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 the community nurse's 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 X, and where indicated to express your opinion - write it down.

Thank you for your answers! Thank you in advance!

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5. Please indicate what percentage of your average daily home visits consists of patients with specific care needs:

Yes, alwaysSometimesNo, they are indifferent to everything

YesNoI don't know

Often	Rarely	Never
Measuring arterial blood pressure

Counting pulse

Blood samples for diagnostic tests

Collecting urine/stool samples for diagnostic tests

Collecting sputum, gastric content samples, cultures

Recording electrocardiograms

Measuring intraocular pressure

Administering vaccinations

Administering intravenous injections

Administering intramuscular injections

Administering subcutaneous injections

Administering infusions

Measuring glycemia

Caring for artificial body openings

Caring for wounds or pressure sores

Caring for drains

Caring for postoperative wounds

Removing stitches

Suctioning secretions

Catheterization and care of the bladder

Enteral feeding

Providing first aid in acute conditions

Reviewing and administering medications

YesNoPartially

Yes, they are eager to learn and actively use their knowledge in caring for their loved oneNo, they do not learn, they want the nurse to do everythingYes, they engage in training, but do not trust themselves, so they hardly use the knowledge

Necessary	Partially necessary	Not necessary
Teaching to measure arterial blood pressure and evaluate the results

Feeling the pulse and evaluating the results

Determining the respiratory rate and evaluating the results

Using an inhaler

Using a glucometer

Washing/dressing

Feeding

Changing body position

Caring for the wound

Teaching to fill out a diuresis monitoring diary

Teaching to fill out a diary for a patient with diabetes/cardiological/nefrological conditions

Often	Rarely	Never
Unpredictable number of patients to be visited at home on a workday

Unpredictable time needed for the patient while performing manipulations

The likelihood that the number of scheduled patients to visit during the day may increase, as it will be necessary to substitute a colleague by “sharing their patients”

Decision-making regarding assistance to the patient: complications, adverse effects of medications, or other deteriorating health conditions when the doctor is unavailable

Lack of time, rushing

Unreasonable demands from family members of patients

Insults from patients or family members of patients

Experiencing discrimination due to the nurse's age or distrust in the nurse due to low work experience (for young nurses) or ethnicity

Fear of making mistakes while providing nursing services

Risk to your health and safety that required calling police officers

Working during the time when there is a right to rest (after working hours, during breaks to eat and rest)

Filling out nursing documents

Collaboration with social services and initiating social services

Transmitting information about domestic violence, injured or harmed individuals, child neglect

Lack of resources at work

Difficulty finding the patient's residence

We sincerely thank you for your time!

Necessary	Partially necessary	Not necessary
General medical knowledge

Psychology knowledge

Pedagogy knowledge

Law knowledge

Ethics knowledge

Religious studies knowledge

Latest nursing knowledge

Necessary	Partially necessary	Not necessary
Functional bed

Walker/wheelchair

Table

Scales

Feeding tools

Personal hygiene tools and equipment

Disinfection tools

Dressings

Necessary	Partially necessary	Not necessary
Electronic markers

Sound devices

Warning signs for falls

Central heating

Computer systems

Communication tools

Telecommunication tools

Important	Neither important nor unimportant	Unimportant
Adaptation of the home environment

Patient hygiene

Communication

Feeding

Rest

Nursing procedures

Often	Rarely	Never
Provider of nursing services

Decision-maker for the patient

Communicator

Teacher

Community leader

Manager

Aspects of community nurse activities in caring for patients at home

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, what diseases and conditions of patients most often require home care? (Please mark the 3 most suitable options)

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

Low care needs (including post-operative care at home) - ....... %

Average care needs - ....... %

High care needs -....... %

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

7. Do your patients expect the incoming nurses? (Please mark the appropriate option)

8. In your opinion, is the home environment safe for the nurse? (Please mark the appropriate option)

9. In your opinion, what nursing tools are necessary for patients receiving care at home? (Please mark one option for each statement)

10. In your opinion, what technologies are necessary for patients receiving care at home? (Please mark one option for each statement, “X”)

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

12. What nursing services are most commonly provided to patients at home? (Please mark one option for each statement)

13. Do you collaborate with the relatives of the patients receiving care? (Please mark the appropriate option)

14. In your opinion, do the relatives of the patients easily engage in training? (Please mark the appropriate option)

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

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

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