Errors Associated With Medication Administration by a Nurse During Hospitalisation: A Prospective Observational Multicentric Study.

Aims: To explore all medication administration errors (MAEs) throughout the entire process of medication administration by nurses in the inpatient setting, to describe their prevalence, and to analyse associated factors, including deviation from the good practice standards.

Background: Worldwide, MAEs are very common and regarded as a serious risk factor to inpatient safety. Nurses assume an essential role in the hospital setting during the administration of medications.

Self-reported cultural competence among Czech and Slovakian nurses: A comparative correlation study.

Aim: This study aimed to compare the level of cultural competence among nurses working in clinical practice in Slovakia and the Czech Republic.

Background: Demographic changes have greatly affected the health sector in Slovakia and the Czech Republic. By identifying the level of nurses' cultural competence, many of the complications encountered in caring for patients from different cultures can be avoided.

Analysis of medication administration in relation to food and beverages in inpatients.

Proper medication administration in relation to beverage or food is one of the essential tools to achieve the pharmacotherapy goals. It is not known whether this is also considered in the care of inpatients. The aim of this study was to describe and analyse the current practice of medication administration in relation to food and beverages to patients hospitalized in four hospitals in the Czech Republic.

Perceptions of nurses on the scope of culturally competent care in critical care: A qualitative study.

Background: The cultural competence of nurses is crucial in providing nursing care for patients from different cultures. The absence of cultural competence can negatively impact the entire course of care; however, implementing cultural competence in critical care unit can be complicated.

Aim: This study aimed to determine nurses' perceptions regarding cultural competence in critical care units.

Social predictors of breastfeeding and the impact of interventions on breastfeeding of preterm infants: A longitudinal study.

Introduction: The multifaceted benefits of breastfeeding for mothers and infants include enhanced neurodevelopment and immune function in preterm infants. However, more research is needed to understand the unique factors affecting breastfeeding practices in preterm infants. This study aimed to identify key social predictors of breastfeeding in preterm infants and assess the effectiveness of specific interventions on their feeding practices during the first six months postpartum.

THE HEALTH SYSTEM OF THE FIRST CZECHOSLOVAK REPUBLIC AND ITS ROLE IN COMBATING CONTAGIOUS DISEASES IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE FIRST WORLD WAR (THE 1920s).

A complex epidemiological situation marked the health system at the time of the establishment of the Czechoslovak Republic. Reducing the number of infectious diseases was an essential task of the State Administration of Health. It required new legislation and various steps directed at reducing infectious diseases.

Ablation of atrial fibrillation in an ambulatory outpatient setting.

Background: The safety of atrial fibrillation (AF) ablation in an ambulatory outpatient center has not previously been reported.

Objective: The aim of this study is to report the feasibility and safety of AF ablation in an ambulatory setting.

Methods: We identified all AF ablations performed at the Alaska Heart and Vascular Institute's ambulatory center since program initiation to current day using billing records.

Self-reported medication administration errors in clinical practice of nurses: a descriptive correlation study.

Background: Medication administration errors (MAE) are a worldwide issue affecting the safety of hospitalized patients. Through the early identification of potential causes, it is possible to increase the safety of medication administration (MA) in clinical nursing. The study aimed to identify potential risk factors affecting drug administration in inpatient wards in the Czech Republic.

Reasons for medication administration errors, barriers to reporting them and the number of reported medication administration errors from the perspective of nurses: A cross-sectional survey.

Unlabelled: The aim of the study was to identify the reasons for medication administration errors, describe the barriers in their reporting and estimate the number of reported medication administration errors.

Background: Providing quality and safe healthcare is a key priority for all health systems. Medication administration error belongs to the more common mistakes committed in nursing practice.

[Evaluation of medication errors in the hospital environment].

Introduction: Healthcare is inherently associated with a risk to patient health. One risk is associated with medication-related errors, which are commonly reported adverse events. By analyzing the root causes of medication errors, effective preventive measures can be proposed to reduce their likelihood.

Methods of increasing cultural competence in nurses working in clinical practice: A scoping review of literature 2011-2021.

Aim: Training for the development of cultural competence is often not part of the professional training of nurses within the European Economic Area. Demographic changes in society and the cultural diversity of patients require nurses and other medical staff to provide the highest quality healthcare to patients from different cultural backgrounds. Therefore, nurses must acquire the necessary cultural knowledge, skills, and attitudes as part of their training and professional development to provide culturally competent care to achieve this objective.

Pain Assessment: Benefits of Using Pain Scales for Surgical Patients in South Bohemian Hospitals.

Pain is a medical and nursing problem that is common in surgical departments. Inadequate pain management can lead to patient distress, as well as extending the period in which the patient's quality of life is reduced. The standardized SF-MPQ-2 questionnaire provides nurses with the opportunity to assess pain within a broader context.

Self-Reported Cultural Competence of Nurses Providing Nursing Care in Slovakia.

Purpose: The goals of this study were to determine and evaluate the perception of cultural competence of nurses in the Slovak healthcare system, identify factors that influence their perception, and ascertain opportunities to improve nurses' cultural competence.

Design: Cross-sectional nonexperimental study.

Methods: Nurses from Slovakia were surveyed in this cross-sectional study using the standardized Cultural Competency Assessment (CCA) questionnaire.

Combined chemoradiotherapy with gemcitabine in patients with locally advanced inoperable transitional cell carcinoma of the urinary bladder and/or in patients ineligible for surgery: a phase I trial.

Background: We conducted a phase I trial of gemcitabine (gem) with concurrent radiotherapy in patients with muscle-invasive bladder cancer (BC) ineligible for surgery or cisplatin or refusing organ loss.

Patients And Methods: Patients with urothelial cancer, cT2-T4, cN0-1, M0, ineligible for surgery due to local tumor extension, PS, age or co-morbidities or who refused surgery were included. After maximal transurethral resection, the treatment schedule included: twice-weekly i.

The VP35 protein of Ebola virus inhibits the antiviral effect mediated by double-stranded RNA-dependent protein kinase PKR.

The VP35 protein of Ebola virus is a viral antagonist of interferon. It acts to block virus or double-stranded RNA-mediated activation of interferon regulatory factor 3, a transcription factor that facilitates the expression of interferon and interferon-stimulated genes. In this report, we show that the VP35 protein is also able to inhibit the antiviral response induced by alpha interferon.

Replication of herpes simplex virus 1 depends on the gamma 134.5 functions that facilitate virus response to interferon and egress in the different stages of productive infection.

The ability of the gamma(1)34.5 protein to suppress the PKR response plays a crucial role in herpes simplex virus pathogenesis. In this process, the gamma(1)34.

Amino acid substitutions in the effector domain of the gamma(1)34.5 protein of herpes simplex virus 1 have differential effects on viral response to interferon-alpha.

The gamma(1)34.5 protein of herpes simplex virus 1 (HSV-1) is a virus-encoded protein phosphatase 1 (PP1) regulatory protein that contributes to viral resistance to interferon. It functions to block the shutoff of protein synthesis mediated by the double-stranded RNA-dependent protein kinase.

Short-time splenic irradiation for splenomegaly.

Background: Splenic irradiation is routinely used in the supportive treatment of lymphoepithelial and hemopoietic diseases associated with splenomegaly. A new short-time irradiation schedule with conventional dosage (Group A: 2 Gy/fract.) was compared retrospectively with low-dose prolonged treatment schedules (Group B: < or = 1 Gy/fract.

Spirometric values in obese individuals. Effects of body position.

Obesity is increasingly prevalent. Earlier studies indicated that there was a significant but small difference in spirometric values between sitting and standing position in the normal population. It is not known if this is true for obese individuals.