Frontal and interactive lessons. Frontal lessons are supported by slides to facilitate synthesis and attention. During classroom discussions, students are encouraged to interact with teacher with questions and curiosities. There are also presented,as examples, cases from the clinical practice.
Contents
General Concepts: - clinical psychology and nursing; psychological aspects of the nurse-patient relationship; the sick person and the disease: health, illness and quality of life; factors influencing adjustment to illness; psychological reactions to illness; patient needs; death, dying and grief; illness and family: the impact of illness and death on the family. Particular situations of clinical care: reactions to hospitalization in intensive care; the demoralization syndrome. Psychological interventions: psychological support, counseling and main methods of psychotherapy.
