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Aim. This study aimed to investigate the job satisfaction of community nurses in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic. Material and methods. A qualitative descriptive study with thematic analysis was conducted. The study involved individual interviews conducted with 20 professionally active community nurses in Poland. The qualitative interviews were conducted via phone from November 2020 to May 2021. Results. Three primary themes were identifi ed in the study: (1) Reasons for job satisfaction; (2) Difficult situations occurring at the workplace; (3) Areas of change that could increase job satisfaction. Conclusions. Greater professional autonomy, sufficient nursing staff, and a clear division of tasks among the members of the health care team seem to be especially important for raising the level of job satisfaction of community nurses. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Introduction. Nurses' entitlement to write prescriptions and to provide nursing advice in primary health care can improve the quality of these services. In the process of ensuring the quality of healthcare, the desirable element of its assessment is the patient's perspective, taking into account his expectations. Aim. Determining the scope of expected nursing advice and learning the opinions of patients regarding the writing of prescriptions by family nurses. Material and methods. A qualitative study was conducted using a semi-structured interview with 37 patients under the care of eight primary health care outpatient clinics from the Podlaskie Voivodeship. Results. The scope of advice expected from a family nurse concerns: dealing with a health problem, lifestyle and prevention, the scope of family nurse care and the operation of the healthcare system. Writing prescriptions by family nurses can improve the functioning of primary health care. Conclusions. Nursing advice perceived by patients is in line with the competences of the family nurse. Opinions on the entitlement of the family nurse to write prescriptions and prescribing medicines vary. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Introduction: Family nursing is a developing specialty in nursing that is undergoing a rapid transformation due to reforms in primary health care in Poland implemented in 1995. The wide autonomy of family nurses in providing health services requires their lifelong learning as well as applying scientific findings in their regular practices. The objective of the following paper was to summarize empirical research into family nursing conducted in Poland from 1995-2015. Materials and methods: The method of critical analysis of published literature was applied. The Polish Medical Bibliography, PubMed database and Google Scholar search engine were used as a base for data collection. Literature collection was limited to articles published between 1995-2015 concerning services performed by family nurses in Poland. Results: It was established that over the 21 year period the highest number of empirical papers were published between 2010--2015. The vast majority of them were quantitative research studies using a questionnaire technique. The published articles concerned the following research groups: 1) patients -- recipients of the services; 2) services providers -- family nurses; 3) family doctors and informal carers of people under the care of a family nurse, taking into account the nurse--patient relationship. Conclusions: 1. There was an evident lack of methodological variety in the reviewed literature. 2. The role of family nurses in health prevention in children and people of a productive age was marginalized in the analyzed papers. 3. Despite their competences, family nurses perform few independent tasks. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]