Tracheostomy Care: the Development of a Nurse Competence Through Experience – from Novice to Expert

Silva Kostyliovienė, Alina Vaškelytė, Rimantas Kėvalas, Aurelija Blaževičienė Abstract Tracheotomy is an opening made surgically in an anterior wall of the trachea. While nursing a patient with a tracheostomy, it is necessary for a nurse to have knowledge and skills in order to ensure safe and effective nursing care services and to provide a qualitative…

Post Graduate Public Health Professionals Need Assessment in Terms

Tomas Vaičiūnas, Aurelija Blaževičienė, Vaclovas Šveikauskas Abstract This article is an overview of a conducted survey among Public health professionals in 2010. The aim of the study is to examine how Public health professionals assess their knowledge in various areas of public health workforce and what new Public health-related professional competencies they wish to improve…

A Survey of Students‘ Professional Motivation

Rita Keibienė, Laimutė Jonaitienė, Sigitas Daukilas Abstract When assessing students‘ personalities and motives of the profession choice generally the paradigm of education for the career is followed, which is based on the coherence of student‘s individuality and expression of sociality. The latter paradigm suggests that a student, when choosing a profession, must firstly understand his/her…