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Perception of death in the eyes of young gipsy children
KAŇKOVÁ, Tereza
Title: Perception of death by Romani children of younger school age This thesis deals with perception of death, life after death and funeral rites by Romani children of younger school age. The theoretical part describes how death of a human is generally perceived and how it is perceived by children and the adults. The thesis then characterizes Romani culture and perception of death and life after by Romani people. The aim of the thesis was to identify perception of death and life after death by Romani children of younger school age. The practical part of the thesis utilizes qualitative research strategy applied by means of the semi-structured interview technique complemented by drawing techniques, which however served for getting into contact with the respondent, not for the analysis. The research was performed in the environment of the low-threshold facility V.I.P of the Municipal Charity České Budějovice. The target sample consisted of 10 Romani children of six to twelve years of age. We may say upon the results obtained during the research itself that Romani children do not have identical perception of death and life after death. Although they believe in the existence of heaven and hell their notion is diverse and individual (from positive perception of hell to sole belief in heaven or sole belief in hell). Belief in reincarnation does not occur among the respondents. Death is perceived as personified, sometimes it merges with perception of the god or is perceived naturalistic as a consequence of illness and old age. Soul is also perceived individually, some of the respondents do not believe in soul at all, some believe that soul is the good and only good people have it, for others it is a synonym of the heart. The respondents admit visits of the death in the lives of the alive. Romani people use funeral rites different from those of the majority society, which the children respondents described although not all of them have been at a funeral. The results of my work may be used by social workers involved in work with Romani children and young people. A funeral substantially affects lives of the Romani people and it is necessary for social workers to be sufficiently informed on this event and related habits.
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The role of nurses in the nursing care for a deceased child
KOUTNÍKOVÁ, Radka
This thesis deals with the nursing care for a deceased child and it focuses on the role of nurses, their attitudes and the way nurses care for a deceased child. In a highly professional care, it is necessary to humanize the last moments of life of a child; therefore, there are rituals that are acceptable for the dying child, the family and nursing staff. Caring for dying children is a very demanding task for medical staff and it may be divided into medical, social, psychological and spiritual care. In case of severely ill or dying children, we must identify real and potential problems, set short and long term goals, set out plans of care, provide specific nursing activities and evaluate their effectiveness and efficiency. All health professionals must work together and with the whole family. To say that life has ended is a challenging and difficult moment in the medical profession. Talking with the bereaved families requires a high level of communication skills. The entire medical team must manage this situation with dignity. The results and the theoretical part of the thesis will serve as an information resource for nurses who care for dying and deceased children. Nurses may be inspired by the thesis results, which may serve to improve nursing care in these situations. The benefits of this thesis lie in the recognition of the need for expanding the education of nurses and subsequent utilization of the acquired knowledge and skills in practice. It could also serve the employer?s reflection over the care for the staff working in such a demanding profession.
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Knowledge and skills of nurses in communicating with the dying patient.
MAŇHALOVÁ, Jana
21st century brought about a lot of beneficial scientific and medical discoveries. Thanks to modern techniques and the current medical treatment we live longer. Maybe that's why we also die a longer time. Nurses in their profession are daily confronted with the palliative care issue. This thesis deals with the knowledge and skills of nurses in communicating with a dying patient. In the theoretical part the terms of communication, dying, death are defined and the interaction between these topics is mentioned. The thesis is focused on communication in the health care provision, on specific principles of a nurse´s communication with a dying patient and the stages of dying by Elisabeth Kübler - Ross. The practical part presents the results of the research survey in graphs and tables. The research was carried out quantitatively by using a questionnaire interview. The research respondents were nurses working in hospital departments in the České Budějovice hospital, a.s. The objective was to survey the knowledge and skills of nurses in communicating with dying patients. Based on the objective, we have stated the following hypotheses: H1: I suppose that nurses are skilled in communicating with a dying patient. H2: I assume that nurses working in the department of oncology have a better knowledge and skills in communicating with a dying patient than nurses working in a standard hospital department. Based on the research the objective was met, H1 was confirmed, H2 was not confirmed. The thesis is supplemented with resources of quotations, references and the review of studied literature. The appendix contains the questionnaire, Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs and the Charter of Rights of Dying Patients. The research outcomes were assembled into a brochure that can be used as a background material for teaching communication in nursing or as a contribution to seminars and conferences dealing with these topics. The benefit of this thesis is the publication of information about the knowledge and skills of nurses in communicating with dying patients, and so pointing out this issue.
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Traffic accidents under the influence of alcohol and their social consequences on the territory of the Pelhřimov district.
BĚLOCH, František
Traffic accidents under the influence of alcohol and their social consequences on the territory of the Pelhřimov district. This thesis deals with the history of alcohol use and explains the analytical methods for detecting alcohol in blood in traffic accidents. It describes the effect of alcohol on the drivers and its metabolism and defines the current legislation regarding the driving under influence of alcohol in the period 2007 {--} 2008 and the legislation effective from 1.1. 2010. It outlines the status of traffic accidents and traffic accidents under the influence of alcohol, which occurred during the reporting period in the Czech Republic and especially on the territory of Pelhřimov district. The work also deals with social and economic consequences of accidents caused by drunk driving, not just the perpetrators but also the other participants of the accident. Developing the work I have collaborated with experts in the area and used methods of analysis of available materials (including foreign literature), the method of comparative study. I have made retrospective content analysis of data collected in the documentation of traffic accidents of Police of the Czech Republic and Interior Ministry statistics of the Czech Republic using methods of comparative research. The work is, inter alia, specifies the methods of analysis of liability, which was developed to study the influence of alcohol and other drugs on driving ability. The aim was to determine the level of the negative impact of alcohol on the ability to participate in traffic. The second objective was to determine the social consequences of accidents caused under the influence of alcohol for parties to these accidents.
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The causes of injuries and deaths in the Czech Republic
VOSÁTKOVÁ, Kristýna
The thesis is titled The causes of injuries and deaths in the Czech Republic. The main objective is to highlight the constantly high death rate caused by car accident injuries and by a hidden threat of heart and cardio-vascular diseases resulting in most people's deaths. The thesis contains two parts: theoretical and practical. The theory includes specific terminology such as health, health determiners and the lifestyle. The next chapter analyzes most frequented diseases in the Czech Republic such as heart and cardio-vascular diseases, tumors, respiratory and digestive tract diseases, death, the most frequented injuries in the Czech republic and suicides. The practical part describes the research findings and results. Two types of questionnaires were used for this purpose. The former one was handed to randomly chosen people who had suffered any injuries. The latter one was given to medical doctors in order to trace the death causes in the course of a year. The questionnaire data were transferred into graphs and charts. The graphs and charts as well as the discusssion outcomes are described in the final part of the thesis. The paragaphs of my thesis contain the bibliographical and website references. In the appendixes both questionnaires are inserted.
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Self - Reflection of the Medical Workers in Connection with Nursing of Patients with Serious Prognosis and Death
VAŇKOVÁ, Jana
This thesis deals with the issue of self-reflection of healthcare professionals in the context of treating patients with hopeless prognoses and deaths. Self-reflection is the ability to think about oneself and one?s own actions, and it is one of the prerequisites of personal development. Similarly, this is so in the profession of nurses, who are expected to show, in performing their professional activities, total professionalism, excellent communication skills, and coping with difficult life situations of patients when nurses are expected to support them. Nurses are frequently confronted with severely ill, dying patients, family tragedies, and many other complex situations that affect their mental health, family life and ultimately the profession. The objective of this thesis was to find out how the care of patients in hopeless states and deaths of patients affect nurses? mental health and work in terms of their self-reflection. The theoretical part describes the nursing process for patients with hopeless prognoses and dying people and communicating with them. It also describes self-reflection, motivation, supervision in palliative care and burnout syndrome. The thesis also deals with the emotions of nurses in treating patients with hopeless prognoses and dying patients, as well as the prerequisites of healthcare professionals for treating patients with hopeless prognoses and deaths. The survey was conducted using qualitative research, the method of questioning, using non-standardized interviews. The research group consisted of eight nurses working in hospital České Budějovice a.s. at the departments of oncology, oncohematology, anaesthetic resuscitation, and apallic unit. The survey was conducted during the period from 20 July 2010 to 23 July 2010. he research showed that the mental state, especially their views of life, of nurses treating patients with hopeless prognoses and dying patients has been and is affected. Most of the nurses surveyed said that they have revalued their lives and now they have other priorities. One nurse said that she is trying to take care of herself more. As revealed in the survey, the care of patients with hopeless prognoses and dying patients does not affect the nurses? work itself. Almost all of the nurses approach these patients like the other patients and take the care of them as a part of their profession. The results of this thesis may be used in professional seminars for nurses.
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Image of a woman and her world optics funeral sermon in the early modern urban enviroment
ANTONOVÁ, Petra
The thesis discusses the structure of thought of the early modern period world view focusing on the female ideal scheme in urban environment. The funeral sermon file within this time period became the source of the thesis. The theoretical part offers a literature overview and then a general introduction to the funeral sermons, taking into account the nature of the literature formation. The practical part deals with the analysis of female perpective themes in the field of funeral sermons. This section is divided into several subchapters. Primarily there is a space devoted to basic elements which used to form a part of female existance. These elements in their final consistency refer to the nature of women´s predicament in the early modern world. Furthermore the thesis devotes space to basic ideas of funeral sermons which fundamentally were involved in the construction of the text and simultaneously shape its entire character. The conclusion was left to the edition of funeral sermons themselves.
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Euthanasia from the point of view of staff nursing
LENKOVÁ, Gabriela
The title of the thesis is Euthanasia from the Point of View of Nursing Staff. The work is divided into the theoretical and practical part.The objective of the thesis is to map nursing staff?s views of euthanasia. I set two research questions. 1. Do the nurses at selected wards tend to the opinion that euthanasia should or should not be legalized? 2. What circumstances lead to their opinion? I applied qualitative research, the method of questioning and the technique of a semi-structured interview. The research group consisted of nine nurses from selected wards of the Hospital of České Budějovice Inc. On the basis of the analysis answers to the research questions were set. Answer No. 1 - Nursing staff tend to the opinion that euthanasia should be legalized in the Czech Republic. Answer No. 2 - The opinion of nursing staff is influenced by these factors ? the length of practice, education, treating terminally ill people, their personal interest in the issue of euthanasia, knowledge of basic concepts, attitude towards free choice of a human to have right to decide on his/her death and situation in Czech Health, palliative care above all, that is not sufficiently developed and not available to all
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Rescuer´s attitude towards dying and death
MARKOVÁ, Petra
The thesis deals with attitude of rescuers to dying and death. Rescuers go to various situations in which they provide the highest quality care under every condition.The reason is the influence of repeated encountering dying and death.These influences reflect in their practice and private lives. The objective of the thesis was to find out the rescuers attitudes to dying and death. The purpose is to find out if this psychical stress influences their private lives and also other meetings at work. The respondents were from South Bohemian Region. The thesis elaborated in the form of qualitative research. The method of semidirected interview was applied. Interviews were carried out with randomly chosen rescuers (men, women) with different period of work experience. The results are almost literally re-written in the chapter called Research Results. In the thesis the psychical load of rescuers owing to the repeated encountering dying and death of adults and children. Further, the balanced attitude of rescuers immediately after the end of unsuccessful resuscitation was found out.
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