The Key to Confidence is Simulation-Based Learning
Knowledge of Workplace Violence against Nurses in the Emergency Department of Public Sector Tertiary Care Hospitals in Peshawar, Pakistan
Initiation of Nursing Education Services (NES) at Khalifa Gul Nawaz Teaching Hospital MTI Bannu, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Unleashing the Power of Transformational Leadership: Revolutionizing the Nursing Profession in Pakistan
Addressing the Issue of Nurses Leaving Bedside Jobs with Reasons
Cognitive Stacking: A Concept Analysis
Nightingale’s Theory and its Application to Pediatric Nursing Care
Academic Strategies that Facilitate Learning in Millennial Nursing Students
Transformational Leadership: A Strategy towards Staff Motivation
Awareness of Good And Bad Touch Among Children
Suicide Among Youth: A Preventable Public Health Concern
The Impact of Culture on Faculty Retention in Nursing Education
Emotional Intelligence as a Predictor of Nursing Student Success
Psychological and Cognitive Determinants of the Health Literacy on Soon-To-Be-Aged and Older Adults: a Systematic Review
It Takes a Village to Assure Nurse Professionalism
Lessons Learned: Employing Focus Groups as a Research Methodology
COVID-19 pandemic has affected every continent of the world. The objective of this technical report is to provide an understanding of the key issues faced by school-going children of Pakistan in this current pandemic and to suggest strategies to help children to cope up with the situation. It has affected children as they are more vulnerable to psychological insult and ill-treatment such as domestic violence and sexual/physical abuse. Social distancing and school closure have increased the risk of poor development and nutrition. Underprivileged children have less or no access to digitization thus causing educational loss. Child nutrition is also a vital concern, also the lockdown has disturbed the food supply chain at local markets. Lockdown also jeopardizes water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) services causing additional pressure to children's health through water-borne diseases.
Aging is not lost youth but a new stage of opportunity and strength. Old age traditionally begins at 60 years and after retirement. A pre-experimental research design with one group pre-test and post-test research approach was undertaken with the objective to assess the effectiveness of Video Assisted Teaching Module (VATM) on the knowledge of geriatric people regarding prevention and management of joint pain in a selected community. Findings revealed that during the pre-test, the geriatric people had an average knowledge (42.25%) whereas during the post-test, the participants had good knowledge (73.5%). The difference of mean percentage was found as 31.25%, which shows the effectiveness of VATM.
Swine flu is a highly contagious disease caused by one of several influenza, such as influenza type A, B and C. It is a fast spreading disease all over the country in recent years. This study determines the effect of Structured Teaching Programme (STP) on the knowledge of prevention of Swine Flu H1N1 among the rural people in Maharashtra. In this study, pre-test and post-test study design was adopted. Total 50 participants were selected by using convenience sampling technique. The pre-test was conducted by using structured questionnaire on knowledge of prevention of Swine Flu. Then a 45 minute Structured Teaching Programme (STP) on knowledge of prevention of Swine Flu was conducted, and after 7 days, post test was conducted by using same structured questionnaire on knowledge of prevention of Swine Flu. The collected data were analyzed by using descriptive and inferential statistics. The study findings showed that in pre-test 25 (50%) respondent had good knowledge of prevention of Swine Flu whereas 33(66%) respondent had good knowledge of prevention of Swine Flu in post-test. The study concluded that Structured Teaching Programme (STP) was effective to improve knowledge level of respondents in rural population. There is a need to plan and implement Structured Teaching Programme to any epidemic disease by nurses to improve knowledge among the people.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has acknowledged the environment changes as a rising concern in the 21st century. Significant number of people are vulnerable to predictable surges in worldwide climate change which imposes undesirable hazards to people around the globe. Health care facilities contribute to ecological variations resulting in global warming, because of the considerable source of pollution. The carbon mark of the US health care sector, is shown to collaborate with 8% of the nation's greenhouse gas emissions, both from health care facilities directly. The purpose of the narrative review is to develop certain strategies to reduce waste production at the Operating Room, making it more environment friendly by reviewing comprehensive literature. A comprehensive and systematic literature search strategy was used to find relevant literature. Relevant articles were retrieved from the Google Scholar database. The ancestry approach was also used to see whether more data could be collected by using the citations from the relevant studies. The current techniques identified in the literature thought to be useful are incineration, recycling, microwaving, and separation of hazardous wastes from that of non-hazardous wastes in OR. However, properly implementing these strategies may lead to a safe and healthy environment, cost reduction and efficacy at OR.
Workplace harassment is a cruel reality of the society that is prevalent in almost all the professions. Workplace harassment can also be referred to as professional maltreatment or bullying, and it occurs when an employee is harassed by another employee, particularly because of race, faith, gender, nationality, age, disability or sexual orientation. It embraces any unwelcomed behavior towards another person in the workplace, and is in contradiction of the law in all conditions. Nurses are prone to workplace harassment due to the nature of their task in hospitals and other healthcare settings.
Pakistan is one among those ten most populous countries in the world where the government devotes 0.8% of its GDP on public health sectors. The prevalence of renal diseases in the country is increasing at a tremendous rate. Due to limited resources, only 25% of patients with End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) are estimated to have an availability to hemodialysis or renal transplantation. In Pakistan, living organ transplantation was initiated in the mid-1980s. Today, it is considered as the most preferred and effective treatment in patients with ESRD. Unfortunately, many patients with ESRD die each year due to the shortage of organs available for transplant. The patriarchal culture of Pakistan offers males to be authoritative and privileged as head of the family which makes women more vulnerable to be coerced into organ donation. In a report by the United Network of Organ Sharing (UNOS), the incidence of female donors was identified to be significantly higher than male donors in the United States (Spital, 1998). Health care professionals play a fundamental role in such mutually exclusive situations, where living organ donation must be viewed under ethical boundaries while making decisions.
Lesch–Nyhan is a rare disorder related to X-linked recessive genes that occurs exclusively in males. This happens due to the mutation of Xq26 chromosome and deficiency of Hypoxanthine Guanine Phospho Ribosyl Transferase (HGPRT) enzyme. LNS is characterized by classical triad of symptoms like Hyperuricemia, Spectrum of neurological dysfunctions, cognitive and behavioural disturbances including self mutilation. The symptoms occur due to the increased accumulation of uric acid in the body fluids to dangerous levels. The treatment should focus on decreasing serum uric acid level and maintenance of neurologic symptoms. Here we present a case of a 2-year old child admitted in the Department of Pediatrics with self mutilation, increased uric acid levels, delayed milestones and renal failure. After investigations, the diagnosis of LNS was established through various examinations.
