Monika Binkowska-Bury

Rzeszów University · Institute of Nursing and Health Sciences

Introduction. Endotracheal intubation (ETI) may be a procedure necessary to perform by a nurse in the event of sudden cardiac arrest (SCA). Its correct execution improves the course and organization of a rescue operation and contributes to increased self-confidence in stressful situations. Aim. Assessment of the effectiveness of endotracheal intuba...

Assessment the prevalence of hypertension and its relation to selected indicators of health status and performance, including classification of BMI, obesity classifications, and body structure in a large test group of 19-year-old men. The study was observational-retrospective, and included a group of 17,282 men, aged 19, from the Małopolska region....

Introduction. Europe is the region with the greatest proportion of deaths (16%) attributable to tobacco smoking worldwide. Medical students and physicians should set an example of tobacco-smoking abstinence for their patients. Aim. The aim of the study was to compare opinions on behaviors and attitudes of Czech and Polish medical students about tob...

Mobile health technologies and applications installed on smart devices still represent new and relatively understudied phenomena in Poland. At the same time, a multitude of applications and their accessibility cause the increase of opportunities for their use for health purposes. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the interest in applica...

The aim of this study was to assess the body composition and nutritional status of hospitalized pediatric patients with newly diagnosed type 1 diabetes by using bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA) with phase angle (PA) calculation. PA is considered to be a useful and very sensitive indicator of the nutritional and functional status, and it has n...

The primary and proven therapy, in cases of celiac disease (CD), is a rigorous gluten-free diet. However, there are reports of its negative effects in the form of nutritional deficiencies, obesity and adverse changes in body composition. The aim of the study was to assess the impact of a gluten free diet (GFD) on the body composition of children wi...

Satisfaction with life in the case of nurses is closely related to their professional work and is an important factor affecting the quality of work and patient care. An analysis of the readiness of Polish nurses depending on the level of life satisfaction. The study was conducted from January to November 2016 in randomly selected 13 health care fac...

We present a case of a 69-year-old woman with rheumatoid arthritis. The patient’s condition was managed with steroid therapy for more than 12 years. She had a coexisting infected chronic ulceration in the left leg, which was treated with negative pressure wound therapy for 52 days. Use of this therapy within the wound reduced exudate and the bacter...

Bioelectrical impedance phase angle (PA) is considered to be the most sensitive indicator of the nutritional and functional status. The aim of this study was to assess the body composition and nutritional status of children and adolescents with newly diagnosed type 1 diabetes (T1DM) by using bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA) with PA calculatio...

The phase angle (PhA) seems to be a reliable screening tool for the identification of malnutrition risk in hospitalized children with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). The aim of the present study was to assess the body composition and nutritional status of hospitalized children and adolescents with IBD by using bioelectrical impedance analysis (BI...

Introduction. A World Health Organization (WHO) conference on a “second wave” epidemic of cardiovascular diseases, directly linked to arterial sclerosis (AS), predicts that in 2020 cardiovascular diseases will most likely be the leading cause of death in the world. The development of AS begins in youth and progresses with age. It’s intensity depend...

The aim of the study was to achieve a prospective long-term evaluation of the impact of socio-demographic factors on students, and their healthy behaviors. It was a diagnostic survey employing a standardized interview questionnaire. The survey was conducted among 905 first-year students of medical and non-medical faculties (18–19 years of age), and...

Background Although three quarters of seasonal infections of the upper respiratory tract in children are of viral etiology, majority of the patients are unnecessarily prescribed antibiotics despite the availability of rapid diagnostic tests differentiating between infections. This study aimed to assess the relation between the use of rapid strip te...

Introduction The prevalence of nutritional status disorders in children with ulcerative colitis (UC) is much lower than in the case of Crohn’s disease (CD). The largest variability in the components of body composition occurs at the time of a new diagnosis and in periods of disease exacerbation. Aim Assessment of body composition in children with...

The structure of the human body may vary greatly, depending on a number of factors, sociodemographic ones in particular. An analysis of the body composition makes it possible to assess the existing differences and provides broader insight into the multidimensional changes occuring to the human body. An investigation of the relationship between sele...

The aim of this study was to identify and examine the differences in opinions held by health care professionals and the general public concerning the right to administer and prescribe medication which has been awarded to nurses and midwives in Poland. The study was conducted from December 1, 2014 to July 1, 2015, in randomly selected primary health...

Background: Health-related behaviours and lifestyle are related to the salutogenic concept of health, whereas the major public health problems faced in rural areas include difficulties in encouraging people to a healthy lifestyle. Objective: The aim of the study is to explore mutual relationships between psychosocial-demographic factors and a se...

Aim of study: Aim of conducted studies was to asses changes in time and coexistence of improper behavior patterns among students in year 2009 and 2012. Materials and methods: The study included 905 students of the University of Rzeszow and Rzeszow University of Technology who have studied on medical, humanistic and science fields. Research was c...

The aim of this study was a comparative evaluation of the dynamics of change during selected behavior patterns related to students health. The study covered a total of 1.496 students from University of Rzeszów and Rzeszów University of Technology, studying following disciplines: medical, humanities and exact sciences. The study was performed by usi...

There are numerous types of pain, with different clinical meanings. Everyday pain might be experienced by everyone under different stressors, such as lack of sleep, alcohol overuse, stay in a stuffy room, and physical overstressors. It also might be related to a job character or attitudes. The aim of the present study was to investigate the methods...

OBJECTIVEs: The aim of the study was to investigate secular trends in body mass index among the young military population. This involved a comparison of changes in the body mass index (BMI) and height among 19-year-old males from 11 successive birth cohorts. Samples of a total of 37,934 conscripts between 2000 and 2010 were examined using the BMI d...

The aim of this study is to explore nurses' and patients' opinions about nurses in Poland going on strike. The study was carried out in Poland between January and June 2009, using 150 nurses and 150 hospitalized patients. The study was conducted using two questionnaire surveys. The main reasons why nursing strikes are organized, in the opinions of...

Objective: To determine and compare attitudes, skills, and practices in childhood obesity management in 4 European countries with different obesity prevalence, health care systems, and economic situations. Methods: A cross-sectional survey was distributed to primary health care providers from France, Italy, Poland, and Ukraine. The questionnaire...

To report on Polish hospital health care workers' and lay persons' knowledge about counterfeit medicine products. Cross-sectional design was used. Two types of questionnaire survey about counterfeit medicine, separate for health care professionals and lay persons were completed by 201 physicians and nurses, and 450 adult Polish residents between Oc...

Objective: The objective of this work was to evaluate longitudinally the quality of life (QOL) in women treated for ovarian cancer, pre-operatively, three and six months postoperatively. Methods: A longitudinal cohort study. A total of 93 patients with newly diagnosed ovarian cancer in F. Chopin Voivodeship Specialist Hospital in Rzeszow, Poland...

Aims. The aim of the study was to gain information concerning disparities in the understanding of the counterfeit medicines phenomenon between health care workers and lay persons. Background. Central-Eastern Europe is facing significant challenges in combating a multi-billion euro, and often lethal, trade in counterfeit medicines. It is a major cha...

The aim of this study is to evaluate the relation between a sense of coherence and intensity of health-related behaviour among 521 Polish university students. The study was conducted using validated instruments with two questionnaires: Antonovsky's SOC-29 and the Inventory of Health-Related Behaviour. The mean value of SOC amounted to 125.2. More t...

The aim of this study was to determine the meaning of selected social-demographic factors, such as: gender, place of resident, education, level of knowledge about health and life orientation in modifying the behaviours related to health among university students.The study was conducted among 521 students of two major universities of the South-Easte...

The aim of this study is to explore nurses’ and patients’ opinions about nurses in Poland going on strike. The study was carried out in Poland between January and June 2009, using 150 nurses and 150 hospitalized patients. The study was conducted using two questionnaire surveys. The main reasons why nursing strikes are organized, in the opinions of...

Increasing awareness of science and medical environments and the society in the scope of behavioral conditioning of many diseases (e.g. cardiovascular diseases, tumors and injuries motivates to shape pro-health behaviors and eliminate harmful habit also in rural areas. There is a need for constant monitoring of behaviors related to health among rur...

Mutual cooperation between medical doctor and nurses are presented, while analizing new trends in the European Union. Nurse family practice and specialist training are discussed as well as new specializations, i.e. Study nurse trained for participation in clinical trials.

Global spread of diseases of civilization, such as cardiovascular disease, metabolic diseases, cancers, caused, that individual or group healthy behaviours, have become, for practitioners and researches, a basic area of interest. Healthy behaviours are the effect of shaped attitude against health, and particular against a sense of responsibility fo...

Tobacco smoking constitutes to be the main cause of health risk in Poland and is one of the most harmful elements of human's lifestyle. Workplace was recognized as a major source of tobacco smoke exposure for others. There should be keep in mind, that in present, it is a task of both employers and employees to create and maintain a safe work enviro...

Smoking is now a serious social problem in Poland and abroad. Unfortunately, adverse effects also affect the businesses in which the crews smoke tobacco. For several years a wide-ranging measures aimed at reducing the population of smoking employees can be observed, unfortunately their results are significantly below expectations. What must be note...

Tobacco smoking is the most known single factor of the highest impact on the number of cancerous deceases. Chemical compound contained in the tobacco smoke have an affect on strong mutagen and carcinogenic actions. Among 400 chemical compound 40 of them have a proven carcinogenic action for human. From the medical point of view the most important a...

A last ten years cigarette smoking has become very popular. The most startling finding is the increase in the amount of young people who are becoming smokers. At is well known, that smoking cigarettes causes irreversible changes in the bodies of young people. The main objective of the thesis was to document and interpret the spread of cigarette smo...

The habit of tobacco smoking has existed for centuries, it has spread all over the world and become one of the most important health risk factors. It is assumed that 21 illnesses are related to tobacco smoking. Among those illnesses there are the following: tuberculosis, some types of cancer, circulatory system diseases, pneumothorax, chronic oblit...

In the new system of health care nurses are not only doctors' partners carrying out doing their orders in the therapeutic process, but can also take up professional actions providing independently, totally and permanently, nursing care for the family and its individual members in their own environment, in the situation of health, illness, disabilit...

Interest in post-graduate training in emergency medicine among nurses The objective of this paper is to attempt at an assessment of the interest in post-graduate training programmes in emergency medicine among nurses. The study involved 200 nurses of different age, edu-cation and work experience. The data were collected in the period from January t...