A case study of the introduction of the International Classification for Nursing Practice(®) in Poland.

Introduction: The development of a nursing practice, improvements in nurses' autonomy, and increased professional and personal responsibility for the medical services provided all require professional documentation with records of health status assessments, decisions undertaken, actions and their outcomes for each patient. The International Classification for Nursing Practice is a tool that meets all of these needs, and although it requires continuous evaluation, it offers professional documentation and communication in the practitioner and researcher community.

Aim: The aim of this paper is to present a theoretical critique of an issue related to policy and experience of the current situation in Polish nursing - especially of the efforts to standardize nursing practices through the introduction and development of the Classification in Poland.

[What nurses with a bachelor of nursing degree know about the effects of alcohol on blood pressure and risk of arterial hypertension].

Introduction: Alcohol abuse is one of the main causes of arterial hypertension. Alcohol is responsible for a few to more than ten percent of all cases of primary hypertension, particularly in persons consuming more than 20-30 g of alcohol per day. The aim of this study was to find out what Bachelor of Nursing degree holders know about alcohol consumption styles and the effects of alcohol on blood pressure, as well as on the risk of arterial hypertension in adults.

[What nurses with a bachelor of nursing degree know about the classification of arterial blood pressure and sequellae of arterial hypertension].

Introduction: Arterial hypertension is among the most important risk factors of atherosclerosis and associated cardiovascular pathology with a prevalence rate estimated at 20-30% of the adult population. Nowadays, it is recommended to perform an individual assessment of cardiovascular risk in a patient and to determine the threshold value for arterial hypertension, even though blood pressure classification values according to the European Society of Hypertension and the European Society of Cardiology (ESH/ESC), as well as the Polish Society of Hypertension (PTNT) have remained unchanged.

Aim Of Study: To determine what nurses with a Bachelor of Nursing degree know about the prevalence and classification of arterial blood pressure, as well as sequellae of arterial hypertension.

Level of nursing care vs life quality of patients in the terminal stage of a disease.

A patient whose treatment has been unsuccessful and a disease still develops enters a terminal stage of the disease which inevitably leads to death. In nursing the evaluation of care quality and measuring its influence on the quality of patients' life have become enormous challenges and are placed among the most crucial issues. The aim of the research is to evaluate the relationship between the quality of nursing services and the life quality of patients in the terminal stage of a disease.

99mTc-sestamibi uptake and histological malignancy grade in invasive breast carcinoma.

The aim of this study was to investigate whether there is a correlation between (99m)Tc-sestamibi uptake and histological malignancy grade in breast carcinoma. Such a correlation could, prior to surgery and histopathological analysis, facilitate selection of patients who need adjuvant therapy. Ninety-six patients with mammographically determined lesions and/or a palpable tumour suspected for malignancy underwent (99m)Tc-sestamibi scintimammography prior to surgery.