Experience in patients with invasive procedures

Author: Jana Pechová Institution: Department of Social Medicine LF UK in Hradec Kralove Department of Nursing Title of the work: Experience in Patients with Invasive Procedures Academic advisor: prof. PhDr. Jiří Mareš, PhD. Number of pages: 96 Number of attachments: 2 Defended in: 2015 Key words: invasive examination, colonoscopy, gastroscopy, patient's experience Bachelor's thesis discusses patient's experience with invasive examination (colonoscopy, gastroscopy). The theoretical part explains the main symptoms of gastrointestinal disease, describes problems of colonoscopy and gastroscopy. It deals with nursing care before and after the examination and characterizes nursing diagnosis. It includes patient's education before colonoscopy, particularly in preparation for this examination. In the empirical part, using a mixed approach, the author examines patient's experiences with examination closer. Semi - structured interview were used for ten selected respondents and other fifty patients filled in questionnaire IPQ-R-CZ (B) (with the agreement of J. Mares, the author of the Czech version). All patients suffer from gastrointestinal disease and patients who I interviewed also have experience with endoscopic examination. It maps the general awareness, information given immediately before the..