Introduction: There is the increasing number of elderly patients with motion disabilities who require help and infatuations from nursing stuff. According to the Central Statistic Department (GUS), 25,4% people in Poland is over 60. In 2050 this number will increase to 40%(39,9%). This is very important topic because when the number of old people will increase the geriatric care will be more important. Especially because this is partially covered by nursing team. They should be satisfied and content of the job they do, and they should fulfill the aim they had when they started this profession. The aim: Analysis of nurse’s work with patients, nursing procedures evaluation, how this procedure is scored by the nurse, what is the nurse’s role in the rehabilitation process. Material and methods: There were nursing process with geriatric patients analyzed in this article. There were nursing procedures investigated with the opinion of the person who performed this procedure. Role of the nurse in rehabilitation process was and the satisfaction from typical work load was analyzed. Results: Analyzed results showed that there is a deficit in the nurse’s knowledge and the lack of the complex care in elderly patient with disabilities. There is lack of the preparation and education program to perform holistic patient care. This includes monitoring, examination and elderly needs. Conclusions: The nurse is the first link that helps the patient to understand his disease. The nurse develops therapeutic contact that helps the patient to feel safe and positively react for the introduced treatment.

Introduction: The last 20 years have been a period of huge changes in Polish healthcare, both in terms of medical progress as well as organization and financing. These changes, and especially the newly introduced queuing systems significantly influenced the changes in the profile of hospital admission. The aim: To analyze changes in the patient profile, causes and time of hospitalization, as well as the waiting time for hospitalization, in 1996-2019 Lublin SPSK4 Orthopedics and Rehabilitation Clinic. Material and methods: Patients’ medical records were analyzed, including qualification cards. The waiting time for admission to the hospital, the time of hospitalization, the cause of hospitalization, gender and the patient’s place of residence were analyzed. Results and conclusions: 1. During the 13 years analyzed, the number of hospitalizations increased from 452 to 1387 patients a year. 2. The waiting time for hospitalization increased from an average of 2 months in 1996 to even 2 years (in the case of patients with chronic category) in 2020. 3. The average length of hospitalization changed compared to the level of 1996 (8 weeks) in the case of patients with the early neurological category increased slightly (9 weeks), in the case of other patients - it decreased to 4 weeks, respectively - chronically ill patients, 3 weeks - patients from the systemic and weekly rehabilitation category - orthopedic patients. 4. The scope of the reasons for hospitalization, but also methods of treatment has expanded significantly. 5. Patient demographic profile in the examined aspects (origin, gender) - remained similar.