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Work of a nurse in an osteology out-patient ward
KAŠPAROVÁ, Iveta
Osteoporosis is defined as a metabolic system bone disease, which is characterised by reduced content of bone matter. This disease is considered the most frequent disease. Osteology departments are mostly visited by older clients, but younger clients are nowadays not exceptional either. The nurse plays an important role in the osteology outpatient department / clinic. In addition to nurse duties such as administrative or treatment work, the nurse should be able to communicate, listen, or possibly give advice to clients. Thus she becomes a consultant, assistant as well as a defence counsel. The thesis was aimed to determine the nurse job specification in an osteology outpatient clinic. The research was carried out using the qualitative method and data were collected from semi-structured interviews with 7 respondents in selected osteology outpatient clinics, of which 5 nurses are from the osteology outpatient clinic in České Budějovice and the remaining two nurses are from the osteology outpatient clinic in Prague. The interviews were consequently processed into case reports. Those case reports became the basis for evaluation of the results sorted in categorization tables. The most significant results of the research proved that nurses must only be trained in a specialized course if their job sheet includes densitometric examination. This densitometric examination, or sampling of biological material for bone markers and education with respect to application of medication using a fosteon pen are ranked amongst special activities not performed in other special outpatient departments. Some osteology nurses confirmed that their job sheet also includes to educate clients, most often verbally, and provide reference materials or practical demonstration. This bachelor thesis can primarily be used for nurses who are interested to work in an osteology outpatient department in the future.
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