To keep good and non-conflict relationships between doctors and nurses is not an easy task their stressful working environment. Despite the fact that both doctors and nurses have a common goal, and that is to provide the best care of their patients, there are situations leading to conflicts between doctors and nurses. Good relationships between nurses and doctors are a guarantee of a harmonized cooperation in the entire medical team. That is why it is important to avoid conflicts and, if any conflict has already occurred, it is important to use it for the benefit of the whole team. The goal of our work was to define the most frequented conflicts in hospitals from a point of nurse's view in a cooperation with doctors, and what impact these conflicts have on nurses' work. To process the data in the first part of my thesis, the quality method for a research survey was used. The data collection was implemented by interviews. The research sample group was composed of eight nurses working in bed departments of different hospitals. On the grounds of the quality survey I set four hypotheses which I tried to verify in the quantity survey. To collect the data in the quantity part a questionnaire survey was used and the research sample group was also composed of nurses working in bed departments. The data were being collected in the period of March through May. To assess the results 175 questionnaires were used. The hypothesis 1 - The most frequented conflicts between nurses and doctors root in a wrong communication, has been proven on the grounds of our findings. The hypothesis 2 - Conflicts between nurses and doctors result from increasing competences for nurses has been proven, too, as well as the hypothesis 3 - Conflicts between nurses and doctors result from misunderstanding nurses' and doctors' roles. The hypothesis 4 - Conflicts between nurses and doctors have a negative impact on nurses' work was proven, too. The results have also revealed that the second most frequented reasons for conflict situations represent personal qualities of doctors, which was not included in the hypotheses. In the summary of the thesis I incorporated some recommendations how to handle conflict situations effectively. This work should be a foundation for a potential follow- up research not only in this field, but it can also serve management teams in medical institutions. They should take actions to improve the situation to some extent.

In the Czech Republic all activities of individual groups of health care workers are defined by various regulations and laws. All nurses' competences are stipulated by 424/2004 Decree of Coll. of Laws and that defines activities and responsibilities for health care workers as well as other professionals and experts in the medical field. In my thesis three goals and hypotheses were set. The first goal of my thesis was to find out what level of awareness of the existence and of the content of the 424/2004 Decree doctors and nurses was. For that purpose the hypothesis Hl was set. It was worded as the following: ,Doctors are aware of the existence and the content of the 424/2004 Decree. The second goal was to find out what doctors' opinoions on the relevant competences were. To reach this goal hypotheses H2 were set. They were worded as the following:" Doctors have not become familiar with the importance of a qualification study that is backed up with having the relevant competences stipulated in 424/2004 Decree. H3 was worded as the following : "Activities required by doctors for nurses to be carried out go over their competences stipulated in 424/2004 Decree. H4: Activities going beyond nurses' competences do not enable the nurses providing relevant nursing care which should be focused on saturation and meeting patients' needs. The third goal was to find out what doctors think of the Decree's implementation in everyday life. I set a hypothesis that doctors do not feel any need to change nurses competences.

Sigrid Wangensteen has the recent years been engaged in doctoral studies at Karlstad University in combination with teaching at the bachelor program in nursing at Gjøvik Universtity College. This doctoral thesis is focused on newly graduated nurses, their perception of competence, critical thinking dispositions, research use and their experiences of being a nurse during their first year as a nurse. Qualitative and quantitative methods were used. The very first period of time was experienced as tough but when looking back the newly graduated nurses appreciated the tough time. They described the need for a supportive environment, and gaining competence through managing challenging situations. The leadership role constituted the main difference between being a student and being a nurse. In the quantitative study the nurses perceived their competence as good, rating the Helping role competence category highest and the Ensuring quality competence category lowest. With respect to critical thinking the CCTDI total scores indicated a positive disposition. As regards the CCTDI subscale scores the nurses reported highest values for intellectual curiosity (Inquisitiveness) and lowest for intellectual honesty (Truth-seeking). The nurses reported a positive attitude towards research, but only 24% were classified as research users. Supportive environment was a significant predictor for research use. Critical thinking was a prominent predictor for attitude towards research, for research use and perception of competence. Nurse leaders in clinical practice and nurse educators in nursing education and clinical practice play an important role in nurturing student nurses and newly graduated nurses with respect to critical thinking. There is a need to assess whether teaching strategies meet the requirements of critical thinking and EBP in nursing education.

This thesis deals with the knowledge of processes and practical skills of cardiopulmonary resuscitation among nurses working in the field of anesthesia and intensive medicine. The theoretical part of this paper defines the notion of cardiopulmonary resuscitation, deals with its history, changing definitions, and the latest recommendations. It also describes and specifies terms such as competence, knowledge of the processes and the role of the nurse in the system. The empirical part, using a questionnaire survey, assesses orientation of nurses and nurses specialists in the latest recommendations in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and the related knowledge and competences in the use of resuscitation itself. The questionnaire survey was answered by 152 respondents from 3 large hospitals in Prague. There were also the results of its investigation, compared with the results of research conducted by Václav Kukol in 2010 - 2011 as part of their thesis. In the final discussion paper evaluates the confirmation of the hypotheses. Then attach the recommendations for practice.

This diploma thesis deals with current pharmacotherapeutic care with a focus on activities that nurses take part in. The aim was to collect and evaluate the views and experiences of selected nurses regarding their role in pharmacotherapy team, particularly what activities they perform in such team and how their pharmacotherapy teams work in general. SWOT analysis was then used firstly to evaluate the current role of nurses and secondly to suggest a way of implementation of possible extension of nurses' competencies in pharmacotherapy. In order to collect the required data, semi-structured interviews were conducted. These were recorded, so they could be easily processed afterwards. During transcription of the interviews into written text, all the collected data was briefly analysed. The data was further analysed using the open coding method, when three main categories with specific subcategories and subcodes were identified. All the selected men and women, which were asked for cooperation, are people working as a nurse without supervision and mentoring. Based on their career history all of them were expected to have a more specific experience with the issue. The respondents were mainly nurses with long-term working experience, often working in middle or senior management. When selecting the future...

Background: “Nurses provide essential care to the millions of people who are hospitalized each year as a result of illness or injury” (Smith, 2012, p. 172). The Institute of Medicine reported approximately 44,000-98,000 patients die annually resulting from a medical error, and health care errors ranked among the top 10 for the leading causes of death in the United States (Smith, 2012). Problem: Nurse competence impacts safe and quality nursing, and several research studies investigated the measurement of nurse competence among nurses in various nursing settings (Flinkman et al., 2016). However, a review of the research revealed limited studies in the emergency department (ED) setting and in the United States (O’Leary, 2012). Method: This study implemented a quantitative nonexperimental research design using the combination of an instrumental case study and a cross-sectional survey for this study’s sample. An Internet-based SurveyMonkey questionnaire collected data on nurse competence from registered nurses (RNs) working in the ED at a San Francisco Bay Area hospital. Part I of the questionnaire integrated Meretoja, Isoaho, and Leino-Kilpi’s (2004) Nurse Competence Scale (NCS) consisting of 73 closed-ended clinical indicators divided into seven competence areas. Participants rated their level of competence and frequency of use for each clinical indicator. Part II of the questionnaire obtained background information about participants. A total of 21 out of 110 potential participants completed the survey. Results: The data analysis using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) provided descriptive and nonparametric correlation statistics. Descriptive statistics described survey respondents. The least and most competent areas were ensuring quality and managing situations, respectively. The most frequent length of nursing experience was at least 60 months and the most frequent number of hours worked was at least 65 hours per 2-week period. Nonparametric correlation statistics, including Kendell’s tau-b and Spearman’s rho, identified significant relationships. A significant relationship existed between the frequency of using clinical skills and level of competence for four of the seven competence areas. A significant relationship existed between the background factor of experience, both as an RN and an ED RN, and level of competence for many clinical indicators. A significant relationship existed between the background factor of hours worked and level of competence for one clinical indicator. Conclusion: Despite the small sample size of 21 survey respondents, this study revealed findings consistent with the existing research on nurse competence. This study offers implications and recommendations for practice relative to nurse competence, nurse competence assessment, and transitions to new settings of nursing practice to support the nursing profession and safe and quality nursing.