Homeostasis is important for maintaining balance and normal functioning of the organism. Allostatic mechanisms further help to establish this balance. If the body is under stress for a longer period, a complex condition in the body called allostatic load occurs. If such a load lasts longer, the risk of developing diseases increases significantly. This study was conducted anonymously with the aim of determining the health status of male and female nurses in the Neuropsychiatric hospital “Dr. Ivan Barbot” in Popovača and their exposure to everyday stressors in the workplace. The main purpose was to examine the relationship between stress and the health status of nurses in relation to gender, age, and seniority. A total of 142 nurses participated. The Health Questionnaire and Workplace Stress Questionnaire were used. The results showed that the most common diseases nurses suffer from are cardiovascular diseases, thyroid diseases, gastrointestinal diseases, and allergies. Women showed higher sensitivity to stress than men. The most common stressors faced by nurses in the workplace are inadequate personal income, inadequate workspace and material resources for work, lack of staff, daily contingencies, 24-hour responsibility, and administrative work. This study found an association between age and, consequently, work experience with the likelihood of illness, although both the healthy and the sick perceive equal levels of stress. One disadvantage of this study is that it covers a large area and deals with general issues, but it can certainly be a starting point for further research. Many questions remain open, which means there is a need for further research and study of the link between stress and illness.

Introduction. Nursing documentation is an indicator of healthcare quality. After extensive data analysis, it has been shown that nursing documentation has become an assessment tool and a tool to change clinical practice. Stroke is the most significant individual cause of disability in the adult population. In instances of ischemic stroke, brain circulation is abruptly disconnected. Causes of this break in blood flow may be blockage or compression of blood vessels due to thrombosis, embolism or systemic hypoperfusion. Therapy administered in cases of acute ischemic stroke includes intravenous thrombolytic therapy-recombined tissue activator of plasminogen within 180, i.e. 270 minutes of the stroke. Aim. To determine the quality of outcomes as regards patient care after administering thrombolytic therapy in a display of progress notes of patients' condition during their stay in the hospital, both before and after administering thrombolytic therapy. Methods. A retrospective study was carried out at the neurology department of "Dr. Ivo Pedišić" General Hospital in Sisak during 43 months from January 1, 2013 to May 31, 2017. 85 patients participated in the study. Data were obtained from one component of nursing documentation in electronic form, namely progress notes on the patients' conditions. Results. With a 95% confidence level, a statistically significant difference (p<0.05) was found for parameters of hygiene, feeding, elimination, dressing, walking, moving, sitting, standing, turning, nutrition-diet, strain tolerance, Braden scale and categorization, before and after thrombolytic therapy. Statistical significance was not found in the parameters of pain (p=0.067), GCS/ Trauma score scale (p=0.339), risk of fall (p=0.072). Conclusion. The implementation of the healthcare process, continued monitoring of the patient's condition and progress, as well as validation of nursing activities provide an imperative for the application of nursing documentation as an essential tool in describing regular nursing activities. Application of documentation enables a more permanent insight into a patient's general state, data availability, care continuity, progress chronology and result evaluation, as well as a material background for professional, expert and scientific development of nurses through studies in the field of nursing.

In Croatia, the process of deinstitutionalization of childcare is underway, and it should increase the placement of children in non-institutional forms of care such as foster care. The aim of the study was to examine attitudes towards foster care and child separation among school and adult mental health professionals. The sample consisted of 159 respondents (employees of elementary schools in Kutina, Popovača and Velika Ludina and employees of the Neuropsychiatric Hospital “Dr. Ivan Barbot” in Popovača). The survey covered all relevant sociodemographic variables, and the Scale of Attitudes Towards Separation of Children from Family and the Attitudes Towards Foster Care Scale were used to examine attitudes [Kamenov, Sladovic Franz &amp; Ajdukovic, 2005]. In the sample examined, attitudes to foster care and separation are slightly positive, indicating that there is plenty of room for activities aimed at empowering these views. If further attitudes are to be strengthened, therefore the population of potential future foster parents is also expected to expand. It is important to highlight the role of healthcare professionals involved in the mental health care of foster children and to consider their role in modifying general attitudes towards foster care for children and their role in building an optimal foster care system.