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prof. PhDr. Lucia Dimunová, PhD.   SK

Email:
lucia.dimunova@upjs.sk
Homepage:
https://www.upjs.sk/LF/zamestnanec/lucia.dimunova
Faculty:
LF UPJŠ - Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice Faculty of Medicine
Department:
UO - Department of Nursing Care
Office:
MC7O05
Phone:
+421 55 234 3292
Faculty:
LF UPJŠ - Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice Faculty of Medicine
Department:
UO - Department of Nursing Care
Office:
MC7O05
Phone:
+421 55 234 3292
ORCID ID:
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5577-6135
prof. PhDr. Lucia Dimunová, PhD. is a university professor in the field of nursing. Since 2017 she has been the Head of the Department of Nursing at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Pavol Jozef Šafárik in Košice. She actively participates in the teaching and educational process in the nursing study programme. She focuses her scientific research activities on the field of primary health care and nurses' health. She has worked as a nurse in clinical practice and currently works at the level of community nurse. She participates in several projects (IRES, KEGA, VEGA, APPV, ERASMUS+). She is the author and co-author of original scientific and professional papers published in foreign and national publications. In her profession she holds several memberships: member of the working group of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Slovak Republic for the description of the study field of Nursing, member of the professional committee for the defence of doctoral theses, habilitation and inauguration proceedings in the study program Nursing, member of the professional organization of the Slovak Chamber of Nurses and Midwives. She has received several professional awards such as the Commendation of the Dean of the Faculty of Nursing of the University of Applied Sciences for excellent pedagogical results based on the evaluation of students in the study field of Nursing, the "White Heart Award at the regional level (2012) and national level (2021).

Higher education and further qualification growth
First degree of higher education:
Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice, Faculty of Medicine, 1996, Nursing
Second degree of higher education:
Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice, Faculty of Medicine, 2005, Nursing
Third degree of higher education:
St. Elisabeth University of Health Care and Social Work, Bratislava, 2008, Nursing
Associate professor:
St. Elisabeth University of Health Care and Social Work, Bratislava, 2011, Nursing
Professor:
St. Elisabeth University of Health Care and Social Work, Bratislava, 2022, Nursing

Research /art/ teacher profile

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Overview of the responsibility for the delivery, development and quality assurance of the study programme or its part at the university in the current academic year
Study programme: A Person responsible for the study programme (OZŠP), study field: Nursing, I. degree
Study programme: Member of the study programme discipline, study field: Nursing, I. degree
Study programme: Member of the working group of Pavel Jozef Šafárik University for the formation of study programmes, study field: Nursing, I. degree
Profile courses
Nursing I., 3 - Nursing, I. degree
Nursing Techniques 3 - Nursing, I. degree
Selected publications

AAA - Simulation method in medical and nursing practice / Lucia Dimunová, Beáta Grešš Halász, Jaroslav Majerník. - 1. vyd. - Grada Publishing a.s. 2024. - 152 p. ISBN 978-80-271-5337-4.

AAA Workload in the nurse profession / Lucia Dimunová, Ferdinand Mohnyánszki, Jana Raková - 1. vyd. - Praha : Powerprint, 2018. - 75 p. - ISBN 9788075680976.

ADC Anxiety and depression in Slovak patients with rheumatoid arthritis / Mária Sováriová Soósová ... [et al.].- IF 1,807, Q2 In: Journal of Mental Health. - ISSN 0963-8237. - Vol. 26, no. 1 (2017), s. 21 - 27.

ADC Self‐Reported Cultural Competence of Nurses Providing Nursing Care in Slovakia / Martin Červený, Lucia Dimunová... [et al.]. - IF 2,54 In: Journal of Nursing Scholarship. - ISSN 1547-5069. - Roč. 52, č. 6 (2020), s. 705-712.

ADM The relationship between self-esteem of nurses and their choice of strategies to cope with workload burden / Lucia Dimunová ... [et al.]. In: Central European Journal of Nursing and Midwifery. - ISSN 2336-3517. - Roč. 11, č. 3 (2020), s. 130-135.
Selected projects

APVV–17– 0550 (2018-2022) Cardiovascular disease (CVD), despite significant advances in prevention and treatment, is still the most common cause of death in Europe. Most cardiovascular diseases increase morbidity and mortality due to atherosclerotic coronary artery disease. Many risk factors as well as scoring systems that can predict coronary heart disease have been suggested. These scoring systems take into account various risk factors including gender, age, smoking, systolic blood pressure and lipid profile values. However, these tools do not take into account the personalized approach or the co-operation of the risky, protective factors in assessing cardiovascular risk. Also, some of the criteria and ratings in these schemes are certainly worth thinking about. In the new SCORE recommendations, total cholesterol, not LDL or non-HDL, or the ratio of total cholesterol to HDL, is still used in the evaluation of fatalities. Looking at the complexity of cardiovascular risk detection, atherogenesis itself and taking into account the latest knowledge of evidence-based medicine, we find it difficult to consider applying general rules to a large group of patients as current information technologies and specific applications allow us to compare with previous decades calculate with a larger data input and thus consider for each patient a personalized risk based on the available, higher number of parameters, SCORE system. The project proposes a solution for a highly current problem within the early detection and cardiac management of patients in the field of cardiovascular diseases. This study aims to prepare a predictive model for the identification of potentially risky patients and, subsequently, in this group of patients, the indication of the coronary angiography based on the model using machine learning with a significant number of subjects examined.

APPV LORICCOM (APVV-15-0719) Longitudinal research on psychosocial innovations in chronic disease management, 2016-2020. In the time of financial crisis, an ageing population and a growing burden of chronic disease healthcare systems are under great pressure. The population of individuals with one or more chronic illnesses is large and growing rapidly, and the ability of the fragmented health systems to meet the complex needs of these patients is limited. As such, there is a serious need for a thoughtful, multi-stakeholder, holistic approach to the practical implementation of integrated care systems based on patient-centred, coordinated and continuous care models. The main aim of this multidisciplinary research project is to gain knowledge in the field of effective chronic disease management and options for improvements in patients’ quality of life. The project is envisaged to: effectively support people to maximise their self-care and self-management capabilities; improve adherence to treatment regimen and reduce healthcare demand; raise awareness about integrated care and chronic condition management; develop and promote a suite of products and psychosocial innovation tools designed to respond to the chronic disease challenge; and to identify and test culturally appropriate self-management programmes. This knowledge will facilitate evidence-based decision-making concerning innovative models of healthcare delivery.

KEGA project No. 007UPJŠ - 4/2018 Application of innovative multimedia approaches in teaching the effects of physical factors using an exposure model for medical students.The KEGA project has brought new forms of use of innovative multimedia technologies in practical and theoretical teaching of medical, medical and non-medical students, mainly students of general medicine, public health, nursing, physiotherapy and dentistry medicine. The aim of the project was to create, implement, apply and implement multimedia technologies in the teaching of university students, which enabled the evaluation of the impact and use of physical health factors. Physical factors can have a negative effect, including noise, ionizing and non-ionizing radiation, vibrations, shocks and other physical factors for health the state of man. Physical factors are factors that are widely used in medical practice for example, they can also have a positive effect with use in rehabilitation and physiotherapy - ultrasound, electric currents, laser, heat. The benefits of the project have increased students' knowledge, skills and abilities from various fields of medicine and modernized the profile of graduates. He actively implemented the project so-called self - evaluation model of the effects of physical factors in medical students, at the same time with evaluation of basic physiological health determinants. Subsequently, it was created online software model, assessed the impact of lifestyle, environmental and physical factors on a self-assessment scale students with the inclusion of possible reactions of physiological changes in the form of measured health parameters. The results of the project were significantly reflected in the practical skills of students in knowledge, which are necessary in assessing the effects of important etiological factors on the development of the disease. The output parts of the project include the creation of multimedia and printed scientific and educational outputs, in the form of publications, the practical application of a simple evaluation software in the evaluation of the exposure model and its evaluation in determining the human load physical factor. The project is also in accordance with the basic requirements of the EU on the so-called impact of the risk. In the frame of the project there have been 61 published papers including monographs, Current content articles and teaching textbooks.

KEGA project No.010UPJŠ-4/2021 Implementation of multimedia technologies in teaching preventive interventions in medical and non-medical disciplines is aimed at the creation, introduction, application and implementation of multimedia technologies in teaching students (medicine, nursing, public health, physiotherapy and dentistry) of higher education institutions, which will enable the creation of intervention procedures in the prevention of chronic diseases, with a focus on cardiovascular diseases. Guidance on intervention procedures will also include interventions for the elimination of risk factors. The importance of knowledge of intervention practices is an essential element in disease prevention and therapy. The project should contribute to the improvement of the quality of undergraduate as well as postgraduate education and will improve the profile of all graduates in medical and non-medical disciplines of the Faculty of Medicine of UPJŠ, the creation of new multimedia technologies in the clarification of the acting cardiovascular factors, to contribute to the application of evidence-based medicine in practice, in the long term it should contribute to the reduction of the prevalence of diseases, and thus contribute to saving of funds for the expenditure of follow-up medical care in the occurrence of given diseases.

COST OC-2021-1-25290 Evaluation Cupid:Cancer-understanding prevention in intellectual disabilities. Zodpovedný riešiteľ: prof. John Wells, PhD., FAAN FFNMRCSI, Ireland.

There is poor understanding of cancer prevention among people with intellectual disabilities. CUPID will establish a research agenda and knowledge base to improve this in the European Union and beyond. Among the European intellectual disabilities population, many cancer diagnoses are symptomatic presentations following on from behavioural distress or physical changes. Cancer deaths among this population occur up to 20 years earlier than the general population. Factors influencing unequal health status and premature death amongst people with intellectual disabilities warrant further investigation. Article 25 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities acknowledges their right to healthcare. The Council of Europe Disability Strategy 2017-2023 recognises health systems failure to engage with and include people with disabilities. Many external and internal factors influence healthcare engagement among this population resulting in long- term health consequences. External factors include diagnostic overshadowing, paternalism and cancer screening delays during the COVID-19 pandemic. For the person challenges with communication, cognitive ability and decision-making capacity influence healthcare engagement. It is timely to develop collaborative links with the EU research and service provider communities to reach consensus on addressing these challenges. CUPID establishs active working partnerships with academics, researchers, non-governmental organisations, carers, people with intellectual disabilities and policy makers. CUPID will establish a research agenda and exchange information regarding cancer prevention in the intellectual disability population. Short term scientific exchanges, training schools, conferences and seminars using a hybrid approach will explore highlighted issues. Other network funding streams will not support this kind of activity.

International mobilities and visits
SAAIC - Erasmus+ National Agency for Education and Training, Bratislava, 13.-15.10.2016, Taliansko, Palermo - workshop Transnational cooperation activities
University of Ostrava, Faculty of Medicine, Czech republic, 18. - 23.4. 2011, Teacher mobility
University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice, Faculty of Health and Social Sciences, Czech Republic, 7.-10.11. 2021, mobility programme - training
Organisational activities
Member of the departmental commission for the defence of doctoral dissertations in the study programme Nursing - St. Elizabeth University of Health and Social Sciences, Bratislava; The University of Trnava in Trnava, 2010 - 2012, 2019, 2021; 2012
Member of the Examination Board for State Examinations in Nursing at Bachelor's, Master's and Rigorous Degree - Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice; St. Elizabeth University of Health and Social Sciences Bratislava; Jessenius Faculty of Medicine in Martin Comenius University Bratislava, 2012 -still persist ; 2012 - still persist; 2015
Member of the working group of Pavel Jozef Šafárik University for the formation of study programmes (for non-medical study programmes) - Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice, 2020 - still persist
Membership in the working group for the description of the study programme Nursing Care - Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Sport of the Slovak Republic, 2019
Member of the Final Review discipline for KEGA projects - University of Prešov, Faculty of Health Sciences, 2019, 2020, 2021
Board Assessor for the Internal Quality System (assessment of the nursing programme) - University of Prešov, 2022
Member of the Evaluation Committee in the Inaugural proceedings in the field of nursing - University of South Bohemia in České Budejovice, Faculty of Health and Social Sciences, 2024
Regional expert for nursing in the Košice Self-Governing Region - Ministry of Health of the Slovak Republic, from 5.11.2024

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Membership of European Trancultural Nursing Assotiation (ETNA). Membership of the professional organization of the Slovak Chamber of Nurses and Midwives since 2005. Assessor of APPV projects; Assessor of KEGA projects; Compiler of SAIA expert opinion. eview activity: reviews of university teaching texts, monographs, proceedings of international scientific conferences, reviews of articles in professional, scientific domestic and foreign journals (10 journals - Nursing of the XXI Century, Public Health Nursing, Psychological Reports, Health Problems of Civilization, Clinical Social Work and Health Intervention, Nursing and Midwifery, since 2014 Central European Journal of Nursing and Midwifery, Florence - journal of modern nursing, Ošetrovateľstvo: Theory, Research, Education, Nurse, Health and Social Work.Active participation in scientific, professional, national and international events, leading sections at international and scientific conferences. Leading the works of student university professional activities (ŠVOČ). Collaboration with health care facilities, social service facilities, non-profit organizations and educational institutions at national and international level. Awards: 2009 commendation from the Dean of the University P. J. Šafárik, Faculty of Medicine in Košice for excellent pedagogical results based on the evaluation by the students of the Faculty of Medicine in the Nursing study programme; 2012 „White Heart“ award in the category of nurse educator at the regional level; 2020 „White Heart“ award in the category of nurse educator at the national level.

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