Cooperation of a nurse in a State program ZORA

IZVLEČEK Dandanes so rakave bolezni zelo razširjene, ne samo pri nas, tudi v svetu, in zato je njihovo pravočasno odkritje in prepoznavanje simptomov zelo pomembno za nadaljnjo zdravljenje in rehabilitacijo. Rak materničnega vratu je v Sloveniji na osmem mestu razširjenosti vseh rakov, in kar na prvem mestu pri ženskah od 20–40 let starosti. Na žalost se dandanes, kljub promocijskem materialu, ženske premalo zavedajo pomembnosti preventivnih pregledov. V diplomskem delu z naslovom Sodelovanje medicinske sestre v Državnem programu ZORA, je predstavljen rak materničnega vratu in dodatni dejavniki, ki pospešujejo razvoj predstopenj v karcinom, in način odkrivanja predvsem z vlogo medicinske sestre, v okviru Državnega programa ZORA. Poudarjena je predvsem vloga medicinske sestre, z različnimi načini osveščanja žensk o preventivi raka materničnega vratu. Medicinska sestra lahko z osveščanjem ženske populacije prispeva k prepoznavnosti raka materničnega vratu. Metodologija raziskovanja. Z analizo in interpretacijo smo, iz primarnih in sekundarnih virov, z grafikoni predstavili zbrane podatke o vlogi medicinske sestre v Državnem programu ZORA. Predstavili smo tudi načine osveščanja žensk o odkrivanju raka materničnega vratu, ki ga medicinske sestre uporabljajo. Za raziskovanje smo uporabili deskriptivno metodo dela, s pomočjo anonimnega anketnega vprašalnika pa smo dobili želene rezultate. V raziskavo smo zajeli 32 medicinskih sester, iz različnih zdravstvenih domov zaposlenih v dispanzerju za ženske, ter zasebnih ginekoloških ambulant v Podravski in Pomurski regiji. Obdelane podatke pa smo s pomočjo računalniškega programa prikazali z grafikoni. Rezultati raziskave. Ugotovili smo, da medicinske sestre poznajo Državni program ZORA, in da s pomočjo različnih načinov osveščanja, želijo ženski populaciji sporočiti pomembnost preventivnih zdravstvenih pregledov na materničnem vratu. Sklep. Državni program ZORA deluje uspešno, saj se je število žensk zbolelih za rakom na materničnem vratu, od leta 2003–2008 zmanjšalo za 38 %. K temu so pripomogle tudi medicinske sestre, ki s svojim znanjem osveščajo ženske ter odpošiljajo vabila za preventivne zdravstvene preglede materničnega vratu.ABSTRACT Nowadays, the number of cancer patients is rapidly increasing, not only in Slovenia but worldwide. Therefore it is extremely important to detect and recognize the symptoms for the further treatment and rehabilitation. In Slovenia, cancer of cervix uteri is on the 8th place among all cancer diseases and on the first among women aged 20–40. Despite several promo brochures indicating this problem, women are still not conscious enough in terms of realizing the significance of medical examination. In my paper, entitled Nurse\u27s Cooperation in National programme ZORA, the cervical cancer is introduced as well as some additional factors, which can quicken the development of preliminary phase into carcimona. The nurses play an important role in early detection in the framework of National programme ZORA. The main emphasis is on nurses\u27 role raising awareness among women about the prevention of cervical cancer as well as making women recognizing the most common symptoms of it. Research Methodology. With the analysis and interpretation, gained from primary and secondary sources, we graphically presented the data about the role of nurse in National programme ZORA. We also introduced some of the ways of making women more acquainted with this type of cancer. For the research we implemented the descriptive method and with the help of anonymous questionnaire we came to notable results. The target population was 32 nurses from different medical centres employed in women clinics as well as from private gynaecological clinics in Drava and Pomurje region. The data are handled with the help of a computer programme and shown with diagrams. Research Results. The findings have shown that nurses are aware of and closely acquqinted with the National programme ZORA and with the help of numerous ways of raising awareness among women, they send an important message to all the women about the urgency or preventive medical examinations on cervix uteri. Conclusion. The data provided by the Cancer Registry of Slovenia show the decreasing trend of the cervical cancer in years from 2003–2008 (38 %). This information indicates successful function of the National programme ZORA as well as indispensable contribution of many nurses, who raise awarenses among women also by sending the invitations for preventive medicale examinations of cervix uteri