Review article
https://doi.org/10.31306/s.66.3.5
Professional challenges of nurses in the intensive neurological treatment unit
Željana Jurčević
; Klinička bolnica Dubrava, Zagreb, Hrvatska
*
Marjeta Majer
; Škola narodnog zdravlja "Andrija Štampar", Zagreb, Hrvatska
* Corresponding author.
Abstract
Nurses play a key role in the healthcare system because of the specific care they provide to patients. The nursing profession is generally challenging and demanding, and this especially applies to work in intensive care units, including neurological intensive care units. The professional challenges faced by nurses employed in the intensive neurological treatment unit are numerous, and they relate to specific knowledge and skills related to patient monitoring and technical equipment, fatigue and reduced level of alertness, job dissatisfaction, stress, noise, moral sensitivity, emotional intelligence, effective communication, organizational aspects of nursing care and poor ergonomic conditions. Most people who join nursing as a profession have above average physical and mental endurance and are able to find a variety of ways to adapt to professional challenges. Until now, it is known that patients treated in the intensive neurological treatment unit can experience negative outcomes as a result of low-quality care, such as the occurrence of intrahospital infections, longer periods of hospitalization, and an increase in the mortality rate. In order to reduce and/or prevent such negative treatment outcomes, it is necessary to raise public awareness of the present problems, conduct more research, and put more effort into the proper distribution of nursing skills based on available evidence and health resources.
Keywords
professional challenges, nurses, health care, intensive care units, neurology
Hrčak ID:
321098
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Publication date:
2.10.2024.
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