Introduction: We define homeless people as individuals or a family who has no permanent, regular and appropriate night housing. Homeless people are health -threatening population and often have poor physical and mental health compared to the general population. The homeless people face stigma and suppression every day, making them seemingly invisible but vulnerable to actions of violence. They also have less access to medical care. Purpose: The purpose of the thesis is to explore the positions and attitude of the nursing students of the Faculty of Health in Ljubljana to the homeless before, during and after contact with them while conducting practical training at the Day Center for Homeless. The aim of the diploma thesis is to find out how nursing students were contacting homeless people in the day care center and finding changes in the attitudes of nursing students towards homeless people. Methods: We used a descriptive method of work. The answers to the open questions were analyzed using qualitative content analysis. We used a free open-source online survey application on the EnklikAnketa web portal to collect data. The data is represented by the written answers of the students. We performed a qualitative data analysis. The interpretation of the data is given in text format and follows the scheme or scheme. Table display of topics, (sub) categories and codes. Results: The survey questionnaires were solved by 86 students before the practical training, including 31 and after the practical training by 29 students. The results of the analysis of the answers are summarized in three key topics: assumptions and expectations, first impressions and evaluation of the experience with the corresponding (sub)categories. Discussion and conclusion: Through the qualitative analysis of the obtained data, we gained a unique insight into the attitude of nursing students towards homeless people before, during and after practical training in a center for the homeless. We found out how the students experienced contact with the homeless and how, according to them, their attitudes and attitude towards the homeless changed after contact with them. Encountering the homeless at all levels of health care makes it extremely important to educate students and other staff about the homeless.
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