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Role of a Nurse during an Acute Hospital Admission of a Patient with Trauma
KOTRČOVÁ, Ivana
Incidence of injury is currently the third leading cause of death in the Czech Republic. A good link between pre-hospital emergency care and hospital care becomes a priority. Nurses play an important role during an acute admission of patients with trauma to in-hospital care, they are the connecting link of all members of the multidisciplinary team, whose common mission is the patient and saturation of his /her needs. With the changing role of nurses in the modern concept of nursing, nurses become equal partners of physicians and other health care professionals. To be accepted by other members of the team and to be able to work with the full extent of her sphere of action in the acute phase of a trauma patient admission, she has to know perfectly her competencies under the applicable legislation. In the theoretical part the roles and responsibilities of nurses under the applicable legislation are defined. There are also chapters dealing with individual injuries and the organization of care for patients with trauma. In the final section of the theoretical part there is a chapter dealing with the holistic care for patients, including ethical care issues, the role of a patient and the importance of cooperation with the family of the trauma patient who is acutely admitted into the hospital. In the empirical part of the thesis three objectives were stated. To determine the cooperation of nurses with other members of the multidisciplinary team, as well as to find out whether the nurses involved in the admission of a trauma patient into hospital know their own competencies under the Decree No. 424/2004 Coll. The third objective was to determine how trauma patients perceive the process of admission to the hospital. Based on these objectives two hypotheses and two research questions were established. The objectives were successfully met, both hypotheses were confirmed and the questions answered. The research was conducted on the basis of a quantitative qualitative survey at departments of selected hospitals where the patients with acute trauma emergency were directed by emergency medical services. For the quantitative research the interviewing method using questionnaires was selected. Interviews with patients were conducted by the qualitative research method. The respondents were 117 nurses and 5 patients.
The differences in meeting affiliation needs of clients at gerontology-psychiatric wards in the Czech Republic and the Netherlands
KOTRČOVÁ, Ivana
The number of seniors suffering from a mental disorder, which have to be placed in an institutional facility due to their declining health and mental condition, has been increasing. Both family and the staff in such facilities should realise that strengthening the feeling of fellowship and belonging to a certain group is an integral part of holistic care for individuals who are ceasing to take bearings in themselves as well as their surroundings. This B.A. dissertation deals with the issue of meeting the needs of love and belonging of seniors suffering from a mental disorder placed in a nursing-type institutional facility. The research results can help nurses and students understand the significance of the needs of love and belonging and make them do activities resulting in meeting these needs.

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