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The issue of providing nursing care in acute psychiatric wards in connection with the covid-19 infection
TURKOVÁ, Lenka
This bachelor thesis focuses on the providing of nursing care in acute psychiatric wards in the context of Covid-19 infection. The theoretical part of the thesis starts with an overview of the organization of psychiatric care in the Czech Republic. It then focuses on selected acute conditions of patients admitted to acute psychiatric wards, including schizophrenia, neurotic, stress and somatoform disorders, and mental health disorders caused by alcohol and psychoactive substance use. Special attention is given to Covid-19 disease and its impact on acute psychiatric wards. The theory also addresses the providing of nursing care during the Covid-19 pandemic, including hygiene measures. The empirical part of the thesis is developed through a qualitative investigation with a semi-structured interview technique. Using open coding, the data was divided into three categories and six sub-categories. The research population, consisted of 10 informants. They were nurses, from different facilities, who work in acute psychiatric wards and who worked in this ward during the Covid-19 pandemic. Their experience in health care ranges from 4 to 49 years. The sample was selected by purposive sampling. The final part of the thesis focuses on the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on acute psychiatric wards and nursing care. The results of the data analysis provide valuable insights into this issue. One of the key areas examined was changes in the operation of psychiatric wards due to the pandemic. Some wards were reconfigured into specialist covide wards, while others were divided into sections for patients with and without the disease. This measure involved intensive training of staff to work in an infectious environment and increased monitoring of patients for possible infection.
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