Kontakt, 2015 (vol. 17), issue 4

EditorialEditorial

Katarína Žiaková

Kontakt 2015, 17(4):e183 | DOI: 10.1016/j.kontakt.2015.10.003  

Conception of the human-to-human relationship in nursingNursing - Review article

Věra Stasková, Valérie Tóthová

Kontakt 2015, 17(4):e184-e189 | DOI: 10.1016/j.kontakt.2015.09.002  

It is obvious from the analysis of these publications focused on nursing, that the definition of this term is based on a nurse-patient relationship by some authors. The aim of our survey is to elucidate the nurse-patient relationship based on the approach developed by Joyce E. Travelbee, who is an American psychiatric nurse, educator and writer. She introduced the concept of interpersonal relationships in the 1960s. We used textual analysis of documents to process data for this paper, during which there was a historical and analytical approach adopted. Only publications focused on concepts of one-to-one relations in the approach of Joyce E. Travelbee...

A comparison of nurses' knowledge of nursing care for central vascular cathetersNursing - Original article

Petra Podrazilová, Andrea Hudáčková

Kontakt 2015, 17(4):e190-e200 | DOI: 10.1016/j.kontakt.2015.10.001  

The aim of the research was to compare the knowledge of nursing care for central vascular catheters (which hereinafter will be referred to as CVC) among general nurses from intensive care units and standard departments. In general, we can say that the aim was also to map the extent of nurses' knowledge on infections associated with providing care in healthcare-associated infections (which hereinafter will be referred to as HAI), and aseptic care for central vascular catheters, including catheter sepsis. Part of the research was a content analysis and a comparison of standards of nursing care in three medical facilities concerning the issue of central...

Predictors of preoperative anxiety in surgical patientsNursing - Original article

Andrea Solgajová, Tomáš Sollár, Dana Zrubcová, Gabriela Vörösová

Kontakt 2015, 17(4):e201-e205 | DOI: 10.1016/j.kontakt.2015.10.005  

In clinical practice for diagnosis of anxiety it is very useful to know various predictors which increase the risk of preoperative anxiety in patients. The aim of the study is to identify which predictors (gender, age, type of surgery, type of anaesthesia, previous experience with surgery, time before surgery, and medical diagnosis) are significant predictors of preoperative anxiety.A total of 278 respondents with medical diagnoses requiring abdominal surgery, aged between 18 and 86 years (AM = 46.04; SD = 16.5) participated in the study. To assess anxiety in the patients we used the scale Anxiety Level-12 which was designed by modification of...

The involvement of nurses in clinical echocardiographyNursing - Original article

Ivana Chloubová, Martin Eisenberger, Alan Bulava, Martin Pěnička, Elke Dieudonne

Kontakt 2015, 17(4):e206-e210 | DOI: 10.1016/j.kontakt.2015.10.002  

Echocardiography is a basic examination in cardiology used to assess the anatomy and function of the heart. An echocardiography nurse is a health care specialist who is able to use echocardiographic equipment to obtain images of the heart. Standards for echocardiography personnel vary widely between countries. In the Czech Republic, there is no training program for nurses to carry out echocardiograms and the work is done almost exclusively by physicians. In many other countries, including the United Kingdom and the USA, specialist nurses carry out and report echocardiograms independently. In this article, we compare requirements for echocardiography...

The role of paediatric nurse in home visiting of newborns and infants in the past - literary surveyNursing - Original article

Andrea Schönbauerová, Mária Boledovičová

Kontakt 2015, 17(4):e211-e218 | DOI: 10.1016/j.kontakt.2015.09.003  

This article deals with the problems of home visiting service for newborns, infants and mothers in the territory of Czechoslovakia during the period from 1949 to 1989. At that time the complex childcare requirements was carried out through the district system. In-depth analysis of documents and articles from professional journals were used as the method of obtaining and processing the data. The articles were researched up via a research service in the National Medical Library in Prague. Criteria for the selection included the period 1949-1989 and the key words used were - nurse, newborn, infant, care and nursing. One hundred and thirty-four documents...

Use of addictive substances and gambling among Slovak immigrants in the Czech RepublicSocial Sciences in Health - Original article

Alena Kajanová

Kontakt 2015, 17(4):e219-e222 | DOI: 10.1016/j.kontakt.2015.09.004  

The article is focused on addictive substance abuse and gambling, and its relationship to the subjective perception of health and basic socio-demographic variables among Slovak immigrants living in the Czech Republic. The Slovak minority is the second largest ethnic minority in the Czech Republic, but surveys concerning this area are lacking. Foreign surveys in the field of addictive substance abuse point to the differences between immigrant populations and the populations in their home countries. The research was carried out using a self-questionnaire in the immigrants' native language. 184 Slovak immigrants completed the questionnaire, and they were...

Alcohol use, smoking and gambling in relation to immigrants of Ukrainian nationality in the Czech RepublicSocial Sciences in Health - Original article

David Urban

Kontakt 2015, 17(4):e223-e227 | DOI: 10.1016/j.kontakt.2015.09.001  

The following paper deals with one of the social determinants of health involving a target group of immigrants of Ukrainian nationality (N = 237) living in the Czech Republic. The author has focused on the areas pertaining to smoking, alcohol consumption, taking illegal substances (drugs) and playing gambling machines and these areas pertain to the relationship with the following monitored variables: gender, age, highest achieved education and subjective feeling of one's personal health status. The data have been collected by means of a questionnaire survey within the territory of the Czech Republic (quantitative research) and evaluated in SPSS 16.0...

Immigrants from Mongolia - their health and experience with healthcare in the Czech RepublicSocial Sciences in Health - Original article

Lucie Rolantová, Jitka Vacková

Kontakt 2015, 17(4):e228-e234 | DOI: 10.1016/j.kontakt.2015.10.004  

At present, foreigners form over four percent of the Czech population. According to the Czech Statistical Office, nearly six thousand of them are immigrants from Mongolia. The reason for this migration is usually the possibility of getting a job and therefore improving their economic situation. The aim of the research, which is part of the project entitled "Social Determinants of Health in Selected Target Groups", was to analyze the relationship between a set of selected social characteristics and characteristics of health. The paper refers to immigrants from Mongolia who are living in South Bohemia. The qualitative survey was performed by interviewing...

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Kontakt 2015, 17(4):i | DOI: 10.1016/S1212-4117(15)00063-X