VALIDATION OF DIAGNOSTIC ELEMENTS OF THE NURSING DIAGNOSIS ANXIETY 00146 IN MIDWIFERY

Štěpánka Bubeníková, Věra Vránová

Profese online 2013, 6(2):1-5 | DOI: 10.5507/pol.2013.012  

Aim: The aim of the work was to validate diagnostic elements of the nursing diagnosis Anxiety 00146 by a selected sample of experts-midwives in the Czech Republic, and see which diagnostic elements they consider major and minor.Methods: The study followed Fehring Diagnostic Content Validity Model. A set of experts included 34 midwives from the Czech Republic who received at least 4 points according to the modified Fehring criteria. Experts had bachelor's degree in midwifery or minimal five years of clinical practice. For accessing the significance of diagnostic elements we built a measurement instrument containing 79 items - the diagnostic elements...

PAIN IN NEONATES AND POSSIBILITIES OF ITS NON-PHARMACOLOGICAL CONTROL

Jana Chromá, Lucie Sikorová

Profese online 2013, 6(2):6-12 | DOI: 10.5507/pol.2013.013  

Aim: The aim of study is a literary analysis of the current most used non-pharmacological methods of relieving pain in neonates for the best evidence-based practice.Methods: For obtain data for the period 2000-2012 were used e-licensed and freely accessible database. Evaluation of the evidence found was carried out according to the methodology Fineout-Overholt, Johnston (2005), who put the study according to specific criteria in seven categories. The selection of the present study were classified evidence level I, II, III. Selected criteria met the 42 studies (4 meta-analyzes, 6 systematic reviews, 1 multicenter study and 31 randomized controlled...

EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE OF NURSING STUDENTS AND ITS ROLE IN INTERACTIONS WITH GERIATRIC PATIENTS

Ingrid Juhásová, Ľubica Ilievová, František Baumgartner, Zuzana Rojková

Profese online 2013, 6(2):13-17 | DOI: 10.5507/pol.2013.014  

Aim: The aim of the study was to identify statistically significant differences in levels of emotional intelligence (EI) of nursing students in relation with demographic data (age and year of study) and also determine whether the EI level of nursing students affects their interest in the issue of geriatric nursing.Methods: The sample consisted of 86 full-time undergraduate university students of nursing. To measure the level of EI, questionnaires representing different understanding of EI were used. EI as an ability was determined by the SIT-EMO (Situational Test of Emotional Understanding). EI as a trait was evaluated by the questionnaire SEIS...

OPT MODEL OF CLINICAL REASONING AND STUDENTS ERUDITION IN THE USE OF TERMS ALLIANCE 3N

Jana Marečková, Soňa Bocková, Petra Stefanová, Lenka Mazalová, Radka Matějková, Jana Zapletalová

Profese online 2013, 6(2):18-23 | DOI: 10.5507/pol.2013.015  

Main aim: To determine the effect of practicing nursing process by OPT model of clinical reasoning on the expertise of students of General Nursing study in the use of concepts Alliance 3N.Background: The motive for the study was the work of the OPT model of clinical reasoning authors Pesut and Herman and research articles on the OPT model, the authors Bartlett et al., Bland et al. and Kautz et al.Methods: Applied design was a natural experiment on two groups of students using pretest and posttest. Research instruments for this study were new and prepared on the basis Herman and Bartlett's published articles. These were working protocols for...

PARTICIPATION OF NURSES IN CANCER PREVENTION ACTIVITIES IN THE SLOVAK AND ENGLISH HEALTH SYSTEM

Andrea Obročníková, Ľudmila Majerníková

Profese online 2013, 6(2):24-29 | DOI: 10.5507/pol.2013.016  

Aim: The aim of the research study was to determine the extent to which nurses are involved in primary health care in the cancer prevention, depending on nationality (working in the Slovak Republic and the United Kingdom - Wales).Methods: The realized study was character of causal - comparative research, ex - post facto. The research sample consisted of 165 respondents (number 87 nurses in SR and 78 UK nurses) working in outpatient primary care. The data collection was gathered in the period from January to July 2012. We chose the exploratory research method - non-standardized questionnaire, which was submitted and voluntarily completed with personal...

DIFFICULTIES IN COMMUNCATION AND SELECTED PSYCHOLOGICAL AREAS (E. G. TENSION, CONCERNS, IRRITATION, DEPRESSION) RELATED TO PATIENTS WITH TUMORS DISEASE OF THE LARYNX AND SALIVARY GLANDS

Marie Skládalová, Jana Škvrňáková, Roman Michálek

Profese online 2013, 6(2):30-35 | DOI: 10.5507/pol.2013.017  

Aim: Assessment of communication and selected psychological areas (e. g. tension, concerns, irritation, depression) related to the dispensarized patients with malignant laryngeal and salivary glands tumors using standardized questionnaires assessing quality of life.Background: The head and neck malignant tumors rank sixth in frequency among malignant tumors worldwide. The question of treatment and follow-up care is very current especially in terms of the risk of mutilating surgical procedures and their impact on quality of life.Methods: In the research actively dispensarized patients of ENT clinic with malignant tumors of the larynx and salivary...

EVALUATION OF PATIENT SATISFACTION WITH NURSING CARE

Jarmila Winklerová, Darja Jarošová

Profese online 2013, 6(2):36-40 | DOI: 10.5507/pol.2013.018  

Aims: The aim of this study was to determine patient satisfaction with nursing care provided in selected wards of two hospitals of Moravian-Silesian region, to determine whether there is a connection between demographic and clinical characteristics of patients and their satisfaction and to compare patient satisfaction according to health facility and department, where they were hospitalized.Methods: The sample of descriptive correlation study consisted of 507 patients hospitalized in the period from February to March 2011 on 13 inpatient wards in hospitals Karvina-Raj and Orlova. Data were collected using a standardized questionnaire Patient Satisfaction...

Review of the book Motivation of Nurses and Job Satisfaction in Healthcare

Šárka Ježorská

Profese online 2013, 6(2):41-42 | DOI: 10.5507/pol.2013.019