Nursing perspectives, 2025 (vol. 8), issue 1

Editorial

EDITORIAL

Marta Kolaříková

Ošetřovatelské perspektivy 2025, 8(1):9-10

Theoretical, general focus and ethical or philosophical studies, review articles

FACTORS AFFECTING DIGNITY IN CANCER PATIENTS ASSESSED BY THE PATIENT DIGNITY INVENTORY – LITERATURE REVIEW

Sylvie Chvatíková, Iva Volešová, Helena Kisvetrová

Ošetřovatelské perspektivy 2025, 8(1):13-28 | DOI: 10.25142/osp.2025.002

Background: Dignity is a fundamental entity of human life and represents one of the highest values influencing the quality of human life. It depends on an individual’s health status as well as the way healthcare is provided. The loss of dignity is often associated with the intensity of oncological symptoms, depression, feelings of demoralization, psychological distress, and an overall lower quality of life, which is most observed in patients with cancer. The Patient Dignity Inventory (PDI) is used to assess the dignity of oncology patients, providing healthcare professionals with a relatively easy way to identify a wide range of issues that may...

Empirical research and original research articles

PILOT PROGRAMME FOR HIV/STI PREVENTION IN THE MORAVIAN-SILESIAN REGION

Iveta Bryjová, Yvetta Vrublová, Gabriela Světnická, Hana Hozová, Markéta Skalná, Hana Weyeserová

Ošetřovatelské perspektivy 2025, 8(1):31-39 | DOI: 10.25142/osp.2025.001

Background: The Moravian-Silesian Region demonstrates an increased epidemiological burden of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections (STIs), with the highest risk observed among young people and those at risk of social exclusion. The National HIV/AIDS Programme in the Czech Republic for 2023–2027 emphasises the need for preventive programmes targeting particularly young people and individuals at risk of social exclusion. Aim: This study evaluates the implementation of a pilot prevention programme “Active Prevention and Intervention of Sexually Transmitted Infections in the Target Population of the Moravian-Silesian Region” and...

WHEN YOUTH MEETS OLD AGE: HOW FUTURE PARAMEDICS PERCEIVE ELDERLY PATIENTS

Michaela Grozická, Lenka Horáková, Petra Pažoutová, Pavla Šafránková

Ošetřovatelské perspektivy 2025, 8(1):41-49 | DOI: 10.25142/osp.2025.005

Background: Ageism, defined as prejudice and discrimination based on age, constitutes a significant challenge in healthcare, particularly in the provision of care for older adults. Objective: The aim of the study is to explore the attitudes of students in the paramedic study program towards elderly adults. Methods: A quantitative research design was employed, utilizing an anonymous questionnaire survey. A total of 39 students participated in the study. Results: The findings indicated that students exhibited negative attitudes towards older adults, which are reflected in low levels of empathy towards this age group. These attitudes can negatively affect...

Clinical practice issues

OPTION THE USE OF LATCH SCORES IN BREASTFEEDING ASSESSMENT

Iveta Ospalíková, Eva Puhlová, Petra Abrahamová

Ošetřovatelské perspektivy 2025, 8(1):53-64 | DOI: 10.25142/osp.2025.003

Backround: The LATCH score assessment tool is used to map and document breastfeeding. Each letter represents an area of assessment. It is one of the most widely used tools to facilitate the assessment of breastfeeding, and its applications in clinical practice are wide-ranging. Aim: To analyse the literature on the potential use of the LATCH score in clinical practice. Methods: The search for suitable studies was performed in the scientific databases PubMed, EBSCO and using the Google Scholar search tool for the period 2003–2023, according to predefined criteria and specified keywords in English, Czech and Slovak languages: breastfeeding,...

Interdisciplinary issues – psychology in nursing, technology in nursing etc.

BE FRUITFUL AND MULTIPLY AND FILL THE EARTH... (GENESIS 1:28). SEXUALITY IN RELIGIOUS AND MAGICAL RITUALS IN THE PAST

Rudolf Žáček

Ošetřovatelské perspektivy 2025, 8(1):67-91 | DOI: 10.25142/osp.2025.004

Introduction: Magical and religious rituals have accompanied human society since ancient times, in some cases to the present day. They were, among other things, a manifestation of an individual’s efforts to influence the choice of a partner, to obtain and maintain it, or to deter or destroy a rival. Primarily natural means were used, especially herbs, the effect of which was strengthened by rituals, whether Christian or those persisting from a traditional environment influenced by a recurring agricultural cycle. The broad issues of reaction to legal and church rules of morality and sin, consummation of marriage intercourse, natural and magical...