Pub Date : 2017-10-30DOI: 10.14419/IJANS.V6I2.7711
V. Shipanga, J. Augustyn, D. Ashipala
Purpose: The rationale of thisresearch was to describe the care and support services given to nurses who are responsible for providing care for patients with both the human immunedeficiency virus. Accordingly, the study investigated HIV/AIDS care support preferences for nurses. Method: The study used a descriptive research design. The respondents comprise twenty-four (24) nurses who were conveniently selected from Intermediate Hospital of Oshakati (IHO).The The requisite data was collected via questionnaires, which were distributed to the respondents. The respondents were required to fill in the questionnaires and furnish their views on their perceptions regarding the care and support services available for nurses caring for patients with HIV/AIDS in the Intermediate Hospital Oshakati. Findings: The study revealed a lack of guidance for nurses who provide care for immunocompromised patients. The study also found that the majority of challenge's nurses face in providing care, and support involved emotional pain and under staff. Conclusions: The study concluded that the nurses themselves were both affected and infected by HIV/AIDSbut that these same nurses are expected to provide treatment to patients with HIV/AIDS. Support systems for nurses constitute an extremely important workplace issue, although the nurses conceded that the hospital in question did not have sufficient capacity to provide such support systems. Recommendations: This study suggested that the hospital leadership could function as a team in developing supportive interventions that match the problems/needs identified. Nurses should also takes to take an active role in caring for themselves.
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Pub Date : 2017-10-14DOI: 10.14419/IJANS.V6I2.8282
E. Shahin, M. Hasan
Background: the National Heart, Lung, and blood Institute estimate that each year approximately 785,000 Americans will have a new coronary attack and approximately 470,000 will have a recurrent attack. Chest pain is one of the most common symptoms of coronary artery disease or acute coronary syndrome. Objectives : this study aims to compare between routine nursing care of chest pain and chest pain guidelines in patients with acute coronary syndrome and assess health outcome after application of chest pain guidelines in acute coronary syndrome patients. Method: Quasi experimental research design was used in the current study. The study was conducted at the coronary care unit of Suez canal University Hospital. Sample; consecutive of 70 patients was included in the study. Four tools were used for study data collection that named the chest pain guidelines evidence based nursing care in patients with angina pectoris, visual analog scale to assess chest pain, dyspnea scale to assess breathing pattern and fourth one was lab investigation to assess patient health prognosis. Results: The study results revealed an improvement of patients’ health outcome represented in a significant reduction in complain of chest pain, blood pressure and insufficient sleeping with P-value of 0.000 after applying guidelines of care regarding chest pain. Additionally, the respiratory pattern and respiratory rate improved significantly with P-value of 0.000. Moreover, lab investigation showed significantly decrease in LHD level with P-value of 0.000. Conclusion: The current study concluded that application of chest pain guidelines intervention could be improved patients health outcomes.
{"title":"Evaluation of applying chest pain guidelines in coronary care patients on their health outcome","authors":"E. Shahin, M. Hasan","doi":"10.14419/IJANS.V6I2.8282","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14419/IJANS.V6I2.8282","url":null,"abstract":"Background: the National Heart, Lung, and blood Institute estimate that each year approximately 785,000 Americans will have a new coronary attack and approximately 470,000 will have a recurrent attack. Chest pain is one of the most common symptoms of coronary artery disease or acute coronary syndrome. Objectives : this study aims to compare between routine nursing care of chest pain and chest pain guidelines in patients with acute coronary syndrome and assess health outcome after application of chest pain guidelines in acute coronary syndrome patients. Method: Quasi experimental research design was used in the current study. The study was conducted at the coronary care unit of Suez canal University Hospital. Sample; consecutive of 70 patients was included in the study. Four tools were used for study data collection that named the chest pain guidelines evidence based nursing care in patients with angina pectoris, visual analog scale to assess chest pain, dyspnea scale to assess breathing pattern and fourth one was lab investigation to assess patient health prognosis. Results: The study results revealed an improvement of patients’ health outcome represented in a significant reduction in complain of chest pain, blood pressure and insufficient sleeping with P-value of 0.000 after applying guidelines of care regarding chest pain. Additionally, the respiratory pattern and respiratory rate improved significantly with P-value of 0.000. Moreover, lab investigation showed significantly decrease in LHD level with P-value of 0.000. Conclusion: The current study concluded that application of chest pain guidelines intervention could be improved patients health outcomes.","PeriodicalId":311537,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Advanced Nursing Studies","volume":"13 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-10-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127045567","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2017-10-13DOI: 10.14419/IJANS.V6I2.8293
R. Abdelmowla, Abdelhakeem A Essa, Esmat Sayed Abd-Elmaged
Background : Increase intracranial pressure following craniotomy is common and different measures should be taken to prevent or treat it promptly. Aim : Preventing or reducing increase intracranial pressure following craniotomy. Research design : Quasi-experimental. Subjects and methods : All nurses (26) in neurosurgery department at Assiut Neurological, Psychiatric and Neurosurgery University Hospital, in addition to a sample of 124 patients after craniotomy. Control group (62 adult patients before implementing the nursing educational program) and study group (62 adult patients after implementing the nursing educational program). Nurses’ knowledge and practice were assessed before and after implementation of the nursing educational program. Tools: Structured questionnaire to assess nurses` demographic data and knowledge about intracranial pressure, observation checklist for nurses` practice, patients’ assessment sheet, and teaching booklet for nurses about postoperative increase intracranial pressure. Results : Highly significant differences were found as regarding nurses` knowledge and nurses` practice pre and post implementing the nursing educational program. Significant difference was found between study and control groups as regarding increase intracranial pressure following craniotomy. Conclusion : Nursing educational program had a significant effect on preventing or reducing postoperative increase intracranial pressure. Recommendation : Nurses should have continuous education through programs, workshops, seminars and/or training courses to maintain high quality care.
{"title":"Role of the nurse in preventing or reducing increase intracranial pressure following craniotomy","authors":"R. Abdelmowla, Abdelhakeem A Essa, Esmat Sayed Abd-Elmaged","doi":"10.14419/IJANS.V6I2.8293","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14419/IJANS.V6I2.8293","url":null,"abstract":"Background : Increase intracranial pressure following craniotomy is common and different measures should be taken to prevent or treat it promptly. Aim : Preventing or reducing increase intracranial pressure following craniotomy. Research design : Quasi-experimental. Subjects and methods : All nurses (26) in neurosurgery department at Assiut Neurological, Psychiatric and Neurosurgery University Hospital, in addition to a sample of 124 patients after craniotomy. Control group (62 adult patients before implementing the nursing educational program) and study group (62 adult patients after implementing the nursing educational program). Nurses’ knowledge and practice were assessed before and after implementation of the nursing educational program. Tools: Structured questionnaire to assess nurses` demographic data and knowledge about intracranial pressure, observation checklist for nurses` practice, patients’ assessment sheet, and teaching booklet for nurses about postoperative increase intracranial pressure. Results : Highly significant differences were found as regarding nurses` knowledge and nurses` practice pre and post implementing the nursing educational program. Significant difference was found between study and control groups as regarding increase intracranial pressure following craniotomy. Conclusion : Nursing educational program had a significant effect on preventing or reducing postoperative increase intracranial pressure. Recommendation : Nurses should have continuous education through programs, workshops, seminars and/or training courses to maintain high quality care.","PeriodicalId":311537,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Advanced Nursing Studies","volume":"38 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-10-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134368992","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2017-10-10DOI: 10.14419/IJANS.V6I2.8264
M. Small, J. Lindo, Joyette Aiken, C. Chin
Purpose: In many first-world settings, lateral violence among nurses is pervasive and has been associated with deleterious psychological effects, high staff turnover and negative patient outcomes. This study explored lateral violence among nurses at a Jamaican hospital. Methods: A fixed concurrent QUAN= QUAL mixed method study design was employed. Data were gathered from 114 registered nurses using the 38-item Briles’ Sabotage Savvy self-administered questionnaire and two focus group discussions. Results: Exposure to lateral violence was reported by 96% of participants, and 3/4 rated the exposure as moderate to severe. Nurse Managers were the main perpetrators of lateral violence (63%). Lateral violence created a hostile environment, and half of the nurses surveyed indicated an intent to resign. These survey findings were supported by the focus group discussions which yielded themes inclusive of professional disengagement and erosion of team work. Conclusion: The high levels of lateral violence reported in this study indicates an urgent need for the implementation of appropriate workplace violence policies. Reported threats to the healthcare system included poor staff retention and professional disengagement. Highlights: Lateral violence among nurses is one of the most damaging issues affecting the progress of the nursing profession and is well studied in the developed world. The attributes of the phenomenon of lateral violence in a low and middle-income country are described in this paper. Exposure to lateral violence was reported by 96% of participants, forms of lateral violence appeared to be mainly verbal or emotional and nurse managers were the major perpetrators. Assimilated behavior in response to lateral violence among the nurses included professional disengagement, retaliation, avoidance and intent to resign. The pervasiveness of lateral violence among the nurses studied indicates the need to implement appropriate workplace violence policies.
{"title":"Lateral violence among nurses at a Jamaican hospital : a mixed methods study","authors":"M. Small, J. Lindo, Joyette Aiken, C. Chin","doi":"10.14419/IJANS.V6I2.8264","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14419/IJANS.V6I2.8264","url":null,"abstract":"Purpose: In many first-world settings, lateral violence among nurses is pervasive and has been associated with deleterious psychological effects, high staff turnover and negative patient outcomes. This study explored lateral violence among nurses at a Jamaican hospital. Methods: A fixed concurrent QUAN= QUAL mixed method study design was employed. Data were gathered from 114 registered nurses using the 38-item Briles’ Sabotage Savvy self-administered questionnaire and two focus group discussions. Results: Exposure to lateral violence was reported by 96% of participants, and 3/4 rated the exposure as moderate to severe. Nurse Managers were the main perpetrators of lateral violence (63%). Lateral violence created a hostile environment, and half of the nurses surveyed indicated an intent to resign. These survey findings were supported by the focus group discussions which yielded themes inclusive of professional disengagement and erosion of team work. Conclusion: The high levels of lateral violence reported in this study indicates an urgent need for the implementation of appropriate workplace violence policies. Reported threats to the healthcare system included poor staff retention and professional disengagement. Highlights: Lateral violence among nurses is one of the most damaging issues affecting the progress of the nursing profession and is well studied in the developed world. The attributes of the phenomenon of lateral violence in a low and middle-income country are described in this paper. Exposure to lateral violence was reported by 96% of participants, forms of lateral violence appeared to be mainly verbal or emotional and nurse managers were the major perpetrators. Assimilated behavior in response to lateral violence among the nurses included professional disengagement, retaliation, avoidance and intent to resign. The pervasiveness of lateral violence among the nurses studied indicates the need to implement appropriate workplace violence policies.","PeriodicalId":311537,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Advanced Nursing Studies","volume":"143 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-10-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126618442","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2017-09-22DOI: 10.14419/IJANS.V6I2.8152
Arwa Al-humaidan, F. Mersal
Background: Saudi Arabia has a huge shortage of Saudi nurses. Therefore, the students’ perception of nursing affect their future choice of nursing career. Despite nursing is an honorable profession the majority of Saudi’s families still do not think like that about nursing. Aim: This study aimed to explore the Perceptions of nursing as a future profession among Secondary school students' females in Al Rass city KSA. Design: A cross-sectional descriptive design was utilized. Sample: A convenient sample of female’s secondary school was included. Tools: Professional nursing perception questionnaires were used and provided to 225 females aged 16 and above who are attending the largest 4 high governmental schools in Al-Rass city in the Qassim region of KSA. Result: the result revealed that almost all had an idea about the functional aspect of nursing career, and 37% of them have got this infor-mation from media. However, only 29% of participants will choose nursing as a future career. Additionally, 55.1% of participants indicated that nursing requires science background that was their primary reason to avoid nursing career. Conclusion: this study concluded that the majority of respondents do not prefer nursing as future career. Therefore, there is a critical need to enhance the image of nursing and attract more high school students into this profession.
{"title":"Perceptions of nursing as a future profession among high school students' females in AL-RASS city, Saudi Arabia","authors":"Arwa Al-humaidan, F. Mersal","doi":"10.14419/IJANS.V6I2.8152","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14419/IJANS.V6I2.8152","url":null,"abstract":"Background: Saudi Arabia has a huge shortage of Saudi nurses. Therefore, the students’ perception of nursing affect their future choice of nursing career. Despite nursing is an honorable profession the majority of Saudi’s families still do not think like that about nursing. Aim: This study aimed to explore the Perceptions of nursing as a future profession among Secondary school students' females in Al Rass city KSA. Design: A cross-sectional descriptive design was utilized. Sample: A convenient sample of female’s secondary school was included. Tools: Professional nursing perception questionnaires were used and provided to 225 females aged 16 and above who are attending the largest 4 high governmental schools in Al-Rass city in the Qassim region of KSA. Result: the result revealed that almost all had an idea about the functional aspect of nursing career, and 37% of them have got this infor-mation from media. However, only 29% of participants will choose nursing as a future career. Additionally, 55.1% of participants indicated that nursing requires science background that was their primary reason to avoid nursing career. Conclusion: this study concluded that the majority of respondents do not prefer nursing as future career. Therefore, there is a critical need to enhance the image of nursing and attract more high school students into this profession.","PeriodicalId":311537,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Advanced Nursing Studies","volume":"20 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-09-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122227724","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2017-07-13DOI: 10.14419/IJANS.V6I2.7660
E. Youness, W. Ibrahim
Background: Cesarean section is the oldest surgery performed in obstetrics. Time needed for recovery of post cesarean section woman is more than those needed for vaginal delivery. The nursing role is to make women after C. S more independent in resuming their daily activities as soon as possible. This can be achieved by early exercises to faster her recovery and reduce complications associated with prolonged bed rest after C.S. The study aimed to assess the effect of early and progressive exercises on C. S recovery among post caesarean women for women attending Women’s Health Hospital, Assiut University, Egypt. Methods: A study and control quasi-experimental design used on 340 posts cesarean section women divided into two groups, study and control, each group contained 170 postpartum women. A structured interviewing questionnaire used as a tool which included Sociodemographic, Obstetric characteristics and follow-up data. Results: Findings of this study revealed that there were significant differences between both groups regarding post-cesarean section recovery variables, which included analgesics required, self-void after catheter removal, breast feeding, oral hydration, and first flatus passed after exercises as per the independent t-test (p<0.05). Conclusion: Early and progressive exercises had an effective role in improving post cesarean section women recovery. Recommendations: Early and progressive exercises should be encouraged as a routine part of care for women within 2 hours after cesarean section.
{"title":"Effect of early and progressive exercises on post-caesarean section recovery among women attending women's heath hospital","authors":"E. Youness, W. Ibrahim","doi":"10.14419/IJANS.V6I2.7660","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14419/IJANS.V6I2.7660","url":null,"abstract":"Background: Cesarean section is the oldest surgery performed in obstetrics. Time needed for recovery of post cesarean section woman is more than those needed for vaginal delivery. The nursing role is to make women after C. S more independent in resuming their daily activities as soon as possible. This can be achieved by early exercises to faster her recovery and reduce complications associated with prolonged bed rest after C.S. The study aimed to assess the effect of early and progressive exercises on C. S recovery among post caesarean women for women attending Women’s Health Hospital, Assiut University, Egypt. Methods: A study and control quasi-experimental design used on 340 posts cesarean section women divided into two groups, study and control, each group contained 170 postpartum women. A structured interviewing questionnaire used as a tool which included Sociodemographic, Obstetric characteristics and follow-up data. Results: Findings of this study revealed that there were significant differences between both groups regarding post-cesarean section recovery variables, which included analgesics required, self-void after catheter removal, breast feeding, oral hydration, and first flatus passed after exercises as per the independent t-test (p<0.05). Conclusion: Early and progressive exercises had an effective role in improving post cesarean section women recovery. Recommendations: Early and progressive exercises should be encouraged as a routine part of care for women within 2 hours after cesarean section.","PeriodicalId":311537,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Advanced Nursing Studies","volume":"42 24","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-07-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131603142","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2017-06-21DOI: 10.14419/ijans.v6i2.7681
Safaa Mohamed, F. Rushdy
Background: Patient Safety Culture is a relatively new concept in health management. Highly reliable health care providers have a patient safety culture incorporated in them. Aim: To assess perception of internship nursing students about patient safety culture during their work-ing at Minia and Assiut Universities Hospitals. Subjects and methods: Descriptive correlation design was utilized for this current study. A convenience sample of nurses' intern, equal both to participate 200 nurse intern from Minia and Assiut Universities Hospitals. The data collected through self-administered questionnaire which includes personal characteristics data and patient safety culture questionnaire. Re-sults: Illustrated the positive correlation between all factors of patient safety culture among internship nursing students in Minia and patient safety level with highly statistically significant differences. There were positive correlations between hospital work area / unit and residence with statistically significant differences. Conclusions: There were positive correlations among studied internship nursing students as regard to the level of patient safety and all factors of patient safety cultures (Hospital work area, your supervisor, Communication, Frequency of events reported, Patient safety at your hospital). Recommendations: Study the association between patient safety culture and quality of care from patients’ perspectives.
{"title":"Patient safety culture as perceived by intern-ship nursing students","authors":"Safaa Mohamed, F. Rushdy","doi":"10.14419/ijans.v6i2.7681","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14419/ijans.v6i2.7681","url":null,"abstract":"Background: Patient Safety Culture is a relatively new concept in health management. Highly reliable health care providers have a patient safety culture incorporated in them. Aim: To assess perception of internship nursing students about patient safety culture during their work-ing at Minia and Assiut Universities Hospitals. Subjects and methods: Descriptive correlation design was utilized for this current study. A convenience sample of nurses' intern, equal both to participate 200 nurse intern from Minia and Assiut Universities Hospitals. The data collected through self-administered questionnaire which includes personal characteristics data and patient safety culture questionnaire. Re-sults: Illustrated the positive correlation between all factors of patient safety culture among internship nursing students in Minia and patient safety level with highly statistically significant differences. There were positive correlations between hospital work area / unit and residence with statistically significant differences. Conclusions: There were positive correlations among studied internship nursing students as regard to the level of patient safety and all factors of patient safety cultures (Hospital work area, your supervisor, Communication, Frequency of events reported, Patient safety at your hospital). Recommendations: Study the association between patient safety culture and quality of care from patients’ perspectives.","PeriodicalId":311537,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Advanced Nursing Studies","volume":"19 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-06-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128410627","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2017-04-15DOI: 10.14419/IJANS.V6I1.7415
A. El-Gilany, N. Saleh, Heba Mohamed, Eman Elsayed
Background: Insomnia is a common problem among older adults and can lead to several complications affecting the quality of life of elderly people. Aim : To estimate the prevalence of insomnia and its associated factors among community-dwelling elderly. Study design: This is a cross-sectional descriptive study carried out on 1059 elderly living in three villages affiliated to Mansoura District, Egypt. Data collected during an interview included: socio-demographic and clinical features, habits before sleeping, environmental factors that could affect sleeping, the geriatric depression scale and Athens insomnia scale. Logistic regression analysis was done to find out the independent predictors of insomnia. Results: The prevalence of insomnia was 62.1%. The logistic regression revealed that insomnia is less likely among elderly of 75 and more (AOR=0.3) compared to those aged 60-75 years. The risk of insomnia is high among those with depression (AOR=6.4 and 14.6 for mild and moderate/severe depression; respectively), fear of death (AOR=14.7), life stressors (AOR=7.1), presence of musculoskeletal disorders (AOR=5.6), respiratory disorders (AOR=4.5), worry about children (AOR=4.5) and cold bedroom (AOR=2.7). Conclusion: Slightly less than two-thirds of the studied subjects have insomnia, and most of the associated factors are preventable and/or controllable. Recommendations: According to the results of the present study, the following recommendations are suggested: Design educational program for elders to enhance sleep through emphasizing on the importance of sleep hygiene practice, behavioral and non-pharmacological interventions, and healthy lifestyle.
{"title":"Prevalence of insomnia and its associated factors among rural elderly: a community based study","authors":"A. El-Gilany, N. Saleh, Heba Mohamed, Eman Elsayed","doi":"10.14419/IJANS.V6I1.7415","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14419/IJANS.V6I1.7415","url":null,"abstract":"Background: Insomnia is a common problem among older adults and can lead to several complications affecting the quality of life of elderly people. Aim : To estimate the prevalence of insomnia and its associated factors among community-dwelling elderly. Study design: This is a cross-sectional descriptive study carried out on 1059 elderly living in three villages affiliated to Mansoura District, Egypt. Data collected during an interview included: socio-demographic and clinical features, habits before sleeping, environmental factors that could affect sleeping, the geriatric depression scale and Athens insomnia scale. Logistic regression analysis was done to find out the independent predictors of insomnia. Results: The prevalence of insomnia was 62.1%. The logistic regression revealed that insomnia is less likely among elderly of 75 and more (AOR=0.3) compared to those aged 60-75 years. The risk of insomnia is high among those with depression (AOR=6.4 and 14.6 for mild and moderate/severe depression; respectively), fear of death (AOR=14.7), life stressors (AOR=7.1), presence of musculoskeletal disorders (AOR=5.6), respiratory disorders (AOR=4.5), worry about children (AOR=4.5) and cold bedroom (AOR=2.7). Conclusion: Slightly less than two-thirds of the studied subjects have insomnia, and most of the associated factors are preventable and/or controllable. Recommendations: According to the results of the present study, the following recommendations are suggested: Design educational program for elders to enhance sleep through emphasizing on the importance of sleep hygiene practice, behavioral and non-pharmacological interventions, and healthy lifestyle.","PeriodicalId":311537,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Advanced Nursing Studies","volume":"87 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-04-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114619559","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2017-04-14DOI: 10.14419/IJANS.V6I1.7453
Fatimah A. Almuhsen, Hanan A Alkorashy, Fatma M. Baddar, A. Qasim
Summary: The environment that contains; skilled nursing leadership who empowers their staff and improves their autonomy also allowing them to participate in the department and organizational policy, good nurse-doctor relationship, adequate resources and skilled mix staffing, play an essential role to enhance control over nursing practice. Aim: The aim of this study was to identify nurses’ perception of work environment characteristics. Methodology: A cross-sectional descriptive research design was used throughout this study. A quota sampling technique was used to recruit the participants (staff nurses and first-line nurse managers) from King Fahd Medical City in Saudi Arabia, who was asked to complete the tool; Perceived Environment Scale-Nursing Work Index (PES-NWI). Findings: 465 nurses participated in this study; 364 were from nurses and 101 from nurse managers, most of the participants were female. Participants were moderately high perceived to their work environments, and there was an association between the characteristics of participants in relation with the work environment. Conclusion: The current study concluded that the nurses' perception of work environment characteristics was moderately high.
{"title":"Work environment characteristics as perceived by nurses in Saudi Arabia","authors":"Fatimah A. Almuhsen, Hanan A Alkorashy, Fatma M. Baddar, A. Qasim","doi":"10.14419/IJANS.V6I1.7453","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14419/IJANS.V6I1.7453","url":null,"abstract":"Summary: The environment that contains; skilled nursing leadership who empowers their staff and improves their autonomy also allowing them to participate in the department and organizational policy, good nurse-doctor relationship, adequate resources and skilled mix staffing, play an essential role to enhance control over nursing practice. Aim: The aim of this study was to identify nurses’ perception of work environment characteristics. Methodology: A cross-sectional descriptive research design was used throughout this study. A quota sampling technique was used to recruit the participants (staff nurses and first-line nurse managers) from King Fahd Medical City in Saudi Arabia, who was asked to complete the tool; Perceived Environment Scale-Nursing Work Index (PES-NWI). Findings: 465 nurses participated in this study; 364 were from nurses and 101 from nurse managers, most of the participants were female. Participants were moderately high perceived to their work environments, and there was an association between the characteristics of participants in relation with the work environment. Conclusion: The current study concluded that the nurses' perception of work environment characteristics was moderately high.","PeriodicalId":311537,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Advanced Nursing Studies","volume":"30 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-04-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124865823","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2017-03-07DOI: 10.14419/IJANS.V6I1.7295
M. Qadire, L. Tawalbeh, Mohammad M. Suliman
Background: Despite the advantages of Central venous catheters (CVC), patients are at high risk of infection (local and systematic) that could be lethal. Lack of knowledge of the available guidelines for the prevention of CVC-associated infection may increase the rate of CVC-associated infections. Objective: The purpose of the study is to evaluate student nurses’ knowledge of the guidelines for preventing CVC-associated infection. Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional survey was used. This study involved 267 student nurses from four government universities. They were in their second-, third- or fourth-year of study. Results: Most of the students were female (72.3%) with a mean age of 21.2 (SD 2.5). The mean total score of students’ knowledge was very low at 1.6 (SD 1.5) out of 10, the maximum score, and ranged from 0 to 7. Students who reported having received adequate theoretical and clinical education about CVC had higher mean total knowledge scores than those who had not. Conclusions: The results showed that Jordanian student nurses have insufficient knowledge about the prevention of CVC-associated infection. In order to improve their knowledge, an evidence-based teaching approach is required in the theoretical classes. This should be combined with the best clinical training through the use of simulation techniques.
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