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The Specifics of Geriatric Nursing Care for Trauma Patients
LUKEŠOVÁ, Lenka
The theoretical portion of this thesis, on the topic "The Specifics of Geriatric Nursing Care for Trauma Patients,,, deals with gerontology and the definition of geriatric patients in general, physical and psychological changes in old age, communication with seniors in general and communication with seniors with hearing and vision loss, the causes of trauma in seniors, and curiosities in post-traumatic nursing care for geriatric patients.Two goals were established for this thesis. The first goal was to investigate which problems nurses must overcome while treating geriatric patients in the trauma ward. For the second goal, the problems focused on by nurses when dealing with geriatric patients in the trauma ward were investigated. Quantitative research was carried out in hospitals in České Budějovice, Písek, Jindřichův Hradec and Liberec. A questionnaire was used to collect the data. The questionnaire was anonymous and contained 22 questions focused on geriatric patients in general, dementia in geriatric patients, hearing loss, bowel movements, and dentition loss in patients.The questions should answer the following hypotheses: nurses perceive hearing loss as a difficult obstacle while caring for geriatric patients hospitalized in trauma wards. Nurses perceive dementia as a difficult obstacle in the care of geriatric patients hospitalized in trauma wards. Nurses working in trauma wards focus on dentition loss and the dietary troubles caused by it in geriatrics patients. Nurses working in trauma wards focus on problems with bowel movements in geriatric patients.In conclusion, it can be said that nurses perceive the care of geriatrics patients as difficult, though at the same time know it is important to address each patient individually and solve the problems associated with seniors.
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