Kompetencije medicinskih sestara u dijagnostici narkolepsije

master's thesis

• Title (english): Competencies of medical nurses in diagnosing narcolepsy
• Author: Katarina Pisk
• Mentor: Tea Vukušić Rukavina (mentor)
• Committee member: Aleksandar Džakula (predsjednik povjerenstva)
• Committee member: Ksenija Vitale (član povjerenstva)
• Committee member: Tea Vukušić Rukavina (član povjerenstva)
• Granter: University of Zagreb; School of Medicine; Zagreb
• Defense date and country: 2022-09-19, Croatia
• Scientific / art field, discipline and subdiscipline: BIOMEDICINE AND HEALTHCARE; Public Health and Health Care

Abstract

Medicina spavanja u Hrvatskoj ima svoju kratku povijest no od samih začetaka važnu ulogu u
razvoju i modernizaciji somnologije imale su medicinske sestre/tehničari. Uz oskudnu
opremu, nedostatak educiranog liječničkog kadra iz ove grane medicine i mnogih drugih
prepreka medicinske sestre/tehničari polako su ovladavali svim tehnikama dijagnostike
poremećaja spavanja. Provedbom polisomnografskih snimanja i testova Multiple Latencije
Uspavljivanja ( MSLT ) pouzdano se i kvalitetno dijagnosticirala narkolepsija, unatoč, u
počecima, manjem broju pacijenata kod kojih je klinički prepoznata mogućnost postojanja
ovog poremećaja. Svakodnevnim izazovima i napredovanjima u tehnikama kao i povećanom
broju pacijenata medicinske sestre su odgovorile nastojanjima da se ne educiraju samo
usmenom predajom od liječnika i starijih kolega već su zahtijevale odlaske na stručne
skupove, tečajeve, radionice. Vrlo brzo postale su neizostavan član ne samo radnog već i
edukatorskog tima no bez formalne edukacije i licence ( certifikata). Kompetencije koje
trebaju posjedovati medicinske sestre/tehničari u dijagnostici narkolepsije akreditacijom su se
prihvatile prema preporukama Europskog društva za medicinu spavanja no i dalje nisu
službeno uvedene u sestrinske kompetencije. Osiguravanjem licenci i certifikata za
medicinske sestre/tehničare osigurala bi se kvalitetna i adekvatna naobrazba budućih članova
tima, a samim time i podigla vjerodostojnost rada i samih nalaza na međunarodnoj razini.

Abstract (english)

Sleep medicine in Croatia has a short history, but from the very beginning, nurses/technicians
have played an essential role in the development and modernization of somnology. With scarce
equipment, a lack of educated medical staff in this branch of medicine and many other obstacles,
nurses/technicians have slowly mastered all the techniques for diagnosing sleep disorders.
Narcolepsy has been reliably and qualitatively diagnosed by conducting polysomnographic
recordings and Multiple Sleep Latency (MSLT) tests despite, initially, a smaller number of
patients in whom the possibility of this disorder is clinically recognized. Daily challenges and
technological progress, as well as the increasing number of patients, nurses responded to efforts
not only to be educated orally by doctors and senior colleagues but also demands attending
professional gatherings, courses, and workshops. They quickly became an indispensable
member of the working and the educational team, but without any formal education, licenses
or certificates. According to the European Society of Sleep Medicine recommendations, the
competencies that nurses/technicians’ shall have in diagnosing narcolepsy have been accepted
by accreditation, but have not yet been officially introduced into nursing competencies.
Providing licenses and certificates for nurses/technicians would ensure quality and adequate
training of future team members, thus raising the work's and reports’ credibility at the
international level.

• Keywords: narkolepsija; MSLT; sestrinske kompetencije; certifikat; somnologija
• Keywords (english): narcolepsy; MSLT; nursing competencies; certificate; somnology
• Language: croatian
• URN:NBN: urn:nbn:hr:105:832618
• Study programme: Title: Studies in Nursing; Study programme type: university; Study level: graduate; Academic / professional title: magistar/magistra sestrinstva (magistar/magistra sestrinstva)
• Type of resource: Text
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• Access conditions: Open access
• Created on: 2024-02-20 09:18:49