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Nursing care of the oral cavity in hospitalized patients
ŠAFAŘÍKOVÁ, Iva
This bachelor thesis Nursing care of the oral cavity deals with phenomena of nursing care for patients with varying degrees of self-sufficiency. The main aim of the research was to determine the manner of implementation of nursing oral care for hospitalized patients in selected wards with respect to their degree of self-sufficiency and overall health. This work is divided into theoretical and practical part. The theoretical part of thesis deals mainly with anatomy of the oral cavity, dental hygiene and dental hygiene aids, nursing process in providing oral hygiene for hospitalized patients and measuring patient's self-sufficiency. The paper also describes the procedure for dental hygiene care according to the level of self-sufficiency of the patient and the nurse's role. Furthermore brushing teeth techniques are described. In the conclusion of the first part author deals with dental hygiene according to the patient's self-sufficiency, which should be provided by nurses to patients individually, according to their habits and current needs. The second practical oriented part introduces the results of qualitative research, which was carried out in the neurology department, department of internal medicine, surgical intensive care unit and 2nd Aftercare unit of Hospital České Budějovice, Inc., The realized research was based on the strategy of qualitative research, mainly the questionnaire method, the semi-structured interview, and the method of cover observation. The information obtained from the interviews were processed by qualitative analysis using the method of coloring the text. Based on rereading the data was created 11 categories. The results described text is supplemented by direct respondents' answers, the text is marked in italics and is in quotation marks. The empirical survey is trying to answer the following questions: How do nurses perform oral care in hospitalized patients? Do nurses perform the oral care according to the organization standard? Do nurses provide same oral care at morning and evening hygiene? How do nurses classify the level of patient's self-sufficiency for oral cavity care? The results of the survey show that nurses know the options and means of oral care, but they don't pay bigger attention to identify patient's habits on oral care and provide nursing care to patients similar regardless of their habits. The results show that nurses are unfamiliar with the teeth brushing techniques. For each patient, nurse cleans the teeth in the same way.
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