Clinical placement in nursing - a theoretical approach to the subject.
Mészáros, J.; Csóka, M.,; Hollós, S.
The backbone of the curriculum of nursing education at Semmelweis University Faculty of Nursing is practical work as part of clinical placement for students. Clinical placement provides opportunities for practice to a sufficient degree and in coordination with acquiring knowledge, thereby making it possible for nursing students to learn the necessary skills and expertise. The authors approach the efficiency of clinical placements from subject theory and describe didactical methods that will help the student make the progress from being shown a practical activity through practicing it under the instructor's guidance to independently performing the activity.
Keywords: knowledge, skill, expertise, subject theory, objectives in a subject, tasks of the subject, subject requirements, levels of training, degree of skill development, module period.
 

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Resuscitation and its teaching as seen by bachelor's degree nurses
Hódosi, B.

Objective: to assess the current practice related to continuing education in resuscitation, the related knowledge and needs of nurses.
Method and sample: a random sample of nurses at different clinical departments of the Faculty of Medicine, Pécs University was surveyed. A self-administered questionnaire containing 17 questions was used, that asked about facts, opinions and knowledge.
Findings: 57% of the surveyed nurses felt that their knowledge about resuscitation was lacking and 47% was able to actively participate in the work of a CPR-team; 88% of the nurses surveyed thought that nursing protocols were a help in their work and 71% of the clinical departments where the survey was conducted did have protocols for CPR, 22% of the respondents had not attended continuing education on CPR yet, but 96% considered regular participation in CE necessary.
Conclusions: It seems indispensable to organise continuing education with a curriculum that would focus on teaching elements of team work. Nurses with a bachelor's degree in nursing should be involved in continuing education both as organisers and members of the teaching faculty, in addition to assessing and communicating the related needs of nursing and allied health personnel.
 

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Sleep laboratory-sleep diagnostical clinic at a pediatric hospital in Budapest, Hungary
Kovácsné Keszler, R., Szántó, E.

The authors discuss their experience with 657 patients at the Sleep Laboratory of a children's hospital (Budapest, Hungary) in the period between 1 November 1999 and 1 March 2004; and with a total of 1,470 patients who underwent polysomnographic examinations from 1998. A smaller proportion of the children seen at the clinic was found to have problems that could be treated (such as cow milk allergy, GER etc.) and was accompanied by sleeping disorders. In more than half of the cases no organic or functional disease was found which could have been identified as the source of the sleep disturbances. These infants and children simply did not learn to sleep the right way alone. By changing the incorrect practices with putting children to bed, it was possible to eliminate sleeping disorders totally or reduce them considerably.
 

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Born to be a nurse
Nagy, E.

In this very personal narrative in the first person singular, a nurse tells the story of her life. She calls it a 'success story', as she was born into a very poor Roma family, but still managed to become a nurse on her own and in the meantime raise a daughter and support a family. This was originally a presented at the national nursing conference in June 2004, in Kecskemét, Hungary.
 

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Voluntary Registration of Nurses in Germany
Betlehem, J., Oláh, A., Boncz, I.

This paper analyses the conditions of introducing the voluntary registration of nurses and the possibility of implementing the system of their further training in Germany. With the prioritization of quality development within the German system of health care provision, the importance of the availability of reliable data concerning the nationwide and regional distribution of nurses with specialist qualification cannot be overestimated. The legal conditions of establishing a Chamber of Nursing, which, similarly to other countries, could operate the registration system, have not been created yet. However, the introduction by law of quality control and development into nursing makes it necessary that nurses registered on the basis of professional standards work in the system, whose further training is organized according to uniform principles on a regular basis.
The German model experiment requires refinement at several points; however, the principles implemented on the whole conform to the practice of registration and further training adopted in the developed countries of the world.
Keywords: voluntary registration of nurses, further training, quality development, Germany

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