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The specifics of the nursing care for Romany minor within the frame of home care agencies
KASOVÁ, Simona
In the Czech Republic the Romani minority is a numerous as well as often discussed minority in these days. As one of the largest minorities in the Czech Republic is involved, not only nurses in health care facilities but also nurses working for home-care agencies meet members of the Romani minority at work. For a Romani family it is almost a duty to take care for their ill and dying relatives at home in a family circle. This care still bears elements of Romani tradition, which however often contravene with treatment regime. Despite this fact nurses from home-care agencies have good experience with taking care for Romani patients, and sometimes certain Romanies accept the use of home-care agency services. These theses on Specific Features of Nursing Care for Romani Minority in the Framework of Home-care Agencies deals in its theoretical part with a history, communication, religion, traditions and manner of living of Romani minority, further it focuses on history and scope of activities of home-care agencies, on ethics of dying and death in health-care facilities and on basic information in the field of palliative care. The second part of the theses is focused on quantitative and qualitative research. The quantitative research has been carried out in a form of a questionnaire addressed to nurses working in home-care agencies. Seventy one nurses from selected home-care agencies from the whole Czech Republic took part in this research. Qualitative research was carried out through structured interviews with 15 members of Romani minorities. Tasks of the work: to ascertain extent of use of services of home-care agencies by Romani minority, and to determine specific features of nursing care for dying member of the Romani ethnicity were fulfilled. Three hypotheses were determined to such tasks ? H1: Nurses from home-care agencies have already provided services to members of Romani ethnicity. H2: The Romani minority uses services of home-care agencies. H3: Nurses from home-care agencies are aware of specific features of nursing care for Romani minority. Hypotheses H1 and H2 were accepted. H3 was not accepted, as from the statistical evaluation of quantitative research it follows that nurses are not aware of specific features of nursing care. The following research questions were determined for the qualitative research: Are the members of Romani ethnicity aware of a possibility to receive help from home-care agencies in care for a dying family member? Are the members of Romani minority interested in help offered by nurses from home-care agencies in nursing of a dying family member? Results of the research of these theses were used for creation of a manual of specific features of nursing care for a dying Romani patient. The manual was sent to selected home-care agencies. Information contained in the manual may serve to nurses in an out-patient and patient departments of health-care facilities as well, as knowledge in the field of care for a member of the Romani minority dying at home may help such nurses to understand acting, communication, manner of living as well as life values of such patients at hospitalization. The whole theses may also serve in practice as an indicator of insufficient foreknowledge of the Romani minority on services of home-care agencies and necessity to spread information on such services to the Romani ethnicity.
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Problems for ensurance of treatment and illpersons´needs who are treated in a hospital for a long time or at home-care as seen by nurses
GUIDOVÁ, Hana
Abstract The objective of nursing care is to maintain an individual self-sufficient for as long as possible, to improve their quality of life and to provide orientation or life programme in psychical and social activities. A need arises from a feeling of insufficiency or excess in biological, psychological, social or spiritual fields. This thesis addresses the issue of provision of nursing care and satisfaction of patients{\crq} needs in sanatoriums and in home care from the view of nurses. The thesis comprised quantitative research made by means of questionnaires completed by 64 nurses from 6 addressed sanatoriums and 9 home-care agencies. The bachelor{\crq}s thesis attempted to ascertain opportunities for provision of health care and satisfaction of lower and higher needs. Three hypotheses were raised. The first hypothesis was focused on nurses providing home care and claimed that they provided their clients with more comprehensive nursing care. The results of the research have confirmed this hypothesis. Nurses from home-care agencies provide professional health care and satisfy lower and higher needs at the same time. Nurses working in sanatoriums satisfy lower and higher needs less than nurses providing home care. The second hypothesis addressed influence of the type of organization on satisfaction of clients{\crq} needs. This hypothesis has been confirmed by the results of the research. Nurses providing home care have more room to meet the needs than nurses working in sanatoriums. The third hypothesis concerned the question whether nurses providing home care have more room for satisfaction of higher needs than nurses in sanatoriums. This hypothesis has also been confirmed on the basis of the results. The research revealed that a part of nurses working in sanatoriums have little time for satisfaction of lower and higher needs. Regrettably, the answer that satisfaction of these needs is not necessary and even if it was, there would not be time for that was not exceptional. An approach to nursing care and patients{\crq} needs has been undergoing continuous development. What used to be sufficient in former times is not sufficient at present. I believe that it would be useful for nurses to recommend them making use of education to a larger extent. They should realize the needs arising from illnesses since satisfaction of these needs is a part of the therapeutic process. I would also recommend that heads of sanatoriums and home-care agencies should obtain more quality compensation equipment and modern medical supplies, and consider the number of nursing staff as compared to the number of treated clients since provision of quality nursing care is the aim of every nurse.
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