Beata Dobrowolska

Medical University of Lublin · Department of Holistic Care and Management in Nursing

Aim To explore the relationship of selected socio-demographic and occupational characteristics of nurses and their level of professional values, hospital ethical climate and job satisfaction. Methods Cross-sectional study was conducted among 388 Polish nurses from the spring of 2021 to winter of 2023, in the eastern part of Poland; and followed by...

Micro-credentials are an element of the European Skills Agenda 2020. This five-year plan aims to develop improved applied and broader work skills in response to system demands from employers, industry and communities. Within the labour market, employees increasingly want to obtain new skills-based qualifications in a relatively short period of time...

Objective The aim of the article is to describe the validation process of a research tool used to measure the intensity and direction of medical personnel’s attitudes towards immigrant patients. Design An instrument validation design with a cross-sectional survey was conducted. The validation process was carried out in two phases. In phase 1, the...

Aim To assess the level of stress of conscience experienced by Polish nurses and midwives and its determinants. Design Descriptive cross‐sectional study. Methods The study was conducted from March 2019 to December 2020 and included convenience sampling of nurses and midwives working in hospitals in south‐eastern Poland. An adapted version of the...

Objectives: The study aimed to evaluate the psychometric properties of the Polish version of the Perceived Social Media Literacy Scale and assess its relevance in assessing the digital literacy of nursing students in Poland. Methods: The researchers conducted a cross-sectional study across 11 nursing faculties and 676 nursing students between March...

Aim To report a study investigating the implementation of the “conscience clause” by practising nurses in two National Health Service Hospital Trusts in the UK. Design A qualitative study. Methods Data were collected from 2018 to 2020 through qualitative face‐to‐face interviews with 20 nurses, transcribed verbatim and analyzed by thematic analysi...

Aim: To report a study investigating the implementation of the "conscience clause" by practising nurses in two National Health Service Hospital Trusts in the UK. Design: A qualitative study. Methods: Data were collected from 2018 to 2020 through qualitative face-to-face interviews with 20 nurses, transcribed verbatim and analyzed by thematic anal...

Background Pain experienced by women in the perinatal period constitutes a complex and multifaceted phenomenon. The aim of the study was to assess conditions of pain locus of control and pain reduction in post-cesarean section parturients. Materials and methods A cross-sectional quantitative study with convenience sampling was performed among 175...

Objective Workplace violence is a prevalent phenomenon in hospital settings which critical care nurses are particularly exposed to. The aim of this study was to research abuse against Critical Care Nurses in five European countries, and its association with and impact on Healthy Work Environments. Methods This was a multinational cross-sectional s...

Trauma scientists have raised the alarm about the devastating consequences of the Ukraine war on mental health. We examined how higher education students—as indirect victims—coped with this conflict and how they emotionally reacted during 2022. We involved 2314 students from 16 countries through an online survey. A structural equation model indicat...

Educational migration benefits students and receiving countries, but universities are challenged to meet a variety of needs, such as cultural adaptation and changes in health behaviours such as dietary habits. This study aimed to assess the health-related behaviours, encompassing dietary/eating habits, among international students in Poland, while...

Background: The learning process in clinical placements for health care students is a multifaceted endeavor that engages numerous actors and stakeholders, including students, clinical tutors, link teachers, and academic assessors. Successfully navigating this complex process requires the implementation of tasks and mentorships that are synchronized...

BACKGROUND The learning process in clinical placement for healthcare students is a multifaceted endeavor involving numerous actors and stakeholders as students, clinical tutors, link teachers, and academic assessors. Successfully navigating during this complex process tasks and mentorships must be implemented in a way that is synchronized with educ...

Introduction. Nursing, midwifery ethics education has been changing over the years. The necessity to reduce the knowledge-practice gap has been highlighted, consequently, modern training methods - based on experience - have been introduced. Aim. To present the importance of empirical teaching methods in the formation of ethical competence of nursin...

BACKGROUND The learning process in clinical placements for healthcare students involves several actors, and during this complex process, tasks and mentorships must be implemented in a way that is synchronized with educational and clinical processes and well-embedded in the respective contexts. The increasing number of students, coupled with the gro...

Background The learning process in clinical placements for health care students is a multifaceted endeavor that engages numerous actors and stakeholders, including students, clinical tutors, link teachers, and academic assessors. Successfully navigating this complex process requires the implementation of tasks and mentorships that are synchronized...

Background Spirituality plays a crucial role in enhancing quality of life. The Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy-Spiritual Well-Being (FACIT-Sp) scale is a reliable tool to assess an individual’s spiritual well-being, specifically in the context of chronic illness. Although the instrument is widely used worldwide, it has not yet been...

Background Nurse managers play an important role in coordinating the multidisciplinary teamwork, which is specifically important in emergency and crises situations like the COVID-19 pandemic. The aim of this qualitative study is twofold: (1) to explore the experiences of the Intensive care units (ICU) nurse managers regarding their work during the...

Background: Spiritual care is an obligatory aspect of nursing care for a patient at the end of life and play an important role in providing quality nursing care. The aim of this study was to describe level of spiritual care competence and caring abilities of Polish nurses, and to examine the relationship between them. Participants and methods: In t...

Introduction The use of a validated scale, Spirituality and Spiritual Care Rating Scale (SSCRS) to measure nurses’ perceptions of spirituality and spiritual care. Aim The purpose of this study was to analyse selected psychometric properties of the Polish version of the SSCRS, among them the applicability of the dimensions of spiritual care in nurs...

Introduction and objective: The aim of the study was to evaluate the peripheral level of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) and matrix metalloproteinase-9 (MMP-9) during rehabilitation therapy, combined with neurofeedback in schizophrenic patients, and to investigate whether these biomarkers are related to psychopathological symptoms, change...

Schizophrenia is a chronic and relapsing disorder that is characterized not only by delusions and hallucinations but also mainly by the progressive development of cognitive and social deficits. These deficits are related to impaired synaptic plasticity and impaired neurotransmission in the nervous system. Currently, technological innovations and me...

Introduction. Midwives and nurses experience ethical dilemmas during providing patient care. The manner of coping with them plays an important role in shaping the nature of care. Aim. The aim was to analyse the scientific literature on moral sensitivity characterising midwives, nurses and to answer the question of which determinants influence it. M...

Introduction Domestic violence against a woman, inflicted by her husband/partner, disrupts the socially recognized model of partnership and family life and endangers the health and life of the victim. The aim of the study was to assess the level of satisfaction with the life of Polish women experiencing domestic violence and compare it to results o...

Introduction: Nurses became the largest medical group exposed to direct contact with the SARS-CoV-2 virus. In this study, we aimed to assess the readiness and motivation for vaccination, as well as the use of sources of information and attitudes toward vaccination depending on the psychological profile. Material and methods: A cross-sectional on...

Background The hospital ethical climate affects the quality of nursing care. A positive ethical climate is likely to reduce the proportion of those who consider leaving the profession, so it is necessary to develop tools which will enable assessment and analysis of the hospital ethical climate. The aim of this study was to examine selected psychome...

This narrative review is aimed at presenting the galvanic skin response (GSR) Biofeedback method and possibilities for its application in persons with mental disorders as a modern form of neurorehabilitation. In the treatment of mental disorders of various backgrounds and courses, attention is focused on methods that would combine pharmacological t...

Introduction: Social media fatigue is a concept used to refer to exhaustion due to the overuse of social media. Web-sites and social media profiles for nursing professionals are an important aspect of promoting the nursing profession and modern nursing practice. Aim of the study: To assess the level of social media fatigue among undergraduate nursi...

The COVID-19 pandemic has negatively affected the work of many medical professionals, including the group of nurses. This study aimed at assessing the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on job satisfaction of nursing staff in five European countries. The study was conducted using the Job Satisfaction Scale (SSP) and original questions on the job satis...

Caring ability and professional values developed and shaped during nursing university studies are often recognised as fundamental components of education and professional nursing attitudes. The aim of this study was to analyse the relationship between caring ability and professional values among nursing students and their correlation with selected...

Introduction: Neuropeptide S is a biomarker related to various neuropsychiatric and neurocognitive functions. Since the need to improve cognitive functions in schizophrenia is unquestionable, it was valuable to investigate the possible relationships of plasma levels of NPS with neurocognitive, psychopathological and EEG parameters in patients with...

Neuropeptide S (NPS) is a factor associated with the central regulation of body weight, stress, anxiety, learning, memory consolidation, wakefulness–sleep cycle, and anti-inflammatory and neuroplastic effects. Its stress-reducing, anti-anxiety, arousal without anxiety, and pro-cognitive effects represent an interesting option for the treatment of n...

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused difficulties in the organization of clinical classes for nursing students. It is therefore important to explore students’ experiences related to participation in clinical classes during the pandemic and to draw conclusions that will allow for the introduction of innovations enabling the development of the required p...

The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic has had a wide range of negative consequences for higher education students. We explored the generalizability of the control-value theory of achievement emotions for e-learning, focusing on their antecedents. We involved 17019 higher education students from 13 countries, who completed an online survey during th...

Background: Providing effective spiritual nursing care requires development of professional competence which, when regularly evaluated, allows one to direct undergraduate and postgraduate nursing education in order to develop knowledge, skills and attitudes of nurses in the scope of spiritual care. Aim: The aim of this study was to analyse the leve...

Neuropeptide S (NPS) is a neuropeptide primarily produced within three brainstem regions including locus coeruleus, trigeminal nerve nucleus, and lateral parabrachial nucleus. NPS is involved in the central regulation of stress, fear, and cognitive integration. NPS is a mediator of behavior, seeking food, and the proliferation of new adipocytes in...

The aim of this study was to map and summarize the published research findings on hospital ethical climate and its relationship with nursing staff job satisfaction as well as strategies proposed in the literature for the improvement of hospital ethical climate and job satisfaction through the actions of nursing staff in leadership positions. A scop...

Introduction: Social support is a type of interaction that occurs between individuals, and its most important sources are people in the immediate environment. Pregnancy and giving birth represent a special time in the life of a teenage girl. The time arouses a lot of emotions, both positive and negative, often accompanied by a lack of support from...

Background: The HOPE Scale by Gowri Anandarajah is a qualitative tool for examining and assessing the spiritual needs of sick people, which can be used by health care professionals, but also other personnel whose purpose is to support the patient during illness. Aim: The aim of this study was the cultural adaptation and validation of a qualitative...

Aim: To analyze SARS-CoV-2 vaccination intention and acceptance in relation to the knowledge about coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) among healthcare workers (HCWs) in Croatia, Slovenia, Serbia, and Poland. Methods: In spring 2020, an online survey was distributed among HCWs by using snowball sampling. The questionnaire was fully completed by...

Introduction. Schizophrenia spectrum disorders are a major challenge for modern psychiatry. Epidemiological data indicate an increasing trend in the prevalence of such disorders, as well as other disorders from the schizophrenia spectrum. In a long-term perspective, this means that highly specialised (both nursing and medical) care, broadly underst...

The purpose of this study was to analyse selected psychometric properties of the Polish version of the Spirituality and Spiritual Care Rating Scale (SSCRS), among them the applicability of the dimensions of spiritual care in nursing, i.e. spirituality, spiritual care, religiosity and personalized care, to Polish conditions. Poland-wide multicentre...

The aim of the study is the analysis of educational needs of European intensive care nurses (ICNs) with regard to multicultural care. A mixed-method multinational study was performed among 591 ICNs coming from 15 European countries. An online survey was utilised with three research tools: participants’ sociodemographic details, Healthcare Provider...

Background This study aimed to map and summarise the state of the research regarding doctoral programs in nursing, as well as the issues debated in the context of nursing doctoral education. A Scoping Review in accordance with the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analysis extension scoping reviews statement (PRISMA-ScR) was...

The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic has dramatically shaped higher education and seen the distinct rise of e-learning as a compulsory element of the modern educational landscape. Accordingly, this study highlights the factors which have influenced how students perceive their academic performance during this emergency changeover to e-learning. The...

The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic has dramatically shaped higher education and seen the distinct rise of e-learning as a compulsory element of the modern educational landscape. Accordingly, this study highlights the factors which have influenced how students perceive their academic performance during this emergency changeover to e-learning. The...

The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic has dramatically shaped higher education and seen the distinct rise of e-learning as a compulsory element of the modern educational landscape. Accordingly, this study highlights the factors which have influenced how students perceive their academic performance during this emergency changeover to e-learning. The...

The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic has dramatically shaped higher education and seen the distinct rise of e-learning as a compulsory element of the modern educational landscape. Accordingly, this study highlights the factors which have influenced how students perceive their academic performance during this emergency changeover to e-learning. The...

The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic has dramatically shaped higher education and seen the distinct rise of e-learning as a compulsory element of the modern educational landscape. Accordingly, this study highlights the factors which have influenced how students perceive their academic performance during this emergency changeover to e-learning. The...

COVID-19 vaccination raises numerous concerns among the public, and also among medical personnel including nurses. As nurses play a crucial role in the process of vaccination, it is important to recognize the attitudes of students of nursing, nurses in spe, toward COVID-19 vaccination, as well as to define the factors influencing students’ pro-vacc...

Objectives: The aim of this study was to use neurofeedback (NF) training as the add-on therapy in patients with schizophrenia to improve their clinical, cognitive, and psychosocial condition. The study, thanks to the monitoring of various conditions, quantitative electroencephalogram (QEEG) and brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), was suppose...

Objectives: We assessed the influence of the risk of self-medication on health locus of control and the experienced symptoms - physical, psychological, and spiritual in a group of students from urban and rural regions. Methods: This cross-sectional study included a convenience sample of 200 students from urban (N=100) and rural (N=100) areas. We us...

Background: The postpartum period, including hospitalization after a birth, requires the woman in puerperium to adjust to her new social role. The subject of satisfaction with life (SWL) in women in the early postpartum period has been rarely addressed in the literature and requires up-to-date, thorough research. Aim of the study: The present study...

Several preventive measures have been applied to limit the COVID-19 pandemic, including successful the development and introduction of vaccines. The aim of this study was to investigate adherence to preventive measures and vaccination intentions among nursing students in three European countries and the factors associated with vaccination intention...

Galvanic skin response (GSR) Biofeedback uses training to reduce tension and anxiety and improve concentration and self-regulation. The study was aimed to evaluate this method as a form of rehabilitation and quantify the outcomes achieved by patients undergoing training using this technique. Six schizophrenic patients were enrolled in the study and...

Background Nursing education often employs simulation-based education to prepare for clinical practice. However, despite its perceived importance, there is no common practice for its integration into different nursing curricula. This study aimed to describe and compare the levels of implementation of simulation-based education in nursing curricula...

The ethical climate reflects the principles and guidelines of an organisation. A positive ethical climate is characterised by a common vision of caring for work, in which the therapeutic team members inform and support each other, and which meets the needs of patients and their families. The aim of this study was to analyse nursing research on the...

This chapter addresses interpersonal spirituality. This refers to persons’ spirituality that acknowledges their unique spiritual and cultural worldviews, beliefs and practices influencing healthcare. The central themes in this chapter involves the education and development of interpersonal relationships and communication skills of nursing/midwifery...

Religiosity is considered as one of the many factors shaping an individual’s health con-sciousness. The aim of the study is an analysis of the correlation between the religiosity of Jehovah’sWitnesses and their attitudes towards health and disease. A cross-sectional study was performed onthe convenience sample of 171 Jehovah’s Witnesses from easter...