Journal of Nursing Theory and Practice

DECEMBER 30, 2017

[Awareness of Risk Factors of Falling among the Elderly]

BOROS Edit, BABARCI Ágnes, ERDŐSI Erika, BALOGH Zoltán

[The aim of the study: determining the risk groups of falling among the elderly and measuring the awareness of the elderly of the risk factors of falling. Methods: During the quantitative, cross-section examination, the population consisted of elderly people living in the region of Dél-Alföld (N=379). We used our own questionnaire beside using the STEADI questionnaire determining risk group of falling for data colletion purposes. During the statistical analysis, we used simple descriptive statistics but also used Khi2 and Mann-Whitney tests. Results: The average age of the examined population was 71,96+ 6,8 years old and 45 % of the interviewed person have reported experiencing falling. The risk factors of higher age (p=0.001), dizziness (p=0.021) and polypharmacy (p=0.001) was demonstrable among those who have fallen at least one time. 83% of the population was from a risk group exposed to falling. Respondents were able to better identify the effect of extrinsic factors on the risk of falling than the intrinsic risk factors. Also, those who have fallen before found that there is no significant preventive effect of the orderliness of their home (p=0.009) and the usage of walking assisting equipment (p=0.010). Conclusions: Falling of elderly people is an actual problem, therefore it is recommended to raise the awareness of the elderly of the risk factors of falling.]

HUN 2017;30(06)

Journal of Nursing Theory and Practice

DECEMBER 30, 2017

[Comparison of the Pines’ Burnout Measure and the Maslach Burnout Inventory]

IRINYI Tamás, NÉMETH Anikó, LAMPEK Kinga

[The aim of the study to compare the validity of the Pines’ Burnout Measure and the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI). Methods: The study was a cross-sectional quantitative survey administered online to 1201 health care professionals. Data were analyzed with chi-square test and Spearman’s rank correlation (p<0.05). Results: The Pines’ Burnout Measure correlated significantly with the exhaustion (p<0,001), depersonalization (p<0,001) and the professional efficacy (p<0,001) scales of MBI. Those, who scored high on the MBI, reached higher points on the Pines’ Burnout Measure, too. Futhermore, when the level of professional efficacy is high, the scores on the Pines’ Burnout Measure are low. Conclusions: The Pines’ Burnout Measure is as valid in the assessment of burnout as the MBI. ]

HUN 2017;30(06)

Journal of Nursing Theory and Practice

DECEMBER 30, 2017

[Competencies of Community Nurses, Opportunities of Extensions in Adult General Practices of Cegléd .]

JÓZSA Edit

[Aims of the study: The local community nurses can use their present abilities between given conditions and how these abilities could be extended. Sample and methods: 137 evaluable questionnaires were returned from 14 family doctors’ patients and 12 questionnaires were from community nurses. The questionnaires consisted of open and closed questions. The data was processed by SPSS and Excel software. Statistics were made by descriptive statistic means and Fischer exact tests. Results: During my survey it turned out that patients don’t utilize basic adult health care means such as measuring blood pressure and blood-sugar and lab examinations. Conclusions: Most of the community nurses can’t utilize most of their abilities and knowledge. They don’t have the opportunity to perform health education or just to talk to the patients face-to-face. My thesis surfaces the fact that community workers and doctors should work coordinate. It’s not true in relation of all the general practitioners and nurses.]

HUN 2017;30(06)

Journal of Nursing Theory and Practice

DECEMBER 30, 2017

[How it all started: Untold Chapters of Nursing History in Hungary as testified by foxed Documents Part 1.]

SÖVÉNYI Ferencné, PERKÓ Magdolna, FEDINECZNÉ Vittay Katalin

[The article elaborates on the untold chapters of nursing history in Hungary, based on research in archives. The situation of nursing in Hungary in the first half of the 20th century is described, when nursing and nursing education became issues of outstanding importance and secular nursing appeared alongside faith based nursing. Several nursing organisations worked to address the unacceptable situation of nursing and strove to raise the status of nursing so as to allow this self-sacrificing vocation to take its rightful place in society. The tools to achieve this goal included providing professional education and training, creating professional literature and safeguarding nurses’ interests. The Hungarian National Association of Female and Male Nurses that came into being as a grass-root organisation in 1902, and its president, József Michalicza, an unreasonably forgotten figure in Hungarian secular nursing were instrumental in pursuing these goals. The article also mentions several dedicated figures in Hungarian nursing history, due to whose commitment Hungarian nurses were represented in the International Council of Nurses from 1933 until the interference of politics. ]

HUN 2017;30(06)

Journal of Nursing Theory and Practice

DECEMBER 30, 2017

[XXIV.Congress of the Hungarian Heart Surgery Society]

DEÁK András

[The 60th anniversary of the first open heart surgery in Hungary is shortly celebrated by the Hungarian cardiac surgeons, who held their annual meeting in Pécs. The conference on recent professional and scientific results and innovations of the Hungarian cardiac surgical centres provided an opportunity for healthcare professionals (including the perfusionists unique in this field) to report on their current professional results and experiences within scientific lectures and discussions.]

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