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Available expert findings in the field of gerontology demonstrate the increasing number of seniors suffering from dementia symptoms. The disease is associated among other characteristics with a communication barrier, requiring carers to think about the ideal conditions for treating the elderly with dementia.The concept Validation by Naomi Feil ® seems to be a convenient communication tool...
At the onset of, or during the course of emergency events, when there is danger to life and health, it is necessary to provide protection to the population, and evacuation is one of the basic methods used to provide such protection. In the Slovak Republic, evacuation is legally described as the removal of endangered people, animals or things from a particular area. Any method of transport can be used,...
The authors describe the method of payment for health care in the Czech Republic. Special attention is paid to the public health insurance system and its basic principles. The regulatory fees, which were introduced in the Czech Republic on 01/01/2008 are described in detail. Not only their economic function has been emphasized, but also other aspects of the reform, especially the protective limit,...
Malnutrition among children under five years of age is a chronic problem in most regions of Ethiopia, including the study region (Tigray). This study estimated the prevalence and identified the key risk factors of malnutrition in children under five years of age in Shire Indaselassie Town, North Ethiopia. Data were collected from 316 children aged under five and their mothers using quantitative survey...
Alcohol affects organisms in different ways. It is impossible to determine a consumption baseline where adverse effects outweigh benefits. Although the results regarding moderate alcohol consumption during pregnancy are inconsistent, it is not recommended that women consume alcohol throughout pregnancy. The adverse effects of alcohol stand against the positive effects on heart and blood circulation...
The aim of this study is to explore the television watching habits on weekdays and on weekends of school-aged youth in Central Slovakia. The data were collected in 25 elementary schools and two eight-year high schools in the Žilina and Banská Bystrica regions from May to June 2010. The group of respondents consisted of 1187 pupils in three age categories: 11-year-olds (313 respondents), 13-year-olds...
The state-contributory supplementary pension insurance is a popular product in the Czech Republic. According to the Association of Pension Funds of the Czech Republic, as at 31 December 2012 ca. there were 5.15 million registered participants in pension funds (as at 31 December 2011 it was ca. 4.60 million of participants) who had deposited ca. CZK 246.594 billion (as at 31 December 2011 it was ca...
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is one of the most common chronic lung diseases today and is a serious health, economic and social problem. It is characterized by a progressively worsening airway obstruction leading to respiratory insufficiency, even to death. Co-morbid mental disorders such as depression and anxiety are very common in patients with this condition and are associated with increased...
To evaluate a pilot study to introduce the outcome-based home care as part of a comprehensive client assessment system in Czech home care agencies.A prospective observational study was conducted with 13 home care agencies. Nurses were instructed to assess their home care clients with the Resident Assessment Instrument-Home Care (RAI-HC), an internationally developed comprehensive assessment instrument...
Based on both international and national health statistics, accidents from various mechanisms are among the most common causes of death in childhood. Our aim was to examine the first aid and accident prevention knowledge and attitudes of parents.In this study, parents of 3–7 years old children were involved in six kindergartens located in Hungary. A self-fill-in questionnaire applying standardized...
Nursing education is a process that includes theoretical and practical learning and requires the acquisition of theoretical knowledge and skills. Nursing students need a positive clinical practice environment in order to apply their knowledge and skills, due to the fact that the clinical practice settings play an important role in the nursing profession. This study was carried out to explore the relationship...
Caring is an interpersonal process that is characterized by professional nursing, interpersonal sensitivity and a very close relationship between the nurse (care provider) and the patient (care receiver).The aim of this quantitative descriptive study was to identify perceptions of caring behaviour by surgery nurses and their patients, and to discover relationships between their perceptions.The set...
Comparison of intensity, sensitive and affective components, disability, motion range of the m. erector spinae muscle activity during both dynamic and static activities at the sagittal level regarding the most frequent diagnoses, within the framework of classification by the McKenzie method.The research sample consisted of 31 patients by the MRI-diagnosed discopathy, who were divided into two groups...
The nursing diagnosis Impaired Comfort (00214) is one of the new diagnoses in NANDA International 2009–2011 (North American Nursing Diagnosis Association International). Its holistic focus containing physical, psycho-spiritual and social dimensions correlates with the problems in menopausal women. The objective of the study was to validate the nursing diagnosis Impaired Comfort (00214) with the focus...
The goal of this study was to carry out a diagnostic content validation regarding the nursing diagnosis Ineffective Breathing Pattern – 00032, which was approved by the Taxonomy Committee of NANDA International for the years 2012–2014. A validation study, methodologically based on Fehring's Diagnostic Content Validation, was performed with 52 nurses and medical experts from four hospitals in Moravia...
This paper deals with the problems of fatigue and sleep difficulties as a normal part of the life of patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic, inflammatory and systemic disorder which can cause the ill many other difficulties than just the primary infliction of motoric apparatus. Common problems for those suffering from this disease are fatigue and sleep disturbances,...
This article focuses on the analysis of selected social conditions of Slovakian immigrants living in the Czech Republic.The aim of the research was to describe the social situations of Slovakians living in the Czech Republic and to find links between their social situation and personal health. In accordance with the main objective of the research, we formulated research questions related to the concepts...
In their work, the authors bring their attention to the essence of supervision, including selected theoretical starting points of the supervision concept. Their aim is to introduce, interconnect and outline the origins and traditions of the supervision concept mainly within the field of nursing as practiced in foreign countries, and in regard to the traditions which anchors the supervision concept...
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