Copy - Aspects of Community Nurse Activities in Caring for Patients at Home

Dear Nurse,

Home care is one of the most important parts of the primary health care system and community nursing, provided by the community nurse. The purpose of the survey is to identify the aspects of community nurse activities in caring for patients at home. Your opinion is very important, so please answer the questionnaire questions sincerely.

This questionnaire is anonymous, confidentiality is guaranteed, and information about you will never be disseminated without your permission. The data obtained from the study will only be published in summary form during the final work. Please mark the appropriate answers with an X, and where indicated to express your opinion - write it down.

Thank you for your responses! Thank you in advance!

Questionnaire results are publicly available

1. Are you a community nurse providing home care services? (Please mark the appropriate option)

2. How many years have you been working as a community nurse with patients at home? (Please mark the appropriate option)

3. In your opinion, which diseases and conditions do patients most often need home care for? (Please mark the 3 most suitable options)

4. Please indicate how many patients you visit at home on average per day?

5. Please indicate what percentage of the patients you visit at home daily have specific care needs:

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6. In your opinion, what knowledge is necessary for a nurse when caring for patients at home (Select one option for each statement)

NecessaryPartially necessaryUnnecessary
General medical knowledge
Psychology knowledge
Pedagogy knowledge
Law knowledge
Ethics knowledge
Religious studies knowledge
Latest nursing knowledge

7. Are your patients waiting for the incoming nurses? (Select the appropriate option)

8 Do you think the home environment of patients is safe for caregivers? (Please select the appropriate option)

9. In your opinion, what nursing tools are needed for patients being cared for at home? (Select one option for each statement)

NecessaryPartially necessaryNot necessary
Functional bed
Walker/wheelchair
Table
Scales
Feeding tools
Personal hygiene tools and equipment
Disinfection tools
Dressings

10. In your opinion, what technologies are needed for patients being cared for at home? (Please mark one option for each statement with an "X")

NecessaryPartially necessaryNot necessary
Electronic markers
Audio devices
Fall warning signs
Central heating
Computer systems
Communication devices
Telecommunication devices

11. In your opinion, what are the most important needs of patients receiving home nursing services? (Select one option for each statement)

ImportantNeither important nor unimportantUnimportant
Adaptation of the home environment
Patient hygiene
Communication
Nutrition
Rest
Nursing procedures

12. What are the most commonly provided nursing services at patients' homes? (Select one option for each statement)

OftenRarelyNever
Measurement of arterial blood pressure
Pulse counting
Blood samples for diagnostic tests
Collection of urine/stool samples for diagnostic tests
Collection of sputum, gastric content samples, cultures
Recording of electrocardiograms
Measurement of intraocular pressure
Vaccination
Administration of intravenous injections
Administration of intramuscular injections
Administration of subcutaneous injections
Administration of infusions
Measurement of blood glucose
Care of artificial body openings
Care of wounds or pressure sores
Care of drains
Care of postoperative wounds
Removal of sutures
Suctioning of secretions
Catheterization and care of the bladder
Enteral feeding
Providing first aid in acute conditions
Reviewing and administering medications

13. Do you collaborate with the relatives of the patients being cared for? (Please select the appropriate option)

14. In your opinion, do patients' relatives easily engage in training? (Select the appropriate option)

15. In your opinion, what is necessary for the education of the patient's relatives? (Select one option for each statement)

NecessaryPartially necessaryNot necessary
Teach how to measure blood pressure and evaluate the results
Feel the pulse and evaluate the results
Determine the respiratory rate and evaluate the results
Use an inhaler
Use a glucometer
Wash/dress
Feed
Change body position
Care for the wound
Teach how to fill out the urine output monitoring diary
Teach how to fill out the diary for a patient with diabetes/cardiological/nephrological conditions

16. In your opinion, what situations while caring for patients at home can pose challenges for community nurses (Select one option for each statement)

OftenRarelyNever
Unpredictable number of patients to be visited at home on a workday
Unpredictable time required for patient care during procedures
The likelihood that the number of scheduled patients to visit during the day may increase due to the need to cover for a colleague by "sharing their patients"
Decision-making regarding patient assistance: complications, adverse effects of medications, or otherwise deteriorating health when the doctor is unavailable
Lack of time, urgency
Unreasonable demands from patients' family members
Insults from patients or patients' family members
Experiencing discrimination due to the nurse's age or lack of trust in the nurse due to short work experience (for young nurses) or ethnicity
Fear of making mistakes while providing nursing services
Threats to your health and safety that required calling the police
Working during the time when there is a right to rest (after working hours, during breaks for meals and rest)
Filling out nursing documentation
Collaboration with social services and initiating social services
Reporting information about domestic violence, injured or harmed individuals, child neglect
Lack of resources at work
Difficulty in locating the patient's residence

17. In your opinion, what roles do community nurses play when caring for patients at home?

OftenRarelyNever
Provider of nursing services
Decision-maker for the patient
Communicator
Teacher
Community leader
Manager

We sincerely thank you for your time!