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Nurse communication with the bereaved in practice.
NECHVÁTALOVÁ, Veronika
This bachelor´s thesis describes the issue of communication, its division and communication barriers. It also explores communication with the bereaved, caregiving and their reactions to the painful loss of their loved one. The empirical part of the bachelor's thesis is processed in the form of qualitative research, the method of questioning and the technique of structured interviews with prepared questions. The research population consists of probands who are selected purposefully namely, general nurses, who work at the station of the internal and surgical departments. The research investigation is at the station of the internal and surgical department in the chosen medical facility of the South Bohemian Region. For the research part of the bachelor's thesis, three objectives are set, which are: to find out whether general nurses have experience in communicating with the bereaved. To map whether the general nurses provide enough time for possible questions when communicating with the bereaved and to map whether the general nurses provide intimacy for the bereaved. The results of the research show that general nurses in the internal department communicate with the bereaved more often than general nurses in the surgical department. Differences are also in the length of the conversation and in the description of the environment in which communication with the bereaved takes place. The research investigation points to the fact that the general nurses feel uncomfortable when they communicate with the bereaved. Furthermore, the research shows that the time provided for the questions is not limited, space for questions is provided especially at the end of the interview and the bereaved are encouraged to ask additional questions. Further, general nurses know and have the same procedures for the meeting and describe the same content of the interview with the bereaved. The general nurses also describe identical arrangements for the environment in which communication with the bereaved takes place. Based on the results of the research investigations, a manual is created that contains ten recommendations for general nurses who encounter communication with the bereaved. The manual can serve as a guide to make communication more effective. I believe that the obtained results will make communication with the bereaved in healthcare facilities more effective.
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Nudity in Czech art in 1990s with overolap to the 21st century
Yordanova, Viktoriya ; Pech, Milan (advisor) ; Bendová, Eva (referee)
Anotation The diploma thesis attempts to introduce the subject of the naked body in the 1990's Czech art, thus in the era of the postrevolutionary freedom. In the rapidly transforming society, after the fall of the communism and the disolution of the Eastern Bloc, the body became a crucial tool for artists expression. Local art reflected Western initiatives not only in the art field, but also, in the wider visual culture (porn magazines, erotical TV shows, advertisment etc.). It attempts to represent the authors and their work in which the artists reacted to these initiatives.
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More than just an object: The development of identity and subjectivity in hyperrealistic sex dolls and robots
Duffková, Barbora ; Tremčinský, Martin (advisor) ; Balon, Jan (referee)
This thesis examines the phenomenon of hyper-realistic sex dolls and robots, perceived as modern social and emotional partners. The study focuses on how users on The Doll Forum shape and interpret the gender identity and subjectivity of these artificial companions. The main objective is to determine whether interactions between users and these entities lead to the subversion of traditional gender norms or, conversely, reinforce the heteronormative paradigm. The research employs digital ethnography methods and poststructuralist discourse analysis. Results suggest that despite some tendencies towards subversion, prevailing discourses on the TDF still strengthen conventional gender roles and norms, with a group of users attempting to challenge these norms. This work thus reveals the complex dynamics between technological advancement and social norms in the context of modern intimate and interpersonal relationships.
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Rhythms of restlessness
Hudecová, Stanislava ; Kadlčák, Šimon (referee) ; Mikyta, Svätopluk (advisor)
In my bachelor thesis Rhythms of restlessness I adress, through personal associations and memories, the themes of work ethics and the capitalist-oriented culture of today's society. In an installation made up of a series of objects and drawings embedded within them, I materialize my intimate attitudes or feelings by combining moments from memories with moments from everyday routine activities that are an overlooked part of our everyday "autopilot" functioning. The office chair here acts as a memory, metaphor or symbol of working, and its various manipulations across the installation carry references to my associations associated with this phenomenon. Through this work, I explore the relationships of my immediate surroundings to what it means to function in today's success-oriented rather than happiness-oriented time, and it also serves as a way for me personally to become aware of my own place in the context of my artistic practice. The work builds on my previous projects, in which I have often explored themes of my own intimacy and psychology in the context of functioning in today's world. It is closely related to my most recent work entitled Bedroom Routines, which metaphorically worked through domestic routines and moments, following a stylized character who is my "avatar" in the work.
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Symbiotic imprint
Kachtíková, Michaela ; Tkáčová, Lucia (referee) ; Houser, Milan (advisor)
The thesis entitled "Symbiotic Imprint" explores the symbiotic relationship between the physicality and the mind through a meditative practice that materializes in a site-specific installation inside the catacombs. The thesis reflects the artist's personal research into the inner mental space that is transformed into physical form. The author presents a space that, while familiar to her, is at the same time alien, and which is constantly transforming and evolving as a result of long-term care. This process leads to the creation of a unique dialogue between external and internal environments, where physical interaction and presence of body become key components for deeper understanding and self-knowledge. The site-specific installation attempts to connect the outer and inner worlds, the visible and the hidden, inside and outside.
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Isle of rats on the edge of rest area
Urbančok, Robert ; Maxmilián, Václav (referee) ; Janů, Valentýna (advisor)
In a work entitled Isle of rats on the edge of rest area, I process memories of childhood educational coercion into an environment that embodies the psychic space of experiencing one's position within the educational construct of parental expectations in an attempt to model the young person's personality through the politics of sport. Learning in the isolated and empathically emptied space of the tennis court, in a system of definitive rules, relationships and values based on a one-way construction of victory over failure, propagating active lifestyles and healthy bodies as a modern individualist religion, maintaining selective socialisation, limiting intuition, creativity and stigmatising otherness in order to class-legitimise personal growth and the representation of one's social position - at the expense of denying one's own identity. Through the appropriation of materials and the aesthetics of the tennis court, I create a space for the curiosity of these repressed childhood memories brought into the present, where I attempt to reflect on them, name the vague feelings, and internally come to terms with them.
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Need of intimacy of patients women 65+
NOVÁKOVÁ, Pavlína
The aim of this bachelor's thesis was to determine the status of the needs for intimacy and privacy of elderly women aged 65+ in a nursing home. Elderly women lose part of their privacy by entering such a facility. According to their degree of dependence on care, their intimate zone is violated during nursing care. I used the method of non-standardized interviews and direct covert participant observation to find out how the elderly women feel and cope in such situations. I collected data from 10 female clients and 4 members of the nursing staff of the Stachy-Kusov Nursing Home. The group of female clients was deliberately selected to represent seniors of different levels of self-care, mobility and care dependency. All nursing professions were represented among the staff. In the interviews, I explored how the clients felt in situations where they had to surrender some of their privacy and intimacy, how they coped with these feelings, and asked about their willingness and ability to communicate these topics. I investigated how nursing staff perceived these facts, their ability to empathize and communicate non-verbally with the elderly women in their care. From the data obtained, I drew conclusions regarding the saturation of the seniors' need for intimacy. It shows that individual approach with kindness and consideration is important to improve the feelings of care recipients. It is always necessary to act in the interest of preserving the dignity of the clients, to leave them the right to make decisions for themselves, not to reduce their capacity for self-care and to offer the possibility of relaxation through positive experiences or activities. In my research, the insufficient number of direct care workers to meet the individual needs of clients and the related lack of time that can be devoted to each client proved to be the limiting factor.
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Intimacy as a topic for preschool children
HLAVÁČKOVÁ, Eliška
The bachelor thesis addresses the issue of intimacy as a topic for preschool children in kindergartens. The theoretical part provides an insight into different conceptions of intimacy and the terms associated with it, which will be further used for the practical part. It also looks at the physical and mainly psychological development of the preschool child, particularly in relation to intimacy. It also focuses on three well-known theories of human needs, specifically according to Abraham Maslow, Zdeněk Matějček and the Pesso family. It then subjects these to comparison and finds connections between them and the themes of intimacy, demonstrating their interrelatedness and importance for the healthy development of the preschool child. The theoretical part also pays attention to whether the topic of intimacy finds its rightful place in preschool education and how it is included in the curriculum. The practical part presents the planning, implementation and evaluation of a week-long project that aims to sensitively introduce the topic of intimacy to preschool children using the principles of Philosophy for Children. The core element of this project is an original children's book, which is intended to serve as a suitable didactic material for kindergarten teachers in the field of the above-mentioned issue.
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The Body (Intimity)
Kojetská, Monika ; Pepe, Dita (referee) ; Hlavenka, Tomáš (advisor)
With this set I am following my previous work in which I was occupying with woman body. I catch body in intimate moments – but I encode it, so it is almost not obvious. I use light irony and exaggeration in my pictures. In this set I work with woman body as a object of voyer, who observes the woman with a peephole, lense, field glass or camera. But I keep it all in abstract and stylized position. I work with code, thanks to which we at first perceive the picture as colourful and shaped painting forms that gradually show womans body. I use bigger ammount of abstract, when forms of the body balance at the edge between figural and abstract. I enjoy the moment when there is not everything visible at the first sight in the picture. I want the viewer to look for the body, observe it and explore it. I do not aim for catching the beauty of the body or is real visual shape. I work with light irony of voyeur looks by using some deformations of the body parts.
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Side Effect / This could be us
Masevnina, Polina ; Pustaiová,, Zuzana (referee) ; Klodová, Lenka (advisor)
My bachelor thesis Side Effect / This could be us consists of a series of photographs and the texts in the form of a visual intimate diary and focuses mainly on self-reflection. As in my previous works, I reflect on romantic and sexual relationships, changes in my mental and physical condition, whether caused by love affairs, any kind of addiction, or by taking anti- depressants. The side effect of medical psychotherapy affecting sexuality is one of the top- ics I reveal in my project. By creating my self-portraits and writing explicit notes, I satisfy the obsessive need to share my intimate life - digital exhibitionism has a therapeutic meaning in this case, it helps to ex- perience and cope with my current state. I interpret intimacy from the perspective of sharing a personal space. I explore the physical and symbolic nature of the text as the way of ex- pression and my own body as a tool for preserving and living memories. Focusing on the body I materialise it as the map of touches, I turn my experiences into a physical form.
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