The concept of a missing nursing care in a nursing practice is a phenomenon that could endanger patients' safety in all cultures. This global deficit of a superior and comprehensive nursing care occurs in various departments of healthcare facilities. The theoretical part of this thesis deals with problematic aspects of the concept of a missing nursing care based on theoretical findings. Furthemore it summarises strategies used for ensuring that quality, safety and kompetence in a nursing care is met in relation to latest findings and the legislation. The research part presents outcomes of a conducted qualitative survey research focusing on nurses working in an Intensive Care Unit where a nursing care is directed towards the population of adult patients. Research Metodology: The data collection in the study is based on a semi-structured interview conducted on an actively working group of nine Intensive Care Unit nurses. Aim of the Study: The main objective of the thesis is to describe and analyse problematic aspects of the concept of a missing nursing care in an Intensive Care Unit, as well as to identify factors that affect occurrence of the given concept limited to the nursing staff in the Intensive Care Units. Research Results: The study analyses six categories in total, of which five categories...

Current state: Using tools to identify and analyse risks is presently very important in nursing to minimise the risk of harm to patients that can be prevented. The FMEA (Failure Mode and Effect Analysis) is a very efficient tool to address the failure issue. It is an important preventive method determining possible failures and proposing preventive measures to minimise the risk of errors. The RCA (Root Cause Analysis) is another important tool to handle failures. Objectives of the work: The objective of the research was to determine processes with the highest risks in nursing and to find out the most common risks associated with the nurse profession. Another objective is to describe the undesirable events reporting methods and to find out the utilisation of all risk analysis methods by nurses. And the final objective was to describe the intervention fall prevention programmes.Methodology: A qualitative research method was used to prepare the empirical part of the thesis. Data were collected using in-depth interviews. Qualitative data were coded using the pencil and paper technique; data were then categorised and respective subcategories were determined and shown in the SmartArt application. Research participants: Interviews were conducted with the head nurse, quality manager, senior nursing officer and departmental sister from the department of internal medicine, department of neurology and aftercare department. The first research was conducted in Nemocnice Jindřichův Hradec, a.s., the second in Nemocnice Tábor, a.s. and the final one in Nemocnice Písek, a.s. Results: It was found out from the results of the qualitative research that the most risky processes included medication in form of pills when, for example, generics drugs are given incorrectly or drugs of wrong strength are administered. The second risk process is the preparation of drugs from concentrated solutions of kalium, heparin or insulin. Administering intravenous drugs and infusion solutions is the third risky process. Too many activities of a nurse at one time is often the cause. Non-cooperation, poor communication of the patient and his/her family also lead to risky situations.Another serious group of risky processes includes patient transfer, moving the patient from a stretcher to a bed or going to the toilet. Further, it was found out that the most common risks are nosocomial infections, falls and decubital ulcers. Too much workload of nurses and new staff undergoing training are also mentioned as a risk. They include in particular medical assistants. Prescribing drugs through a computer system where the doctor relies on the nurse that she will alert when wrong drugs are prescribed although it is not her obligation to do so is also considered a common risk. Closing the infectious department in a hospital is the next risk. Patients who have a suspicion for certain diseases are then examined in a department. Nurses working there are afraid of getting infected from the ill person. And quite often, a disease is really found in the patients. Respondents gave different answers to the procedure of reporting undesirable events. The answers were different from one hospital to another. Nevertheless, all the reporting go to the hospital management that evaluates it. Nurses in the inquired hospitals do not use any risk analysis method. Not even nurses in management positions do not work with the methods and do not know the FMEA method. A direct analysis is addressed by the quality manager who most often uses the RCA analysis. Its results are discussed at meetings of nurses in the department, meetings of senior nursing officers or meetings of chief physicians. As for preventive programmes reducing the risk of falls it was found out that in all hospitals the screening of the risk of falls is standardly performed in all patients upon admission, except hospitalisations shorter than 3 days.

The thesis deals with a nurse and the care of her own health. The theoretical part mainly deals with mental health, proper regimen and physical as well as mental load on nurses in relation to the health care job. The main aim of the thesis was to identify the factors affecting the regimen of nurses and their care about their own health, and to try to find how the work load and department character is related to possible occurrence of health problems. Partial goals and working hypotheses were set for this purpose. Variables like age, gender, education and type of department were included among the assumed factors affecting care about health and health problems.

This diploma work focuses on demanding and important task of nurses care of patients suffering from Alzheimer's disease. The problems of Alzheimer's disease represent socially serious and very important subject at present due to the fact that our generation is growing old, which will obviously result in increasing frequency of Alzheimer?s disease occurrence. This diploma work is divided in two parts: theoretical part and practical part. In the theoretical part there are causes, signs and symptoms, diagnosis and therapy of Alzheimer?s disease. Furthermore there is a conceptual framework of nursing care applied to the patients suffering from Alzheimer?s disease according to nursing model by Virginia Henderson. In addition to it burn out syndrome is mentioned here because due to the syndrome the nursing personnel is exposed to extreme psychic and physical load. The Alzheimer Programme Plan in the Czech Republic is presented in order to get better idea about activities in our country. In the practical part of this diploma work we laid down the following three objectives. The first objective was to ascertain exacting character of nursing work of the nurses taking care of the patients suffering from Alzheimer?s disease. The second objective was to ascertain what is considered by nurses to be the most problematic area within the range of nursing care of the aforementioned patients suffering from Alzheimer?s disease and the third objective of our research was to ascertain the contribution of specialised Alzheimer centres. The above-specified objectives have been fulfilled. In addition to it another research questions have been defined as follows: what is the level of exacting character of nursing work of the nurses taking care of the patients suffering from Alzheimer?s disease, what do the nurses see as the most problematic area within the range of nursing care of the aforementioned patients suffering from Alzheimer?s disease within the range of nursing care, what is the contribution of specialised Alzheimer centres and what nursing care should be provided in the specialised Alzheimer centres. The research questions have been answered. For the purpose of the development of this diploma work a qualitative examination has been used. Data acquisition and collection have been performed by applying the method of non-standard structured interview. The research work took place in Psychiatric Ward of the Hospital of České Budějovice a.s. (Joint stock company), in Alzheimer Centre named Loucký Mlýn near the town of Vodňany and in Alzheimer Centre in the town of Písek, and in Home of Old People in the village of Dobrá Voda. The answers of the interviewed nurses have been worked out in the form of sixteen case reports and subsequently category matrices (tables) containing the most important data were created from the aforementioned reports. The examination took place in the time period from March 2011 to June 2011. The results of our work could serve as a feedback for hospitals and sanatoria first of all for those where the examinations took place. Furthermore the results may be used for keeping public informed about the possibilities of helping patients suffering from Alzheimer?s disease e.g. in the form of information booklet.

Gastrointestinal bleeding is a symptom of numerous diseases that might be serious. Acute GI bleeding is the most frequent abdominal incident and has been occurring more and more often recently. Acute bleeding in the upper GI tract is a very urgent state affecting circulation stability. The bleeding may have adverse consequences. This is why a quick intervention and immediate bleeding stoppage are very important here. The aim of the thesis was to determine the principles of nursing care for patients with GI bleeding and what may be provided to a patient with acute GI bleeding within nursing care. Two research questions were set: 1 - What are the principles of nursing care for patients with GI bleeding? 2 - What may be provided to a patient with acute GI bleeding within nursing care? The thesis was elaborated by means of qualitative research. The technique of interview was used for data collection. Non-standardized interview was applied to patients. Individual case studies of the patients were elaborated from the information obtained. Semi-standardized interview was chosen for nurses, from which individual case studies were elaborated. We had the opportunity to use an analysis of nursing documentation of the Gastroenterological Department of the České Budějovice Hospital. The research has shown that nurses mostly have sufficient information on the principles of nursing care for patients with upper digestive system bleeding. From the patient answers we found that awareness of their needs was essential. This is why an informational brochure compiled upon request of the patients is an output of my thesis. A presentation for nurses describing insertion of an esophageal probe is the second output.

Empathy of Workers in Helping Professions The term empathy means the ability to understand emotions of other people. It is the person´s ability to understand the mental condition of the other person with whom he or she is in immediate contact. Such understanding makes it possible to understand emotions, thinking, acting, behavior and attitudes of other people. To empathize with someone the person needs to efficiently focus and concentrate on the other person and to have the sufficient will to do so. Empathy is a complex psychological experience. The objective of the thesis is to determine whether the attitudes to empathy and experience of difficulties associated with empathy are different among personal assistants and nurses. The research was conducted among personal assistants operating in the district of České Budějovice and among nurses working in the hospital in Jindřichův Hradec. The respondents were of diverse ages with a different representation of men and women. The method of the research was inquiry with a questionnaire technique. I formulated three hypotheses in total. All the hypotheses have been confirmed by the completed research. The thesis may be used as a source of information for the general public, as well as for teaching purposes.

Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a hereditary disease characterized by progressive loss of -motoneurons of the spinal front corners, the consequence of which atrofizaci of muscles occurs. As a result, children become disabled and infirm dependent on the help and care of others at an early age. This is a relatively rare disease, the prevalence is about 1: 6,000 children. Spinal muscular atrophy is divided into 4 types according to its severity and time of onset of symptoms. Despite significant longtime research, it has failed to find a drug that could cure this disease so far. To the present date, there are only methods that slow the progression. The survey also contained 4 research questions, namely: What are the principles of treating a child with spinal muscular atrophy ? What are the most common problems in the care of a child with spinal muscular atrophy ? Are parents adequately educated on the issue of child with spinal muscular atrophy ? What impact has the presence of a child with spinal muscular atrophy in his family? Qualitative research was used in the implementation of the empirical part . Two qualitative methods were used to collect the data, a semi-structured interview and a hidden observation of the participant . Interviews were conducted with 3 research files, with 11 general nurses from the České Budejovice Hospital and University Hospital Motol, 7 mothers of children with I and II. type SMA of a summer camp for children with SMA and with 5 personal assistants. This thesis should help nurses and the public to gain awareness of the disease of Spinal Muscular Atrophy. It refers to all aspects of care of such a sick child, with which their parents daily struggle. Caring for a child with SMA is very difficult for their caregivers and requires considerable restrictions for the whole family. Information observed during the research were presented at a seminar for nurses in the České Budejovice Hospital in January 2015.

This thesis is focused on the issues linked with providing highly specialized care to critically ill patients with intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP) in intensive care units. IABP helps these patients overcome period of acute phase of heart failure or overcome period of time necessary before definitive intervention or surgical solution. A nurse has an irreplaceable role from the very beginning of patient's preparation before insertion of mechanical support (psychological as well as physical), assumes the assistance and instrumentation during insertion of heart support, observation during counterpulsation to psychological support of the patient leading to disconnection (weaning). This thesis is divided into two parts. Theoretical part is organized in several theme units focused on description and method principles, main indications, contraindications, and complications occuring with counterpulsation. The next part is dedicated to nurse's role in the problematics of saturation of bio-psycho-social needs of IABP patients. And the last part characterizes the specifics of intensive care. The core of practical part was qualitative research as per defined goals. The main objective was to map demand for quality nursing care in connection with IABP. This aim was reached through definition of four sub-aims and five research questions. The research questions were focused firstly on knowledge preconditions of nurses and problematic areas of care for IABP patients. Secondly, research effort was focused on the area of insufficient needs of patients in the bio-psycho-social area and on quality of information provided to patients. Imaginary centerpiece of research investigation consists of analysis of case studies of patiens, graphic visualisation of their thought map was used to survey the specifics of nursing care. For the evaluation of needs and mapping of patient's awareness the technique of individual half-structured interview with open questions was used. Same was used with nurses for mapping of problematic areas of nursing care. At the same time casuistry was formed as classical method of description followed by analysis of nursing case. Its meaning was to clarify optimization of means, processes and nursing interventions, i.e. mapping the specifics of nursing care of IABP patients. Research group consisted of patients selected intentionally with regards to the research problematics. For a complex conseption of the research the group for qualitative investigation consisted of four patients of cardio-surgery unit and one patient of coronary unit. Research investigation was realized in coronary intensive care units in České Budějovice hospital and Faculty hospital Plzeň and in Cardio-surgery unit of FN Plzeň. Research group for investigation of nursing problematic was formed by nurses of coronary units and cardio-surgery units of above mentioned hospitals. Eight nurses participated in the interviews. The selection of nurses was finalized only after the research topics were developed in detail. At that time sample selection was not bringing any new information any more, hence theoretical saturation of factual reality was reached. Based on analysis of research results within the goal defined and focused on the level of nurses' theoretical knowledge of nursing patients during IABP therapy it was observed that even though nurse's knowledge is sufficient, it is also significantly inconsistent. Relatively vast reserves were found especially in the area of communication with patients, hence in complex care for patient's psychological state.

This thesis analyses the reforms of health and social care in the Czech Republic, focusing on the impacts of the reform measures on providers and consumers of health care. Health reforms are currently very up to date, but have not yet been adequately processed and published. Health care of the modern state which Czech republic undoubtedly is must provide affordable and quality health care to all children and people of the society. There is however a necessary role of the state as the representative of the entire health system and relevant legislation. In this thesis we studied the prepared government reforms. The aim of this work was to understand this difficult area and bring this issue further primarily to medical professionals. The results of the research can serve professionals in health social area and be published in scientific journals. The thesis contains a theoretical and empirical part. In the theoretical part we focused on health care systems after 1989, the need for a new reform, the economic development, the health legislation and we also mentioned problems of the current health care system in the Czech Republic. In more detail, we focused on the amended laws related to the new changes in the healthcare system of the Czech Republic. Regarding the reform measures of the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs, we focused on the change in the institutional child care and thus a possible replacement of nurseries foster care. For the empirical part research was chosen qualitative method of semi-structured interview with nurses. The research sample consisted of 20 university educated nurses who work mainly on children's wards in hospitals in Czech Budejovice, Tabor, Czech Krumlov and General University Hospital in Prague. In the thesis we stated six goals and six research questions. First, we wanted to determine nurses opinions on the big planned new health and social reform. Furthermore, we were interested in awareness nurses would planned changes in the health and social sphere with other goals we wanted to see what would nurses would like to change in the health system of the Czech Republic, how well informed Theky are about the changes in health care since 1989, what they know about the problems of institutional care and what their opinion on the possible cancelation of nurseries and they replace ment of institutional care by foster care is. From the research it was shown that the specifics of the health reform were seen by the respondents from different point of views. During the qualitative investigation it was found that the knowledge of university educated nurses regarding the planned health reforms was not fully sufficient. With the year of 2014 crucial changes occurred in the Czech health system. In particular, we do not pay medical fees for inpatient stay (1st. January 2014). By the media discussed many medical fees majority of the respondents was aware of but they didnt know the other reforms. In this thesis we focused on the lack of (un) awareness of nurses of planned the health reforms. Our hope is to convince the wider professional public that basic knowledge of politics in the Czech Republic is a very important issue.

This thesis is focused on the role of a pediatric nurse in the care of overweight and obese adolescents. A pediatric nurse plays a key role in promoting the health of children and adolescents in primary care. A nurse is in many cases the first person the family or a child confide their worries and health concerns in. A pediatric nurse is a person whose professional focus is determined by the needs of children; he or she is an expert who should seize every opportunity for consultation on healthy lifestyles of children and parents; he or she is an essential and irreplaceable member of the team caring for a child or an adolescent (Sikorová, 2012). This thesis consists of two parts. The theoretical part is focused on obesity itself, it describes pathogenesis, complications and consequences, as well as prevention and treatment. In the next chapter we focus on the role of the nurse in the pediatrician's office. There we described the role of nurses in the examination of an obese or overweight adolescent, the awareness of a nurse and adolescent in the field of childhood obesity, the principles of communication of nurses with the obese adolescent and his or her education. At the end of the theoretical part the psychosocial impacts on obese adolescents, such as social isolation, discrimination and the risk of developing eating disorders, are described. The second half of the thesis is empirical. Research was carried out in two ways. The first part of the research was realized in the form of a quantitative survey, in which nurses in general pediatricians offices were approached using electronic questionnaires. The questions in the questionnaire were focused on the education of nurses in the field of childhood obesity, education of adolescents, cooperation with families and other professionals. The research group therefore consisted of pediatric nurses who pursue their profession in the Czech Republic. In the second part of the research the method of questioning, namely the interview technique was used. It was a semi-structured interview with obese adolescents. Each interview consisted of 24 questions and lasted an average of 20 - 25 minutes. Interviews with adolescents were focused on the knowledge of the term Body Mass Index, health and psychological consequences, their personal lives, relationships with peers and partners, the possibility of using the services of a nutritional consultant. We contacted 15 respondents aged 16 to 20 years, all were from South Bohemia. In case of minor adolescents parental agreement with the research had to be acquired. The questionnaire was accessible online and its completion was not time consuming; however out of approximately 400 distributed questionnaires only 154 returned fully completed. The return of questionnaires was approximately 40 % and reflects the ratio of completed and mailed questionnaires. At the beginning two goals were set. The purpose of the first objective was to explore the role of nurses in the approach to obese adolescents. The results showed that nurses are trying to educate themselves in the field of child obesity, they are interested in the issue of childhood obesity, what is more they are trying to educate the overweight adolescents in good nutrition. Furthermore, they also aim to cooperate with the child's family and even with other professionals, such as an endocrinologist, cardiologist, nutritionist etc. The second objective was to determine how obese adolescents perceive themselves. Opinions obviously differed, some children did not admit to being overweight/obese, while others saw themselves as the "fatsoes", "whales" ugly and useless, and that nothing suits them". Some suffer from depression, others try not trouble themselves with it. To fulfill the purpose of quantitative research 3 hypotheses were set. H1: Nurse educates adolescents about healthy eating. The hypothesis was statistically confirmed because research showed that nurses really do educate teenager.