Smrt a úmrtí v nemocnici z pohledu sester

This bachelor's thesis describes how nurses cope with the death of patients at their department. Thesis is divided into theoretical and empirical part. The theoretical part describes topics such as dying, death, palliative care, the needs of the dying patients and frequent problems of patients with cancer who are currently in the terminal stage. Following topics describe the personality of nurses taking care of people who take care of others. The empirical part is based on qualitative research, which aimed to find out how nurses perceive death and what are the conditions for dying patients at their department and how nurses take care of their own physical and mental health. The selection of suitable respondents for this thesis was based on criteria that respond-ents work as nurses at the oncology department where they take care of terminally ill patients.