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Research/art/teacher profile of a person

The name of the university:
Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice
The seat of the university:
Šrobárova 2, 041 80 Košice
The name of the faculty:
Faculty of Medicine
The seat of the faculty:
Trieda SNP 1, 040 01 Košice
I. - Basic information
I.1 - Surname
Dimunová
I.2 - Name
Lucia
I.3 - Degrees
prof., PhDr., PhD.
I.4 - Year of birth
1975
I.5 - Name of the workplace
Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Nursing Care
I.6 - Address of the workplace
Tr. SNP č.1 Košice
I.7 - Position
university teacher in the function of professor
I.8 - E-mail address
lucia.dimunova@upjs.sk
I.9 - Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Register of university staff
https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/15045
I.10 - Name of the study field in which a person works at the university
Nursing
I.11 - ORCID iD
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5577-6135
II. - Higher education and further qualification growth
II.1 - First degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice, Faculty of Medicine
II.b - Year
1996
II.c - Study field and programme
Nursing
II.2 - Second degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice, Faculty of Medicine
II.b - Year
2005
II.c - Study field and programme
Nursing
II.3 - Third degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
St. Elisabeth University of Health Care and Social Work, Bratislava
II.b - Year
2008
II.c - Study field and programme
Nursing
II.4 - Associate professor
II.a - Name of the university or institution
St. Elisabeth University of Health Care and Social Work, Bratislava
II.b - Year
2011
II.c - Study field and programme
Nursing
II.5 - Professor
II.a - Name of the university or institution
St. Elisabeth University of Health Care and Social Work, Bratislava
II.b - Year
2022
II.c - Study field and programme
Nursing
II.6 - Doctor of Science (DrSc.)
III. - Current and previous employment
III.a - Occupation-positionIII.b - InstitutionIII.c - Duration
Lector, Assistant Professor, university teacher, Associate Professor, Deputy Head of Education, HeadPavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice, Faculty of Medicine1997 - still persists
Assistant ProfessorSt. Elisabeth University of Health Care and Social Work, Bratislava2008 - still persists
NurseADOS M+M, Košice2012 - still persists
NurseUniversity Hospital in Košice1993-1994; 1996-1997
IV. - Development of pedagogical, professional, language, digital and other skills
IV.a - Activity description, course name, otherIV.b - Name of the institutionIV.c - Year
Certificate – Nursing managementThe University of Scranton1999
Institutional Testing ProgramTOEFL - Institutional testing program1999
Certificate "Healthy Workplace Initiative"European Agency for Safety and Health at Work2007
Rigorous examination in nursing (PhDr.)St. Elisabeth University of Health Care and Social Work, Bratislava2005
Certificate of pedagogical competencePavol Jozef šafárik University in Košice, Fakulty of Medicine2004
Diploma of Specialization in Nursing care in the communityUniversity of Trnava in Trnava2022
V. - Overview of activities within the teaching career at the university
V.1 - Overview of the profile courses taught in the current academic year according to study programmes
V.1.a - Name of the profile courseV.1.b - Study programmeV.1.c - DegreeV.1.d - Field of study
Nursing I., 3NursingI.Nursing
Nursing Techniques 3NursingI.Nursing
V.2 - 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
V.2.a - Name of the study programmeV.2.b - DegreeV.2.c - Field of study
A Person responsible for the study programme (OZŠP)I.Nursing
Member of the study programme disciplineI.Nursing
Member of the working group of Pavel Jozef Šafárik University for the formation of study programmesI.Nursing
V.3 - Overview of the responsibility for the development and quality of the field of habilitation procedure and inaugural procedure in the current academic year
V.4 - Overview of supervised final theses
V.4.1 - Number of currently supervised theses
V.4.a - Bachelor's (first degree)
3
V.4.b - Diploma (second degree)
4
V.4.c - Dissertation (third degree)
0
V.4.2 - Number of defended theses
V.4.a - Bachelor's (first degree)
53
V.4.b - Diploma (second degree)
33
V.4.c - Dissertation (third degree)
3
V.5 - Overview of other courses taught in the current academic year according to study programmes
V.5.a - Name of the courseV.5.b - Study programmeV.5.c - DegreeV.5.d - Field of study
Nursing Care 1, 2General MedicineI.+ II.General Medicine
Nursing ManagementNursingI.Nursing
Prevention in Internal MedicinePublic HealthI.Public Health
Clinical PropedeuticsNursingI.Nursing
Seminar of Bachelor´s ThesisNursingI.Nursing
VI. - Overview of the research/artistic/other outputs
VI.1 - Overview of the research/artistic/other outputs and the corresponding citations
VI.1.1 - Number of the research/artistic/other outputs
VI.1.a - Overall
261
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
87
VI.1.2 - Number of the research/artistic/other outputs registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
18
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
15
VI.1.3 - Number of citations corresponding to the research/artistic/other outputs
VI.1.a - Overall
451
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
179
VI.1.4 - Number of citations registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
116
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
85
VI.1.5 - Number of invited lectures at the international, national level
VI.1.a - Overall
35
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
19
VI.2 - The most significant research/artistic/other outputs

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.

ADC Anxiety and depression in Slovak patients with rheumatoid arthritis / Mária Sováriová Soósová ... [et al.]. IF 1,8. In: Journal of Mental Health. - ISSN 0963-8237. - Vol. 26, no. 1 (2017), s. 21 - 27.

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

AAA Specialised nursing care in oncology - bladder tumours/ Ivana Argayová, Katarína Angelovičová, Lucia Dimunová. - Grada Publishing, a. s. (2021) 120 p. - ISBN 9788027117260.

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.
VI.3 - The most significant research/artistic/other outputs over the last six years

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.
VI.4 - The most significant citations corresponding to the research/artistic/other outputs

ADE Dimunová L., Nagyová I. 2012.Relation between burnout syndrome and employment duration in nurses and midwives in Slovakia. In: Profese on-line [elektronický zdroj]. 2012; 5(1). Citované: 21. Ohlas: ERCOLANI, G. et al. Burnout in Home Palliative Care: What is the Role of Coping Strategies? In Journal of Palliative Care, 2020, vol. 35, no. 1, s. 46-52.

ADF Dimunová L., Dankulincová Veselská Z., Stropkaiová S. 2013. Selected assessment parameters of seniors quality of life in home and institutionalized care. In: Ošetrovateľstvo : teória-výskum-vzdelávanie [elektronický zdroj]. 2013; 3(1). Citované: 20. Ohlas: TOMAGOVÁ, M. et al. Selected indicators of mental health in the elderly - The participants the University of the Third Age. In Central European Journal of Nursing and Midwifery, 2016, vol. 7, no. 2, s. 437-443

ADC Anxiety and depression in Slovak patients with rheumatoid arthritis / Mária Sováriová Soósová ... [et al.]. [Úzkosť a depresia u slovenských pacientov s reumatoidnou artritídou]. - IF 1,8. In: Journal of Mental Health. - ISSN 0963-8237. - Vol. 26, no. 1 (2017), s. 21 - 27. Citované: 16. Ohlas: LEE, CH.-H., GIULIANI, F. The Role of Inflammation in Depression and Fatigue. In Front Immunol. 2019, vol. 10, art. no. 1696.

ADM Specific lifestyle factors among nurses and midwives / Lucia Dimunová, Viola Mechírová. In: Ošetrovatelství a porodní asistence. - ISSN 1804-2740. - Roč. 4, č. 4 (2013), s. 700-707. Citované: 4. Ohlas: IVAN, O. Práca na zmeny a životný štýl sestier po 50. roku života. In Psychológia práce a organizácie, 2016 ISBN 978-80-558-1133-8, s. 252.

ADM Work-Related Factors Influencing Burnout Syndrome in Nurses / Lucia Dimunová, Mária Sováriová Soósová, Ferdinand Mohnyánszki. In: Clinical Social Work and Health Intervention. - ISSN 2222-386X. - Roč. 9, č. 1 (2018), s. 25-30. Citované: 4. Ohlas: CHEN, D.-Y. - WU, S.-W. - CHEN, Y.-C. - WANG, G.-X.. Factors associated with public health nurses' burnout from the perspective of job demands-resources model: Public service motivation as a moderator. In Taiwan Journal of Public Health, 2019, roč. 38, č. 5, s. 478-497.

VI.5 - Participation in conducting (leading) the most important research projects or art projects over the last six years

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.

VII. - Overview of organizational experience related to higher education and research/artistic/other activities
VII.a - Activity, positionVII.b - Name of the institution, boardVII.c - Duration
Member of the departmental commission for the defence of doctoral dissertations in the study programme NursingSt. Elizabeth University of Health and Social Sciences, Bratislava; The University of Trnava in Trnava2010 - 2012, 2019, 2021; 2012
Member of the Examination Board for State Examinations in Nursing at Bachelor's, Master's and Rigorous DegreePavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice; St. Elizabeth University of Health and Social Sciences Bratislava; Jessenius Faculty of Medicine in Martin Comenius University Bratislava2012 -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 Košice2020 - still persist
Membership in the working group for the description of the study programme Nursing CareMinistry of Education, Science, Research and Sport of the Slovak Republic2019
Member of the Final Review discipline for KEGA projectsUniversity of Prešov, Faculty of Health Sciences2019, 2020, 2021
Board Assessor for the Internal Quality System (assessment of the nursing programme)University of Prešov2022
Member of the Evaluation Committee in the Inaugural proceedings in the field of nursingUniversity of South Bohemia in České Budejovice, Faculty of Health and Social Sciences2024
Regional expert for nursing in the Košice Self-Governing RegionMinistry of Health of the Slovak Republicfrom 5.11.2024
VIII. - Overview of international mobilities and visits oriented on education and research/artistic/other activities in the given field of study
VIII.a - Name of the institutionVIII.b - Address of the institutionVIII.c - Duration (indicate the duration of stay)VIII.d - Mobility scheme, employment contract, other (describe)
SAAIC - Erasmus+ National Agency for Education and TrainingBratislava13.-15.10.2016Taliansko, Palermo - workshop Transnational cooperation activities
University of Ostrava, Faculty of MedicineCzech republic18. - 23.4. 2011Teacher mobility
University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice, Faculty of Health and Social SciencesCzech Republic7.-10.11. 2021mobility programme - training
University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice, Faculty of Health and Social SciencesCzech Republic21.08 - 26.08.2022Erasmus+ Mobility Agreement - Staff mobility for training (simulation week)
Hasan Kalyoncu University, Faculty of Health ScienceGaziantep, Turecko26. - 31.5. 2024Erasmus+ Mobility Agreement - Staff mobility for training
IX. - Other relevant facts
IX.a - If relevant, other activities related to higher education or research/artistic/other activities are mentioned

Innovations for Knowledge Society (IRES), Agency of the Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Sport of the Slovak Republic for EU Structural Funds, NFP contract no.: 017/2012/1.2/OPV, ITMS code: 2611023007 (from 14.11.2012 to 31.12.2015). The main objective of the IRES project was to improve the quality of education at UPJŠ by innovating, creating new study programmes, using modern educational methodologies and with the support of IT. Within the framework of the project activities, innovative teaching methodologies and innovative study materials were created in selected subjects within the bachelor's and doctoral degree in the study programme of nursing, general medicine and dentistry at the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry of the UPJŠ, simulation laboratories for teaching clinical skills were innovated, various didactic aids, simulators, book publications were purchased, courses and activities were created in the LMS environment, professional articles and a university textbook were published, teachers participated in numerous educational activities, student satisfaction with simulation teaching was monitored. The innovation of the simulation labs contributed to a more authentic, interactive and creative learning environment. The application of information and communication technologies and simulation methods contributed to higher attractiveness and effectiveness of teaching, enabled students to actively develop their knowledge, abilities and practical skills with the possibility of immediate feedback, contributed to the development of critical thinking, clinical decision making, more effective communication, collaboration as well as higher student satisfaction with teaching.


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, White Heart award in the category of nurse educator at the national level.

Date of last update
2022-05-03