To assess the clinical competency of nursing interns and the perception of clinical nurse mentors toward student nurses’ clinical competency. A study was carried out among 104 nursing interns and 26 clinical nurse mentors using the purposive sampling technique. A self-reported perception scale was used to collect the data. In general, most nursing interns perceived themselves as clinically competent during the internship. The clinical nurse mentors too reported that the current internship is helping the nursing interns in becoming competent. Frequent clinical evaluation, buddy system, provision of stipends, good leadership, and coordination between the academic institute and hospital are reported as the critical motivating factors for improving the clinical competency of student interns.
{"title":"Clinical competency: perceptions of nursing interns and clinical mentors","authors":"Jackline Prathibha, Radhika R. Pai, L. George","doi":"10.2478/fon-2024-0011","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2478/fon-2024-0011","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 To assess the clinical competency of nursing interns and the perception of clinical nurse mentors toward student nurses’ clinical competency.\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 \u0000 A study was carried out among 104 nursing interns and 26 clinical nurse mentors using the purposive sampling technique. A self-reported perception scale was used to collect the data.\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 \u0000 In general, most nursing interns perceived themselves as clinically competent during the internship. The clinical nurse mentors too reported that the current internship is helping the nursing interns in becoming competent.\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 \u0000 Frequent clinical evaluation, buddy system, provision of stipends, good leadership, and coordination between the academic institute and hospital are reported as the critical motivating factors for improving the clinical competency of student interns.\u0000","PeriodicalId":510754,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers of Nursing","volume":"28 8","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140401057","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}
In this study, we investigated the concept of empowerment in chronic wound care and propose to facilitate patient control by making use of degrees of freedom (DOF): that is, shaping of everyday wound care tasks initiated by patients and based on their wishes, mostly in terms of patients executing treatment steps, requesting or directing health care professionals to undertake changes, or modifications of internal states. As a first step, we conducted a systematic literature search, followed by an inductive form of qualitative content analysis, which resulted in the identification of 5 dimensions as main elements of empowerment: education and shared decision making, adherence to self-care behaviors, responsibility and control, general call for empowerment, and DOF. However, the latter are noticeably absent in the literature. To investigate patients’ freedom in shaping the wound care process, we conducted a second literature search. A number of possibilities for patients to influence the wound care process could be identified, but experimental or clinical evidence about their effects is missing, their variety is limited, and they are only inadequately described. However, DOF should be an indispensable aspect of genuine empowerment, since they allow patients to occupy the role of the agent in the treatment process and give rise to the subjective experience of feeling empowered. Thus, in the third part, we develop a research proposal on how to investigate and include DOF in the clinical practice of wound care. Finally, limitations about implementations are discussed (e.g., patients being reluctant to overcome their passive role, resulting in frustration for health care professionals).
{"title":"Empowerment in chronic wound care—exploring the scope for patient contribution†","authors":"Benedikt Hackert, Ewa Klara Stürmer, Ulrich Weger","doi":"10.2478/fon-2024-0001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2478/fon-2024-0001","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 In this study, we investigated the concept of empowerment in chronic wound care and propose to facilitate patient control by making use of degrees of freedom (DOF): that is, shaping of everyday wound care tasks initiated by patients and based on their wishes, mostly in terms of patients executing treatment steps, requesting or directing health care professionals to undertake changes, or modifications of internal states.\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 \u0000 As a first step, we conducted a systematic literature search, followed by an inductive form of qualitative content analysis, which resulted in the identification of 5 dimensions as main elements of empowerment: education and shared decision making, adherence to self-care behaviors, responsibility and control, general call for empowerment, and DOF. However, the latter are noticeably absent in the literature. To investigate patients’ freedom in shaping the wound care process, we conducted a second literature search.\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 \u0000 A number of possibilities for patients to influence the wound care process could be identified, but experimental or clinical evidence about their effects is missing, their variety is limited, and they are only inadequately described.\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 \u0000 However, DOF should be an indispensable aspect of genuine empowerment, since they allow patients to occupy the role of the agent in the treatment process and give rise to the subjective experience of feeling empowered. Thus, in the third part, we develop a research proposal on how to investigate and include DOF in the clinical practice of wound care. Finally, limitations about implementations are discussed (e.g., patients being reluctant to overcome their passive role, resulting in frustration for health care professionals).\u0000","PeriodicalId":510754,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers of Nursing","volume":"4 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140402172","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}
To identify the illustration of feeding patterns of stunting children using literature review method. This study was a descriptive narrative research using literature review approach to explore dietary habits of children with stunting problem. All the literature review processes employed Guideline Review measurement of Joanna Briggs Institute. Related articles in literature were obtained from journal databases, such as PubMed, ScienceDirect, Google Scholar, and Dimensions through structured research question with Patient, Exposure an interest, Outcome or response (PEO) methods. This study found 2246 published articles from 2018 to 2021 about children with stunting. Screening process was conducted further to eliminate articles with irrelevant titles and abstracts, and also the unsuitable articles with the research question; hence, about 9 articles were eligible to be reviewed ahead. All these articles mentioned that children with irregular dietary habits would likely experience stunting. The low intake of nutritional food became the major predictor of stunting. Inappropriate feeding patterns and the variety of food were being the factors of stunting emergence among children <5 years of age. High consumption of carbohydrates, less animal-based protein, and misunderstanding about intake of sweetened-condensed milk predisposed children to suffer stunting.
{"title":"Irregular dietary habits as a predictor of stunting occurrence among children under 5 years of age: a literature review","authors":"Risnah, Huriati, Eka Hadrayani, Arbianingsih, Muthahharah, Nurhidayah, Sally Purwanti","doi":"10.2478/fon-2024-0002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2478/fon-2024-0002","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 To identify the illustration of feeding patterns of stunting children using literature review method.\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 \u0000 This study was a descriptive narrative research using literature review approach to explore dietary habits of children with stunting problem. All the literature review processes employed Guideline Review measurement of Joanna Briggs Institute. Related articles in literature were obtained from journal databases, such as PubMed, ScienceDirect, Google Scholar, and Dimensions through structured research question with Patient, Exposure an interest, Outcome or response (PEO) methods.\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 \u0000 This study found 2246 published articles from 2018 to 2021 about children with stunting. Screening process was conducted further to eliminate articles with irrelevant titles and abstracts, and also the unsuitable articles with the research question; hence, about 9 articles were eligible to be reviewed ahead. All these articles mentioned that children with irregular dietary habits would likely experience stunting. The low intake of nutritional food became the major predictor of stunting.\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 \u0000 Inappropriate feeding patterns and the variety of food were being the factors of stunting emergence among children <5 years of age. High consumption of carbohydrates, less animal-based protein, and misunderstanding about intake of sweetened-condensed milk predisposed children to suffer stunting.\u0000","PeriodicalId":510754,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers of Nursing","volume":"23 S1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140401881","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}
The aim of the study was to evaluate the quality of sleep in nurses performing shift work in therapeutic and surgical departments and to establish possible relationships between level of blood pressure (BP) and quality of sleep. A total of 20 nurses of the therapeutic departments and 20 nurses of the surgical departments were enrolled in the study. Sleep quality was assessed using the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI). BP was measured according to the standard protocol using the Korotkoff method; a sphygmomanometer was used for this twice with an interval of 2 min between 10:00 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. The average value for the 2 indicators was calculated. The diagnosis of essential arterial hypertension (AH) was established according to the recommendations of the European Association of Cardiology and the European Association of Hypertension (2018). The overall assessment of the sleep quality of the nurses involved in shift work indicates poor sleep quality; this was true in respondents of both the surgical and therapeutic profiles. However, it was observed that the quality of sleep was significantly lower in nurses of the therapeutic departments. Moreover, poor sleep quality was associated with AH, which was diagnosed in 65% of the nurses of the therapeutic departments and 45% of the nurses of the surgical departments, that is, in almost all of the subjects. Herewith, in the nurses of the therapeutic departments, the level of systolic BP exceeded that of the nurses of the surgical departments. Poor sleep quality is a significant risk factor for AH development and is relevant to nurses performing shift work. Additional clinical studies should be conducted to better understand the mechanisms underlying such adverse cardiometabolic outcomes associated with sleep disorders in the health-sector shift workers.
{"title":"Relationship between sleep quality and blood pressure level in nurses performing shift work","authors":"A.I. Tsipkalo, Kateryna Kozak, Mariya Marushchak","doi":"10.2478/fon-2024-0008","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2478/fon-2024-0008","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 The aim of the study was to evaluate the quality of sleep in nurses performing shift work in therapeutic and surgical departments and to establish possible relationships between level of blood pressure (BP) and quality of sleep.\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 \u0000 A total of 20 nurses of the therapeutic departments and 20 nurses of the surgical departments were enrolled in the study. Sleep quality was assessed using the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI). BP was measured according to the standard protocol using the Korotkoff method; a sphygmomanometer was used for this twice with an interval of 2 min between 10:00 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. The average value for the 2 indicators was calculated. The diagnosis of essential arterial hypertension (AH) was established according to the recommendations of the European Association of Cardiology and the European Association of Hypertension (2018).\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 \u0000 The overall assessment of the sleep quality of the nurses involved in shift work indicates poor sleep quality; this was true in respondents of both the surgical and therapeutic profiles. However, it was observed that the quality of sleep was significantly lower in nurses of the therapeutic departments. Moreover, poor sleep quality was associated with AH, which was diagnosed in 65% of the nurses of the therapeutic departments and 45% of the nurses of the surgical departments, that is, in almost all of the subjects. Herewith, in the nurses of the therapeutic departments, the level of systolic BP exceeded that of the nurses of the surgical departments.\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 \u0000 Poor sleep quality is a significant risk factor for AH development and is relevant to nurses performing shift work. Additional clinical studies should be conducted to better understand the mechanisms underlying such adverse cardiometabolic outcomes associated with sleep disorders in the health-sector shift workers.\u0000","PeriodicalId":510754,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers of Nursing","volume":"36 21","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140400853","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}
Many strategic efforts were made to address nurses’ shortage in controlling Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), including recruiting student health volunteers. This review aimed to explore the contribution and involvement of nursing student volunteers during COVID-19. A systematic review was registered in PROSPERO International CRD42021283069. Electronic databases for article search included: SCOPUS, EBSCO MEDLINE, PubMed, ProQuest, Springer, Sage Pub, and hand searching. The critical appraisal study quality using The Joanna Briggs Institutes. Data extraction and synthesis used Population, Intervention, Comparison, Outcome, and Design (PICO and D) framework with thematic analysis. Twelve studies were enrolled from 2545 retrieved, with 4 synthesized themes: (1) determinant of the involvement of nursing student volunteers during COVID-19, which includes 3 subthemes: motivations, perception, and barriers, (2) expectations and actual condition of nursing students as volunteers, (3) the need for nursing student volunteers, and (4) the impact and level of student volunteers’ contribution. All student volunteers contribute to providing direct or indirect services to patients. This review provides an overview of nursing student volunteers’ needs useful in developing competency frameworks and the role of culturally sensitive volunteers in education and training. In the future, student volunteers could choose the appropriate volunteer program and location according to their competence.
{"title":"Nursing student volunteers and their level of involvement during the COVID-19 pandemic: a systematic review","authors":"Y. N. Fithriyyah, S. Alim","doi":"10.2478/fon-2024-0003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2478/fon-2024-0003","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 Many strategic efforts were made to address nurses’ shortage in controlling Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), including recruiting student health volunteers. This review aimed to explore the contribution and involvement of nursing student volunteers during COVID-19.\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 \u0000 A systematic review was registered in PROSPERO International CRD42021283069. Electronic databases for article search included: SCOPUS, EBSCO MEDLINE, PubMed, ProQuest, Springer, Sage Pub, and hand searching. The critical appraisal study quality using The Joanna Briggs Institutes. Data extraction and synthesis used Population, Intervention, Comparison, Outcome, and Design (PICO and D) framework with thematic analysis.\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 \u0000 Twelve studies were enrolled from 2545 retrieved, with 4 synthesized themes: (1) determinant of the involvement of nursing student volunteers during COVID-19, which includes 3 subthemes: motivations, perception, and barriers, (2) expectations and actual condition of nursing students as volunteers, (3) the need for nursing student volunteers, and (4) the impact and level of student volunteers’ contribution. All student volunteers contribute to providing direct or indirect services to patients.\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 \u0000 This review provides an overview of nursing student volunteers’ needs useful in developing competency frameworks and the role of culturally sensitive volunteers in education and training. In the future, student volunteers could choose the appropriate volunteer program and location according to their competence.\u0000","PeriodicalId":510754,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers of Nursing","volume":"13 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140406575","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}
A. Fereidouni, Esmaeil Teymoori, Tayebeh Bahmani, Hamid Reza Sabet, Zahra Maleki, Mina Gharibi
According to the World Federation of Medical Education, critical thinking should be part of the training of medical and paramedical students. Professionals can improve the quality of care of patients after surgery by having or acquiring this skill in health care. Also, Emotional intelligence is introduced as an important and effective factor on the professional performance and mental health of healthcare professionals. Thus, the present study was designed and implemented to determine the relationship between emotional intelligence and critical thinking among operating room nursing students of medical sciences universities in Iran. This cross-sectional study was done on 420 operating room students in 10 top medical sciences universities of Iran in 2022. The sampling method in this research was multistage sampling. The data collection instruments included demographic characteristics, Rickett’s critical thinking, and Bradberry-Greaves’ emotional intelligence questionnaires. After receiving the ethics code, data collection was done for 2 months. For data analysis, descriptive and inferential analyses including independent t-tests, analysis of variance, and Pearson correlation were used. The collected data were analyzed by SPSS 18 (IBM Corporation, Armonk, New York, United States). P-value <0.05 was considered significant. The mean age of the students participating in this study was 23.02 ± 3.70 years, with women constituting 67.4% of them. The results of data analysis indicated that the mean total score of critical thinking and emotional intelligence was 124.10 ± 37.52 and 114.12 ± 43.63, respectively. A direct significant correlation between critical thinking and emotional intelligence (r = 0.459, P-value <0.001) and a significant relationship between gender and emotional intelligence (P-value = 0.028) were found. Based on the present study results, educational managers in the Ministry of Health are suggested to consider suitable educational programs for improving critical thinking and emotional intelligence to enhance the quality of care provided by students in operating rooms.
{"title":"Correlation between critical thinking and emotional intelligence: a national cross-sectional study on operating room nursing students in Iran","authors":"A. Fereidouni, Esmaeil Teymoori, Tayebeh Bahmani, Hamid Reza Sabet, Zahra Maleki, Mina Gharibi","doi":"10.2478/fon-2024-0010","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2478/fon-2024-0010","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 According to the World Federation of Medical Education, critical thinking should be part of the training of medical and paramedical students. Professionals can improve the quality of care of patients after surgery by having or acquiring this skill in health care. Also, Emotional intelligence is introduced as an important and effective factor on the professional performance and mental health of healthcare professionals. Thus, the present study was designed and implemented to determine the relationship between emotional intelligence and critical thinking among operating room nursing students of medical sciences universities in Iran.\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 \u0000 This cross-sectional study was done on 420 operating room students in 10 top medical sciences universities of Iran in 2022. The sampling method in this research was multistage sampling. The data collection instruments included demographic characteristics, Rickett’s critical thinking, and Bradberry-Greaves’ emotional intelligence questionnaires. After receiving the ethics code, data collection was done for 2 months. For data analysis, descriptive and inferential analyses including independent t-tests, analysis of variance, and Pearson correlation were used. The collected data were analyzed by SPSS 18 (IBM Corporation, Armonk, New York, United States). P-value <0.05 was considered significant.\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 \u0000 The mean age of the students participating in this study was 23.02 ± 3.70 years, with women constituting 67.4% of them. The results of data analysis indicated that the mean total score of critical thinking and emotional intelligence was 124.10 ± 37.52 and 114.12 ± 43.63, respectively. A direct significant correlation between critical thinking and emotional intelligence (r = 0.459, P-value <0.001) and a significant relationship between gender and emotional intelligence (P-value = 0.028) were found.\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 \u0000 Based on the present study results, educational managers in the Ministry of Health are suggested to consider suitable educational programs for improving critical thinking and emotional intelligence to enhance the quality of care provided by students in operating rooms.\u0000","PeriodicalId":510754,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers of Nursing","volume":"70 8","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140403803","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}
Jamileh Farokhzadian, Somayeh Jouparinejad, M. Montazeri, Elham Bakhshipour, Amirreza Sabzi, Fatemeh Falahati-Marvast
This study aimed to evaluate the correlation between nursing informatics (NI) competency and information literacy skills for evidence-based practice (EBP) among intensive care nurses. This cross-sectional study was conducted on 184 nurses working in intensive care units (ICUs). The study data were collected through demographic information, Nursing Informatics Competency Assessment Tool (NICAT), and information literacy skills for EBP questionnaires. The intensive care nurses received competent and low-moderate levels for the total scores of NI competency and information literacy skills, respectively. They received a moderate score for the use of different information resources but a low score for information searching skills, different search features, and knowledge about search operators, and only 31.5% of the nurses selected the most appropriate statement. NI competency and related subscales had a significant direct bidirectional correlation with information literacy skills for EBP and its subscales (P < 0.05). Nurses require a high level of NI competency and information literacy for EBP to obtain up-to-date information and provide better care and decision-making. Health planners and policymakers should develop interventions to enhance NI competency and information literacy skills among nurses and motivate them to use EBP in clinical settings.
{"title":"Necessary prerequisites for evidence-based practice: results of investigating nurses’ informatics competency and information literacy skills","authors":"Jamileh Farokhzadian, Somayeh Jouparinejad, M. Montazeri, Elham Bakhshipour, Amirreza Sabzi, Fatemeh Falahati-Marvast","doi":"10.2478/fon-2024-0007","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2478/fon-2024-0007","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 This study aimed to evaluate the correlation between nursing informatics (NI) competency and information literacy skills for evidence-based practice (EBP) among intensive care nurses. This cross-sectional study was conducted on 184 nurses working in intensive care units (ICUs). The study data were collected through demographic information, Nursing Informatics Competency Assessment Tool (NICAT), and information literacy skills for EBP questionnaires. The intensive care nurses received competent and low-moderate levels for the total scores of NI competency and information literacy skills, respectively. They received a moderate score for the use of different information resources but a low score for information searching skills, different search features, and knowledge about search operators, and only 31.5% of the nurses selected the most appropriate statement. NI competency and related subscales had a significant direct bidirectional correlation with information literacy skills for EBP and its subscales (P < 0.05). Nurses require a high level of NI competency and information literacy for EBP to obtain up-to-date information and provide better care and decision-making. Health planners and policymakers should develop interventions to enhance NI competency and information literacy skills among nurses and motivate them to use EBP in clinical settings.","PeriodicalId":510754,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers of Nursing","volume":"328 11‐12","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140402044","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}
To determine factors that affect the health-related quality of life (HRQOL) of congestive heart failure (CHF) patients with preserved and reduced ejection fraction. A cross-sectional study design was used for this study. The stratified random sampling was applied for each subgroup. HRQOL was measured with the Minnesota Living with Heart Failure Questionnaire. The data were analyzed using chi-square, Spearman’s correlation analysis, and independent t-test. A number of 67 respondents participated in the recent study. The total mean scores of HRQOL were significantly different (P = 0.001) between heart failure (HF) patients with reduced and preserved ejection fractions, 41.07 ± 7.54 and 54.97 ± 4.36, respectively. It related with the physical (mean ± standard deviation [SD] = 10.4 ± 2.14; t = −10.08, 95% CI = −12.46 to −8.34; P-value = 0.001) and psychological (mean ± SD = 3.5 ± 0.5; t = −6.68, 95% CI = −4.55 to −2.45; P-value = 0.001) domain. Strong correlation was found between age (r = −0.898, P < 0.05), NYHA functional classes (r = −0.858, P < 0.01), duration of HF (r = −0.807, P < 0.01), family support (r = 0.927, P < 0.01), and quality of life (QoL). HRQOL in HF patients with reduced ejection fraction was higher than in those with preserved ejection fraction. Family support is a further determinant factor that has a positive correlation to the QoL.
{"title":"Health-related quality of life among congestive heart failure patients with preserved and reduced ejection fraction","authors":"Dian Hudiyawati, Kartinah, Afidatul Mujannidah","doi":"10.2478/fon-2024-0012","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2478/fon-2024-0012","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 To determine factors that affect the health-related quality of life (HRQOL) of congestive heart failure (CHF) patients with preserved and reduced ejection fraction.\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 \u0000 A cross-sectional study design was used for this study. The stratified random sampling was applied for each subgroup. HRQOL was measured with the Minnesota Living with Heart Failure Questionnaire. The data were analyzed using chi-square, Spearman’s correlation analysis, and independent t-test.\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 \u0000 A number of 67 respondents participated in the recent study. The total mean scores of HRQOL were significantly different (P = 0.001) between heart failure (HF) patients with reduced and preserved ejection fractions, 41.07 ± 7.54 and 54.97 ± 4.36, respectively. It related with the physical (mean ± standard deviation [SD] = 10.4 ± 2.14; t = −10.08, 95% CI = −12.46 to −8.34; P-value = 0.001) and psychological (mean ± SD = 3.5 ± 0.5; t = −6.68, 95% CI = −4.55 to −2.45; P-value = 0.001) domain. Strong correlation was found between age (r = −0.898, P < 0.05), NYHA functional classes (r = −0.858, P < 0.01), duration of HF (r = −0.807, P < 0.01), family support (r = 0.927, P < 0.01), and quality of life (QoL).\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 \u0000 HRQOL in HF patients with reduced ejection fraction was higher than in those with preserved ejection fraction. Family support is a further determinant factor that has a positive correlation to the QoL.\u0000","PeriodicalId":510754,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers of Nursing","volume":"92 S1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140405783","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}
Mahtab Allah Tavakoli, G. Foroughameri, Jamileh Farokhzadian, Sedigheh Khodabandeh Shahraki
High-quality and successful nursing care delivery in a variety of situations requires critical thinking training and professional commitment. The present study aimed to investigate critical thinking disposition, professional commitment, and the relationship between these 2 variables among nurses. As a result of stratified random sampling, 201 nurses were enrolled in the present cross-sectional study. Data were gathered using a socio-demographic form, the Critical Thinking Disposition Inventory (CTDI), and the Nurses’ Professional Commitment Scale (NPCS). Although the critical thinking disposition scores were at a moderate level (115.70 ± 13.55), the mean score for professional commitment was high (91.37 ± 11.77). A positive correlation was found between critical thinking disposition and professional commitment (r = 0.67, P = 0.001). Nursing managers are urged to employ strategies to enhance nurses’ critical thinking disposition and professional commitment.
{"title":"Nurses’ critical thinking disposition and professional commitment: a cross-sectional study","authors":"Mahtab Allah Tavakoli, G. Foroughameri, Jamileh Farokhzadian, Sedigheh Khodabandeh Shahraki","doi":"10.2478/fon-2024-0013","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2478/fon-2024-0013","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 High-quality and successful nursing care delivery in a variety of situations requires critical thinking training and professional commitment. The present study aimed to investigate critical thinking disposition, professional commitment, and the relationship between these 2 variables among nurses.\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 \u0000 As a result of stratified random sampling, 201 nurses were enrolled in the present cross-sectional study. Data were gathered using a socio-demographic form, the Critical Thinking Disposition Inventory (CTDI), and the Nurses’ Professional Commitment Scale (NPCS).\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 \u0000 Although the critical thinking disposition scores were at a moderate level (115.70 ± 13.55), the mean score for professional commitment was high (91.37 ± 11.77). A positive correlation was found between critical thinking disposition and professional commitment (r = 0.67, P = 0.001).\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 \u0000 Nursing managers are urged to employ strategies to enhance nurses’ critical thinking disposition and professional commitment.\u0000","PeriodicalId":510754,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers of Nursing","volume":"9 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140404200","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}
To evaluate the influences of entrepreneurship training on the innovation potential among nursing students. A quasi-experimental design was utilized to conduct this study. The study was conducted in the classroom at the faculty of nursing, and the “iHub” center at Ain Shams University (ASU) in Cairo, Egypt. A purposive sample of 42 nursing students who participated in the “Ain Shams University-innovate” competition from the Faculty of Nursing of ASU were included in this study. Data collection tools included (1) Nursing students’ innovation skills assessment questionnaire and (2) Innovative projects evaluation tool. There was a statistically significant difference between the mean scores of nursing students’ total innovation skills pre-and post-implementation of entrepreneurship training, where P-value <0.05. The results of the current study support the research hypothesis because the implementation of entrepreneurship training positively affects nursing students’ innovation potential. Developing entrepreneurship education in nursing and integrating it into nursing programs will stimulate creativity, innovation, and entrepreneurship among nursing students and health care services.
{"title":"Entrepreneurship training: its influences on innovation potentials among nursing students","authors":"Asmaa Abdel Rahman Abdel Rahman, D. A. Abdelatief","doi":"10.2478/fon-2024-0009","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2478/fon-2024-0009","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 To evaluate the influences of entrepreneurship training on the innovation potential among nursing students.\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 \u0000 A quasi-experimental design was utilized to conduct this study. The study was conducted in the classroom at the faculty of nursing, and the “iHub” center at Ain Shams University (ASU) in Cairo, Egypt. A purposive sample of 42 nursing students who participated in the “Ain Shams University-innovate” competition from the Faculty of Nursing of ASU were included in this study. Data collection tools included (1) Nursing students’ innovation skills assessment questionnaire and (2) Innovative projects evaluation tool.\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 \u0000 There was a statistically significant difference between the mean scores of nursing students’ total innovation skills pre-and post-implementation of entrepreneurship training, where P-value <0.05.\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 \u0000 The results of the current study support the research hypothesis because the implementation of entrepreneurship training positively affects nursing students’ innovation potential. Developing entrepreneurship education in nursing and integrating it into nursing programs will stimulate creativity, innovation, and entrepreneurship among nursing students and health care services.\u0000","PeriodicalId":510754,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers of Nursing","volume":"327 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140402058","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}
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