<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> Introduction. A nurse in her profession meets different kind of people from all society levels. Not once she stands in front of a homeless patient and the dillemma about the sense of helping, which indeed is often “wasted”. Nonetheless the mission of this profession demands the need of seeing a human being in every patient who needs help. Homelessness is marked with a number of stereotypes and marginalisation which is very hard to overcome by oneself and provide the services on the highest level.Aim. The aim of this work is to outline the cause of homelessness and to set out the role of nurse working with a homeless patient.Material and methods. In the analysis has mainly been used Polish literature of the subject written by distinguished theoreticians and researchers of this matter. There has also been used data from Central Office of Statistics. In addition, this work has been enriched by personal work experience with the homeless by one of the authors.Results. In the analysed literature an answer was being looked for following questions: What are the causes of homelessness? What are the ills of homelessness? What is the characteristic of a homeless patient? What is the -professional role of the nurse working with homeless? The role of nursing, in this society, is essential and it demands wide Education. The nurse is sometimes the only person who can provide professional medical and therapeutical help to the homeless. One can rely only on its own abilities and skills, experiencing very often a feeling of helplessness. Following work should help in understanding the essence of homelessness in the way that homelessness itself becomes an extra reason to bring help.</abstract>

Introduction. A nurse in her profession meets different kind of people from all society levels. Not once she stands in front of a homeless patient and the dillemma about the sense of helping, which indeed is often “wasted”. Nonetheless the mission of this profession demands the need of seeing a human being in every patient who needs help. Homelessness is marked with a number of stereotypes and marginalisation which is very hard to overcome by oneself and provide the services on the highest level.Aim. The aim of this work is to outline the cause of homelessness and to set out the role of nurse working with a homeless patient.Material and methods. In the analysis has mainly been used Polish literature of the subject written by distinguished theoreticians and researchers of this matter. There has also been used data from Central Office of Statistics. In addition, this work has been enriched by personal work experience with the homeless by one of the authors.Results. In the analysed literature an answer was being looked for following questions: What are the causes of homelessness? What are the ills of homelessness? What is the characteristic of a homeless patient? What is the -professional role of the nurse working with homeless? The role of nursing, in this society, is essential and it demands wide Education. The nurse is sometimes the only person who can provide professional medical and therapeutical help to the homeless. One can rely only on its own abilities and skills, experiencing very often a feeling of helplessness. Following work should help in understanding the essence of homelessness in the way that homelessness itself becomes an extra reason to bring help.

Nursing in front of homeless problem in Poland

Studenckie Koło Naukowe przy Zakładzie Promocji Zdrowia i Pielęgniarstwa Środowiskowego, Wydział Nauk o Zdrowiu w Katowicach, Śląski Uniwersytet Medyczny w Katowicach,

Zakład Promocji Zdrowia i Pielęgniarstwa Środowiskowego, Wydział Nauk o Zdrowiu w Katowicach, Śląski Uniwersytet Medyczny w Katowicach. Wydział Nauk o Zdrowiu w Bielsku-Białej. Akademia Techniczno-Humanistyczna w Bielsku-Białej,

Zakład Promocji Zdrowia i Pielęgniarstwa Środowiskowego, Wydział Nauk o Zdrowiu w Katowicach, Śląski Uniwersytet Medyczny w Katowicach,

Pielegniarstwo  XXI wieku / Nursing in the 21st Century

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Introduction. A nurse in her profession meets different kind of people from all society levels. Not once she stands in front of a homeless patient and the...

Nursing in front of homeless problem in Poland

Published Online: Jan 20, 2017

Page range: 23 - 28

Received: Jun 15, 2016

Accepted: Jun 22, 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/pielxxiw-2016-0024

Keywords
homelessness, causes of homelessness, ills of homelessness, a professional role of nurse

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This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Nursing in front of homeless problem in Poland

Published Online: Jan 20, 2017

Page range: 23 - 28

Received: Jun 15, 2016

Accepted: Jun 22, 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/pielxxiw-2016-0024

Keywordshomelessness, causes of homelessness, ills of homelessness, a professional role of nurse

© 2017

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
homelessness, causes of homelessness, ills of homelessness, a professional role of nurse