Current Issue : October - December Volume : 2015 Issue Number : 4 Articles : 5 Articles
In Japan, almost one-quarter of young women in their 20s are lean, with a body mass index less than\n18.5 kg/m2, and the number of thin pregnant women has also increased. Although the effects of several\nnutrients and foods have been well examined, little is known regarding the current status of foods and\nnutrients intake during pregnancy. The purpose of our pilot study was to investigate the current status\namong nutrients and foods intake during pregnancy, and parity.\nStudy subjects who were recruited 3-4 days after delivery were admitted to three maternity hospitals\nin Miyagi Prefecture in 2009. We analyzed 113 postpartum women. The subjects were divided into\ntwo groups according to the parity: 52 nulliparas and 61 multiparas. The questionnaire contained the\nfollowing information: age, body mass index, gestational weight gain, parity, occupation, smoking habits,\ninfant status (gestational weeks and birth weight) and a semi-quantitative food frequency questionnaire\n(FFQ) inquiring about foods. We examined categorical data using the chi-square test, and compared\ncontinuous variables using Student�s t-test.\nAmong the major macronutrients(carbohydrate, protein and fat), the multiparas group showed\nsignificantly higher fat intake than the nulliparas group. The nulliparas group showed significantly higher\ncarbohydrate intake than the multiparas group.\nAmong food intakes, the multiparas group showed a higher intake of fish and a lower intake of fruits\ncompared with the nulliparas group. Among the proportion of frequency of fish intake in both group,\nless than the nulliparas group had frequency of fish intake than did the multiparas group.\nOur pilot study shows that the diet of Japanese pregnant women is insufficient and far below the\nrecommended levels. Although fish intake is also insufficient, the proportion of fish intake increases with\nincreasing parity. Pregnancy can be an opportune time to improve nutrition and presents an ideal time\nfor promotion of health activities....
Objective: To assess the effects of Perinatal Meditation on pregnant Chinese women in Hong Kong.\nDesign: A prospective longitudinal randomized control quantitative study. Data were collected using the Prenatal Distress Questionnaire,\nPrenatal Coping Inventory, Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale, Body-Mind-Spirit Well-Being Inventory (BMSWBI)\nand salivary cortisol. Data were collected during first visit, 36th weeks pregnant, 5th weeks and 5th months after\ndelivery.\nSettings: Perinatal meditation program (Eastern Based Meditative Intervention, EBMI) for pregnant Chinese women in Hong\nKong who were attending the hospital clinic for routine perinatal care.\nParticipants: 64 pregnant Chinese women were recruited for intervention and 59 were for control. 36 cases were classified as\nFrequent Practice (FP) in intervention group.\nResults: Quantitative results showed statistically significant increase in positive appraisal (p < .05) at 36th weeks, difference\nin evening salivary cortisol (p < .05) and decreased in physical distress (p < .05) at 5th weeks postpartum in the Frequent\nPractice (FP) group.\nConclusions: Frequency of practice of meditation is directly related to its effects. Perinatal meditation can help pregnant\nwomen to reduce perinatal stress through its effect on coping mechanism and improves physical discomfort in postnatal period\nwhich are risk factors for maternal health, fetal health and child health. Perinatal meditation can be added into present perinatal\ncounselling and perinatal program to promote maternal health, child health and family health....
Background/Objective: The aim of this study is to explore the interaction between technology and care in the student-patient\nrelationship during clinical practice training. In the traditional discourse on nursing, technology is seen as insignificant or\nsecondary to the actual work of caring. Using new insights from the social sciences field on how to understand technology, this\npaper focuses on the important, but somehow underrated, relationship between technology and the human element in clinical\npractice.\nMethods: This article reports findings from a field study of Norwegian nursing students in hospital practice during second year\ntraining. Six women and three men participated in the study. The case-oriented analysis follows a cultural-analytical tradition in\nwhich the main objective is to investigate routines and ingrained conceptions in order to see familiar phenomenon and patterns in\nnew ways. The main question was: How do Norwegian nursing students learn to handle technology and care in their education\nprogramme?\nResults: With a socio-cultural perspective on student learning and data from participant observation, the findings of this paper\nshow various ways in which the presence of technology influences the interaction between students and patients. The study\ndemonstrates how technology creates challenges for students in their interactional bedside work. However, technology is also\nrevealed as offering new opportunities for contact and care.\nConclusion: Technology and the human element are linked in complex ways in students� bedside work. This aspect of bedside\ncare has not yet been given sufficient attention in the nursing education programme. In our view, this is a matter of concern; we\nconclude that nursing education needs to include updated and more nuanced perspectives that will better address this complexity...
Objective: The Niagara Health System opened a new healthcare facility in 2013 with expansion of the Mental Health and\nAddictions Program. As part of operational readiness planning, the decision was made to implement a 12-week residency\nprogram to support a cohort of ten new nursing staff in attaining the knowledge, confidence, and recovery attitudes required\nfor practice. This paper will detail the planning and implementation of a Mental Health Nursing Residency Program at the\nNiagara Health System. The outcomes of the residency program will be discussed as well as the challenges that will inform\nrecommendations for future programming. There is a paucity of literature related to mental health specific residency programs,\nand this paper will add to the work that has already been done in this specialty area of practice.\nMethods: Ten nurses new to mental health participated in the 12-week residency program. The program was evaluated using\npre and post measures of knowledge, confidence, and recovery attitudes at the beginning and end of the residency program.\nRetention rates were also examined for the cohort of new staff. Results were obtained from eight of the ten participants for data\nanalysis. Descriptive statistics were used to describe the sample, recovery attitudes, and retention. Knowledge and confidence\ndata were analyzed using paired t-tests.\nResults: Statistically significant improvements occurred in knowledge and confidence. Recovery attitudes also improved but\nretention of staff who participated in the residency program was not enhanced.\nConclusions: A residency program can be an effective strategy to ensure that nurses new to the field of mental health and\naddictions have the requisite competencies for practice....
The standard for transforming health care and professional\neducation is elevating. Advance practice nursing (APN) continues to\nevolve to meet complex health care system needs. Doctoral prepared\nRegistered Nurses (RN) and Nurse Practitioners (NP) are not\ncurrently authorized to use the title ââ?¬Å?Doctorââ?¬Â related to professionally\nrestrictive statutes....
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