2. Theoretical knowledge

Theory of Nursing

• Role of the nurse, personality and characteristics of the nurse,
• position, nurse competencies, education, nursing organizations,
• methods of nursing care, norms and standards of nursing care,
• nurse registration, assessment and measurement techniques in nursing nurse health protection.

The nursing process and the needs of patients

• Holism as a philosophy of nursing,
• nursing process and nursing documentation,
• nursing process in patients with movement, defecation and nutritional disorders,
• nursing process in patients with pain, sleep and dyspnea.

Nursing procedures

• Nursing unit, hospital bed, bed aids,
• disinfection, sterilization, care of equipment, prevention of nosocomial infections, care of client hygiene, prevention of decubitus and diaper rash,
• nutrition and hydration care, defecation care, catheterization, enemas, ostomy, diet therapy- dietary system, artificial nutrition,
• application of infusions, transfusions and administration of enteral nutrition, administration of medications, etc.

Clinical Propaedeutics

• EKG - physiological curve, X-ray examination, endoscopic methods,

• examinations in gastroenterology, in nephrology, examinations in rheumatology, examinations in endocrinology,
• physical examination of the head, neck, lungs, bronchi, heart, abdomen, urogenital system, basics of rheumatological and neurological examination,
• endoscopic examination of the digestive, urogenital and respiratory tracts.

Communications

• Importance of communication as a form of social interaction, principles of communication in health care, groups of problem patients,
• proxemics, haptics, posturology, kinetics, gestures, facial expressions, eye contact,
• criteria, conditions for effective communication in healthcare, types of conversations and questions,
• educational activities of the nurse,
• impact of communication on the patient, empathy, listening.