Perception of the professional self-image by nurses and midwives. Psychometric adaptation of the Belimage questionnaire.

Background: The aim of this paper is to present the research results on the perception of the professional self-image by Polish nurses and midwives as well as the psychometric adaptation of the Belimage scale.

Methods: A cross-sectional survey was conducted from January to November 2018. The study group consisted of 670 clinical practice nurses and midwives.

Promoting Health in Pediatric Obesity: A Decade's Research of Physical Activity's Influence on Cardiometabolic Parameters.

The global prevalence of childhood obesity highlights an urgent need to address its associated health complications. Cardiometabolic indicators, closely linked with obesity, can pose severe health risks, emphasizing the need for effective interventions. Among these, physical activity has shown many health benefits.

Best Educational Techniques in High-Fidelity Simulation According to Nursing Students-Adaptation and Validation of the Educational Practices Questionnaire (EPQ).

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the best educational techniques used during high-fidelity simulations in training nursing students and to introduce the Polish version of the Educational Practices Questionnaire (EPQ) scale after its cultural adaptation and determination of its psychometric properties. The research group was composed of 361 second- and third-year nursing students in the licentiate program. The Cronbach's alpha reliability coefficients for the adapted tool were 0.

Development and Assessment of Professional Competences among Polish Nursing Students during a 3-Year Education Cycle Trying.

The essence of the profile of nursing professional competences are basic behavioral characteristics, as well as mastering practical skills. The aim of this study was determination of the development of professional competences of perceiving a patient by first-, second-and third-year students of licentiate nursing study. The study was of a longitudinal character, and lasted for 3 years.

Adherence to therapy regimen by children with asthma and their parents.

Introduction: Strict compliance with medical advice is a prerequisite for complete asthma control. Inadequate compliance with recommendations reduces the effectiveness of treatment, increases the costs of therapy and the number of related complications.

Aim: To try to answer the question: To what extent is it, and what determines the adherence to therapy by children suffering from bronchial asthma and their parents?

Material And Methods: The survey was conducted in 2019 among 109 children with bronchial asthma aged 7-18 years (mean age: 12.

Asthmatic children's attitudes towards their illness.

Introduction: Among numerous chronic diseases of childhood and adolescence, bronchial asthma causes many psychological problems, and this is related to its course, long-term treatment and the requirement of self-control. One of the important factors affecting the mental condition of children with asthma is their beliefs about the disease. The attitude towards the illness is also an important factor influencing the prognosis, course of therapy and control of asthma.

Coping with pain: Polish versions of the Pain Coping Questionnaire for both children and parents.

This article presents the cultural adaptation and evaluation of the psychometric properties of the Polish versions of the Pain Coping Questionnaire for both children and parents. The study involved children aged 12-17 years (n = 220), who experienced trauma-related pain, and their parents (n = 220). In the questionnaire for children and parents, the Kaisera-Mayera-Olkina (KMO) measure of sample adequacy was 0.

Parents' from Poland coping with the illness of a child-Preliminary research. Cultural adaptation and evaluation of the psychometric properties of the coping health inventory for parents - polish version.

Purpose: The goal was to present preliminary research results on how parents cope with the illness of a child using the Coping Health Inventory for Parents (CHIP) after it had been culturally adapted and its psychometric properties evaluated.

Design And Methods: Taking part in the study were 459 parents of children with asthma (n = 230) or suffering pain (n = 229).A.

Clinical form of asthma and vaccine immunity in preschoolers.

Introduction: Asthma is the most common chronic disease in children. Its exacerbation results from allergic and infectious diseases.

Aim: To assess the influence of a clinical form of asthma on preschoolers' vaccine immunity following 3 years after the completion of the mandatory vaccination programme.

Nurse Cultural Competence-cultural adaptation and validation of the Polish version of the Nurse Cultural Competence Scale and preliminary research results.

Introduction: Measuring nurses' cultural competence is an important aspect in monitoring the acceptable quality in multicultural populations, and is a means for efficient modification of the educational process of nurses based on this assessment.

Purpose: The goal of this article is to offer a preliminary assessment of the cultural competence of nurses based on a Polish-language and -culture version of the Nurse Cultural Competence Scale (NCCS).

Research Method: An adaptive and diagnostic cross-disciplinary concept was used in the research.

Influence of environment on residence and selected demographic and clinical parameters of preschool children with IgE-dependent asthma.

Introduction And Objective: An important role in the pathogenesis of asthma in children is played by individual parameters and environmental factors, in particular, those related to the place of residence. The aim of this study was to assess the impact of the living environment on the basic demographic and clinical parameters of preschool children with IgE-dependent asthma.

Material And Methods: 176 children (126 from urban and 52 from rural areas) aged 5.

Validation of the Polish language version of the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 in a population of adults aged 35-64.

Introduction: Depressive disorders are one of the most common psychiatric disorders. Recognition of signs of mental health disorders is not always easy, hence the availability of simple and accurate tools for assessing them is very important in the practice of primary care.

Objective: The aim of the study is to assess the theoretical accuracy and reliability of the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) in Polish conditions, when applied to general population studies for adults aged between 35-64.

Socio-demographic and medical factors associated with patients' satisfaction with nursing care and their perception of pain.

Introduction And Objective: Patient satisfaction with nursing care is one of important indicators of health care quality. As for pain, it is an indicator of patient health. The goal of the study is to identify socio-demographic and medical factors that differentiate the assessment of satisfaction with nursing care of hospitalized patients.

Internal consistency and accuracy of Interpersonal Support Evaluation List (ISEL-40) in mothers of healthy children and those with a medical history.

Introduction And Objective: The aim of the study was assessment of the internal consistency and accuracy of the Interpersonal Support Evaluation List - 40 v. GP (ISEL-40 v. GP) in a group of mothers of healthy children and in a group of mothers of children with a medical history, and presentation of the initial research results.

Persistence of Vaccine-Induced Immunity in Preschool Children: Effect of Gestational Age.

BACKGROUND A program of immunization that ensures optimal development of acquired immunity should be carried out in all healthy newborns. The aim of the present study was to verify, at 2.5-3 years after the last dose of basic vaccination, if preschool children who have been delivered preterm and at term differ in their levels of post-vaccination protective antibodies.

Demographic and medical factors affecting short-term changes in subjective evaluation of asthma control in adolescents.

Introduction: Asthma control is an important measure of disease stabilization, which is linked to the treatment and lifestyle recommendations.

Aim: To assess the impact of selected factors on asthma control in adolescents, as assessed using the Asthma Control Test (ACT™).

Material And Methods: The prospective study included 100 asthma patients aged between 12 and 19.

In Search of Factors Negatively Affecting Vaccine Immunity to Pertussis in Preschool Children Before the Administration of the First Booster.

Introduction: The top priority for active immunoprophylaxis of pertussis is the immunisation of infants as they can sometimes develop severe multiple-organ complications.

Objectives: The aim of the work is the identification of factors negatively affecting vaccine immunity to pertussis in preschool children prior to the administration of the first booster.

Patients And Methods: The research was conducted on 352 children from 4.

Nursing education in Poland - The past and new development perspectives.

Professional nursing education in Poland began in 1911 in Kraków. Since then, the nursing education system has continued to change. From the establishment of the first professional nursing school, Poland experienced partition, war and the German occupation, short-lived independence, the Soviet regime and the regaining of its freedom, as well as the development of democracy processes.

Age discrimination in healthcare institutions perceived by seniors and students.

Background:: Old age-based discrimination is observed as the most tolerated prejudice in society and has also been witnessed in healthcare institutions.

Aims:: The aim of this study is to explore age-based discrimination in healthcare institutions as perceived by seniors and students of Medicine and Nursing.

Research Design:: A multi-method study design, by involving a triangulation design.

Support provided by nurses to parents of hospitalized children - cultural adaptation and validation of Nurse Parent Support Tool and initial research results.

Introduction: Child's illness and hospitalisation are difficult and stressful situations both for the patients themselves and for their parents. Supporting the ill child and their guardians is an indispensable element of caring for ill children. The Nurse-Parent Support Model developed by Margaret Miles is based on four elements, namely emotional support, appraisal support, informational support and instrumental support.

Competence evaluation processes for nursing students abroad: Findings from an international case study.

Background: Assessing clinical competence in nursing students abroad is a challenge, and requires both methods and instruments capable of capturing the multidimensional nature of the clinical competences acquired.

Objectives: The aim of the study was to compare the clinical competence assessment processes and instruments adopted for nursing students during their clinical placement abroad.

Design: A case study design was adopted in 2015.

Choice and perception of the nursing profession from the perspective of Polish nursing students: a focus group study.

Background: Although previous quantitative studies provide important information on the factors which influence the choice of nursing as a career, qualitative analysis makes it possible to study the subject more thoroughly. The purpose of this study was to conduct an in-depth analysis of the reasons why Polish students choose nursing as a profession and their later perception of the job based on experiences acquired during the nursing course.

Methods: A qualitative descriptive study was designed.

Assessment of differences in psychosocial resources and state of health of rural and urban residents--based on studies carried out on students during examination stress.

Introduction: Civilization changes of the environment shaping the psychosocial resources from rural to urban influence human health.

Aim: The study aimed to identify the differences due to the place of residence (rural, urban) as far as health resources are concerned (social support, sense of coherence, dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate concentration in plasma) and health in examination stress situations. The study also determined the concentration of dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate (health resource) and cortisol (stress indicator).

Care concept in medical and nursing students' descriptions--philosophical approach and implications for medical education.

Introduction: Care is seen as something that is peculiar to the medical sciences but its meaning and status for physicians and nurses differs.

Objectives: The aim of this research was to learn how nursing and medical students understand and define care, and how their definition and views on their practice of caring change as they advance through their studies.

Material And Methods: The study was conducted among two groups of students: before and after their first practicum (n=102).

How hospitalized children and parents perceive nurses and hospital amenities: A qualitative descriptive study in Poland.

A qualitative descriptive design using an interview guide approach was adopted to investigate the patient-nurse relationship and paediatric ward amenities from the perspective of parents and hospitalised children in Poland. The study included 26 parents or caregivers of hospitalised children (between 13 months and 15 years old) and 22 children (from 10 to 16 years old). Qualitative content analysis was used to analyse the recorded verbal data.