title: [Conditioning of community nurse duties towards the patient treated by family doctor--the opinion of family doctor staff members].
abstract: The team of family doctor is the main link in the basic health care. It consists of community nurses who work according to the plan specifying the health needs of patients. Community nurses fulfil the needs of patients of various age and health conditions. The paper presents a part of studies on the area and activities of community nurses working in the team of family doctor. An attempt was made to answer the following questions: what are the duties of community nurse, what factors make it easy to fulfil the duties and what factors make the work more difficult? The study comprised a few dozen of community nurses and family doctors all over the country. It was carried out from January to April 2001. Two questionnaires were used for community nurses and for family doctors. Medical documentation was also analysed. It gave answers to problem questions: duties of community nurses include: co-operation in diagnosing and treatment, health promotion and education, fulfilment of therapeutic and nursing programme, factors which help to realise the programme include: qualifications, clearly stated duties, equipment, factors which make the work difficult comprise: lack of staff, poor salary, legislation problems, difficulties in self-development, lack of co-operation from patients and their families. No differences in the opinion of both groups on the duties of community nurses were noticed.
authors.affiliation: Katedry i Załdadu Zarzadzania w Pielegniarstwie Akademii Medycznej w Lublinie. ksykzarz@eskulap.am.lublin.pl
authors.forename: Grazyna
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Rogala-Pawelczyk
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003152:Community Health Nursing / Q000379:methods* / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D005260:Female; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D007587:Job Description; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D008297:Male; D010821:Physicians, Family / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D011044:Poland; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians' / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011368:Professional-Family Relations; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires