ISRN nursingPub Date : 2012-01-01Epub Date: 2012-06-25DOI: 10.5402/2012/463471
Paul Ratanasiripong
{"title":"Mental health of muslim nursing students in Thailand.","authors":"Paul Ratanasiripong","doi":"10.5402/2012/463471","DOIUrl":"10.5402/2012/463471","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The purpose of this research was to explore the mental health and well-being of Muslim nursing students in Thailand. Specifically, the study investigated the factors that impact anxiety and depression among Muslim nursing students. This cross-sectional research was conducted with a half sampling method of Muslim undergraduate students who were studying at a public nursing college in Thailand. From the 220 self-identified Muslim nursing students, 110 were sampled for this study, representing 14% of the total nursing students at this college. Results indicated a moderate prevalence of anxiety and high prevalence of depression among Muslim nursing students. Stress (β = .42) was positively associated with anxiety, while self-esteem (β = -.42) was negatively associated with anxiety; together this model accounted for 46% of the variance in anxiety. Self-esteem (β = -.41) and social support (β = -.17) were negatively associated with depression, while stress (β = .37) was positively correlated with depression; together this model accounted for 57% of the variance in depression. Recommendations were given to help train Muslim nursing students to be competent nurses with good mental health and well-being who will succeed and contribute to the nursing profession.</p>","PeriodicalId":89398,"journal":{"name":"ISRN nursing","volume":"2012 ","pages":"463471"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3389714/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"30760038","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ISRN nursingPub Date : 2011-01-01Epub Date: 2011-10-10DOI: 10.5402/2011/208142
Kjell Krüger, Line Strand, Jonn-Terje Geitung, Geir Egil Eide, Anders Grimsmo
{"title":"Can electronic tools help improve nursing home quality?","authors":"Kjell Krüger, Line Strand, Jonn-Terje Geitung, Geir Egil Eide, Anders Grimsmo","doi":"10.5402/2011/208142","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5402/2011/208142","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Background. Nursing homes face challenges in the coming years due to the increased number of elderly. Quality will be under pressure, expectations of the services will rise, and clinical complexity will grow. New strategies are needed to meet this situation. Modern clinical information systems with decision support may be part of that. Objectives. To study the impact of introducing an electronic patient record system with decision support on the use of warfarin, neuroleptics and weighing of patients, in nursing homes. Methods. A prevalence study was performed in seven nursing homes with 513 subjects. A before-after study with internal controls was performed. Results. The prevalence of atrial fibrillation in the seven nursing homes was 18.8%. After intervention, the proportion of all patients taking warfarin increased from 3.0% to 9.8% (P = 0.0086), neuroleptics decreased from 33.0% to 21.5% (P = 0.0121), and the proportion not weighed decreased from 72.6% to 16.0% (P < 0.0001). The internal controls did not change significantly. Conclusion. Statistics and management data can be continuously produced to monitor the quality of work processes. The electronic health record system and its system for decision support can improve drug therapy and monitoring of treatment policy.</p>","PeriodicalId":89398,"journal":{"name":"ISRN nursing","volume":"2011 ","pages":"208142"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3191730/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"30219158","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ISRN nursingPub Date : 2011-01-01Epub Date: 2011-06-18DOI: 10.5402/2011/325614
Makoto Inoue, Fumiko Kaneko, Hitoshi Okamura
{"title":"Evaluation of the effectiveness of a group intervention approach for nurses exposed to violent speech or violence caused by patients: a randomized controlled trial.","authors":"Makoto Inoue, Fumiko Kaneko, Hitoshi Okamura","doi":"10.5402/2011/325614","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5402/2011/325614","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a group intervention approach aimed at improving the mental health of psychiatric nurses exposed to violent speech/violence. Sixty-two nurses having experienced serious episodes of violent speech/violence were enrolled in this study. A group intervention approach was used in the intervention group. For both the intervention and the control groups, evaluations were conducted at three time points. Evaluations were conducted using the Impact of Event Scale-Revised (IES-R) and Profile of Mood States (POMS). The results showed that changes in the flashback, hyper-arousal, avoidance behavior, and total scores on the IES-R and anxiety and depression scores on the POMS differed significantly between the two groups. These results suggest that a group intervention approach can lessen the psychological burden of nurses exposed to violence and reduce their mental stress.</p>","PeriodicalId":89398,"journal":{"name":"ISRN nursing","volume":"2011 ","pages":"325614"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3169854/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"30205095","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ISRN nursingPub Date : 2011-01-01Epub Date: 2011-05-04DOI: 10.5402/2011/530357
Angela Cooper Brathwaite, Manon Lemonde
{"title":"Team preceptorship model: a solution for students' clinical experience.","authors":"Angela Cooper Brathwaite, Manon Lemonde","doi":"10.5402/2011/530357","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5402/2011/530357","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>There is a shortage of registered nurses in developed countries, and this shortage is due to the aging nursing workforce, demand for healthcare services, and shortage of nursing professors to teach students. In order to increase the number of clinical placements for nursing students, the authors developed and implemented a collaborative preceptorship model between a Canadian University and Public Health Department to facilitate the clinical experiences of Bachelor of Science of Nursing (BScN) students. This paper describes the Team Preceptorship Model which guided the clinical experience of nine students and 14 preceptors. It also highlights the model's evaluation, strengths, and limitations.</p>","PeriodicalId":89398,"journal":{"name":"ISRN nursing","volume":"2011 ","pages":"530357"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3169842/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"30205096","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ISRN nursingPub Date : 2011-01-01Epub Date: 2011-03-31DOI: 10.5402/2011/315432
Lin Yang, Barbara Mullan
{"title":"Reducing needle stick injuries in healthcare occupations: an integrative review of the literature.","authors":"Lin Yang, Barbara Mullan","doi":"10.5402/2011/315432","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5402/2011/315432","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Needlestick injuries frequently occur among healthcare workers, introducing high risk of bloodborne pathogen infection for surgeons, assistants, and nurses. This systematic review aims to explore the impact of both educational training and safeguard interventions to reduce needlestick injuries. Several databases were searched including MEDLINE, PsycINFO, SCOPUS, CINAHL and Sciencedirect. Studies were selected if the intervention contained a study group and a control group and were published between 2000 and 2010. Of the fourteen studies reviewed, nine evaluated a double-gloving method, one evaluated the effectiveness of blunt needle, and one evaluated a bloodborne pathogen educational training program. Ten studies reported an overall reduction in glove perforations for the intervention group. In conclusion, this review suggests that both safeguard interventions and educational training programs are effective in reducing the risk of having needlestick injuries. However, more studies using a combination of both safeguards and educational interventions in surgical and nonsurgical settings are needed.</p>","PeriodicalId":89398,"journal":{"name":"ISRN nursing","volume":"2011 ","pages":"315432"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.5402/2011/315432","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"30215840","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ISRN nursingPub Date : 2011-01-01Epub Date: 2011-11-03DOI: 10.5402/2011/649431
Alice P Gaudine, Donna G Moralejo
{"title":"What can faculty members and programs do to improve students' learning?","authors":"Alice P Gaudine, Donna G Moralejo","doi":"10.5402/2011/649431","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5402/2011/649431","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Purpose. To understand what faculty members can do to improve students' learning, we explored (1) program and course characteristics important to students, (2) choices within courses students feel are important, and (3) students' perceptions of learning online. Background. Web delivery alters interactions among students and faculty, thereby changing the learning environment. Methods. Master of Nursing students currently enrolled in one graduate program were invited to participate in a web-based survey. Findings. The students valued (1) frequent feedback and interaction with the instructor, (2) organized, structured, and current content, (3) flexibility in deadlines and participation, (4) seamless navigation and technical support, and (5) choices in assignments. Students perceived their learning in online courses as less than if they had taken the course on campus. Conclusions. Professors can address some of the items identified by students as important, such as being flexible with due dates and expectations for participation in online discussion.</p>","PeriodicalId":89398,"journal":{"name":"ISRN nursing","volume":"2011 ","pages":"649431"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3216372/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"30277406","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ISRN nursingPub Date : 2011-01-01Epub Date: 2011-07-10DOI: 10.5402/2011/707601
Christina Andreae, Mirjam Ekstedt, Ingrid Snellman
{"title":"Patients' participation as it appears in the nursing documentation, when care is ruled by standardized care plans.","authors":"Christina Andreae, Mirjam Ekstedt, Ingrid Snellman","doi":"10.5402/2011/707601","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5402/2011/707601","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study aimed to describe inpatients with myocardial infarction and their participation in care as documented in the nursing records when standardized care plans are used in care. The use of standardized care plans not only has increased the quality of medical treatment but has also overlooked patients' opportunities to participate in their own care. There is a lack of knowledge about how standardized care plans influence patients' participation in nursing care. Data were collected from thirteen patients' records with diagnoses of myocardial infarction. Participation in the decision-making process and participation associated with \"sharing with others\" were searched for in the analysis. The analytical process was guided by content analysis. The findings were grouped into two categories: patients' intermediary participation and patients' active participation. The main results indicated that patients' intermediary participation depended on healthcare professionals' power to rule the nursing care situation.</p>","PeriodicalId":89398,"journal":{"name":"ISRN nursing","volume":"2011 ","pages":"707601"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3169373/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"30214743","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ISRN nursingPub Date : 2011-01-01Epub Date: 2011-04-18DOI: 10.5402/2011/954081
Janice A Aloi
{"title":"A theoretical study of the hidden wounds of war: disenfranchised grief and the impact on nursing practice.","authors":"Janice A Aloi","doi":"10.5402/2011/954081","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5402/2011/954081","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Combat veterans face enormous challenges upon the return to civilian life, one of which is the ability to integrate incidences of death and killing into a healthy postdeployment life. This paper presents the lived experience of grief and loss resulting from the trauma of war. Social constructionist theory, due to its emphasis on meaning-making, serves as the theoretical framework. The effects of inhibited mourning due to the inability to mourn in combat and lack of nurturing upon returning home are described. Personal excerpts derived from interviews of warfare from veterans that experienced death and killing are presented. It is suggested that combat veterans experience a unique form of grief and therefore require a style of grieving that differs from those that have not served on the battlefield. Regardless of the point of care, nurses are positioned to help with the challenges of readjustment. A better understanding of combat veterans as a disenfranchised group would enable nurses to intervene in ways that contribute to the readjustment process.</p>","PeriodicalId":89398,"journal":{"name":"ISRN nursing","volume":"2011 ","pages":"954081"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3168912/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"30215706","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ISRN nursingPub Date : 2011-01-01Epub Date: 2011-11-16DOI: 10.5402/2011/752320
Wilma M Hopman, Margaret B Harrison, Meg Carley, Elizabeth G Vandenkerkhof
{"title":"Additional support for simple imputation of missing quality of life data in nursing research.","authors":"Wilma M Hopman, Margaret B Harrison, Meg Carley, Elizabeth G Vandenkerkhof","doi":"10.5402/2011/752320","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5402/2011/752320","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Background. Missing data are a significant problem in health-related quality of life (HRQOL) research. We evaluated two imputation approaches: missing data estimation (MDE) and assignment of mean score (AMS). Methods. HRQOL data were collected using the Medical Outcomes Trust SF-12. Missing data were estimated using both approaches, summary statistics were produced for both, and results were compared using intraclass correlations (ICC). Results. Missing data were imputed for 21 participants. Mean values were similar, with ICC >.99 within both the Physical Component Summary and the Mental Component Summary when comparing the two methodologies. When imputed data were added into the full study sample, mean scores were identical regardless of methodology. Conclusion. Results support the use of a practical and simple imputation strategy of replacing missing values with the mean of the sample in cross-sectional studies when less than half of the required items of the SF-12 components are missing.</p>","PeriodicalId":89398,"journal":{"name":"ISRN nursing","volume":"2011 ","pages":"752320"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3236396/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"30343507","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ISRN nursingPub Date : 2011-01-01Epub Date: 2011-06-07DOI: 10.5402/2011/787363
Jaclene A Zauszniewski, Abir K Bekhet
{"title":"Measuring use of resourcefulness skills: psychometric testing of a new scale.","authors":"Jaclene A Zauszniewski, Abir K Bekhet","doi":"10.5402/2011/787363","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5402/2011/787363","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Highly resourceful individuals have been found better able to meet life's challenges and to experience more positive health outcomes. Although psychometrically sound measures of resourcefulness exist and resourcefulness training trials show that the intervention increases adaptive functioning and enhances quality of life, there is no direct measure of intervention fidelity. This study examined the reliability and validity of an 8-item Resourcefulness Skills Scale (RSS), which measures the frequency with which intervention recipients use specific resourcefulness skills. The RSS was found to have acceptable internal consistency (α = .78), criterion-related validity (r's = .50 and .52 with other resourcefulness scales), and construct validity (r's =.38 and .53 with theoretically-related constructs). Factor analysis revealed two factors reflecting personal and social resourcefulness. Because the RSS queries respondents on their use of skills taught during resourcefulness training, it has potential usefulness as a measure for evaluating how well the training is translated into use of the skills in daily life.</p>","PeriodicalId":89398,"journal":{"name":"ISRN nursing","volume":"2011 ","pages":"787363"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3169308/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"30205099","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}