Cooperation of nurse and physiotherapist for patients after leg amputation

This bachelor thesis deals with the topic of cooperation between nurse and physiotherapist for patient after amputation of a leg. The aim of my thesis was to find out how nurses involve in rehabilitation therapy of a patient after a leg amputation. What this cooperation consists of and what potential problems may occur. We chose three following questions to fulfill our aims: What manners do the nurses involve in rehabilitation therapy by patients after a leg amputation? What does this cooperation between nurses and physiotherapists include? What potential problems may occur in cooperation between a nurse and a physiotherapist at a patient after a leg amputation? Investigation part of my thesis was implemented in a form of qualitative approach using half- structured interview and direct participating observation. My research sample consisted of fifteen probands five nurses, two of them working at a surgical ward, two of them at a traumatology department and one of them at a rehabilitation department as well as five physiotherapists, two of them working at a surgical ward, two at a traumatology department and one of them at a rehabilitation department. The rest of these probands are patients after a leg amputation. Results of my research show that cooperation of nurses and physiotherapists takes place. But it is not complex and effective. Nurses get involved in activation of patients, transmission of information to physiotherapists on patient´s condition and consultation of patient´s positioning. According to our results cooperation among sisters and physiotherapists consists of communication between each nurse and physiotherapist, their mutual agreement and situation awareness. Our research points out that transmission of information happens, but It is not regular and sometimes it is very hectic, therefore some important pieces of information are not transmitted. This makes an obstacle in effective communication between a nurse and a physiotherapist. According to our research results besides insufficient transmission of information there also exist problems in cooperation caused by a lack of staff, a lack of time, unwillingness of cooperators and unsatisfactory communication