Clinical bed as a nurse´s helper

This thesis is focused on a patient bed. The theoretical part deals with a patient bed in general, the patient beds classification as mechanical, electrical, child and infant beds, and also special beds. For the patient´s comfort not only a quality bed is important, but also basic fittings and various auxiliary parts in the form of additive accessories. The bed has a unique function in the care of patients, it enables to adjust various therapeutic and examination positions, but it also helps in many ways in the nurse´s work by reducing the impact of high physical load on her musculoskeletal system. The current issue is also the care for the nurse´s health and safety at work The objectives of this work are to determine how a patient bed helps in the nurse´s work, how useful the auxiliary parts of the bed may be and whether nurses make use of the bed convenience features. The stated hypotheses assume that the bed make the nurses´ work easier, nurses are satisfied with types of beds in the ward, make use of bed convenience features and also use the additive accessories. The survey was conducted by the quantitative method using questionnaires made up for nurses working in the České Budějovice Hospital, Inc. These questionnaires were distributed to standard departments, the Intensive Care Unit, Intermediate Care and Anesthesiology and Intensive Care. The questionnaire contained 35 questions, it was completely anonymous and voluntary. The data obtained from the questionnaires are processed into graphs in percentage. In the final part of the thesis the findings either confirm or do not confirm the pre-stated hypothesis, the output of this work is the research results provision to the hospital management as a material suitable for the selection of new patient beds in the department. The results will also be submitted to the beds manufacturer, as an example of nurses´ feedback