Current Issue : April - June Volume : 2018 Issue Number : 2 Articles : 6 Articles
Aim: The aim of this study was to determine the patient problems that nurses encounter\nin different clinical settings and the extent to which they report being able to influence\nthose patient problems.\nDesign: Exploratory online survey research.\nMethod: Data were collected through an online questionnaire. We prepared a 2 Ã?â?? 2\nmatrix to compare the rate of occurrence against the average level of reported influence.\nDescriptive statistics were used for the data analysis.\nResults: A total of 440 nurses working in different settings completed the questionnaire.\nNurses report having the most influence on patient problems related to self-care,\nmobility and functions of the skin. Nurses experience less influence on problems\nwith voice/speech and the tasks required for participation in work/employment....
Aim: The aim of this study was to explain the perception of patients with chronic\nhepatitis B regarding problems in the Iranian society.\nDesign: Descriptive qualitative research.\nMethods: In this qualitative study, 27 patients with chronic hepatitis B in Iran were\nselected through purposive sampling. The data were collected over 22 months, in\n2015ââ?¬â??2016, by means of semi-structured\ninterviews and field notes. The interview\ntranscripts were coded using MAXQDA10 softwareÃ?®. To extract categories and\nthemes, the thematic analysis approach was used.\nResults: The participantsââ?¬â?¢ age ranged from 25ââ?¬â??52 years. Analysis of the data revealed\nseven themes: insufficient self-care,\nmisperceptions, stigmatization, psychological\nconsequences, failure, spiritual struggle and post-traumatic\ngrowth....
Background: The certainty of future technological developments in robotics and artificial intelligence\ncan alter how nursing is practiced today and in the future. In 1992, Peck argued that while advancing\ntechnologies will take over the predictive and prescriptive health care practice, the future of nursing will\nrest on the irreplaceable human touch, specifically ââ?¬Å?Tender Loving Care.ââ?¬Â\nDiscussion: If nursing is the expression of TLC, and the science of caring supports this expression as\nnursing, is it true that contemporary nursing practice is the engagement of human beings with caring as\nits core? Is the practice of nursing grounded in caring? With recent advances in robot technologies and\nartificial super intelligence (ASI) will there be Humanoid Nurse Robots (HNRs) ââ?¬Ë?nurseââ?¬â?¢ persons with TLC?\nConclusion: As fundamental to nursing practice grounded in the theory of Technological Competency\nas Caring in Nursing, the ultimate purpose of technological competency as caring in nursing is to know\npersons as caring who are participants in their care, rather than simply objects of care. The process of\nââ?¬Ë?knowing persons as caringââ?¬â?¢ in nursing is communicated as technological knowing, mutual designing and\nparticipative engaging....
Background. Although nutrition education for the prevention and management of hypertension is the responsibility of registered\ndieticians and nutritionist, nurses also play this role particularly because there are few registered dieticians. This study was\nconducted to assess final-year nursing students� level of knowledge regarding the nutritional prevention and management of\nhypertension. Methods. A cross-sectional study was conducted to assess their knowledge regarding the dietary management of\nhypertension. A total of 220 students completed a 21-itemnutritional prevention andmanagement of hypertension knowledge test.\nResults. Students� knowledge about potential modifiable risk factors of hypertension such as excessive salt and alcohol intake was\ngood. Less than half (44.5%) indicated that they will recommend an increased intake of potassium food sources to hypertensive\npatients. However, 70.5% incorrectly indicated that they will advise hypertensive patients to always read nutritional information on\nfood items in order to avoid excessive intake of potassium in their diet. Conclusion.The results of this study indicate that there are\nsome deficits in nursing students� nutritional knowledge for managing hypertension. The findings suggest an urgent need to revise\nthe nursing training curriculum in order to include practical information that can be applied by nursing students, after graduation....
Aim: This study aims to capture first-hand\ninformation from nursing home staffââ?¬â?¢s own\nunderstanding regarding what they think and have experienced about prevention of\nphysical abuse of nursing home residents and what measures they consider useful to\nimplement in their daily work.\nDesign: The design is qualitative.\nMethods: A convenient sample of staff in three nursing homes was used and data\nwere collected during three focus group interviews. The total number of informants\nwas 14. Thematic content analysis was used. The data collection period was from\nDecember 2015ââ?¬â??February 2016.\nResults: According to the staff, several factors contribute to the prevention of physical\nabuse of residents in nursing homes. There is a requirement for increased competence\namong staff about the concept of abuse and known risk factors. Good communication\nskills and trusting relationships are important factors, as well as a culture that fosters\nopenness where ethical dilemmas can be discussed....
Aim: The present study aimed to determine the impact of group integrative reminiscence\ntherapy on mental health of older women living in Iranian nursing home in 2016.\nDesign: A quasi-experimental\ndesign pre-and\npost-test\nwas used in the present study.\nPurposive sampling was used to recruit participants who met the study criteria.\nMethod: The statistical population included 60 older women living in nursing home,\namong whom 46 having the inclusion criteria were selected as the sample. After completing\nthe Goldbergââ?¬â?¢s General Health Questionnaire, the older people were divided\ninto intervention (N = 23) and control (N = 23) group by using block randomization\nmethod. The intervention groups were trained by integrative reminiscence therapy for\n60ââ?¬â??90 min 10 sessions, twice a week. Descriptive statistics and ANOVA were used for\ndata analysis by SPSS software.\nResults: The results indicated that group integrative reminiscence therapy significantly\naffected general mental health and physical dimensions, anxiety and insomnia, social\nfunctions and depression....
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