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Analysis and possibilities of support for health care workers during the current crisis situation with Covid-19
MRÁZKOVÁ, Vendula
COVID-19 disease is caused by a new type of coronavirus SARS-CoV-2. On 1. 12. 2021 the Czech Republic was in the 5th degree of emergency or in a critical state of the anti-epidemic system. The critical situation means that the capacity of the hospital inpatient and intensive care system is beginning to approach its limit, the number of people infected in the population is high and there is a community spread of the disease. On 8th of December 2021, statistics shown 19 482 new cases of COVID-19, a total of 2 282 212 confirmed cases, 6 670 hospitalized residents, 1 963 455 cured, 14 031 605 reported vaccines and 34 034 deaths in Czech republic. As of 20 January 2023, the WHO has published a total of 663 640 386 confirmed cases with COVID-19 and 6 713 093 deaths in the world between 31. 12. 2019 and 16. 1. 2023. The current coronavirus disease has a global impact, but healthcare professionals play a vital role and are one of the most exposed groups. Stress in mental health of nursing has long been recognized as an impact on individual performance, illness and job retention. Since the beginning of the pandemic, health professionals have struggled to work harder, are at risk of transmitting the infection to themselves and their loved ones, so they are often separated from them. They experience discomfort due to the use of more protective equipment. Further more, they are exposed to stressful situations, when a large number of young and older people die due to insufficient capacity of beds and ventilators, they decide on human lives, and who will be given priority care. Therefore, it is natural for employees, that they are getting to be depressed, scared, anxious, irritable, sleep deprived or use alcohol.
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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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Distance form of speech therapy intervention in preschool children during the COVID-19 pandemic
KOREŠOVÁ, Eliška Gabriela
The objective of this bachelor thesis is to analyze a distance form of the speech therapy intervention by preschool age children during the COVID-19 pandemic, reveal the problems and benefits appeared during its use. The text is composed the theoretical and practical part. The theoretical part defines the field of speech therapy, the speech development, communication disorder in preschool child. This section also describes a telemedicine during the COVID-19 pandemic, a distance speech therapy intervention and a communication channels for its implementation. The practical part contains the results of research investigation. It consists of quantitative research, implemented using an online questionnaire and the qualitative research implemented using an interview with clinical speech therapist. During the pandemic, the therapist offered a distance speech therapy intervention using the videoconferencing.
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Pandemic as proving scout values
KODETOVÁ, Barbora
The bachelor's thesis deals with Scouting values and their demonstration during the COVID-19 pandemic. During this time, citizens had to follow new rules designed to protect citizens from infection. The goal of the work is to find out what values led individuals to help during the coronavirus pandemic and whether they acquired these values through scout education. The theoretical part describes the origin, development and history of scouting in the world and in our country, its principles, promise and laws. Subsequently, the values are defined and their classification is explained. In the last point of the theoretical part, the concepts of pandemic and COVID-19 are explained. In the practical part, the methodology, research problem, research objective and research questions are presented. At the end, the thesis presents an evaluation of the questionnaire survey and interviews and discussion.
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Qualitative analysis of students affects during Covid-19
SUCHAN, Vít
The bachelor's thesis focuses on the affects of university students during the covid-19 pandemic. The theoretical part of the thesis describes the pandemic situation in the Czech Republic, then deals with the effects on the psyche of the population in general and then describes risk groups and coping strategies of university students in more detail. Finally, it presents the results of studies carried out in the Czech environment. The empirical part presents statements from the extensive psychological research of Jupsycor, carried out by the Section of Psychology, Department of Pedagogy and Psychology of the Faculty of Education of the University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice.
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Výuka výchovy k občanství a základů společenských věd během pandemie covid-19
ŽIDOŇ, Zdeněk
Between 2020 and 2021, the whole world was dealing with a coronavirus pandemic that had a major impact on education. An unprecedented number of pupils and students found themselves in distance learning for which they were unprepared. The purpose of this paper is to determine what impact distance education has had on the teaching of civics and social studies. In the beginning of the thesis, the concept of key competences will be discussed and the quality of teaching of civics and social studies during traditional face-to-face teaching will be analysed. In the next part of the thesis, the course of the pandemic in the Czech Republic and its impact on the whole educational system will be analysed in detail. In the final part of the thesis, the author will try to answer the question whether it is possible to teach these subjects fully during distance education and will investigate the experience of distance learning of teachers of these subjects in České Budějovice.
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Caring for patients on High-Flow Nasal Oxygen therapy during the COVID-19 pandemic from the standard ward nurses perspective
Škodová, Tereza ; Arientová, Simona (advisor) ; Míca, Patrik (referee)
The thesis examines the experience of standard ward nurses in caring for COVID-19 positive patients who were on high flow oxygen (HFNO) support due to respiratory failure. The research was conducted in the Infectious Diseases Clinic Department at the Military University Hospital Prague where this treatment method was implemented during the COVID-19 pandemic. This thesis is divided into two parts. The theoretical part deals with COVID-19 disease, HFNO therapy, AIRVO 2 divide and the primary care of patients during the pandemic. The practical part was conducted as quantitative research through a questionnaire survey and qualitative research through interviews with nurses. The main goal of the thesis was to find out how nurses of the standard ward perceive the care of patients requiring HFNO support and also to find out whether it is appropriate and adequate for the nurses to have these patients hospitalized in the standard ward department. Key words: HFNO therapy, COVID-19, standard ward, nurses, experience
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Changes in ventilatory parameters in survivors after severe COVID-19 associated pneumonia
Kulhánková, Adéla ; Gojda, Jan (advisor) ; Mlček, Mikuláš (referee)
Background and Aims COVID-19 disease can cause severe bilateral pneumonia which manifests as a restrictive pulmonary disease in the post-acute phase, raising the question of whether this post-acute impairment may persist and lead to long-term consequences. The aim of this thesis was to find out whether patients in the post- acute phase of COVID-19 suffer from respiratory disorders and possibly whether these disorders persist even after 6 months, using the analysis of spirometry data, such as vital capacity (VC), forced vital capacity (FVC), and Tiffeneau index (FEV1/FVC). Methods A retrospective analysis of the prospective cohort COMETA study examining patients with confirmed bilateral COVID-19 pneumonia was conducted. 42 patients were examined at baseline in the post-acute phase of COVID-19 (visit A) and 36 of them participated also in the examination after 6 months (visit C). The Student's t- test was used to compare parameters with a normal distribution. For the parameters with non-normal distribution, the Mann-Whitney test was used. Results At the baseline, the median VC and FVC were below 80 % of their predicted values. A statistically significant improvement over the course of 6 months was observed for the VC of males (Δ median 0.7900, p <0.01) and females (Δ mean 0.4692 p < 0.05) and FVC of...
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High flow nasal oxygen therapy as an alternative to mechanical ventilation in COVID+ patients in intensive care
Čermáková, Radka ; Juřena, Zdeněk (advisor) ; Ďásková, Pavla (referee)
Keywords: Oxygen therapy; Artificial lung ventilation; High-flow; Covid-19; Treatment of respiratory disease This thesis deals with supportive respiratory, ventilation, and non-invasive techniques of respiratory support related to the global Covid-19 pandemic that affected the lives of many people between 2020 and 2021. During this pandemic, high-flow nasal oxygen therapy (High- flow) emerged as a possible alternative to artificial lung ventilation in Covid-positive patients. The thesis addresses the issues related to the high-flow device, the experiences of nurses with it, and whether it can be an alternative to artificial lung ventilation for Covid-positive patients in intensive care. The theoretical part characterizes topics such as oxygen therapy, artificial lung ventilation, high-flow, Covid-19, treatment of respiratory disease, and the Hacor score. The empirical part is based on two conducted quantitative studies. The aim of the first quantitative survey was to determine whether the nurses are familiar with the high-flow device, its principles, usage, and whether they have received sufficient training on this device. The second quantitative survey aimed to illustrate the ventilation modes used in all hospitalized patients who underwent artificial lung ventilation or high-flow therapy to...
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