iosr-JNHS   Volume-6 ~ Issue-6 ~ Nov-Dec 2017

Abstract: Background: The Placenta is a dynamic organ, it plays a vital role in normal fetal development, and failure of placenta to gain weight and insufficiency of its function can result in fetal disorders. Aims: To study the Placental Weight in Relation to neonatal Outcome in Sudanese Mothers with Term Singleton Pregnancy and Delivered Vaginally. Research design: A descriptive prospective design adopted for this study. Setting: conducted in Omdurman maternity Hospital, in a period from September 2014 to December 2015. Tool: A structured interview questionnaire was used and placental weight was measured by infant weighing scale..............

Keywords: Placenta, Neonatal outcome, Birth Weight

[1]. Yoshio Matsuda1 , Masaki Ogawa 2, Akihito Nakai 3, Masako Hayashi 3, Shoji Satoh 4, Shigeki Matsubara5Fetal/Placental Weight Ratio in Term Japanese Pregnancy: Its Difference Among Gender, Parity, and Infant Growthnt J Med Sci 2015; 12(4):301-305. doi:10.7150/ijms.11644
[2]. Wallace JM, Bhattacharya S, Horgan GW. Gestational age, gender and parity specific centile charts for placental weight for singleton deliveries in Aberdeen, UK. Placenta. 2013;30:269-274
[3]. Annama Jacob. Comprehensive Textbook of Midwifery. JaypeeBrothers ;2010;388Salafia CM, Zhang J, Charles AK. et al. Placental characteristics and birth weight. PaediatrPerinatEpidemiol. 2008;22:229-239
[4]. Asgharnia .placental weight and its association with maternal and neonatal characteristics journal of ActaMedica Iranica,2008;46(6): 471 available at: http journals.tums.ac.ir/://
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Abstract: South Africa's healthcare system is mainly nurse-based and requires nurses to have the knowledge, abilities and skills to manage the country's burden of disease and to meet South Africa's healthcare needs. The purpose of this study was to determine the key planning competencies required of operational managers to improve the management of their units in a selected district hospital in the Limpopo province, South Africa.A quantitative descriptive non-experimental research design was used. Population comprised of all operational managers in the selected district hospital in the Waterberg district of Limpopo province, they were 12 in number, and no sampling was done as the population was too small.Data were collected and analyzed using a five steps of Nominal Group Technique...............

Keywords: Planning, Competencies, Operational manager.

[1]. Munyewende, P., Levin, J., &Rispel, L. (2016). An evaluation of the competencies of primary health care clinic nursing managers in two South African provinces. Global Health Action, 9(1), 1-11.
[2]. DoH. (2011). National Strategic Plan for Nurse Education, Training and Practice 2012/13-2016/17. Pretoria: Department of Health.
[3]. WHO. (2011). Core competencies in Primary Heath Care. Geneva, Switzerland: World Health Organization.
[4]. SantrićMilicevic, M. M., Bjegovic-Mikanovic, V. M., Terzic-Supić, Z. J., &Vasic, V. (2010). Competencies gap of management teams in primary health care. European Journal of public Health, 21(2), 247-253.
[5]. Armstrong, S., Rispel, L., & Penn-Kekana, L. (2015). The activities of hospital nursing unit managers and quality of patient care in South African hospital: a paradox? Global Health Action, 8(1), 26243.

Abstract: Background :A premature neonate is defined as any neonate born at less than 37 weeks of gestation.In Saudi Arabia in 2010, 35.700 preterm births occurred. Neonatal Intensive-Care Units (NICU), specialize in the care of premature neonates. However, this leads to early separation of babies from their mothers and negative effects on mother/ infant bonding. In addition, mothers' consoling maneuvers, have been found to be powerful in soothing premature neonates and improve mothers /infants bonding. Aims:The current study aims toexamine the power of mothers' consoling maneuverson the physiological and behavioral stability of the premature neonates and, to explore the effect of mother involvement in caring for premature neonates on mothers–infants bonding. Study design: Quasi Experimental Research Design.Settings: The study was conducted at NICUs affiliated to Maternity and Children Hospital..............

Keywords: Premature neonates, Consoling Maneuvers, Physiological stability, Behavioral stability, Neonatal Intensive Care Units, and Mother–Infant bonding.

[1] World Health Organization 2012, Born Too Soon: The Global Action Report on Preterm Birth, Geneva, 2012. www.who.int.

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[3] Blencowe H Cousens S., Oestergaard M.Z. etal. (2012), National, Regional and Worldwide estimates of preterm birth 2010 9;379(9832):2162-72. www.who.int/pmnch/media/news/2012/preterm_birth_report/en/index.html Data from.

Abstract: Technology is changing the world at warp speed and nowhere is this clearer than in health care settings. In an increasingly crowded world, people rightly expect health care to meet their needs quickly and, where possible, tailored to their needs. Technology helps to deliver these elements, putting the power back in the hands of the patient. Health care is growing increasingly complex, and most clinical research focuses on new approaches to diagnosis and treatment. In contrast, relatively little effort has been targeted at the perfection of operational systems, which are partly responsible for the well-documented problems with medical safety. If medicine is to achieve major gains in quality, it must be transformed, and information technology will play a key part, especially with respect to safety............

Keywords: Technolog, Nursing education, Nursing practice.

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