Central European Journal of Nursing and Midwifery, 2016 (vol. 7), issue 2

Editorial

Evridiki Papastavrou

Cent Eur J Nurs Midw 2016, 7(2):411 | DOI: 10.15452/CEJNM.2016.07.0008  

Inter-rater agreement of the Brief Bedside Dysphagia Screening Test-Revised in patients with stroke

Petra Mandysová, Helena Trundová, Edvard Ehler

Cent Eur J Nurs Midw 2016, 7(2):412-419 | DOI: 10.15452/CEJNM.2016.07.0009  

Aim: The aim of the study was to investigate the inter-rater agreement (IRA) of the 8-item Brief Bedside Dysphagia Screening Test-Revised (BBDST-R). Design: An observational IRA study was conducted. Methods: Forty-six patients with stroke were independently assessed by two nurse raters using the BBDST-R. Rater agreement was described and analysed using descriptive statistics, Cohen's kappa (κ), the proportion of observed agreement (P_o), the prevalence index (p_index), and the bias index (b_index). Results: Kappa ranged from -0.046 (p = 0.641; 95% CI = -0.126-0.034) for item "ability to...

Nursing workload and staff allocation in an Italian hospital: a quality improvement initiative based on nursing care score

Santa Giammona, Giuseppe Arena, Michelangelo Calò, Maria Angela Barone, Davide Scelsa, Andrea Lepre, Maria Rosaria Tarantino, Elizabeth A. Schlenk

Cent Eur J Nurs Midw 2016, 7(2):420-427 | DOI: 10.15452/CEJNM.2016.07.0010  

Aim: To develop, implement, and evaluate a Nursing Care Score (NCS) system, built into the electronic health record, to optimize nursing workload and staff allocation. Design: A quality improvement (QI) initiative with a pre- and post-implementation design was conducted by an interprofessional team in the 33-bed cardio-thoracic unit of a 72-bed hospital in Palermo, Italy. Methods: A seven-phase process was used to develop, implement, and evaluate the NCS, which lists 53 nursing work tasks, each assigned a score from 1.5 to 5.0. The nurse-to-patient ratio on all shifts was determined by the NCS. Nurse satisfaction with both the...

At risk of pressure ulcers - a nursing diagnosis

Ľubica Poledníková, Alica Slamková

Cent Eur J Nurs Midw 2016, 7(2):428-436 | DOI: 10.15452/CEJNM.2016.07.0011  

Aim: The aim of the study was content validation of the nursing diagnosis of at Risk of Impaired Skin Integrity by a sample of Slovak nurse-experts. It focuses on identifying the major risk factors in pressure ulcer development. Design: Retrospective study. Methods: The Diagnostic Content Validity Model designed by Fehring was used for validation of the nursing diagnosis; we used it to establish the significance of the risk factors of the nursing diagnosis of at Risk of Impaired Skin Integrity in relation to pressure ulcer development. Correlation analysis was used for evaluation of the relationships between the risk factors. The...

Selected indicators of mental health in the elderly - the participants the University of the Third Age

Martina Tomagová, Ivan Farský, Ivana Bóriková, Mária Zanovitová

Cent Eur J Nurs Midw 2016, 7(2):437-443 | DOI: 10.15452/CEJNM.2016.07.0012  

Aim: The aim of the research study is to identify the selected indicators of mental health, such as meaning of life, experience of well-being, hope, and feelings of loneliness and depression in the elderly participating in the University of the Third Age, in relation to their age and gender. Design: A quantitative descriptive study. Methods: The selection of respondents was deliberate. The sample consisted of 147 seniors with a mean age of 67.4 (± 4.9) years enrolled at the University of the Third Age at Jessenius Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University. Data were collected by means of self-assessment scales - the Life...

Registers of pressure ulcers in an international context

Andrea Pokorná, Simona Saibertová, Soňa Vasmanská, Lucie Kubátová, Nina Müllerová, Petra Camprová, Gabriela Šmelková

Cent Eur J Nurs Midw 2016, 7(2):444-452 | DOI: 10.15452/CEJNM.2016.07.0013  

Aim: The aim of the following review was to search for existing registers of pressure ulcer (PU) incidence operating and collecting data on national level. Design: Type of study - review. Methods: Articles focusing on the subject of national PU registers were searched for by means of a systematic trawl through various databases using relevant terms. The search was limited to articles in English issued between 2010 and 2015 in the electronic databases SCOPUS and Nursing OVID. Articles focused on local datasets or registry as a part of local electronic health records were not included as well as studies which do not describe the...

Concept caring in nursing

Lenka Drahošová, Darja Jarošová

Cent Eur J Nurs Midw 2016, 7(2):453-460 | DOI: 10.15452/CEJNM.2016.07.0014  

Aim: The aim of this literature review was to search for qualitative studies focusing on the concept of caring in nursing, to analyse them and to synthesize knowledge that concerns the definition of the concept of caring in nursing from the point of view of nurses and patients. Design: Review. Methods: Qualitative studies were searched for systematically in the electronic databases Academic Search Complete (EBSCO), CINAHL, Medline, Science Direct, and the Wiley Library Online, according to set criteria and defined key words for the period 1970-2015. Seven selected articles were analysed after selection of documents with the aid...