Possibilities of grave and restful dying on the longterm ill department in Hospital České Budějovice Inc.

The work deals with the topic of palliative care and the background of such wards, as well as of the possibilities to provide such care. Dying is inseparable part of life. Peaceful and dignified dying is burdened with problems within hospitals. The principles of palliative care are difficult to apply even in wards where it can be supposed that considerable percentage of patients of such wards is indicated for such care. Such ward is also the ward of subsequent care. The theoretic part describes the significance of palliative medicine, the general view on dying, as well as stages of dying which the dying person and his or her family passes are described here. Further there is information of hospices, dying from the point of view of lay public and from the point of view of a health care worker. The research was performed in form of non-standardized interview with selected 15 nurses working in the ward of subsequent care at least 3 years and ready to hold a conversation on that topic. The research confirmed that the nurses in wards of subsequent care have knowledge of the specifics of nursing care for dying people, but they feel need to go on educating themselves further in that topic. All of them state that the problems of palliative care are very topical in this ward. Further it was found out that this ward is not technically equipped with single-bedded rooms and dignified rooms for communication with the family. All nurses think that this topic should be paid more attention