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The article is focused on addictive substance abuse and gambling, and its relationship to the subjective perception of health and basic socio-demographic variables among Slovak immigrants living in the Czech Republic. The Slovak minority is the second largest ethnic minority in the Czech Republic, but surveys concerning this area are lacking. Foreign surveys in the field of addictive substance abuse...
The following paper deals with one of the social determinants of health involving a target group of immigrants of Ukrainian nationality (N=237) living in the Czech Republic. The author has focused on the areas pertaining to smoking, alcohol consumption, taking illegal substances (drugs) and playing gambling machines and these areas pertain to the relationship with the following monitored variables:...
Echocardiography is a basic examination in cardiology used to assess the anatomy and function of the heart. An echocardiography nurse is a health care specialist who is able to use echocardiographic equipment to obtain images of the heart. Standards for echocardiography personnel vary widely between countries. In the Czech Republic, there is no training program for nurses to carry out echocardiograms...
The aim of the research was to compare the knowledge of nursing care for central vascular catheters (which hereinafter will be referred to as CVC) among general nurses from intensive care units and standard departments. In general, we can say that the aim was also to map the extent of nurses’ knowledge on infections associated with providing care in healthcare-associated infections (which hereinafter...
It is obvious from the analysis of these publications focused on nursing, that the definition of this term is based on a nurse–patient relationship by some authors. The aim of our survey is to elucidate the nurse–patient relationship based on the approach developed by Joyce E. Travelbee, who is an American psychiatric nurse, educator and writer. She introduced the concept of interpersonal relationships...
At present, foreigners form over four percent of the Czech population. According to the Czech Statistical Office, nearly six thousand of them are immigrants from Mongolia. The reason for this migration is usually the possibility of getting a job and therefore improving their economic situation. The aim of the research, which is part of the project entitled “Social Determinants of Health in Selected...
This article deals with the problems of home visiting service for newborns, infants and mothers in the territory of Czechoslovakia during the period from 1949 to 1989. At that time the complex child care requirements was carried out through the district system. In-depth analysis of documents and articles from professional journals were used as the method of obtaining and processing the data. The articles...
In clinical practice for the diagnosis of anxiety it is very useful to know the various predictors which increase the risk of preoperational anxiety in patients. The aim of this study is to identify which predictors (gender, age, type of surgery, type of anaesthesia, previous experience with surgery, time before surgery, and medical diagnosis) are significant predictors of preoperational anxiety.A...
In recent times, the training of social workers in the Czech Republic has undergone extensive changes. From a content perspective, the authors have prepared a comprehensive overview of the legislation of the issue of training social workers in the Czech Republic, wherein mandatory training of employees is reflected in the activities of officials of both state administration and local authorities,...
The use of non-pharmacological techniques for pain relief is increasing among nursing students, because pain is a significant problem that affects the quality of life and everyday activities. The aim of this study was to examine the types of pain experienced by nursing students and the non-pharmacological methods they used to relieve them in Eastern Turkey.A descriptive survey design was used. This...
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is one of the most common supraventricular arrhythmias. Its prevalence in the general population over the last twenty years has increased significantly. The issue of the perception of nursing care has not yet been examined in detail.The aim of this research was to assess how nursing behavior was perceived by nurses and patients with radiofrequency catheter ablation (RFA) for...
In this work, the overall degree of satisfaction with the health care quality of dentists is analyzed in terms of general satisfaction, technical quality, communication, interpersonal and financial aspects, time spent with the doctor, and health care accessibility and convenience. We have used a standardized questionnaire: “Patient Satisfaction Questionnaire” (PSQ III, long-form). The questionnaire...
The objective is to describe the experience of Czech mothers in terms of decision-making about visual and physical contact with a baby after perinatal loss, and also to explore the effect of this experience on the intensity of the mothersʼ grief after perinatal loss.A mixed method design using qualitative data from 18 in-depth interviews was used in the Czech Republic, as well as mixed qualitative...
The aim of the research was to determine the prevalence of burnout syndrome and empathy among general nurses working in standard hospital settings (University Hospital Olomouc), and among general nurses working in emergency medical services, as well as to identify the differences in the degree of burnout syndrome and empathy between the two groups. Another objective was to establish whether there...
The aim of the research was to determine the satisfaction of patients diagnosed with colorectal cancer, with the actual bowel preparation prior to surgery, and the effectiveness of bowel emptying according to the protocol of a single procedure proposed by the authors. We studied two approaches of nurses to patients during mechanical bowel preparation. The first approach was connected with bowel emptying...
This study compared the effectiveness of extracorporeal shockwave therapy (ESWT) with ultrasound therapy (US-control group) in preventing social limitations and the improvement of foot health status (FHS) in men with a chronic calcaneal spur (CS).Forty men were randomly allocated and then received ESWT or US therapy. Two people from the US group ignored the call for study 3 months later, so they were...
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