Central European Journal of Nursing and Midwifery, 2015 (vol. 6), issue 2

Editorial

Beata Dobrowolska

Cent Eur J Nurs Midw 2015, 6(2):231 | DOI: 10.15452/CEJNM.2015.06.0008  

Use of specific methods for assessment of pain in children with severe multiple disabilities

Jana Chromá, Lucie Sikorová

Cent Eur J Nurs Midw 2015, 6(2):245-252 | DOI: 10.15452/CEJNM.2015.06.0011  

Aim: The main objective of the study was to compare the intensity of pain in children with severe multiple disabilities assessed with three specific scales. Design: A cross-sectional study using the quantitative research methods was conducted. Methods: The study comprised 43 children with severe multiple diseases experiencing pain. The data were collected between March 2013 and November 2013 in hospital and institutional care facilities. Results: The intensity of pain was compared using the Paediatric Pain Profile (PPP), the revised Face, Legs, Activity, Cry, Consolability (rFLACC) scale and the Non-Communicating Children's...

Communication about death in the family

Karolína Zedníková, Olga Pechová

Cent Eur J Nurs Midw 2015, 6(2):253-259 | DOI: 10.15452/CEJNM.2015.06.0012  

Aim: The aim of the research was to map the specifications of communication of death with a child in the family of healthy members. Design: Qualitative research. Methods: A qualitative methodology was selected for initial orientation in a hitherto unexplored area. The method of semi-structured interview was aimed at mothers of preschool children aged between five and six, within their immediate family with no terminally ill family members. 14 mothers were selected by combining improbability sampling methods. A cluster method, simple enumeration method and method of searching for patterns were used to analyse the data. Results:...

Selected factors of Slovak nurses' job satisfaction

Mária Kožuchová, Anna Vargová

Cent Eur J Nurs Midw 2015, 6(2):260-266 | DOI: 10.15452/CEJNM.2015.06.0013  

Aim: The objective of this contribution was to present nurses' job satisfaction in Slovak institutional facilities related to selected characteristics of nurses (e.g. length of professional experience, current job title, etc). Design: A cross-sectional study. Methods: The research sample was composed of 206 nurses working in institutional healthcare facilities in Slovakia between the ages of 23 to 63. Nurses' job satisfaction was surveyed using the standardized form of the McCloskey/Mueller Satisfaction Scale. The research was realized in Slovak healthcare facilities between December 2014 to January 2015. The respondents replied...

Prevention of hearing loss at work

Mária Šupínová, Jana Virgulová, Mária Kožuchová, Monika Babincová

Cent Eur J Nurs Midw 2015, 6(2):267-272 | DOI: 10.15452/CEJNM.2015.06.0014  

Aim: The purpose of the current contribution was to present the results of a study on the occurrence of hearing loss in people exposed to loud noise in working environments. Design: A cross-sectional, observation study. Methods: The research method used was audiometric examination, expressed as percentage of hearing loss (HL) according to Fowler. Results: The study results were analysed using absolute and relative frequencies. The association between variables was evaluated using a Chi-Quadrat Test at the significance level of p = 0.05. Cramer's V was used to measure strength of association. The set included 300 respondents...

Deactivation of pacemakers and ICDs at the end of life

Marie Macková

Cent Eur J Nurs Midw 2015, 6(2):232-236 | DOI: 10.15452/CEJNM.2015.06.0009  

Aim: The aim of the present study was to seek out expert knowledge concerning the direct experience of care providers of the deactivation of pacemakers or ICDs in patients in the terminal stage of illness. Another goal was to describe the possibilities of deactivation of pacemakers and ICDs in the Czech Republic. Design: The research had the character of a systematic overview. Methods: Articles focusing on the problem area of interest were searched by means of a systematic trawl through various databases using the relevant terms. The search was limited to articles in English issued between 2000 and 2013. Results: In total,...

The effect of antihypertensive therapy on human sexuality

Bohdana Břegová, Yvetta Vrublová

Cent Eur J Nurs Midw 2015, 6(2):237-244 | DOI: 10.15452/CEJNM.2015.06.0010  

Aim: The aim was to analyse the effect of antihypertensive therapy on incidence of sexual dysfunction in patients with arterial hypertension. Design: a review study. Methods: In the period from 2000 to 2015 we searched licensed and freely available electronic databases: CINAHL EBSCOhost, ProQuest, Pubmed and Medline for relevant recherches of Czech and foreign sources. We set the following criteria: a study of least 100 participants and a minimum six-month follow-up. We excluded experimental and vaguely defined studies. From a total of 123 searches, 45 articles met the criteria. A review includes a total of 15 studies, six studies...