Ošetřovatelství a porodní asistence, 2010 (vol. 1), issue 4
Respecting of dignified approach to the patient in home care agencies
Mária Tabaková
Cent Eur J Nurs Midw 2010, 1(4):106-112 
Aim: Author of this paper deals with the problematics of dignified approach of the nurses to the patient in home care agencies. Dignified approach to the patient is an integrated factor of the moral attitudes of health professionals and significantly resonates in the international and national documents which enshrine ethical principles. The aim of the work was to evaluate the effect of some factors affecting the dignified approach to the patient and to record statistically significant differences in its respect in terms of demographic data. Methods: For the measurement of respecting of dignified approach by nurses to the patient was...
Child with chronic renal insufficiency: a case study
Barbora Zavřelová, Lucie Sikorová
Cent Eur J Nurs Midw 2010, 1(4):113-120
Aim: The article introduces readers with the specifics of nursing of the pediatric patients with chronic renal failure and complications associated with this disease. The aim of the study was to show on the exceptional case of a child with chronic renal insufficiency, the complexity as well as the specifics of nursing care. Methods: The method of case reports was used, a source of information was medical records, observation of the child and his family, and structured nonstandardized interview with the child's mother. The subject of case reports was the annual child with chronic renal failure enrolled in the chronic dialysis program from...
Emotional changes of women in puerperium
Bohdana Dušová, Nikola Moniaková
Cent Eur J Nurs Midw 2010, 1(4):121-123
Aim: The aim of the presented study was to determine the occurrence of emotional changes for women in the early puerperium and to evaluate the emotional changes using the Edinburgh postnatal depression scale. Methods: For occurance of emotional changes for women in the early puerperium was used the EPDS (Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale), which is translated into the Czech language (Honzak, 1999, p. 53). The exploratory sample consisted of 79 postpartum women hospitalized on puerperium wards in the Municipal Hospital Ostrava (n=35) and in the Hospital Frydek-Mistek (n=44). Results: Pronounced emotional changes that already...
Selected problems of patient treatment with amyotrofic lateral sclerosis
Miroslava Bořková, Radka Bužgová
Cent Eur J Nurs Midw 2010, 1(4):124-131
Aim: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a disease, which is in our population on the increase, but to many people or to the health workers it is not known and did not met it yet. The aim of the work was to describe the problematics of nursing care in clients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, focusing on his needs in the home environment. Methods: Deliberately was chosen 65-year-old patient treated for ALS for 10 years. Qualitative method of research in the form of casuistry as per the structure of Žiaková (2009) was selected. It consists of anamnesis and katamnesis, which is divided into 3 periods, in which are described the changes...
Benefits of measuring tools in nursing care about patient with dementia
Martina Tomagová
Cent Eur J Nurs Midw 2010, 1(4):132-138
Purpose: The aim of the case study is present of using tools Clock Drawing Test (CDT), Standardized Mini-Mental State Examination (SMMSE), Geriatric Depression Scale Short Form (GDS15) in planning nursing care, specifically for choosing tasks for cognitive rehabilitation of patient with dementia. Methods: In the case study are introduced using of measure tools in cognitive rehabilitation of patient with Dementia of the Alzheimer's type. CDT, SMMSE, GDS15 was administered before beginning cognitive rehabilitation and their scores influenced of choosing tasks for cognitive rehabilitation. Result: SMMSE provides objective data for diagnose...
Living with celiac disease
Andrea Menšíková, Natália Beharková
Cent Eur J Nurs Midw 2010, 1(4):139-144
Celiac disease is an autoimmune disease with highly polymorphic image of clinical course, which still belongs among neglected diagnosis, on which, often during the atypical course of the disease is not thought of. By estimate of 40-50 thousand of the Czech population suffer from the disease, but only 10% of them know about their illness. Aim: The aim of the study was to point out what socio-economic impact has disease with celiac on the patient and to find out what is the compliance of patients with celiac disease. Methods: A quantitative survey was used. Data were collected using questionnaire with 22 questions from 139 respondents in...