National Repository of Grey Literature 1 records found  Search took 0.00 seconds. 
The observance of nursing processes during the care of vascular inputs focusing on the prevention of catheter infections.
TŘEŠNIČKOVÁ, Nikola
This bachelor's thesis on the topic ,,The observance of nursing processes during the care of vascular inputs focusing on the prevention of catheter infections" consists of a theoretical and a research part. The theoretical part focuses on vascular access in general and on individual peripheral and central catheters. Firstly, it provides information on nursing care for vascular access. The thesis also deals with infections associated with health care. And finally, the work informs about catheter infections, sepsis and septic shock. The research part was processed in the formo f qualitative research. The aim was to find out how nurses following nursing processes during the care of vascular inputs with a focus on the prevention of catheter infections. Five research questions were identified for this purpose. Qualitative data collection was realized by semi-structured interviews and covert observation. The research group consisted of ten nurses working in internal departments. The selection of informants was intentional and carried out using the snowball method. The results show that nurses have experience in nursing care of peripheral venous catheters rather than central venous catheters. The results also show that nurses have theoretical knowledge of the specifics of nursing care. However, based on observations, it was found that some nurses do not follow the specifics of nursing care. The results of bachelor's thesis research can be beneficial for all nurses across all departments. But they can be also used as information materiál for medical students.

Interested in being notified about new results for this query?
Subscribe to the RSS feed.