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Informed consent as part of nursing care before invasive treatment in cardiology
BOUŠOVÁ, Radka
The dissertation, which deals with informed consent as part of nursing care before invasive treatment in cardiology, is divided into two separate parts. It is partly theoretical describing informed consent from the point of view of the law, its most important aspects and ways of providing informed consent, also as a component part of nursing documentation and nursing care. The theoretical part also deals with certain invasive treatments carried out in cardiology departments on diseases that can be revealed through these treatments, nursing care during these treatments and their complications. The second part is the research part, in which three goals were set. The first two goals focussed on the effect of informed consent and on the requirements before invasive treatment from the patient{\crq}s point of view. The third goal focussed on the effectiveness of informed consent from the point of view of nurses. Research questions were set in order to achieve these goals, according to which half-structured interviews were created which were carried out with both patients and nurses. The interview with nurses contained twenty questions concerning identification details, the effect of informed consent on nursing care, the requirements for informed consent and the effectiveness of informed consent. The interview with patients contained nineteen questions and was divided into the same parts as the interview with nurses. The inquiries helped to achieve all the goals and the results helped to answer the research questions. Informed consent has a large and significant effect on care from the patients{\crq} point of view. Before treatment they are provided with all the necessary information that is important for the good progress of the treatment and hospitalisation and patients do not have any other requirements. From the point of view of nurses informed consent is very effective but of course it depends on the patient{\crq}s attitude. Resolving this problem depends primarily on the medical personnel working in cardiology departments and therefore in conclusion we have summarised our results in a brief nursing manual on submitting information to patients before invasive cardiology treatment which could be an essential source material in order to improve nursing care.
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