[A faraway land: nursing in a “small” Swedish hospital]
FUCHS Rita
OCTOBER 20, 2012
Journal of Nursing Theory and Practice - 2012;25(05)
FUCHS Rita
OCTOBER 20, 2012
Journal of Nursing Theory and Practice - 2012;25(05)
[The author is currently working as a degree nurse in Örebro County, Sweden. In Sweden she has a greater degree of professional autonomy, which allows her to make use of all the theoretical knowledge and practical skills acquired at college. For performing certain tasks the doctor’s written authorisation is not required; nurses proceed in accordance with their competencies and the rules set out in the given protocol. She sets out to give an insight into the day-to-day work of nurses at her hospital, by describing the documents that are used, briefly outlining the training system, and the authority exercised by the nurses. Keywords: nurse, nursing training, nursing documentation, competency]
Journal of Nursing Theory and Practice
Journal of Nursing Theory and Practice
[In her contribution to mark the 25th volume of the journal NŐVÉR, the author looks back to a decade in the life of the journal when in her capacity as editor-in-chief, she was involved in shaping Hungary’s only nursing science journal. She takes stock, in chronological order, of the steps that resulted in turning an abstracting periodical into a scientific journal publishing peer-reviewed contributions with English abstracts and indexed in the international nursing science database. ]
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[Aims of the study: To track the changes since 2008 in the degree of burnout among health care workers in Csongrád County, and to examine its connections with the evaluation of own health, frequency of psychosomatic symptoms, the intent to leave the profession, and the measure of fear from becoming unemployed. Methodology and sample: This is a cross-sectional study carried out through a self-designed self-report questionnaire sent to registered members of MESZK living in Csongrád County. Results: The number of burned-out health care workers increased since 2008. Burnout correlates with physical health (p<0.000), the intention to leave the profession (p<0.000), and the fear of losing the job (p<0.000). A significant increase could be observed by nurses starting their career. Conclusions: Burnout prevention trainings would be important also by career starters, which could also prevent profession leaving. ]
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[Aim of the study: To explore pediatric staff nurses’ perception of collaboration with hospitalized children and their parents and to study underlying factors. Methodology and sample: In a prospective longitudinal design, parents of children admitted to hospital for planned surgical intervention (n=91) filled out a questionnaire packet before hospitalization assessing demographical and socio-economical characteristics, as well as mental health status of children and parents. Staff nurses were asked to estimate parents’ and children’s collaboration during hospitalization (n=131). Results: Nurses’ ratings about parents’ collaboration were higher than their ratings about children’s collaboration. Child’s gender, age, parent’s level of education, family characteristics and length of hospital stay had an impact on the perception of collaboration with parents. Child’s age and prosocial behavior were related to the perception of collaboration between nurses and children. Conclusions: Nurses’ perception of children’s and parents’ collaboration was related to demographical and socio-economical factors. Identifying these factors may help to promote partnership among nurses, parents and hospitalized children. ]
Journal of Nursing Theory and Practice
Journal of Nursing Theory and Practice
Objectives: To discover the benefits of implementation of Imogene King’s nursing model into nursing care in a patient with arrhythmias. To find out how these patients are limited in saturation of their own needs and what are the most severe limitations for patients with arrhythmias. Material and methods: Qualitative research using semi-structured interviews. The interview with patients with arrhythmia was conducted in accordance with the structure of King’s nursing model. Results: The research group consisted of 20 respondents; 13 men and seven women. All respondents expressed satisfaction with their cooperation with staff. The respondents described a change in the subjectively perceived state, the psychic state, and emotions. Conclusions: Assessment of the subjectively perceived quality of life of patients with arrhythmias using the King’s interaction model allows nurses to see the patient from the holistic point of view and plan and provide individualized care.
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[Aim of the research: To assess the occupational duties and responsibilities of nurses in relation to clinical trials in Hungary. Research and sampling methods: Self-administered questionnaire was used among the colleagues working in the field of clinical trial and IBM SPSS 22.0 software using descriptive statistical methods was performed. Results: It was found that the majority of nurses complete the duties of a study coordinator and the task of a study nurse simultaneously. They were involved in everyday activities that characterise the assistance of patients and in the management of paper-based documentation during clinical trials. Lack of knowledge in English language was identified for the reason of reduced-functionality of nurses in 59 cases. Conclusions: nurses have complex responsibilities, although they meet the requirements when it comes to the professional tasks and documentation obligations, but in the case of more complicated professional challenges nurses get fewer opportunities, mainly because of their poor English skills.]
Journal of Nursing Theory and Practice
[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.]
Journal of Nursing Theory and Practice
[Aim of the study: To monitor the changes in job satisfaction and well-being of nurses and to investigate whether the uncertainty caused by the reorganisation of workplaces affected their well-being. Sample and methods: Two cross-sectional studies were conducted in six Hungarian teaching hospitals in 2003 and in 2010 involving full time worker female inpatient care nurses who were asked to complete a questionnaire developed by the researchers. Results: The degree of acknowledgement and psychological strain at the workplace decreased significantly since the first survey. The autonomy at work dropped which is reflected by the diminished decision making and fewer opportunities to plan the working methods, work tasks, pace of work and jobs. Nurses evaluate the working community as worse, but the judgement of the head nurses did not change in 7 years. The rate of positive well-being significantly decreased since 2003, although the extent of negative well-being did not change. Conclusions: The job satisfaction of nurses decreased and the uncertainty at workplace affects their well-being.]
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[Emergency patient care department problems have recently come to the fore, especially in terms of waiting times and triage activity. It is still not entirely clear to society what is the triage system is, what is it good for, and who is the person, who applies the classification of patients. There is countless conflicts and tensions in the process of health services due to lack of knowledge. In Hungary, emergency departments play a prominent role in healthcare. Increased patient flow is a global problem, and therefore a distinction should be made between the „door to physician time” of the patients. The so-called grading system (triage) has been developed for this purpose, during which an experienced qualified nurse will measure and assess the patient’s condition as quickly as possible on the basis of different criteria. In my communication, I present the triage activity, the use of the classification system, what the triage nurse is doing, by comparing two cases. ]
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