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Teachers' professional motivation
BLAHUTOVÁ, Marcela
This thesis aims to study factors that prods teachers to leave their profession or on the contrary to continue in their work. The theoretical part deals with the teachers? motivation for work, the issue of professional development and the professional identity of pedagogues. To understand the factors that influence the motivation of teachers I used two methods: a structured interview and a questionnaire. The practical part of the thesis then includes the evaluation of data obtained through the above-mentioned survey. The study was conducted in the Pilsen Region. Total of 28 teachers currently working in this profession filled out the questionnaires and were then also interviewed. 28 former teachers agreed to participate in the interviews and 26 persons also completed the questionnaire. Based on the information I gathered I can conclude that teachers are motivated for the most part by the creative work with children which allows them to fulfill their own freedom and creativity. Ample free time appears to be another important factor that encourages teachers to continue in their line of work. On the other hand, teachers most frequently leave their profession due to the low salary and considerable psychological strain.
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Nursing care in trauma centras in the Czech Republic
POLANOVÁ, Alena
Abstract The thesis deals with the issues of nursing care in trauma centres in the Czech Republic. Injuries requiring complex and multidisciplinary treatment apart from surgery therapy are still more frequent nowadays. This is why trauma centres have been established in the Czech Republic. Their establishment increases demands for caring staff of non-physician fields. These increasing demands are of mental and physical character and of course demands for further education. The aim of the thesis was to find what opportunities nurses of trauma centres have in the field of further education, what are their biggest problems and how they cope with mental and physical stress in their work. The following hypotheses were set upon qualitative research in the form of unstructured interviews with nurses of trauma centres. Hypothesis 1: Nurses working in trauma centres prefer specialization education to tertiary education. Hypothesis 2: Nurses working in trauma centres cooperate with nurses from other clinical branches on provision of nursing care. Hypothesis 3: Nurses working in trauma centres get education not only in traumatology, but also in further clinical fields. Hypothesis 4: Nurses working in trauma centres cope with mental stress. Hypothesis 5: Nurses working in trauma centres cope with physical stress. Quantitative research in the form of questionnaires was applied on confirmation or refutation of the hypotheses. The research sample consisted of nurses working in trauma centres in the Czech Republic. Upon evaluation of the results hypotheses 1, 2 and 5 were confirmed and hypotheses 3 and 4 were refuted. The research results confirm that the work of nurses in trauma centres is hard in terms of mental and physical stress. There are still some reserves in further education of nurses not only on the part of the top managements but also on the part of the health care staff themselves. The thesis result may help in recruiting new staff to departments where the expected psychical and physical intensity might be an incentive to the care about an employee in the field of mental hygiene and improvement of interdisciplinary cooperation in trauma centres in the Czech Republic.
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The Risks of Working as a Nurse
GENGELOVÁ, Gabriela
The work of nurses in health care is often physically and psychologically demanding. Some inpatient departments have specific labor conditions and from them come risks. Nurses are continuously exposed to the risk of injury, infection, but also stress caused by their work. These labor-related risks can cause disorders on health or cause labor-related diseases. Therefore, it is necessary to reduce workload, stress, psycho-social risks and pay special attention to preventive measures and keep sanitary-epidemiological behavior. This Bachelor thesis called ?Risks of Nurse´s Labor? is divided into two parts. The theoretical part strives to summarize the risks of a nurse?s work focusing on preventive measures related to particular risks. Results of this survey are processed in the research part of this thesis. During the survey I used a quantitative method of data collection ? by using a questionnaire. The research file was created by nurses working in Internal and Neurological departments and a Residential facility for chronically ill patients in the Hospital České Budějovice, a.s. and in the University Hospital in Plzeň. In the Bachelor´s thesis 2 objectives and 3 related hypotheses have been set. The objectives were fulfilled and hypotheses were either verified or rejected. The author was trying to find out what nurses regard as the highest risks in clinically focused workplaces and what preventive measures are applied with respect to perceived risks. From the results come out that nurses regard being stung by an infected needle as the highest risk in the workplace. Preventive measures are applied in a limited scope.
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Psychological distress of the nursing staff at the Residential Care Home {--} Nursing Home Dobrá Voda at České Budějovice.
PAŤHOVÁ, Eva
The bachelor thesis deals with the issue of psychological distress of the nursing staff at the Residential Care Home {--} Nursing Home Dobrá Voda at České Budějovice. A nursing home is a facility providing its clients who are partially self-sufficient due to organic brain damage or dementia with social and residential services. A nursing team (consisting of medical staff and staff providing direct care) provides its clients with 24-hour-a-day nursing care. There are a number of specifications associated with the nursing care due to the mental health of clients. Two goals were defined in the bachelor thesis {--} to depict factors causing distress of the nursing staff at the Nursing Home Dobrá Voda at České Budějovice when providing the clients suffering from dementia with nursing care and to find out how the nursing staff at the Nursing Home Dobrá Voda at České Budějovice perceives the psychological distress. A qualitative method of data collection {--} a semi-conducted interview {--} was used as the main technique in the research part. A quantitative method of data collection using a scale questionnaire {--} ``Inventář projevů syndromu vyhoření`` by T. and J. Tošnerovi {--} was used only as a supplementary technique. The research set consisted of 12 members of the nursing team at the Nursing Home Dobrá Voda at České Budějovice. The goals of the thesis were met.
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Nurse´s headache influence on their work ability
BROŽOVSKÁ, Iveta
We have selected this topic of the bachelor's thesis because the number of people suffering from headaches has been increasing in the population. Headaches affect quality of life of patients to a considerable degree. This research has revealed that more than a half of nurses suffer from headaches, which is alarming. The nursing profession is very demanding in physical and psychical terms so we were interested how headaches affect labour performance of nurses, whether their impact is negative or whether headaches have no effect on the performance of nurses. The first objective of the thesis was to ascertain what risk factors evoke headaches of nurses. The second objective was to ascertain whether headaches of nurses affect their labour performance. Both objectives have been fulfilled. We have used a quantitative research and distributed the total number of 150 questionnaires. 110 duly completed questionnaires were used for the data analysis. The research set was selected at random and consisted of nurses working in out-patient wards and in multi-shift operation, namely in hospitals and health centres Oblastní nemocnice Příbram, a.s., Středisko zdraví spol. s r.o. in Dobříš and Fakultní nemocnice Motol (Motol University Hospital). Hypothesis H1 stating that occurrence of headaches with nurses is influenced by the multi-shift character of the operation has not been confirmed while hypothesis H2 stating that occurrence of headaches with nurses is influenced by stress at work has been confirmed. Hypothesis H3 stating that headaches have a negative impact on labour performance of nurses has also been confirmed. This thesis will refer to the fact that the number of people suffering from headaches has been growing. It will also focus on the characteristics of the nursing profession and emphasize the main strains laid on nurses in this occupation. It will draw attention to faults in nursing practice that occur due to headaches of nurses. The resulting findings are alarming since mistakes made by nurses in their nursing performance or incorrect records in health documentations of patients may result in a serious risk to the health of patients.
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Coping with nurses´stress
PAPEŽOVÁ, Marta
The present bachalor{\crq}s thesis focuses on mental stress management among nurses working in departments of surgery and internal medicine. Today, when the health care has become more and more demanding in terms of professional expertise and social skills, this issue cannot be omitted. The thesis tries to observe the methods used by nurses in order to cope with mental stress while performing their job, it analyzes how such stress may influence the health care given, and lastly it tries to find out what the nurses are missing so that they can manage the mental stress. The survey was carried out by way of quantitative method. The data were collected from questionnaires. The survey focused on the target groups of nurses in the surgery departments in hospitals in Havlíčkův Brod, Jihlava, and Pelhřimov, and in the department of internal medicine in the same hospitals. First, there were defined three hypotheses. The survey outcome showed that the nurses in question give preference to using effective strategies in order to manage stressful situations than using inefficient and ineffective ones. They often make an effort to analyze the situation rationally and if needed, they ask for help, which proves correct the first hypothesis: Nurses try to analyze the situation objectively and solve the problem effectively. Most nurses are sure that the mental stress often influences the quality of the health care provided, that it has a negative impact on the relations with patients and communication between them and health care staff. The survey also found out that nurses who are mentally stressed out make mistakes. This proves the second hypothesis: Mental stress has a negative impact on the health care provided by nurses. The third hypothesis presumed that a lack of health care staff is the main cause for mental stress among nurses. This hypothesis has not been confirmed.The conclusion found out that all nurses lack auxiliary staff, qualified nurses, and quality personal background; some nurses also lack technical equipment, interest shown by management in their mental health, and enough relaxation because of time stress. Alarming number of nurses stated they increasingly do not find their work meaningful which leads to long-term feelings of exhaustion. A few nurses added that such situation makes them feel negative towards co-workers and clients which might be related to burnout syndrome. The outcome of the survey shall be handed to nurses in the departments of surgery and internal medicine in all hospitals to provoke more thoughts and also to the managements for further feedback and possible improvements in working conditions so that the nurses are healthier and the quality of health care better.
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Fear and anxiety in connection with acute cases
ŠČERBOVÁ, Nikola
Fear and distress in relation to emergency situations. The purpose of this essay is to learn about position of health rescuers and patients in acute, life and health endangering situations. The objective of the work was to identify how patients feel in crisis and acute situations and what type of intervention is most effective. Method: the research included two sections. The first section was in the form of a pilot research based on qualitative method of non-standardized interview with limited number of patients and health rescuers. Results of this pilot research served as basis for selection of specific circumstances and issues related to fear and distress and questions were formulated for an extended research performed with larger group of respondents. The group of pilot research respondents included 5 health rescuers and 4 patients rescued by ambulance. The consequential extended research was conducted with 8 health rescuers and 8 patients rescued by ambulance. The research took place in South Bohemia and Karlovy Vary region. Results: rescuers are aware of the fact that fear and distress of patients are important factors affecting the overall condition of the patient. They would appreciate extensions of their professional training by special training focused on this subject, since most of them act only based on their own experience in such situation. Results of the research indicate that patients do not differ between terms fear and distress. Most of patients experience distress caused by something unknown rather than fear from specific danger or situation. In most cases patients consider psychological support and help provided by health rescuers to be positive.
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Freedom Restraint as an Extreme Life Experience {--} Feelings of Detainees and Arrestees
VOTRUBA, Martin
Freedom restraints represent a significant intervention into the rights and freedom of each person.Freedom restraint by placing someone into a police cell for several hours is frequently seen as an extreme life experience. The objective of the research was to map the feelings, perception, mental condition and knowledge of people whose freedom has been restrained. To achieve this objective, a questionnaire survey was used for people placed into a police cell.
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Psychosomatic stress of nurses on surgery
FIALOVÁ, Lenka
This bachelor work deals with aspects of professional load of peri-operative nurses in the somatic and psychic point of view. The aim of this work was to identify the most frequent proofs of psychosomatic loads of nurses in the operating theatre. The aim was fulfilled. Two hypotheses were set. Hypothesis number 1 confirms that the most frequent proof of somatic load of the nurses in the operating theatre is backache problem. Hypothesis number 2 confirms that the most frequent proof of psychic load of nurses in the operating theatre is stress. The results also show that the theme of somatic and psychic load of peri-operative nurses is an up-to-date topic which is necessary to inform about. As a recommendation for the employers it would be suitable to enable nurses to get to know different relaxing techniques, to contribute to free-time sport and cultural activities which could help to reduce professional stress at peri-operative nurses.
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