Kontakt, 2011 (vol. 13), issue 1

Poučení z krizového vývojeEditorial

Jiří Šimek

Kontakt 2011, 13(1):5-6  

Florence Nightingale - a woman, nurse and mathematicianEditorial

Anežka Večeřová, Rebeca Lankašová

Kontakt 2011, 13(1):7-10  

The authors introduce Florence Nightingale, the founder of modern nursing, also as a pioneer in the field of medical statistics. When Florence Nightingale was helping in British military hospitals in the course of the Crime war (in 1854-1856) she discovered terrible hygienic conditions there, which resulted in a catastrophic mortality. Florence started facing this situation to do her best not only in the hospital, but also in England and directly at the British court. Queen Victory authorized Florence to present her requirements before the King Commission for the Heath of the Army. Florence was supposed to compile a report over few weeks, which could...

Principles of the barrier nursing technique in the prevention of nosocomial infections from the viewpoints of students of nursingNursing

Mária Boledovičová, Erika Krištofová, Iveta Nádaská

Kontakt 2011, 13(1):11-17 | DOI: 10.32725/kont.2011.003  

Nosocomial infections are an accompanying phenomenon of the institutional health care and their study and particularly prevention belong to principal duties of all the healthcare professionals. Students of nursing master knowledge and skill in agreement with requirements for barrier nursing. For the period of the clinical practice, the students have a chance to observe healthcare professionals taking care of patients and they frequently improperly simulate their routine behaviour associated with non-adhering to these principles. The target of the research was on the one hand to find how the students of nursing see the healthcare professionals in adhering...

Community nurse in taking care of childrenNursing

Valérie Tóthová, Alena Machová, Věra Veisová

Kontakt 2011, 13(1):18-29 | DOI: 10.32725/kont.2011.004  

Taking care of a child and his/her development and study and treatment of children diseases are areas attracting the attention of physicians and nurses for centuries. This care was formerly implemented together with taking care of adults. Much later, at the break of the 19th century, it was detached, thus giving a chance to establish a new branch - paediatrics. Its development was also associated with a development of paediatric nursing. Growing requirements of the professional public focused on the prevention requirements of takers of the care and developing technical possibilities stepwise called for necessary education of the quality nursing personnel,...

Style of life of followers of the Diamond Way BuddhismNursing

Lucie Rolantová, Helena Michálková, Valérie Tóthová

Kontakt 2011, 13(1):30-37 | DOI: 10.32725/kont.2011.005  

Nursing deals with holistic attitude to man and thus, even problems of the faith should not be omitted. In the course of providing the care, the healthcare professionals "support" the environment, in which values, traditions and spiritual convincing of individuals and their communities are supported. This necessarily includes good knowledge and skill of health professionals in giving the culturally differentiated nursing care. By the action of the migration, multicultural society is formed and its multicultural nature calls for trans-cultural understanding the society, groups and individuals, which means an intersection of particular cultures.Buddhism...

Life style of members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day SaintsNursing

Helena Michálková, Valérie Tóthová, Lucie Rolantová

Kontakt 2011, 13(1):38-47 | DOI: 10.32725/kont.2011.006  

Due to the migration, multicultural society is formed. The multicultural approach calls for trans-cultural understanding the society groups and individuals, which means an intersection of cultures. The professional nursing activity, which is focused on taking care of and helping individuals and groups with different cultures assumes knowledge and understanding of different cultures and non-standard conditions, and strengthening of interactions between nurses and individuals with different cultures, which requires mutual understanding, recognition, accepting and cooperation.The contribution presented here is aimed at members of the Church of Jesus...

Role of second-opinion physicians and case-workers in proceedings concerning contribution to careHealth and Social Sciences - Original article

Libuše Čeledová, Rostislav Čevela

Kontakt 2011, 13(1):48-53 | DOI: 10.32725/kont.2011.007  

The article acquaints the reader with the course of proceedings concerning contributions to the care and assessment of the degree of the dependence, with the intention of the law on social services and particularly with the role and activities of case-workers and second-opinion physicians in proceedings concerning contributions to the care. General principles of the second-opinion medical activity are valid for the consideration of the health condition and degree of the dependence. The second-opinion medical activities are valid for the consideration of the health condition and degree of the dependence. The physician of the medical second-opinion service...

Practical use of the International Classification of Functional Capacities, Disability and HealthHealth and Social Sciences - Original article

Hana Matlasová

Kontakt 2011, 13(1):54-64 | DOI: 10.32725/kont.2011.008  

Multiple sclerosis is a chronic, autoimmunity and demyelinization disease of the nervous system. The disease causes disability and brings severe physical, mental, social, occupational and economical consequences. A further big problem in patients with multiple sclerosis is their ability to work. The determination of multiple sclerosis still does not mean unavoidable disability. The patients are able to work (provided that certain conditions are adhered to: for example to avoid work at high temperatures, in sunshine, at elevated sites, providing more frequent breaks, etc.). We speak about disability if a disorder, which may be functional or morphological,...

Successfulness of Romany children in schoolsHealth and Social Sciences - Original article

Adéla Drmotová, Markéta Elichová

Kontakt 2011, 13(1):65-73 | DOI: 10.32725/kont.2011.009  

Education shows a way which mostly leads to improved opportunities in employment with subsequent increase in the living standard. The education of Romany parents and their children is mostly completed at a level of a special or primary school. Only a low percent proportion of Romany people continue studying at secondary schools and even a smaller proportion continue studying at universities. The successfulness in schools represents an important motivating factor, particularly at the beginning of the school attendance. The target of the research presented here was the assessment of the school successfulness and factors participating in it. For the determination...

Use of monitoring indicator values for the specification of starting points for and assumptions of the development of the Institute of Social Work, Faculty of Health and Social Studies, University of South Bohemia in České BudějoviceHealth and Social Sciences - Original article

Radka Prokešová, Magdalena Drábová

Kontakt 2011, 13(1):74-85 | DOI: 10.32725/kont.2011.010  

The article is focused on the specification of starting points for and assumptions of the development of the Institute of Social Work, Faculty of Health and Social Studies, University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice (henceforth the ISW) with the use of the monitoring and evaluation of ISW activities.The purpose of the article is to specify starting points, i.e. strong and weak spots of ISW centres, and furthermore assumptions of the ISW development with the use of a set of indicators for monitoring and assessment of its activity incorporated into the ISW data base.The method of using values of monitoring indicators of specification of...

Evaluation of one's own body and its change in perception of damage to healthHealth and Social Sciences - Original article

Milina Bubeníková, Ľubica Bánovčinová

Kontakt 2011, 13(1):86-94 | DOI: 10.32725/kont.2011.011  

Our body is perceived not only by our surroundings, but first of all by ourselves. The satisfaction/dissatisfaction with our body, but mainly with its particular parts, affects the survival of our own value.The target of the work was to find how nurses working in practice evaluate their bodies and how their evaluation varies in the perception of damage to health and mobility restriction. The body image test was employed for the determination of one's own body, where the satisfaction/dissatisfaction with individuals parts of the body is expressed based on a 5-grade scale by Likert. We compared average values of the first and second evaluation and...

Evaluation of the quality of life of patients one year after the implantation of the total replacement for the hip jointBiomedicine - Original article

David Musil, Libor Filip

Kontakt 2011, 13(1):95-103 | DOI: 10.32725/kont.2011.012  

The purpose of the work was an assessment of the quality of life in patients one year after the implantation of the total replacement for the hip joint with the use of a new mini-invasive method. The assessment of the quality of life presents a supplementation to a method, which was first introduced in the Czech Republic in our institution.For the assessment, we employed the SF-36 standardized questionnaire in a non-anonymous, correspondence form. The assessment was implemented after managing the surgery technique in 60 consecutively operated patients from autumn 2006 to summer 2007. Answers suitable for evaluation were received from 59 respondents...

Co způsobuje rakovinu děložního čípku a jak se jí bránit?Popularizace vědy

Karel Pešl

Kontakt 2011, 13(1):104-106 | DOI: 10.32725/kont.2011.013  

BlackoutVaria

Lenka Brehovská

Kontakt 2011, 13(1):107-111 | DOI: 10.32725/kont.2011.014  

Recenze na knihyReviews

Lenka Motlová, Zuzana Truhlářová, Gabriela Vörösová, Jan Vitoň

Kontakt 2011, 13(1):112-119