, s. 167–18 DOENGES, M. E., MOORHOUSE, M. F. Application of Nursing Process and Nursing Diagnosis: An Interactive Text for Diagnostic Reasoning. 4th ed. ATKINSON, R. L., HILGARD, E. R. Hilgard´s introduction to psychology. 13th ed. New York: Harcourt College Publishers, 2000. 768 p. ISBN 0155-08044X. MASLOW, A. A Motivation and Personality, 3rd Edition. Nakladatelství: Harper, 1987. ISBN-13: 978-0060419875. Philadelphia: F. A. Davis Company, 2003. 311 s. ISBN 0-8036-1066-1. ELKIN, M. K., PERRY, A. G., POTTER, P. A. Nursing interventions and clinical skills. 3rd ed. St. Louis: Mosby, 2004. 1021 p. ISBN 0-323-02201-4.

Recommended literature:

MURRAY, H. A., MCADAMS, D. Explorations in personality. 7th ed. Oxford University Press, 2007. 816 s. ISBN 019530506X. RAUDONIS, B.M. Hospice and Palliative Care. In: HOGSTEL, O. Gerontology: Nursing Care of the Older Adult. USA: Delmar, 2001. s. 441 – 451. ISBN 0-7668-0729-0. SCHUSTER, P., NYKOLYN, L. Communication for nurses. How to prevent harmful events and promote patient safety. 1st ed. Philadelphia: F. A. Davis Company, 2010. 201 s. ISBN 978-0-8036-2080-3. MALLOCH, K., PORTER-O’GRADY, T. Introduction to evidence-based practice in nursing and health care. 2nd ed. Sudbury: Jones and Bartlett, 2010. 355 p. ISBN 978-0-7637-6542-2. POTTER, P. A., PERRY, A. G. Fundamentals of Nursing. 6th ed. St. Louis: Mosby, 2005. 1728 s. ISBN 0-323-02586-2. TUCKER, S. M., CANOBBIO, M. M., PAQUETTE, E. V., WELLS, M. F. Patient Care Standards. Collaborative Planning and Nursing Interventions. 7th ed. St. Louis: Mosby, 2000. 967 p. ISBN-13: 978-0-323-00996-6. ISBN10:0-323-00996-4.

Prerequisities

Subject has no prerequisities.

Co-requisities

Subject has no co-requisities.