Nursing inspections and their meaning.

Present situation Nurse ward round is held at presence of nurses and other carers. A nurse and a patient are in permanent contact so nurse ward rounds have importance both for the nurse and for the patient. Nurse ward rounds are very important to ensure quality nursing work and for satisfaction of biological, psychical, social and spiritual needs of patients. The bachelor thesis "Nurse Ward Rounds and Their Importance" is divided into a theoretical and a practical parts. The theoretical part focuses on nursing and the role of a nurse, a description of the nurse ward round and its types. It also deals with the relations between the nurse ward round, the nursing process, education and important communication. The goals and the research questions The aim of the bachelor thesis was to find out whether nurses know the nurse ward round and whether they hold it at their ward or not. The last but not least aim was to find out the opinions on the nurse ward round among nurses. Three research questions were set to achieve the goals. RQ1: What is the importance of nursing ward round for nursing care? RQ2: How do nurses perceive the nurse ward round for their work? RQ3: What type of nurse ward round is most frequently applied at the ward? Collection of the necessary data was based on the semi structured interview. Methodology The qualitative research form was chosen for elaboration of the thesis and verification of the research questions. The research was performed at wards where nurse ward round is held and at wards where nurse ward round is not held. The anonymous research was performed with the consent of the nursing care manager, the head nurses and with the consent of the respondent nurses. Results The research has shown that the nurses that perform the nurse ward round at their ward are able to explain the term nurse ward round. On the other hand the nurses that do not perform the nurse ward round were convinced that they did perform it and started to describe a nurse report when asked what the nurse ward round is. After being given study materials and after some time they were able to explain the term nurse ward round as well. The research has shown that the nurses that perform the nurse ward round at their ward are very satisfied. Most of them stress better information on patients and coherence of the information. They appreciate the work in a team where each nurse has a sense for something different and they can give advice to one another in the team or plan further patient intervention together. They also like cooperation with the carers during the rounds. The nurses claim that the carers spend more time with the patients than the nurses themselves and thus the participation of the carers in the nurse ward rounds is important. The only see disadvantage in the time stress. The nurses that do not perform the nurse ward round think that it might improve their information on patients. Only one nurse is convinced that the nurse report is sufficient. They also stress that the ward nurse and the head nurse should have better awareness of her ward. Most of them are nevertheless unable to imagine that they could hold nurse ward round at their ward for insufficient time. Another finding was that at the wards where nurse ward round is held the big nurse ward round is used, in which the ward nurse, the shift nurses, in some cases also the carers and the nutrition specialist participate. The nurses also mention patient satisfaction. They claim that patient trust them more and more and they feel their involvement. Patients have also the opportunity to ask nurses questions that they allegedly otherwise would not ask anywhere else. Conclusion The bachelor thesis "Nurse Ward Rounds and Their Importance" outlines what the nurse round actually is and its importance for nurses as well as for patients. A brochure called "Pros & Cons of Nursing Ward Round" is going to be prepared from th