Delirium and the role of the nurse

Alkoholizem je aktualen zdravstveni problem v našem okolju, saj je alkohol prisoten ter lahko dostopen skoraj povsod. Zloraba alkohola lahko pripelje do številnih težav. Uživanje alkohola vpliva na posameznikovo osebnost, medsebojne odnose, delovno sposobnost, telesno in duševno zdravje ter družbeni položaj. V diplomskem delu z naslovom, Alkoholni delirij in vloga medicinske sestre, smo s pomočjo slovenske in tuje literature predstavili problem alkoholizma. Podrobneje smo opisali posledice alkoholizma, alkoholni delirij ter vlogo medicinske sestre pri obravnavi pacienta v alkoholnem deliriju. V empiričnem delu diplomskega dela je predstavljena raziskava, ki je bila izvedena v letu 2010, med zdravstvenimi delavci, zaposlenimi na Oddelku za gastroenterologijo, v UKC Maribor. Ugotavljali smo ali zdravstvene delavce delo s pacienti v alkoholnem deliriju bolj obremenjuje, kot delo z ostalimi pacienti ter ali imajo dovolj znanja za obravnavo pacientov v alkoholnem deliriju. Rezultati raziskave so pokazali, da zdravstveni delavci doživljajo delo s pacienti v alkoholnem deliriju bolj naporno, kot delo z ostalimi pacienti, saj se pri svojem delu srečujejo z najrazličnejšimi težavami. Izvedeli smo, da imajo dovolj znanja za obravnavo pacientov v alkoholnem deliriju, vendar bi se kljub temu večina od njih udeležila dodatnih seminarjev o posebnih varovalnih ukrepih.Alcoholism is a worthy public health problem in our environment, because the alcohol is present and easily accessible in our place. Alcohol abuse can lead to many problems in society. Alcohol consumption can affect the individual\u27s personality, interpersonal relations, work ability, physical and mental health and social status. The diploma thesis titled "Delirium and the role of the nurse˝ where we have presented the alcoholism by the use of Slovenian and foreign literature. Emphasis lies in consequences of alcoholism, delirium and the role of the nurse. The empirical part presents a survey that was carried out in 2010 among nursing providers employees at department of gastroenterologija, UKC Maribor. We tried to determinate whether nursing providers are more burdensome in work with patient in delirium than the work with other patients, whether they have sufficient knowledge to control patient in delirium. The results showed that nursing providers experience of working with patients in delirium are more difficult than working with other patients, it is in contact with a variety of problems. We learned also that they have sufficient knowledge to deal with patients in the delirium, but nevertheless, the majority of them attended additional seminars on specific protective measures