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The role and purpose of a Czech Army nurse during a military operation
KIRJEJEVOVÁ, Dominika
The topic of this bachelor's dissertation is "The role and purpose of a Czech Army nurse during a military operation". The dissertation consists of a theoretical part and a research part. The theoretical part concentrates on the history of wartime nursing and eminent personalities at first. It then brings some information about the Army of the Czech Republic itself and takes a closer look on its medical services in field conditions. Not least the dissertation concentrates on introducing the military nurse, the current missions and it also mentions transcultural nursing and military psychology. The research part was processed using a qualitative research form. The goal was to establish the role and mission of an Army of the Czech Republic's military nurse on a mission. There were set research questions as follows: 1. What is the role of an Army of the Czech Republic's military nurse on a mission? 2. What is the purpose of an Army of the Czech Republic's military nurse on a mission? 3. What are the positive aspects of work of an Army of the Czech Republic's military nurse on a mission? 4. What are the negative aspects of work of an Army of the Czech Republic's military nurse on a mission? The data were collected using half structured interviews, which were held with military nurses on a mission. The research complex is made of nine probands, choice of which was intentional and was put into practise using a snowball method. The research was carried out in February and March 2018 and was finished in time of theoretical satisfaction. Interview topics were: the role of a military nurse on a mission, the purpose of a military nurse on a mission, positive aspects of work on a mission, negative aspects of work on a mission. Altogether there were processed four main categories, from which develop under categories and from them consequently reflecting codes. With regard to military healthcare, which is a specific field, is this dissertation contributing by bringing closer a problematic topic and its results provide a view on care in field conditions. Output of this dissertation is an article destined for Military Medical Science Letters as for general public, so for professionals.
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A historical view of the army nurse profession.
PAVLÍKOVÁ, Andrea
The thesis deals with the profession of a military nurse. We can assert that the official study of military, non-medical health-care related qualifications and its use in practice not only for military purposes dates back to the fifties of the last century. However, women as health care professionals, consequently in uniforms, have always been an actual issue. The development of health care activities always existed, however, we must not neglect influence of scientific and medical findings. The historical timeline of development of medical care in the battle field was recorded and ranges from pre-historical healing. The way of Christian medicine was negatively influenced by the Catholic Church. The dark period of the Middle Ages had actually wrested medical performance from the hands of specialists and the suffering were left to the "tender" mercies of the priests. The following part of the thesis concerns modern medicine where enlightenment reforms were exercised. Some of the original six-month courses for military surgeons were organised in this period of time; they weretransformed into Military Surgical Academy, out of which the famous Josefinum originated. A expression of humanity which supported a form of health care of war veterans was demonstrated by constructing buildings for invalid people. The second half of the nineteenth century is characterized by the phenomenon of the presence of nuns in military hospitals. This study goes further in depth of professionally organized healthcare right in the battle field, which dates back from the era of wars in the Crimea.This stage describes the transformation of caring into nursing which requires the necessity of specialized preparation of persons providing nursing practice. In addition, Henry Dunant engraved himself into the history of the profession of a nurse, as the founder of the Red Cross, who first trained health care professionals for working within armed intentions of the state. The continuation of this action sketches out the process of providing first aid in principal armed conflicts of the twentieth century. It describes the functioning of commander operated military health service of that time. WWI drove Czech medical staff to both sides of the front where they provided medical help to the injured. Nurses of the WWII already performed their duties in uniforms as the rightful members of the army. The thesis also mentions post-war usage of military health care professionals in secret foreign missions and their specialized erudition.Last but not least, it marginally discusses contemporary possibilities of modern health care service of the Army of the Czech Republic. The goal of the endeavours of writing this thesis was to chart out clearly the development of the profession of a military nurse within the historical context, focusing mainly on women coming from Czech regions. In order to make the history background concerning specific female participants of the world war conflicts understandable to the reader, this paper reports, in broader extension, peculiar medical and nursing findings, already from the era of prehistoric civilisations. The history study method were applied for the purpose of the theoretical thesis. The methodology is based on searching, studying, sorting and the consecutive systematic objective describing of the events from the past times with the intention to propose comprehensive report on the subject given. It was necessary to study inexhaustible amount of sources to obtain awareness of historical connections. Factual information was derived by analysing of primary and mainly secondary documents. The thesis sketches out histories of military health care and the profession of a military health care professional stemmed from the exploration of appropriate written sources and conclusion of the basic findings. The intentions of the work are not only to clarify the past but also to contribute to solutions of every-day issues.
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Possibilities of military nurse in the prevention of obesity for soldiers of the Czech Republic.
KOUKALOVÁ, Radka
Current status: Nowadays obesity is among the five most common chronic diseases. According to the experts, it is a serious disease for which there is a typical increase of body fat tissue in the body above the optimum limit (Svačina 2008, Müller, 2009). More than half the population of the Czech Republic is suffering from being overweight or obesity as a result of poor lifestyle. A disturbing reality was found during the annual medical examinations, in which all professional soldiers must participate. 57% of men and 26% of women of the investigated file, based on the values of BMI (body mass index) were found overweight. 14% of men and 8% of women are obese. In the overall summary, up to 70 % soldiers suffer from overweight or obesity. Based on these findings, the army of the Czech Republic launched a project called "targeted intervention, prevention, and detection of overweight and obesity for the soldiers of the occupation in the army of the Czech Republic." After the evaluation has shown that the project had its justification and should therefore continue. The goal of the research: The aim of the research was to determine whether the military sister have any possibilities in the prevention of the obesity of the soldiers. To reach such a goal a research question was asked: what options have the military nurses in the prevention of obesity of the soldiers of the army of the Czech Republic? The other two objectives are focused on the professional soldiers. To their knowledge of the prevention of obesity, knowledge of healthy lifestyle and the ability to adhere to the principles. Methodology: Both types of research were used to obtain the data required for processing the Bachelor thesis. Qualitative research was conducted by a semi standardized interviews of the military nurses. Interviews were transcribed and analyzed by using the open method of the encoding. Quantitative research was carried out using anonymous questionnaires, which were distributed among the soldiers. The questionnaires were processed and evaluated. Conclusion: This work indicates that overweight and obesity are a major problem of the current population and soldiers of the army of the Czech Republic, therefore, it´s important to actively address this issue and seek a solution. This Bachelor thesis is the practical output, which suggests the possible preventive program relating to the prevention of obesity for the soldiers of the army of the Czech Republic.
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Military nurses role during nursing care of civilian inhabitants and soldiers in foreign military operations
KRATOŠKOVÁ, Tereza
We have determined three research questions: 1. Do the injured and ill civil people perceive the difference in the care provided by a man or a woman? 2. Does the health care staff respect the religion of the Kosovan people? 3. Do the injured and ill soldiers perceive the difference in the care provided by a man or a woman? To obtain the answers we used the asking metod during the interview. We chose six groups of injured and sick people who were taken care of in Kosovo. In the first group there were soldiers of the Czech army- 7 men, in the second group there were 5 women. In the third group there were men from the military health care personnel- 7 men, the fourth group included military health care staff- 5 women. In the last two groups there were local Kosovans- 5 men and 5 women. Hypothesis were established on the basis of the analysis: H1: Injured and sick civil people feel the difference between a nurse man and a nurse woman. H2: The health care personnel respects the religion of the Kosovan people. H3: Wounded and ill soldiers perceive the difference between a male nurse and a female nurse. Results of this work can be used for the preparation of the soldiers before they go on a foreign mission or as study material in the nurses training and presentations. It can help to improve the health care during the foreign missions.
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