Profese Online, 2010 (vol. 3), issue 3

Articles

COMPLIANCE WITH ANTIHYPERTENSIVE MEDICATION IN OLDER PEOPLE

Elena Gurková, Katarína Šinglárová

Profese online 2010, 3(3):129-141 | DOI: 10.5507/pol.2010.012  

Aim: The aim of this study was to measure hypertension medication compliance in senior population in the ambulatory care. Authors also evaluated differencies in compliance between hypertensive patients by gender and age.Methods: A cross-sectional design of this pilot study was used to evaluate usefulness of the modified Morisky scale in senior population. The sample of 30 hypertensive patients older than 65 years was recruited from 2 outpatient settings in Prešov. For measuring patient's compliance was used the modified Morisky scale to which authors added 7 items. The self report method (questionnaire) was associated with structured interview...

METHODS TO CONFIRM FEEDING TUBE PLACEMENT IN CHILDREN - EBP DATA ANALYSIS

Lenka Mazalová, Jana Marečková

Profese online 2010, 3(3):142-150 | DOI: 10.5507/pol.2010.013  

Nasogastric tube is an important phenomenon in pediatric nursing used for feeding and administering drugs into the digestive system of children. The prerequisite for safe and effective nursing is the proper placement and position of the nasogastric tube in the stomach for the whole time it remains there. Simple screening tests, so called bedside tests, are used to ensure proper placement of the feeding tube. The objective of this conference paper is to fi nd an effective strategy of bedside testing to verify and confirm the position of the nasogastric tube in children using evidence based practice. One randomized study, three clinical studies and nine...

USE OF METHODOLOGICAL TRIANGULATION OF QUALITATIVE RESEARCH INVESTIGATING THE LIMITS OF LIFESTYLE IN CHRONICALLY ILL PATIENTS BASED ON USING OF NURSING DIAGNOSES DOMAINS

Jan Chrastina, Kateřina Ivanová

Profese online 2010, 3(3):151-164 | DOI: 10.5507/pol.2010.014  

Research of lifestyle in chronically ill is demanding and research- extensive scientific area in nursing. It requires sufficient experience of the researcher, knowledge of the research problem both in theoretical framework and research methodology. Research surveys identifying and describing lifestyle with the chronic disease may be focused on uncovering potential limits according to the chronic disease. In nursing, knowledge of chronic diseases and its limits of lifestyle in patients are very important, especially for so-called civilization diseases. Quantitative study don't bring a deep understanding of the problem, and therefore qualitative research...

TRANSLATING FOREIGN-DEVELOPED INSTRUMENTS TO GUIDE NURSING PRACTICE IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC: DO THEY ENCOURAGE EVIDENCE-BASED NURSING?

Petra Mandysová, Eva Hlaváčková

Profese online 2010, 3(3):165-174 | DOI: 10.5507/pol.2010.015  

The article focuses on using foreign-developed instruments to conduct nursing research and to guide nursing practice in the Czech Republic (CR). Foreign sources mention a number of challenges associated with instrument translation and recommend a course of action to achieve linguistic and cultural equivalence, and ultimately, to ensure instrument validity. However, Czech authors translating and using foreign instruments often do not provide any information about the translation process they used. This shortcoming does not allow the nursing community to assess if adequate measures were implemented to minimize any possible validity threats associated...

MANAGEMENT OF MULTIDISCIPLINARY COOPERATION IN CHILD OBESITY TREATMENT

Dalibor Pastucha, Dana Ripplová, Petra Vávrová, Jiří Hyjánek, Jan Chrastina

Profese online 2010, 3(3):175-184 | DOI: 10.5507/pol.2010.016  

The aim of the study was to show how important is cooperation between different branches of medicine in treatment of obesity in children and offer one of possible ways how to organise the treatment of obese children. The theoretical part includes information about child obesity, nutrition and appropriate therapy by physical training.

EDUCATION OF MOTHERS' CHILDREN WITH HIGH RISK OF ALLERGY (FIRST YEAR OF LIFE) - PILOT STUDY

Miroslava Trpišová

Profese online 2010, 3(3):185-194 | DOI: 10.5507/pol.2010.017  

Aim: The goal of our intervention study was to realize education package by mother's children with high risk of allergy.Methods: The authors realized program of education and used the children nutrition questionnaire to find out the fails in nutrition and clinical symptoms of food allergy.Sample: The sample consisted of 49 mother's children with high risk of allergyResults: On the base of analyze our data, we found that the most frequent fail in children's nutrition is early introduction of solid food out. Also, we found that the most frequent clinical symptoms in these children are symptoms on gastrointestinal system.Conclusion: In...

PRIMARY PREVENTION OF MENTAL ANOREXIA AT SCHOOL CHILDREN. EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMME HEALTHY LIFE STYLE (EATING DISORDERS PREVENTION)

Naděžda Vrbatová, Jana Borůvková

Profese online 2010, 3(3):195-206 | DOI: 10.5507/pol.2010.018  

Aim: The work's target is to assess practicability and to evaluate efficiency of an educational programme (programme), that was created to reduce risk factors for development of mental anorexia (MA), respectively eating disorders (ED) at children of elementary schools (ES).Background: The work's starting point was experience of Harvard Center for Eating Disorders with the preventive programme, that belongs to one of a very few with a high number of participants and a long-term course.Methods: The work methods included the use of a standardized questionnaire EAT-26, the measurement of height and weight of pupils, and various forms of educational...

WORK SATISFACTION OF GENERAL NURSES

Jiří Vévoda, Kateřina Ivanová, Marie Nakládalová, Jana Marečková

Profese online 2010, 3(3):207-220 | DOI: 10.5507/pol.2010.019  

Aim: The aim of the thesis was to identify personal priorities of factors of general nurses' working environment and the level of their fulfilment by employer. Then, by mutual comparison, to present the most significant divergences between wish and reality of general nurses in their working environment. Creation of such tool, suitable for the purpose, which would be utilizable for fulfilment of accreditation standard discussing the monitoring of work satisfaction of employees in health service, was also an aim.Methods: In 2004, basic material for questionnaire investigation was created based on the Herzberg's double-factor motivation theory and...