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Problems of Nursing Care of Patients with Leiden Mutation and Prevent Complikations
BROMOVÁ, Jana
Factor V Leiden mutation is a hereditary disorder of the hemostatic mechanism, which may lead to an increased occurrence of trombones in the blood-vessel tree. This disorder is classified among hypercoagulation conditions. It is one of the most frequent inborn disorders of blood coagulation associated with venous thromboembolism. The objective of the present Bachelor Thesis is to determine if nurses of surgical branches have knowledge of the above disorder and complications there of. Further, another objective of this Bachelor Thesis is to discover if education of nurses affects their knowledge of the disorder. The final objective is to ascertain if patients have cognizance of their disease and know how to prevent complications. Hypotheses and research questions have been stipulated in relation to the above-mentioned objectives. H1: Nurses with a longer work experience in surgical branches have more information of Leiden mutation and prevention of complications related to this disorder than nurses with a shorter work experience. H2: Nurses with a higher-level education in surgical branches have more information of Leiden mutation and prevention of complications related to this disorder than nurses with a lower-level education. RQ1: Are patients informed of occurrence of complications and prevention of an acute breakout of the disorder? RQ2: Do nurses provide patients with informationof regimen measures related to this disease? RQ3: Have any complications occurred during hospitalization in relation to Leiden mutation? The empirical part of the Bachelor Thesis consists of two sections.The first section comprises a quantitative research survey. The research was conducted in form of an anonymous non-standardized questionnaire for nurses of surgical branchesin Nemocnice České Budějovice, a.s. [Hospital České Budějovice, joint-stock company] and Nemocnice Prachatice, a.s. [Hospital Prachatice, joint-stock company]. The questionnaire contained 20 questions, divided into closed, semi-closed and open questions. Results were processed in the computer programme Microsoft Excel and the data acquired were used for parametric statistical analysis. The results are presented in graphs. The other section of the empirical part contains a qualitative research survey. The research was carried out with five respondents, in form of a semistandardized interview, with 20 questions prepared in advance, and these questions were in turn completed according to replies given by the respondents. The interviews were recorded in a written in a record sheet. Data obtained from the interviews were processed by coding and a subsequent categorization of data. The categorization was done on the basis of internal similarity of codes.The author views the problems of nursing care of patients with Leiden mutation mainly in connection with complications that might occur. These complications involve deep venous thrombosis and pulmonary embolism.This Bachelor Thesis attempts at pointing out these problems and bringing this disease into more widespread awareness among nursing personnel.
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