iosr-JNHS   Volume-6 ~ Issue-3 ~ May-June 2017

Abstract: The work nature of nurses in pediatric oncology unit necessitates ethical care more than routine care. Therefore, nurses require knowledge about nursing ethics in this area to guide their practice in a competent manner. Aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of guideline education program about nursing ethics on nurses' knowledge and practice in pediatric oncology unit. Setting: The study was conducted in Oncology/Hematology Unit at Benha Specialized Pediatric Hospital. Research design: Quasi-experimental design was utilized............

Keywords: Pediatric Oncology, Ethics, Nurses' knowledge, Nurses' Practice

[1]. Aghdam A.M., Hassankhani H., Zamanzadeh V., Khameneh S., and Moghaddam S., (2013): Knowledge and performance about nursing ethic codes from nurses' and patients' perspective in Tabriz Teaching Hospitals, Iran, Journal of Caring Sciences; 2(3): 219-227.
[2]. Ahmed I.S., (2010): The relationship between nursing staff and patient's perception toward patient's rights and patient's satisfaction of nurses' compliance, Unpublished master thesis, Faculty of Nursing, Benha University: pp. 48-54.
[3]. Aliyu D., Adeleke I.T., Omoniyi S.O., Samaila B.A., Adamu A., and Abubakar A.Y., (2015): Knowledge, attitude and practice of nursing ethics and law among nurses at Federal Medical Centre, Bida, American Journal of Health Research; 3(1-1): 32-37.
[4]. American Cancer Society, (2012): Cancer; Basic Facts. Available at; http://www.cancer.org/downloads/STT/CancerFacts&Figures2012M.pdf. Accessed; December 9\2014.
[5]. American Medical Association, (2010): Code of Medical Ethics, Available at; http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/physician-resources/medical-ethics/code-medical-ethics.shtml

Abstract: Background: Maternal mortality is unacceptably high in Nigeria. A skilled attendant at birth has been recognised as the single best measure against maternal mortality. Yet, a large proportion of woman register for antenatal care services in the hospital but choose to deliver in unorthodox facilities. Objective: This study aims to determine the reasons why women book for antenatal care in hospitals but don't deliver there, and where they go for delivery.......

Key Words: Discordance, Skilled birth attendant, Traditional birth attendant, Maternal Mortality

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[4]. Shiffman J, Okonofua F. The state of political priority for safe motherhood in Nigeria. Br. J. Obstet. Gynecol.2007 Feb; 114(2):127-133.
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Abstract: Testicular cancer (TC) is the most common cancer among young males. Morbidity and Mortality from TC is high in low income countries due to late presentation, poverty and scarce resources for management. Early detection of the disease leads to increased cure rate (96%); early detection can be facilitated if men are knowledgeable and encouraged to practice TSE. A descriptive research with a sample of 255 undergraduate students was used for the study. The students were stratified based to their departments and level of study and convenient sampling was used to select the respondents.............

Key Words: Testicular self examination - testicular Cancer, knowledge, attitude, Practice, male undergraduate students, University of Calabar, Cross River State

[1]. Ajape, A. Babata, A. & Aioli, O. (2010) Knowledge of prostate cancer among Native African urban population in Nigeria. Nigerian Journal of Hospice Medicine 20 (2) 94-96
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[3]. Altinel B, Aydin Avei I (2013) The knowledge beliefs and practices of university Students on testicular cancer and testicular self examination. TAF Prev Med Bull, 12, 365-370
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Abstract: Cytotoxic agents have been associated with major concerns among oncology nurses and could result in nurses' exposure to these drugs and consequent side effects. This study aimed to evaluate the effect of cytotoxic drugs safety guidelines on knowledge, safe handling practices and attitude of oncology nurses through the following: (1) Assessment of knowledge, handling practices and attitude of oncology nurses toward cytotoxic drugs. (2) Developing and implementing cytotoxic drugs safety guidelines. (3) Evaluating the effect of cytotoxic drugs safe-handling guidelines on knowledge, handling practices and attitude of oncology nurses. (4) Assessment of factors affecting oncology nurses' safe handling practices of cytotoxic drugs. A quasi-experimental design was utilized to conduct this study.........

Key Words: Cytotoxic drugs, Safety guidelines, Safe handling, Oncology nurses

[1]. S. Hanafi, H. Torkamandi, S. Bagheri, M. Tavakoli, N. Hadavand and M. Javadi, Safe handling of cytotoxic drugs and risks of occupational exposure to nursing staffs, J Pharm Care; 3(1-2), 2015, 11-15.
[2]. C.H. Yarbro, D. Wujcik, B.H. Gobel, Cancer nursing: principles and practice, (Jones and Bartlett Publishers London 2011), 7th ed, p. 392.
[3]. C.H. Keat, N.S. Sooaid, C.Y. Yun and M. Sriraman, Improving safety-related knowledge, attitude and practices of nurses handling cytotoxic anticancer drug: pharmacists' experience in a general hospital, Malaysia, Asian Pacific J Cancer Prev; 14 (1), 2013, 69-73.
[4]. NIOSH (National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health). 2008. Workplace Solutions: Personal Protective Equipment for Health Care Workers who Work with Hazardous Drugs. DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2009-106. Available at http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/docs/wp-solutions/2009-106/pdfs/2009- 106.pdf. Accessed 23 Nov. 2016.
[5]. T.H. Connor, S.F. Eckel, M.A.McDiarmid, M. Polovich and LA. Power, Safe handling of hazardous chemotherapy drugs in limited-resource settings, (Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and World health organization (WHO) Publishers Washington 2013), pp. 1-62..

Abstract: Background: The increasing amount of time that people spend using computers and watching TV is a major factor in rising rates of obesity. Children who are heavily engaged in social networking have an increased chance of developing antisocial personality disorder. The Body Mass Index forage percentile growth charts are indicator to measure the size and growth patterns of children and teens. Introversion scale has good reliability .Aerobic Exercise can have positive effects on self-esteem, self-confidence and behavior in children and youth. Therefore this work studied the effect of aerobic exercise on introverted overweight children......

Key Words: Introversion / Aerobic Exercises / Overweight / Modern Technology

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Abstract: The objective of the paper was to describe the concept Scope of Midwifery practice (SOMP). Scope of midwifery practice remains dynamic and varies in many countries. It takes several forms ranging from listing of services, interventions given to women during pregnancy, labour and delivery to competencies expected of individual to practice. International confederation of Midwives (ICM) does not prescribe a fixed definition of the concept SOMP but emphasized that it should be built upon its international definition of the midwife. This position allows individual countries to come up with own variation.......

Key Words: Scope of Midwifery practice.

[1]. Casey, M., Fealy, G., Kennedy, C., Hegarty, J., Prizeman, G., McNamara, M. et al. (2015). Nurses', midwives' and key stakeholders' experiences and perceptions of a scope of nursing and midwifery practice framework. J Adv.Nurs., 71, 1227-1237.
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[4]. Lubbe J.C. & Roetsl L. (2014) Nurses' scope of practice and the implication for quality nursing care. Journal of Nursing Scholarship 46(1), 58–64.
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Abstract: Objectives: The study aims to assess nurses' knowledge about ethical and legal issues in mental health nursing at psychiatric teaching hospitals in Baghdad City; and to identify the relationship between nurses' knowledge and some of their characteristics such as: gender, age, nursing qualification, marital status, and years of clinical experience.
Methodology: A descriptive analytical study in which assessment approach is applied in order to achieve the earlier stated objective .the study was initiated from November 1, 2016 to may 1, 2017. A purposive (non-probable) sample of 100 nurses who are working at psychiatric wards. Data were collected through the use of the questionnaire and the process of the self –administrative report as means for data collection. Data were analyzed through the application of descriptive and inferential statistical approaches by using statistical package for social science (SPSS) version 20.0............

Key Words: Nurses' Knowledge, Ethical issues, Legal issues, Mental Health Nursing

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[2] American Nurse Association, (2010), Nursing: Scope and Standards of Practice, 2nd ed., Silver Spring.
[3] Kumar, R., Mehta, S., Kalra, R., (2011), Knowledge of Staff Nurses Regarding Legal and Ethical Responsibilities in the Field of Psychiatric Nursing, Nursing and Midwifery Research Journal, 7(1), pp: 1-2.
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[5] Zaki, R. (2016), Job Stress and Self-Efficacy among Psychiatric Nursing Working in Mental Health Hospitals at Cairo, Egypt, Journal of Education and Practice, 7(20), pp. 103-113.

Abstract: Kidney stone disease is considered the most common disorder of the urinary system that forms when the urine becomes supersaturated with specific salts. Fluids and foods consumption have been reported to be associated with incidence and recurrence of kidney stones. Therefore the current study was conducted to assess the dietary habits among patients with kidney stones. A convenient sample of 150 adult patients diagnosed with kidney stones attending the urology department affiliated to El- Kasr El-Ainy hospital in Cairo governorate was recruited to fulfill the aim. Retrospective descriptive research design was conducted to achieve the aim of the present study by using, by using, demographic and medical data tool, dietary habits assessment............

Key Words: Dietary habits, kidney stone.

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International Publishing. Cloutier, J., Villa, L., Traxer, O., & Daudon, M. (2015). Kidney stone analysis:"Give me your stone, I will tell you who you are!".World journal of urology, 33(2), 157-169.
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Abstract: Background: Controlling and relieving acute postoperative pain is one of the nurses' vital roles. Massage is an independent nursing intervention that can be applied to a patient who is in pain. This study aimed to evaluate the efficacy of hand and foot massage on alleviating pain and anxiety of patients who had abdominal surgery. Methods: A randomized control trial was conducted over a period of eight months for 60 women who had abdominal surgery. The participants were recruited from one of the big teaching hospitals in Cairo and quasi-randomly allocated into the intervention or control group. The Numeric Rating Scale (NRS) and the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI-form Y-2) were used alongside............

Key Words: Abdominal surgery, anxiety, foot massage, hand massage, postoperative pain

[1] Hoogervorst-Schilp J, van Boekel RL, de Blok C, Steegers MA, Spreeuwenberg P, Wagner C. Postoperative pain assessment in hospitalised patients: National survey and secondary data analysis. International Journal of Nursing Studies. 2016 Nov 30;63:124-31.
[2] Kaur S, Lobo DJ, Latha T. Role of foot and hand massage on the anxiety for post operative open heart surgery patients: A Randomized Control Trial. International Journal of Nursing Education. 2013 Jul 1;5(2):205.
[3] Gan TJ, Habib AS, Miller TE, White W, Apfelbaum JL. Incidence, patient satisfaction, and perceptions of post-surgical pain: Results from a US national survey. Current Medical Research and Opinion. 2014 Jan 1;30(1):149-60.
[4] Asadizaker M, Fathizadeh A, Haidari A, Goharpai S, Fayzi S. The effect of foot and hand massage on postoperative cardiac surgery pain. International Journal of Nursing and Midwifery. 2011 Oct 30;3(10):165-9.

[5] Deumens R, Steyaert A, Forget P, Schubert M, Lavand'homme P, Hermans E, De Kock M. Prevention of chronic postoperative pain: Cellular, molecular, and clinical insights for mechanism-based treatment approaches. Progress in neurobiology. 2013 May 31;104:1-37.

Abstract: Children's weight and height measurements are used regularly within the critical care setting whether for calculation of drug doses, nutritional intake, ventilator settings or calibration of cardiac output monitoring. These parameters are often obtained by critical care staff, especially nurses. Errors in these measurements have the potential to cause harm either from errors in drug calculations, inappropriate ventilatory settings, underfeeding or overfeeding. This study aimed to assess nurses' perception regarding barriers of growth measurements of critically-ill children in the pediatric intensive care unit. Descriptive correlative research design was used............

Key Words: Growth or anthropometric measurements, nurses, barriers, critically ill children.

[1] Ali, K, Sammy,I.& Nunes,P.(2012): Is the APLS formula used to calculate weight-for-age applicable to a Trinidadian population? BMC Emergency Medicine, 12:9.

[2] Anzueto, A., Frutos-Vivar, F., Esteban, A., Bensalami, N., Marks, D., Raymondos, K., Apezteguía, C., Arabi, Y., Hurtado, J., González, M., Tomicic, V., Abroug, F., Elizalde, J., Cakar, N., Pelosi, P. & Ferguson, N.D. (2011): Ventila group: influence of body mass index on outcome of the mechanically ventilated patients. Thorax; 66:66–73.

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[5] Buckley, R.G et al. (2012): Bedside Method to Estimate Actual Body Weight in the Emergency Department. Journal of emergency medicine; 42(1):100-104.

Abstract: Background: Cardiopulmonary resuscitation students are expected to be proficient in their clinical skills at graduation to improving patient outcomes. Aim: To assess the effect of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) training program on knowledge and practices of internship technical institute of nursing students. Design: Pre-posttest research design was used in this study. Setting: This study was conducted at technical institute of nursing, South Valley University, Qena city. Subjects: A convenient sample of all internship technical institute of nursing student (44) were included in the study. Tool: A self-administered questionnaire sheet and observational checklist were used.............

Key Words: Cardiopulmonary resuscitation, nursing, student, program.

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[4] Aruna C.G. (2012): A quasi experimental study to assess the effectiveness of self instructional module regarding the techniques of resuscitation among staff nurses in selected hospitals at Bangalore. A dissertation submitted to the Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Bangalore, Karnataka, in the partial fulfillment of requirements for the degree of Master of Science in pediatric nursing 2010-2012.
[5] Ashley E. , Lauren E. , Angela I, and Martha A(.2012):Using high-fidelity simulation to bridge clinical and classroom learning in undergraduate pediatric nursing. Accepted 16 January 2012 © 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Abstract: This research aims to study the effect of herbs by Charantin product for controlling the blood sugar levels among diabetic patients in Ubon Ratchathani province. This research is a qualitative research to track the use of herbs to control blood sugar levels in patients with type 2 diabetes who were the 166 persons and compared the blood sugar levels before and after taking the herbal diabetes treatment between July and December 2558. In-depth interviews and records of monitoring blood glucose levels were used to be the tool to track the result of herb effect by measure and interview one time before taking herb and three times after taking herb. There were four types of herbs used including bitter gourd.............

Key Words: Herbal diabetes treatment, diabetes type 2, diabetes.

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[5] Shibib B.A., Khan L.A., Rahman R. Hypoglycemic activity of Coccinia indica and Momordica charantia in diabetic rats: depression of the hepatic gluconeogenic enzymes glucose-6-phosphatase and fructose-1, 6-biphosphatase and elevation of liver and red-cell shunt enzyme glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase. Biochem. J. 1993;292:267–270.

Abstract: This research to present the most common quality criteria in health promotion model for type 2 diabetes mellitus prevention. A systematic literature search was conducted to identify review articles, health technology assessments and policy reports of evaluated health promotion interventions in type 2 diabetes mellitus. The articles and researches were searched from the accessible databases such as research in Thailand, Pubmed, CENTRAL, MEDLINE, ScienceDirect, and SciSearch. A quality coding system was developed and included studies were rated independently by three researchers.The experimental and quasi-experimental research designs conducted between the year of 1998 and 2014 were reviewed.............

Key Words: A systematic Review, Health Promotion, diabetes type 2, diabetes.

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[4] Zyriax BC, Letsch B, Stock S, Windler E. DELIGHT (delay of impaired glucose tolerance by a healthy lifestyle trial) a feasibility study on implementing a program of sustainable diabetes prevention in German companies. Experimental and clinical endocrinology & diabetes: official journal, German Society of Endocrinology [and] German Diabetes Association. 2014;122(1):20–35. Mensink M, Feskens EJ, Saris WH, De Bruin TW, Blaak EE. Study on lifestyle intervention and impaired glucose tolerance Maastricht (SLIM): preliminary results after one year. International journal of obesity and related metabolic disorders: journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity. 2003;27(3):377–84. doi: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0802249.

[5] Ma J, Yank V, Xiao L, Lavori PW, Wilson SR, Rosas LG, et al. Translating the diabetes prevention program lifestyle intervention for weight loss into primary care: a randomized trial. JAMA internal medicine. 2013;173(2):113–21. doi: 10.1001/2013.jamainternmed.987.

Abstract: Bariatric surgery is a recognized and accepted approach for both weight-loss and many of the conditions that occur as a result of severe obesity. Aim: Assess the efficacy of nutritional and behavioral counseling and lifestyle modification education on health outcomes for patients undergoing bariatric surgery. This study was carried out at general surgery units "10 for males and 25 for females" at Aswan University Hospital. Tools:five tools used Socio-demographic and medical clinical baseline data, Borg's rating of Perceived Exertion Category-Ratio scale, Ontario Bariatric Eating Self-Efficacy Scale, Change Ratings, and Three-Factor Eating Questionnaire. Results: After three months......

Key Words: Nutritional-Behavioral, Counseling, Motivation, Lifestyle Modification, Health Outcomes, and Bariatric Surgery.

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