|
Social worker as a member of a multidisciplinary team
Zámečníková, Barbora ; Vrzáček, Petr (advisor) ; Havrdová, Zuzana (referee)
The diploma thesis deals with the role of a social worker in a hospital environment, specifically at a rehabilitation clinic. The work is focused on mapping the current form of functioning of social work at the rehabilitation clinic, the role of the social worker, the content and meaning of the work in cooperation with other members of the multidisciplinary. The aim of the theoretical part is to get acquainted with the profession of a health and social worker and to describe their role as a member of a health team and their cooperation within a multidiciplinary framework. The aim of the empirical part is to describe the current form of social work not only from the point of view of a social worker, but primarily from the perspective of members of a multidisciplinary team, to find out how medical personnel perceive social workers as members of multidisciplinary teams, and how they evaluate mutual cooperation. Data were generated through a qualitative methodology using semi-structured and informal interviews with members of the multidisciplinary team and with the social worker under whom the clinic falls. The semi-structured ones are analyzed using open coding and the data are then divided into categories. The results of the research investigation are presented in the empirical part of the work...
|
|
Multidisciplinary team and care of patients with Parkinson's disease
Svobodová, Martina ; Vrzáček, Petr (advisor) ; Lejsal, Matěj (referee)
The aim of the thesis is to map the needs of social service clients with Parkinson's disease. Based on the needs, the goal of the work is to design a multidisciplinary team, its composition and functioning. In the theoretical part, I deal with Parkinson's disease as such, diagnosis, course, treatment and its side effects. I am also involved in social services, especially those that specifically focus on clients with Parkinson's. This part concludes with chapters on participation and empowerment, patient organizations and the multidisciplinary team as such. The third part deals with the methodology of the research. I used combined research, specifically interviews, field research and a questionnaire. I describe here the data analysis and ethical aspects of the research. The results of the research show that a multidisciplinary team is a suitable variant of care to fulfill some of the clients' needs. Here, I observe where the view of the client himself and the caregivers on the client's needs differ from each other and where they are in harmony. Based on the research, I subsequently propose the composition of a multidisciplinary team and model its functioning. In the discussion, I try to look critically at my work and also to confront it with other works that focus on a similar topic. The conclusion...
|
|
Social worker as an employee and member of a (multidisciplinary) team
Kolářová, Barbora ; Novák, Petr (advisor) ; Drahoňovský, Jan (referee)
This diploma thesis deals with a social worker as an employee and a member of a multidisciplinary team in the field of prison system. The aim of the thesis was to find out the view on the social worker from the perspective of top management of the Czech prison service. The theoretical part is divided into three major chapters that interconnect with each other. The first chapter deals with the basic definition of social work and a multidisciplinary team, but also delves into the specific area of social work with the crime perpetrators. The second chapter deals with general management, management of social work and top management, which plays a major role in the research investigation. The third chapter focuses on the area of prison system, its brief history, structure, and for the purposes of adding some interesting information to the thesis, also touches upon the life behind prison bars. The empirical part used qualitative research, specifically semi-structured interview, to fulfill the research goal. The interviews were conducted with top management of the Czech prison service. All collected data was analyzed using method, inspired by grounded theory approach. During the preparation of this thesis, I found out that the view of top management on social workers is completely positive. According to...
|
|
Support provided by a social worker in the treatment of children with eating disorders
Šitinová, Tereza ; Mlejnková, Kristýna (advisor) ; Válková, Monika (referee)
This Bachelor thesis focuses on the eating disorders in context of social work. The aim of this work is to analyze the support of social workers who are in contact with children having an eating disorder. The whole thesis is divided theoretical and practical part. The theoretical part deals with basic definition of eating disorder and its division together with risk factors which can worsen the decease. In the following section there is presented social work and its applications when dealing with problem of eating disorder and the role of a social worker. The child's social functioning can be disrupted by an unexpected situation in a form of eating disorder, hence judging the health status by a social worker must be done to obtain needed results used for choosing appropriate intervention and the treatment. The second last chapter of the theoretical part is devoted to possible treatments. Finally, there is presented a list of institutions dealing with disorders in the Czech Republic. The practical part presents the realization of qualitative research using semi-structured interview and participant observation, the main goal of which was to find out, how can a social worker support a child with an eating disorder during the treatment. The research was also enriched by a comparison of effects of...
|
|
Providing specialized palliative nursing care in the home environment
ZIMOLOVÁ, Linda
This bachelor's thesis is focused on specialized palliative nursing care and deals with providing palliative nursing care to patients at home environment. It focuses on the specifics of care and the needs of the patients, including the needs of their families. The goal of the research was to find out what the most common activities nurses conduct when providing palliative nursing care. Other goals of this work were to search for the possibilities of developing specialized palliative nursing care from the viewpoint of nurses and to find out what obstacles nurses encounter when providing specialized home palliative nursing care. Last but not least, this thesis shows the coordination of a multidisciplinary team providing specialized palliative care in the home environment. Methodology and research sample selection: To meet the goals, data were collected through a semi-structured interview with nurses who provide specialized palliative care in mobile hospices. The research group consisted of a total of eight nurses. Data were analyzed using an open coding, pencil-and-paper method. Data analysis resulted in 5 categories and 9 subcategories. Results: From the results of the research investigation, show that a nurse providing specialized palliative care in the home environment ensures the role of a nursing care provider, educator, manager and change agent. She is one of the most important multidisciplinary team members and also the main person between the doctor and the client. Furthermore, it was found that despite the great physical and psychological demands of this profession, none of the nurses subjectively felt signs of burnout. We found that despite the profession's many physical and psychological demands, no nurse experiences burnout syndrome. Nurses see the development of specialized palliative care in the amendment of legislation, education of society, especially in general practitioner offices, and in better cooperation with insurance companies. Results for practice: The results can serve as study material for students and female students of the Faculty of Health and Social Sciences of the University of South Bohemia, and the information can be useful in making decisions and choosing a career in home care.
|
|
Social Work in Hospic and Palliative Care
DOMBROVSKÁ, Ester
The thesis aims to identify the positives and negatives of a hospice multidisciplinary team. The first part of the thesis focuses on an academic approach to palliative and hospice care. Specifically, it defines the concept of a team and its diversity. Moreover, it illustrates the ethical issues and dilemmas occurring in hospice care. The second part of the thesis is interview-based research of particular members of multidisciplinary hospice care teams whose objective is to find their opinion on the possible weaknesses and strengths in their teamwork background. The research also focuses on the ethical issues and dilemmas hospice workers face.
|
|
Dual diagnosis from a social work perspective
Čermáková, Judita ; Angelovská, Olga (advisor) ; Janečková, Hana (referee)
The goal of this bachelor thesis named Dual diagnosis from the standpoint of social work is to shed light on what role a social worker has in the process of a patient's recovery and social rehabilitation from dual diagnosis. In addition to that, this thesis should clarify the position of a social worker in a multidisciplinary team and to describe dual diagnosis as a complex problem from the biopsychosocial standpoint. Both primary and secondary literature (printed and in the form of internet resources) were used as the theoretical framework of this thesis. The theoretical framework should primarily act as a guide to help better understand the phenomenon that is dual diagnosis in the context of social work. Qualitative interviews and case studies were then used as the practical framework for this bachelor thesis. The group of respondents is made up mainly by social workers, psychiatrists, adiktologists, and psychologists that work in the respective field. Keywords Social work, dual diagnosis, psychiatric comorbidity, addiction, mental health, multidisciplinary team.
|
| |
|
Position of a Nurse in a Multidisciplinary Team that is Taking Care of Retired People
MORAVEC, Martin
Introduction: Each nurse will be part of a multidisciplinary team. The differences will be only in the patients who will take care of them, and the goals and implementation plans of multidisciplinary teams will be proportional to that. However, the essence and intention remain the same. Satisfy the needs of the patient and perceive his needs as needs from a holistic being. To do this, more experts from individual fields in a multidisciplinary team are required, who fully cooperate to achieve this goal. Objective: A total of two objectives were set for the bachelor's thesis. The first goal was to evaluate how nurses perceive their position in a multidisciplinary team that cares for the elderly. The second goal was to find out how nurses perceive the benefits of a multidisciplinary team as such. Methodology: A quantitative method was used for the research survey. A questionnaire collection, where the target groups were nurses working in a multidisciplinary team caring for the elderly. The questionnaire contained 22 closed questions, including one table. Results: The results show that the nurses perceive the contribution of the multidisciplinary team positively as such. Nurses have been shown to feel as complete members of multidisciplinary teams and to work with other members to meet the needs of their patients. Nurses working in functioning multidisciplinary teams also have a better overview of the individual needs of their patients and, with information from the multidisciplinary team, are able to provide better nursing care. Nurses also consider the sharing of information within the multidisciplinary team to be positive. Conclusion: We conclude that a well-functioning multidisciplinary team of nurses is an integral part of proper and quality patient care. The results of this work could be beneficial in the field of education, practice.
|
|
The role of the nurse in providing multidisciplinary care in spinal units
HARAZINOVÁ, Lucie
The aim of this master's thesis is to map the role of the nurse in the spinal unit, describe the collaboration of multidisciplinary team members in the spinal unit and describe the needs of the hospitalized patients. To meet these objectives, a total of five following research questions were set: "What is the role of the nurse in the care of patients in the spinal unit?", "What are the specifics of nursing care of patients in the spinal unit?", "What is the composition of the multidisciplinary team in the spinal unit?", "How does the cooperation between these workers take place?" and "What are the needs of patients hospitalized in the spinal unit?". The theoretical part of the thesis is designed to provide the reader with a comprehensive overview of the issue of spinal cord injury. At the very beginning, it defines the basic anatomical and physiological conditions of the nervous system, spine and spinal cord. Injury of these structures is the subject of other chapters, which discuss the causes, symptoms, diagnosis and treatment options in more detail. It also describes the development of spinal units in the Czech Republic and abroad. It defines a multidisciplinary team, whose work is an integral part of the care of a patient with a spinal cord injury. The nursing care chapter is devoted to areas that require a specific approach by nurses in patients with spinal cord injury. A qualitative research study was chosen for the empirical part of the thesis. Data collection took place using a semi-structured interview with thirteen nurses from selected spinal units. After finding out their personal information, they were asked a total of twenty-nine questions focused on the functioning of the spinal unit, characteristics of provided multidisciplinary care and the nurses' experience of the patients' condition and needs. The obtained information was subsequently transcribed and processed with the open coding method and colouring text. For easier orientation in the results of the interviews, four categories and seventeen subcategories were created, which clearly present the answers to the above research questions. It was found that the informants perceive their role in the spinal unit mainly as a nurse-caregiver. The cooperation of the multidisciplinary team is conditioned by various forms of verbal and non-verbal information exchange, for example during ward rounds, by change-of-shift handoff, operational meetings or information boards. Most of the nurses rate this cooperation as effective and mostly problem-free. The results also show that the needs of patients are closely related to mobility restrictions and long-term hospitalization. Most often, these are physiological needs and the need for contact with the society. This master's thesis points out the importance of a multidisciplinary and sensitive approach to patients with a spinal cord injury, who experience many worries and tense moments in their return to everyday life. The results may serve as educational material not just for students of healthcare professions, but also for the medical staff themselves. An output of the thesis is a manual for new nurses on spinal units, which aims to make them easier to integrate and prepare for the significant specifics about the nursing care for patients with spinal cord injury.
|