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Attitude and Motivation of Nurses to Lifelong Learning
Bártlová, Erika ; Jirkovský, Daniel (advisor) ; Dorková, Zlatica (referee)
This bachelor's thesis deals with the topic of nurses' motivation for lifelong learning and their awareness of this topic. Target: The aim of the bachelor's thesis is to find out whether nurses have an overview of the individual forms of lifelong education of non-medical healthcare workers, whether and how they are motivated to participate in them, and what factors prevent them from participating in lifelong education programs. Methods: A questionnaire containing 22 questions was distributed electronically to the nurses. A total of 493 questionnaires were processed of which 348 general nurses, 70 children's nurses, 58 practical nurses, 8 midwives and 8 paramedics participated in the survey. The non-parametric statistical method Pearson's Chi-square was used for statistical data processing. Results: The results show that nurses' knowledge of individual programs and forms of lifelong learning varies depending on their age, length of professional practice and educational attainment. Nurses' interest in participating in lifelong learning programs decreases with increasing age and length of practice and is influenced by workload resulting from staff shortages. The biggest motivating factor turned out to be a higher financial reward. The most important demotivating factor is lack of time. Conclusions:...
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Competences of nurses caring for pediatric patients in the surgery of practitioner for children and adolescents
TATEROVÁ, Kateřina
The work of a nurse in a general practitioner's office for children and adolescents is very diverse. The nurse is primarily involved in primary care, which is a set of activities related to health promotion, prevention, investigation, treatment, rehabilitation and, last but not least, nursing. Her other responsibilities include monitoring and evaluating the child's psychomotor development, thus creating a stimulating environment for healthy development. In the course of her work, the nurse takes on the role of administrator, care coordinator, educator, nurse, team player, organizer and above all communicator. The first objective of this study was to determine the competencies of nurses working in a general practitioner's office for children and adolescents. The second aim was to find out the attitude of nurses towards increasing their competencies in caring for paediatric patients in a general practitioner's office for children and adolescents. The third aim was to find out what barriers nurses perceive in the application of their competencies in the paediatric and adolescent practice. The practical part of the bachelor's thesis was prepared using a qualitative research method. We used the questionnaire method and the semi-structured interview technique to collect data. The research population consisted of ten nurses working in general practitioner's offices for children and adolescents from the South Bohemia region with different lengths of experience. After transcribing the interviews with the respondents verbatim, we analyzed the results using the open coding method of pencil and paper, where we established seven categories: Workload of nurses, Professional competencies, Increasing nurses' competencies, Adding competencies, Barriers to the application of new competencies, Performing tasks not falling within competencies, Education. The results are summarized in the individual tables and diagrams in the empirical part of this thesis. The survey shows that the most frequently used professional competences of nurses in the general practitioner's office for children and adolescents are vaccinations, checking physiological functions and taking biological material. Nurses' attitudes towards increasing their competencies were predominantly positive. Only two respondents indicated that they would not add any new competencies. The new competencies that the respondents would welcome are sampling and swabs without a doctor's office, administration, basic physical examination, prescribing chronic medications, diabetes education, and wound healing education. The barriers perceived by nurses to exercising their competencies with the pediatric and adolescent general practitioner included limited office hours, overflow patients, and the physician. The remaining seven respondents answered that they did not perceive any barriers. We believe that this bachelor thesis could serve as an overview of the interest of nurses to increase their competencies and as a study material for health professionals and the general public for orientation in the given issue, as well as an overview of the workload of nurses working in the general practitioner's office for children and adolescents.
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The History of nursing from the point of view of nurses
NOVOTNÁ, Kristina
The aim of the bachelor work "The history of the nursing from the point of view of nurses" to find out the view of current nursing representatives on the history of nursing. For the accomplishment of the aim, there were established two research questions: 1. "What transformation has nursing gone through from the point of view of nurses? "2. "What contribution do nurses perceive in the context of historical development for contemporary nursing? " The work is devided in theoretical and empirical part. In the theoretical part we shall deal with the history of the nursing care and it´s development in the particular periods of time and recent nursing care. In the empirical part we shall focus on the impact of the czech and foreign personalities in the nursing care. For the processing of the empirical part was chosen the qualitative research together with the method of semistructured interview. The research set is created from nine personalities of the nursing care. Seven personalities operate in the Czech Republic, two act abroad. On the base of the performed interviews were created six categories. From the results is evident, that the nursing care in the historical context underwent great changes and was influenced by many milestones, which formed the image of the recent nursing care. The nursing profession bears a great mission and certain prestige, which is quite often ignored by the laic society. The additional problem of this profession are the continually increasing demands and this requires further education of the nurses, which is also recently more discussed in the society. The nursing profession is an entity, which creates many partial components. Progress or stagnation in the nursing profession depends on the system of education. This bachelor work is dedicated to non-professional, but as well to the professional society. It can serve to students of the health profession to acquire pieces of knowledge in the history of the nursing care. The outcome of this bachelor work will be a base for an expert article dedicated to the health personnel and students of health disciplines.
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Lifelong learning from the perspective of Czech nurses
MERTLÍKOVÁ, Renáta
Introduction: This bachelor's thesis focuses on the topic of lifelong learning from the perspective of Czech nurses. The theoretical part deals with the history of education, lifelong learning in the Czech Republic and abroad, motivation and barriers to the lifelong learning of nurses. Lifelong learning of nurses is one of the essential parts of nurses' general education, as there is a constant change in health care and nurses need to renew and consolidate their knowledge. In addition, the, lifelong learning of nurses is mandatory by law in the Czech Republic. Aim: The work aimed to find out what motivates Czech nurses the most for lifelong learning, whether the knowledge gained in the framework of lifelong learning is reflected in nursing practice, what factors limit nurses' lifelong learning and which forms of lifelong learning Czech nurses prefer. Methodology: A quantitative survey method was used for this work. The data were obtained using our semi-structured questionnaire distributed among 80 nurses at the Prachatice Hospital. However, the return was only 49 questionnaires. Results: Nurses are most motivated to lifelong learning by gaining new knowledge they can use in nursing practice (71.5 %). We also found that nurses' knowledge gained in lifelong learning is reflected in nursing practice (67.4 %). Regarding the factors that limit nurses' participation in lifelong learning, most nurses reported it as time-consuming (44.9 %). Lastly, we found that nurses do not prefer one single form of lifelong learning but more of them. These are professional seminars, specialization education, innovative and certified courses, training events and conferences. Conclusion: The benefit of this bachelor's thesis can be the inspiration and motivation of nurses for lifelong learning. Furthermore, the results can serve the health care employers to increase the motivation of nurses for further education or remove the barriers that stand in their way to further education.
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The Progress of Nursing in the 21st Century from a Patient's Perspective
ČERNÁ, Barbora
Intoduction: Nursing is a human-oriented scientific discipline. Due to various world events, pivotal changes have occurred in this field. These changes have led to improvement in nursing care that is being provided in health facilities today. The Aim of the Thesis: The aim of the thesis was to determine changes to the field of nursing through the eyes of care recipients (i.e. patients) that happened during the 21st century. Furthermore, the goal was also to identify factors that influenced these changes and evaluate nursing care through the eyes of patients. Methodology: The thesis was carried out by means of a qualitative research survey in the form of semi-structured interviews with patients. The selection criteria for choosing an informant were residence in the South Bohemian Region and 18 years of age (or older). These informants were chosen by snowball sampling. The research survey included 20 informants. The interviews were recorded on an answering machine, literally transcribed and consequently analysed. Results: The thesis identified a total of 8 categories and 23 subcategories. The category of Scientific and Technological Progress was recognized as the central category. It is the driving force for most changes, including changes in education. The patients thought that the biggest change was modern equipment, new aids and devices in health facilities. They also mentioned innovations in the education of nurses and they agreed with the changes. The patients rated nursing care as a highly professional, expert and demanding field. They understood that more and more demands were being placed on the nurses. Moreover, the patients described the profession as prestigious, but also said that the public should be more informed about it. Conclusion: It is certain that nursing care will be influenced by further advances and innovations because science and technology cannot be stopped. In this context, the demands on nursing personnel will increase and the patients will be more demanding as well. Therefore, it is necessary to continue working on nursing care. However, it has to be taken into account how these changes and developments are perceived by the patients.
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View of doctors on current nurses practise
DVOŘÁKOVÁ, Petra
In this bachelor's thesis we will deal with key aspects of the work of a nurse from the point of view of medical staff and we will also investigate the opinions of physicians on the current system of Czech nursing education. The present time has high requirements on nurses, especially on the work of a nurse and higher education. Today is very often said that nurses should be equal partners with physicians in the care of patients and take a respected position in a multidisciplinary team. The work is divided into theoretical and empirical. In the theoretical part of the bachelor's thesis we will deal with the history of nursing, current nursing and we will also focus on the doctor nurse relationship. In the empirical part of the work we will examine the view of physicians on the issue of education and work of a nurse. For processing of the empirical part was chosen qualitative research together with the method of semi structured interview. The research group consists of 8 medical staff from various clinical fields. Based on the interviews, the results were divided into 2 large categories and 8 subcategories. Gained results showed that physicians perceive current education as complicated and too long, preferring to devise a better system that would precisely define and adjust questions of increasing competencies and the related education of nurses and length of study. Furthermore, doctors stated that university studies bring benefits in the form of obtaining a university degree and higher prestige of the profession. Physicians consider the work of a nurse to be essential and have the opinion that the nurse is an indispensable part of well provided care for patients. We also found out that the most common reasons that affect the emergence of a conflict situation between the nurse and the doctor are stress, overwork, mutual disrespect associated with inappropriate behavior and violation of the competencies of both parties. Based on the statements, we can also state that doctors consider the nurse as their partner in the field of professional patient care and they do not have problem with accepting proposals or recommendations from nurses.
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Personality proces of nurses - comparation of norwadays and recent past
Kvasničáková, Jana ; Štefančíková, Mariana (advisor) ; Gigalová, Veronika (referee)
Author: Jana Kvasničáková Institution: Department of Social Medicine LF UK in Hradec Kralove Department of nursing Title of the work: Personality proces of nurses - comparation of norwadays and recent past Academic advisor: PhDr. Mariana Štefančíková, Ph.D. Number of pages: 159 Number of attachments: 8 Defended in: 2016 Key words: nursing care, nurse education, nurse, profession, theory of motivation, qualitative research This bachelor's degree dissertation deals with changes in the nursing profession in the Czech Republic from, the socialist era to present. The theoretical part concentrates on changes in nursing care, education, professional demands and motivation/demotivation theory. The nurse personality is analysed including changing roles and competences. The empirical part includes qualitative research based on interviews of two groups of nurses. The first group is senior nurses who worked prior to the end of socialism and the latter commensed work after 2005. Each group includes 4 interviews. This dissertation analyses nurse's opinions on the profession, changes and the effects on private and family life.
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Practicing Nurses' View Of Nursing Students In The Context Of Clinical Practicum
Kovaříčková, Jolana ; Vaňková, Milena (advisor) ; Di Cara, Veronika (referee)
Irreplaceable role in preparing students for the future careers have nurses, who are accompanies their future colleagues during the teaching of nursing procedures and in adopting a role of nurse. The bachelor work deals with evaluations of qualified nurses of nursing students in the context of clinical practice. The basic research target is the expectation of the qualified nurses to the nursing students. There are sectional research targets and questions, which maps the strategies, which qualified nurses use for easier collaborate with nursing students in the context of nursing practice; identified nurse's ways and areas, which they used for evaluation of nursing students; analysed the nurse's opinion for independence of nursing students; evaluated the reaction of nurses for innovation, which are the part of the lessons of nursing students; analysed competence and characteristics, which nurses assume for their ideal of "good nurse". The research was based on a qualitative approach. The data were collected by using focus group. The research sample was based on combination of purpose and simple random selection method by using snowball. By the method of content analysis of open coding was formed some basic categories and subcategories. The final condition are categories, that deals with teaching...
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Blood collecting yesterday and today
STOLARIKOVÁ, Pavlína
Blood collection is nowadays a common procedure, especially nurse's. The nurses encounter blood donations almost every day of their service. This procedure is especially important for physicians, who, based on laboratory results, can diagnose pathological conditions and subsequently indicate appropriate treatment. This bachelor thesis called Blood collection in the past and today is processed as a theoretical work. According to the title of the thesis, it is clear that it is focused on blood collection and other problems related to it. The aim of this thesis is to analyze the development and related changes in blood collection performance using available sources. Specifically, the aim is to analyze how the procedure itself and the tools used for blood collection have changed. The thesis is processed by an analysis of available primary and secondary sources of historical and current data. Blood collection is of course related to blood, whose physiology is described in the work. The procedure of blood collection is related to laboratory examination, which is also mentioned in this thesis. The aim is to analyze the sources describing the development of blood collection and tools used for it. The paper also mentions the topic of transfusion medicine and nursing education, which is closely related to the performance of blood collection within the competence of nurses, whose form has changed over the years. The thesis has been elaborated using available Czech and foreign literary sources, databases and articles from professional periodicals. A comprehensive theoretical basis has been developed, which can be used in practice especially as a study and information material for professional and general society. Based on an analysis of sources, it has been found that blood collection has changed both during the development of nursing and medicine itself, and due to many industrial, technical and political influences.
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Facts influencing attempt of nursing staff in patient orientation health care.
WALDSBERGEROVÁ, Marcela
The thesis presented consists of two parts: a theory and the empirical part. The theory is introduced with a brief survey of the history of the patient centred care followed with current trends in nursing. It is followed with the three key areas determining nursing care. The first one consists of the objective factors - the health care system. The second area is formed by the factors associated with the practical implementation of nursing. The third area is devoted to the role of the patient and his surroundings. Objective of the thesis: The mapping of the factors influencing patient-oriented care by the nursing staff and management in various health care institutions. Research group The research group consisted of 11 female respondents state-registered nurses, aged from 24 to 58 years of age. The respondents varied in their position, level of education, and specialization, and they worked in various health-care institutions. Among them, there were 6 registered nurses, 4 ward nurses, and 1 head nurse. The willingness to cooperate and the saturation of responses were principal in forming the research team in question. The way adopted for achieving of the objective A qualitative research method has been chosen to achieve the goal. The phenomenological focus of the work has led to the selection of the method. The data were collected using semi-structured interviews. The findings were further categorized and confronted with the source material to answer the research questions. Results The research confirms the nursing care is a complex phenomenon. The recently-adopted health care legislation shows a shift from the paternalistic concept of care on behalf of the right of the patient to self-determination. On the other hand, however, the principle of solidarity the basis of the health care system in the Czech Republic retains some paternalismus, and that can negatively affects the relationship of the patient to the nursing staff in some cases. The respondents are in agreement as to the notion of PCC but a single one respondent knows its concept. The possibility of putting the PCC in practice is hampered by a wide range of factors. According to the respondents, the major obstacle is the undernumerousness of the nursing staff, resulting in the omnipresent time stress. The excessive red-tape demands have been seen as the almost equally important factor, together with the lack of continuity of care, but also the fast-and-loose approach of some nurses. The evaluation of the cooperation between staff nurses at the bed and the nurses in senior positions differed. Staff nurses see the problem in cooperation with their superiors, lacking appreciation of their work. Management, i.e. head nurses and ward nurses are often seen as systemic obstacles. The research investigation also shows insufficient cooperation with the patient's family. Permanent changes in the nursing education concept are seen as a hindrance to the problem solution. Regretfully, the actual approach of a nurse often slides down from a vocation to a mere employment. Conclusion The problems identified in the healthcare system indicate a wide range of factors influencing the relations between the nursing staff and patients. Multidimensional patient care concepts and examples from our healthcare system illustrate how clinical, structural, and interpersonal factors can interact in the relations between nursing staff and patient. The PCC concept should enable any health-care provider to set ways to improvement the care rendered and to motivate the caring staff to adopting it.
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