THE NEED OF SUPPORT FOR SOCIAL WORKERS EXPERIENCING CHANGES IN PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY: PERSPECTIVE OF SUPERVISION

Volume 21, Number 7(79) (2011)

Asta Kiaunytė Abstract The article analyses the complexity of social work as a professional collaboration. The changing nature of social work components presumes the issue of social workers facing the changes in professional activity. The goal of the article is to reveal the purpose of supervision by analyzing the need of support for the social workers experiencing changes in professional…

NURSING INFORMATICS ASPECTS IN NURSING PRACTICE

Volume 21, Number 7(79) (2011)

Odeta Vitkūnienė Abstract Nursing informatics is an advanced tool for nursing practice and integral part of health care. Specialists of nursing informatics are rapidly taking a significant role in the overall clinical information system and making an impact on the quality of health care and patient health outcomes. Methods of nursing documentation affect nursing practice. The process aiming to move…

NURSING CARE COMPATIBILITY WITH THE EXPECTATIONS OF PATIENTS WITH OPIOID DEPENDENCE

Volume 21, Number 7(79) (2011)

Danguolė Drungilienė Abstract There is persisting number of persons dependent on drugs in Lithuania. Most of those diagnosed with dependence are the opioid users. Mental health nurses working with these patients, helping them to change attitudes to themselves, to believe in a possibility of recovery. A patient comes to the health care institution has certain expectations, which affect…

PERCEPTIONS OF NURSES CARING OF PATIENTS HAVING ALCOHOL PSYCHOSIS

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Natalja Istomina Abstract Today, sufficient consideration is given to the topic of patients with dependency diseases, psychological and physical violence against nursing personnel. State of nurses is underestimated. Scientific research would enable us to develop new means that could help to reduce the volume of the problem as the ignorance of violence causes a number of undesirable outcomes –…

NURSES ACTIVITY WITH CHEMOTHERAPY FOR CHILDREN ONCOHEMATOLOGICAL ILLNESS

Volume 21, Number 7(79) (2011)

Natalja Istomina Abstract During the process of healing nurse is good partner. His or her responsibility and professional knowledge have great influence on sucess of treatment. Nurse actions are of great importance monitoring, testing, determining, evaluating and solving problems of children under treatment of chemotherapy, in addition to that nurse work 184 includes teaching patients self preservation, helping them to…

THE EFFECT OF REPEATED REHABILITATION IN STROKE SURVIVORS FOR THEIR QUALITY OF CASUAL LIFE

Volume 21, Number 7(79) (2011)

Diana Šopagienė Abstract The goal of the study was to evaluate the effect of repeated rehabilitation in stroke survivors. There were investigated the inhabitants of Western Lithuania after stroke (191 patients), after two rehabilitation therapy courses. There were investigated two groups of patients: the study group (there were patients after two courses of rehabilitation therapy plus repeated rehabilitation) and…

ANALYSIS OF ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS INFLUENCING PROFESSIONAL MOTIVATION AT WORK IN HOSPITAL NURSES

Volume 21, Number 7(79) (2011)

Artūras Razbadauskas Abstract The objective was to analyze the work environment on nurses’ professional motivation. Nurses’ professional motivation is an urgent problem not only in medicine. One of the factors that influence nurses’ work motivation is the work environment. The article presents the results of a survey of nurses’ professional motivation analysis. 76 percent argues that the totality of biological and…

PROFESSIONAL MOTIVATION IN NURSING

Volume 21, Number 7(79) (2011)

Tatjana Žuravliova Abstract The motivation to choose the career is determined by personal characteristics, relatives or other family member’s opinion. It is alleged by 64.70 per cent. of students, and 73 per cent. of working and studying nurses. The motivation may be associated not only with individual characteristics, but also with the social environments features. Respondents of the first group…

ANTIOXIDANT COMPLEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTS POTENTIAL USE IN ONCOLOGY

Volume 21, Number 7(79) (2011)

Saulė Uleckienė Abstract free radicals, antioxidants, oxidative stress. Free radicals are products of normal metabolism. Endogenous antioxidative system neutralise the extensive quantities of free radicals. The pathological processes as inflammation or cancer result in augmenting the formation of free radicals and oxidative stress occurs. For neutralisation of oxidative stress the antioxidants are used. Much remains unknown concerning the mode of action…

Brugada syndrome

Volume 21, Number 7(79) (2011)

Dagmara Reingardienė Abstract The Brugada syndrome is characterized by ST segment elevation in the right precordial ECG leads and a high incidence of sudden death in patients with structurally normal hearts. The syndrome manifest primarily during adulthood, with a mean age of sudden death of approximately 40 years. The syndrome is thought to be responsible for 4 – 12%…