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Caring for patients on High-Flow Nasal Oxygen therapy during the COVID-19 pandemic from the standard ward nurses perspective
Škodová, Tereza ; Arientová, Simona (advisor) ; Míca, Patrik (referee)
The thesis examines the experience of standard ward nurses in caring for COVID-19 positive patients who were on high flow oxygen (HFNO) support due to respiratory failure. The research was conducted in the Infectious Diseases Clinic Department at the Military University Hospital Prague where this treatment method was implemented during the COVID-19 pandemic. This thesis is divided into two parts. The theoretical part deals with COVID-19 disease, HFNO therapy, AIRVO 2 divide and the primary care of patients during the pandemic. The practical part was conducted as quantitative research through a questionnaire survey and qualitative research through interviews with nurses. The main goal of the thesis was to find out how nurses of the standard ward perceive the care of patients requiring HFNO support and also to find out whether it is appropriate and adequate for the nurses to have these patients hospitalized in the standard ward department. Key words: HFNO therapy, COVID-19, standard ward, nurses, experience
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Nursing care of patient with quadriplegia
Škodová, Tereza ; Hakenová, Renata (advisor) ; Vaňková, Milena (referee)
The bachelor thesis focuses on nursing care of a quadruplegic patient. The theoretical part describes anatomy and physiology of spine and spinal cord, characteristics of disability, first aid, etiology, symptomatology, diagnostics, therapy, complications and nursing care. The sources for an elaboration of the theoretical part were found in the National Medical Library, via Medvik, on Wikiscriptions, on the thesis repositories and on the Spinal Unit website. For a larger amount of resources, research was made in the National Medical Library based on keywords. For the elaboration of the practical part, a qualitative research method was chosen in the form of a case study of a patient with quadruplegia. Case study includes information from medical records, interviews with the patient and observations. The main goal of the bachelor thesis is to process a case study, which includes a nursing plan of a selected patient with all the specifics, that the care for the quadruplegic patient brings us. The second goal is to raise the awareness of the care provided on the spinal unit amongst general public and healthcare commmunity. The result of the thesis is a presentation of nursing care of a selected patient with all the specifics, which are described in the case study. The case study includes details about...
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