[The prevalence of type 2 diabetes mellitus has recently dramatically increased worldwide. While many factors contribute to the startling data, including changes in the diagnostic criteria of glucose intolerance, increase of life expectancy, manifestation of diabetes at younger ages, and increased detection of unrecognized diabetes due to more efficient screening, the genuine, steep rise in the incidence of diabetes is explained by the increasing prevalence of obesity. Among the late complications of both diabetes and obesity, cardiovascular diseases are particularly important. Insulin resistance due to visceral obesity plays a central role in the pathomechanism of type 2 diabetes. In the prevention of both type 2 diabetes and obesity, non-pharmacological intervention such as life style changes should be considered first. Supplementary pharmacological treatment should target all cardiovascular risk factors.]

[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.]

[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.]

[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. ]

[Our research group, has studied psychiatric and psycho­the­ra­peutic teams since 2015. The aim of the present research was to identify the Hun­garian characteristics of team composition and operation. Qualitative focus group survey has been conducted on the operation of multidisciplinary teams at the annual conferences of the Hungarian Psychiatric Society in 2017, 2018 and 2019. These three groups focused on the issues of leadership, communication within the team, and competencies. The groups of an average of 17 people formed spontaneously by participation of professionals with different qualifications. The main results of the focus groups were as follows: 1. The various ty­pes of leadership within the team require the distribution and allocation of res­pon­si­bilities and roles and stop the dest­­ruc­tions. 2. Wi­thin the teams there are pre­vai­ling the informal channels of communication. 3. It is im­portant to clarify com­petencies and responsibilities. 'Actually, psy­chiat­ric spe­cia­lists' list of competencies there is not available in Hungary. It seems necessary to define more precisely and reconsider the professional competences of the specialized training in psychiatry and integrating these in the education, further promote the development of „list of competences in psychiatric specialization” by the legislators. The second phase of the research continues as a quantitative study based on the foregoing results gained by questionnaires. ]