The paper presents a theoretical overview and analysis of the current understanding of the concept of motherhood and related facts. Besides, it presents the results of a research obtained through a ...questionnaire designed and administered for this purpose. A theoretical overview of the perception and experience of femininity and motherhood in history is given in the introduction. Further, the role of motherhood and parenting is defined and an attempt is made to under- stand in what direction motherhood will develop in the future. The empirical part shows the ideas of young people (students) on motherhood, their opinion on the current situation and the role of women and mothers in relation to the maternal myth. The survey, conducted in 2012, included 100 full-time students (N = 100), 50 male (50%) and 50 female (50%), from four faculties of the University of Ljubljana. Statistically significant differences have been found in their views on the future of maternity. Most male students (60.0%) believe that in the future mothers will be more focused on their careers and less on their families, whereas fewer female students share this view (38.0%). The survey made it evident that yo- ung people are aware of the changes occurring over time, although the traditional view of the role of motherhood and the family is still predominant. The results also show that the respondents are aware of the need for gender equality and equal division of family roles between men and women. Our research revealed that women are more aware of this than men.
Mobbing, defined as sustained harassment among workers, in particular towards subordinates, merits investigation. This study aims to investigate Slovenian midwifery students' (2nd and 3rd year ...students of midwifery at the Faculty for Health Studies Ljubljana; the single educational institution for midwives in Slovenia) perception of mobbing, since management of acceptable behavioural interrelationships in midwifery profession forms already during the study, through professional socialization. Descriptive and causal-nonexperimental method with questionnaire was used. Basic descriptive statistics and measures for calculating statistical significance were carried out with SPSS 20.0 software version. All necessary ethical measures were taken into the consideration during the study to protect participants. The re- sults revealed that several participants experienced mobbing during the study (82.3%); 58.8% of them during their practical training and 23.5% from midwifery teachers. Students are often anxious and nervous in face of clinical settings (60.8%) or before faculty commitments (exams, presentations etc.) (41.2%). A lot of them (40.4%) estimate that mobbing affected their health. They did not show effective strategies to solve relationship problems. According to the findings, everyone involved in midwifery education, but above all students, should be provided with more knowledge and skills on successful management of conflict situations.
The aim of the study was to explore two aspects of neonatal prophylaxis: the application of the vitamin K injection to the newborns and the prophylaxis against chlamydial and gonococcal eye ...infections, comparing Slovenian and Croatian practices.
A causal non-experimental method of quantitative empirical approach was used. The data was collected by means of predesigned questionnaires. The questionnaires were sent to 14 Slovenian and 32 Croatian birth hospitals. The data was analysed with descriptive statistics and the Kullback test.
Vitamin K is applied to all newborns in 9 (out of 14) Slovene and 22 (out of 32) Croatian birth hospitals that returned the questionnaire. The prophylaxis against chlamydial gonococcal eye infections is applied to all newborns in 9 Slovene and 16 Croatian birth hospitals that offered answers to the questionnaire. The majority of Slovene and Croatian birth hospitals perform these procedures in the first hour after birth. The majority of Slovene birth hospitals still apply vitamin K in the gluteal muscle, whereas the majority of Croatian birth hospitals usually use the thigh as an injection site. In Slovenia, 1 % Targesin is used for the prophylaxis against chlamydial and gonococcal eye infections, whereas in Croatia the prevailing medicine is Erythromycin.
The possibility of oral vitamin K application should be offered to parents, and pain management in practice should be discussed. The form of written informed consent could be offered to parents. Health professionals should provide intimacy and exclude routine procedures in the first couple of hours after birth. However, more research is needed as delayed administration might be related to lower efficacy and, as a consequence of that, the safety of newborns is questionable.
Cilj rada bio je istražiti postupke vezane uz njegu pupkovine i batrljaka u rodilištima u Sloveniji i Hrvatskoj. Studija je bila temeljena na metodama empirijskog upitničkog istraživanja pomoću ...upitnika i kvantitativne istraživačke paradigme, a obuhvatila je sva slovenska rodilišta (n=14) i sva hrvatska rodilišta (n=35). Primalje iz 14 rodilišta u Sloveniji i 35 rodilišta u Hrvatskoj pozvani su da sudjeluju u istraživanju. Istraživanje je provedeno 2013. godine, a sudjelovalo je 67% slovenskih rodilišta i 66% hrvatskih rodilišta. Primijenjene su kauzalne i ne-eksperimentalne metode empirijskog istraživanja. Instrument istraživanja bio je upitnik. Opisne statistike su pripremljene. Teza neovisnosti testirana je χ2-testom odnosno Kullbackovim 2Î-testom. Rezultati su pokazali da velika većina rodilišta primjenjuje metodu DUCC (delayed umbilical cord clamping), tj. pupkovina se klema tek nakon što prestane pulsirati. Samo 10% slovenskih rodilišta u odnosu na 36,4% hrvatskih rodilišta prakticira suhu njegu batrljka. U ostalim rodilištima se batrljak dezinficira; u Sloveniji se za to najčešće rabi kalijev permanganat u 6%-tnoj otopini, dok se u Hrvatskoj najčešće upotrebljava kombinacija oktenidinklorida i fenoksietanola. Većina rodilišta u Hrvatskoj (95,7%) i dalje pokrivaju batrljak gazom, dok to nije najčešća praksa u Sloveniji. Autori procjenjuju da su najzastupljenije metode za njegu pupkovine koje se primjenjuju u slovenskim i hrvatskim rodilištima u skladu s dokazima, dok se poboljšanja mogu primijeniti u njezi batrljka; preporuča se suhu njegu bez pokrivanja.
Mobbing, defined as sustained harassment among workers, in particular towards subordinates, merits investigation. This study aims to investigate Slovenian midwifery students' (2nd and 3rd year ...students of midwifery at the Faculty for Health Studies Ljubljana; the single educational institution for midwives in Slovenia) perception of mobbing, since management of acceptable behavioural interrelationships in midwifery profession forms already during the study, through professional socialization. Descriptive and causal-nonexperimental method with questionnaire was used. Basic descriptive statistics and measures for calculating statistical significance were carried out with SPSS 20.0 software version. All necessary ethical measures were taken into the consideration during the study to protect participants. The results revealed that several participants experienced mobbing during the study (82.3%); 58.8% of them during their practical training and 23.5% from midwifery teachers. Students are often anxious and nervous in face of clinical settings (60.8%) or before faculty commitments (exams, presentations etc.) (41.2%). A lot of them (40.4%) estimate that mobbing affected their health. They did not show effective strategies to solve relationship problems. According to the findings, everyone involved in midwifery education, but above all students, should be provided with more knowledge and skills on successful management of conflict situations.
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