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OBJECTIVE: Medical statistics show that cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) constitute the most frequent cause of mortality both in our country and in the world. We classify those diseases as lifestyle diseases. The therapy of cardiovascular diseases requires active cooperation of the patient. The level of the patient's cooperation with the healthcare staff is called compliance. The concept of compliance is being replaced by the term adherence. Adherence is defined as a behaviour in which the patients implement suggest...

The nurse's educational activities in cardiovascular prevention play an important role. Quantitative method of questionnaire technique with the help of standardized structured interview was used for the survey. Data were processed by the descriptive statistic methods. The SASD program and the contingency tables of selected indicators of the 2nd classification degree were subsequently used for processing. The degree of dependence of selected features was determined by the chi2, t-test.

The objective of the paper is to present an overview of the findings about applicable models (algorithms) in the area of Breaking Bad News (BBN). The paper presents an overview of selected models with an emphasis on their practical application. The overview was produced by means of an analysis, comparison, discussion and synthesis of relevant findings. The search procedure was performed in line with the specifics of the research strategy using keywords (aimed at methodologies, procedures, and models applied in rel...