iosr-JNHS   Volume-8 ~ Issue-6 ~ Nov - Dec .2019

Abstract: Background: Mental health nurses worked at a highly stressful environment which created by multiple factors including demanding work-load, spending long hours of nursing duties, shortage of nursing workforce, interpersonal communication with patients who have for instance hallucination and aggression. Those factors may lead to burnout of psychiatric mental health nurses. Emotional Intelligence has been discovered to be an essential element in nursing practice generally and psychiatric nursing practice more specifically. Aim: The aim of this study is to investigate the level of emotional intelligence of psychiatric mental health nurses at two different hospitals in Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia. Method: This study used descriptive cross-sectional design. Data was collected from 121 psychiatric mental health nurses through the use of Schutte Self-Report Emotional Intelligence Test (SSEIT). Data were analyzed through the use of SPSS program version 25......

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Abstract: Background: Schizophrenia is a major mental illness that causes change in perception, thoughts, behavior and insight into illness. Cognitive impairments and social skill deficit are hallmarks of schizophrenia. Social skill training is the specific abilities that enable an individual to perform a task competently in social situations. Aim: This study aimed at determining the efficacy of social skill training on symptoms intensity, insight and social functioning in patients with schizophrenia. Research design: Quasi-experimental design was used in this study. Setting: This study was conducted at El-Azzazi Hospital for Mental Health at Abu Hammad City in Sharkia Governorate........

Key Words: social skills training, insight, symptoms, social functioning, schizophrenia

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Abstract: Background: Although there are many health programs applied for promoting skin to skin and early initiation of breastfeeding, pre-lacteal feeding (PLF) is still considered one of the barrier of optimal breastfeeding practices and risk of neonatal disease and fatality rate. PLF is considered one of the profound nutritional mismanagement in health care setting of child in the first 1000 days of his life especially in developing countries as in Egypt. Early initiation of breastfeeding continues to remain low in Egypt and the practices of introducing pre-lacteal feed is still prevalent. There are many factors affecting the pre-lacteal feeding practices in Egyptian society as the advice by elder family members (mother in low) or relatives and to calm baby of excessive crying immediately after birth, baby sucking problem and mother illness. Therefore the aim of this study was to explore pre-lacteal feeding practices and its predominant factors among mothers infants' in Damanhour. Methods: Descriptive, cross.....

Keywords: pre-lacteal feeding, conceptual frame work, colostrum, exclusive breastfeeding

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Abstract: Background: Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) are one of the various widespread infectious diseases throughout the globe and have negative impacts on reproductive health.
Objective: To evaluate the effect of an educational intervention on raising awareness of sexually transmitted diseases for University Female Students.
Study design: A quasi-experimental design – one group pre-posttest. Subjects and sampling: Through convenient sample, the students in Non-health Colleges Princess Nourah University of different academic levels were selected (1223 students)......

Keywords: Awareness, Education intervention, Sexual transmitted disease, University students

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Abstract: Evidence-based practice (EBP) is important in improving the health care quality. The aim of the study is to assess the knowledge, attitude and practice regarding evidence-based practice among nurses at teaching hospital, Chitwan. A descriptive cross-sectional design was used to select 88 nurses who have completed bachelors' level in nursing by using enumerative sampling technique. 24 –items self-reported EBP Questionnaire developed by Upton et al. was used to assess the knowledge, attitude and practice regarding evidence-based practice among nurses. Data were collected from July to August 2019 and analyzed by using descriptive and inferential statistics. Majority (63.6%) of the respondents were ≤25 years of age, 54.5% unmarried and 87.5% were from Bharatpur. Regarding education, 51.1% had completed Bachelor of Science in Nursing, 80.7% were working.......

Key words: Attitude, Evidence-based, Knowledge, Nurses, Practice

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Abstract: An quantitative study aimed to evaluate the effect of teaching module on knowledge of mothers regarding infant and young child feeding in a selected area of Bhubaneswar , Odisha with objectives to assess the knowledge of mothers regarding infant and young child feeding , to determine the effectiveness of information booklet on knowledge of mothers ,to find out the association of post test knowledge score of mothers with their selected demographic variables .Total 50 number of samples were selected by using purposive sampling technique. Information booklet was given for 7 days. In analysis , there was highly significant difference were found in four areas, these are Concept & advantages of breast milk , substitute feeding, complementary feeding along with overall scores. Thus the difference in mean score value related to the above mentioned area were true difference. As the calculated.......

Key words: Booklet, substitute feeding, complementary feeding, young child feeding

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Abstract: A 16 year Male suffering with Ankylosing spondilities, was admitted in New Medical Ward. A detailed case study, and nursing care plan and nursing intervention was done. At the time of assessment the patient have severe joint pain and was unable to stand or walk. After intervention, patient started walking with crèches and stick. Now the condition was better than before . Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is a chronic infaammatory disease. Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is a type of arthritis in which there is a long-term inflammation of the joints of the spine. But skeletons with ankylosing spondylitis are found in Egyptian mummies. The word is from Greek ankylos meaning to unite or grow together, spondylos meaning vertebra, and -itis meaning inflammation.

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Abstract: Hypertension is widely known as a cardiovascular disease in which patients have higher blood pressure than normal pressure and is a chronic disease that needs to be treated promptly and continuously. Non-adherence treatment caused uncontrolled blood pressure, thereby increasing the risk of complications. Education is one of the ways to improve knowledge, behaviour, and adherence. Counseling by pharmacist is an effective way to maintain or to increase their adherence to the therapy. The government advocates booklet as a health promotion program in primary care. The objective of this study was to know how far the patients' counseling and giving booklet by pharmacist affected patients' adherence on taking their antihypertensive and systolic and diastolic blood pressure control in Solok Primary Care. Patients' adherence was measured by indirect method by using Morisky Medication Adherence Scale (MMAS-8) Questionnair. The sampe was hypertensive patient, collected from....

Keywords: MMAS-8, adherence, hypertension, counseling, booklet, pharmacist

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Abstract: Background: Health education (HE) is an important intervention for who work as a part of community health workers in Egypt. Female community health workers (FCHWs) provide many services to enhance woman heath like; family planning counseling, antenatal advices and\or premarital counselling. Aim: Enhance health education knowledge, skills and self efficacy of female community health workers: basis for improving woman health services provided in Menoufia governorate- Egypt. Methods: Design: A quasi-experimental research design (one group pre-post-test) was used. Setting: Six primary health care centers (PHCCs) affiliated to Ministry of Health in Menoufia governorate; were chosen......

Keywords: female community health workers, health education, women health.

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Abstract: Low back pain is localized in the lumbar area and it may be radiated to the lower extremities, starting from neurons near or around the spinal canal Most of the population may be affected with low back pain within their lifetime and leads to lost productivity and disability and loss of function. Therefore this study was conducted to determine the effect of rehabilitative nursing program on functional status among patients with discectomy. Design: a quasi-experimental research design was utilized. Setting: The study was carried out at neurosurgery department and out patient's clinic of Menoufia University and Teaching hospitals at Menoufia governorate, Egypt . A convenience sample of 100 adult patient undergoing discectomy surgery assigned randomly into two equal groups, 50 patients for each: Study group (1): received rehabilitative nursing program. Control group (2): received routine hospital.......

Key words: Disc prolapse, Lumbar flexibility Rehabilitative nursing program

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