The aim of this study was to examine the presence of preexam anxiety in nursing students and establish relationship of pre-exam anxiety intensity in relation to the category variables (gender, age, place of birth, current place of residence, with whom they live, whether they are employed, the average family income, year of study), objective success (i.e., pass rate at exams, the average score at the end of year, possible renewal of the year of study) and the subjective perception of academic success (i.e., self-satisfaction as a student as well as the importance of ratings obtained at the exam). The sample was random and consisted of the students of High Medical College of Professional Studies in Belgrade at the Department of vocational nurse. 209 students were tested, evenly distributed on the second and third year of study. Pre-examination anxiety among students was examined using a questionnaire The Test Anxiety Inventory – TAI (Test Anxiety Inventory), which includes subscales: Test Anxiety Inventory-Total (TAI-T), Test Anxiety Inventory-Worry (TAI-W) and Test Anxiety Inventory-Emotionality (TAI-E). From the obtained results we can conclude that nursing students showed a statistically significant pre-exam anxiety on all subscales. Preexam anxiety symptoms compared to candidates’ sex showed statistically significant differences in all scores, and average values are always higher in female students compared to male. There is also a statistically significant difference between students of the second year in relation to the third year students. It can be concluded that there is a significant number of nursing students with the pre-exam anxiety problems that need professional help and support in the form of expanding and strengthening personal competencies.

Background/Aim. Quality of life in patients early after elective surgery is related to postoperative pain and recovery rate. The aim of this study was to compare immediate preoperative and early postoperative quality of life after three common elective surgical interventions in hospital settings. Methods. Population of this prospective cohort study included patients who underwent one of the three surgical interventions: elective laparoscopic cholecystectomy (n = 40), open inguinal hernia repair (n = 40) or excision of pilonidal sinus (n = 40). Primary outcome of the study was quality of life measured once-daily, starting from the day before surgery, and then each postoperative day. It was measured by visual analogue scale (VAS) and by Serbian translation of short questionnaire on quality of life developed by World Health Organization. Results. Postoperative quality of life dropped to the lowest level on the first postoperative day, regardless of the type of surgery. The drop was the most pronounced in physical and psychological aspects of quality of life (e.g. after cholecystectomy from 15.4 ? 2.5 to 12.5 ? 2.0, and from 15.9 ? 2.0 to 14.9 ? 2.1, respectively) while social and environmental aspects were the least affected by the surgery (e.g., after excision of pilonidal sinus from 16.3 ? 2.6 to 15.7 ? 2.1, and from 14.3 ? 2.6 to 14.1 ? 2.2, respectively). Quality of life was rapidly restored on the second postoperative day, and on the last day before discharge of the patient from hospital it surpasses preoperative level (e.g., after open inguinal hernia repair from 14.6 ? 3.6 to 15.2 ? 3.0. Conclusions. Minor elective surgical interventions are associated with only moderate (less than 25%) and short (one day) immediate postoperative decrease in quality of life, which is followed by increase on discharge from hospital to the levels, higher than preoperative one.

By audiometric and impedancemetric examinations it was determined that for the sense of hearing it is significant not only a threshold hearing expressed in the audiometric curve at various frequences, but also a threshold of unpleasantness and pain under higher intensities shown by the occurrence of stapedic reflex. The less hearing field between threshold hearing and threshold acustic reflex is, the less capabilities of hearing perception due to the occurrence of recrutment.

On the basis of these data, we can conclude that the use of oxygen under high pressure has no influence on the increased prooxidative activities in diabetic patients during and after HBOt, disregarding the degree of the present vascular damages.

Pregledni rad ISTRA@IVANJE 20 UVOD Izbor profesije kao predmet akademske odluke je od velikog značaja. U stara vremena izbor profesije nije bio problem, zbog odsustva jasno određene profesije i ne tako, usko određene konkurencije modernog vremena. Postojala su tradicionalna zanimanja u svakoj porodici i mlađe generacije su se obučavale u toj struci kod kuće. Nije bilo specijalizovanih profesija, a sada se situacija potpuno promenila. Ovo je industrijsko doba i prisutno je takmičenje u svakoj sveri života. Period adolescencije, sazrevanja je karakterističan po obilju transformacija, prilagođavanja, novih doživljaja, odluka i iskustava. Pojedincu nije uvek lako da prepozna koje je to zanimanje i najbolje za njega (1). Bez stručnog znanja se ne može ući u bilo koju profesiju. Pitanje pažljivog izbora profesije postaje sve važnije. Da bi smo bili srećni u životu važno nam je zadovoljstvo poslom i uspeh u njemu. Psiholozi smatraju da je to jedna od dve najvažnije odluke u životu. Postoje mnogi značajni i relevantni faktori koje treba pažljivo razmotriti pre donošenja zaključka u tom pogledu. Interesovanje za određenu struku je pre svega element koji treba uzeti u obzir prilikom donošeenja odluke za izbor profesije. Važno je upoznati svoje sposobnosti, osobine, potrebe, motive, očekivanja. Upoznati više zanimanja kako bi smo znali šta biramo moramo znati šta se sve nudi. Potrebno je saznati u kojoj školi se možete školovati, koji se predmeti izučavaju, koliko traje školovanje, kakve su mogućnosti za zapošljavanje, kakve su potrebe u narednom periodu, kakva je situacija u drugim sredinama, mogućnost napredovanja u karijeri, i kakva je zarada.Glavni uticaj na profesionalna interesovanja i želje pojedinca je motivacija roditelja. Što su veće želje i nadanja roditelja veće su i želje deteta za uspehom, nezavisno od intiligencije i društveno ekonomskog statusa porodice. Još jedan važan uticaj su zanimanja roditelja i njihov odnos prema karijeri. Njihov pozitivan stav prema Zadovoljstvo učenika i studenata sestrinstva izborom profesije