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 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2469-5823/1510129

Prevalence of Anemia and Associated Factors among Children Attended at Jimma Medical Center, South West Ethiopia

Bikila Dereje Fufa, BSc, MSc and Habtamu Gutema, BSc

Article Type: Research Article | First Published: July 15, 2019

Anemia is major health problem throughout the world. It is associated with serious consequences including growth retardation, impaired motor and cognitive development, and increased morbidity and mortality. Estimates suggest that 47.4% of children are anemic globally. The magnitude of the problem in developing countries is high, since they are more exposed to various health and socioeconomic problems which are directly or indirectly related with anemia....

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2469-5823/1510128

Evaluation and Feasibility of a Comprehensive Program for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in Military, Veterans, and First Responders

Michele Preyde, PhD

Article Type: Original Research | First Published: July 04, 2019

Healing Invisible Wounds-The Intensive (HIW-I) is a comprehensive program including individual and group therapies designed in the field of community nursing in Canada to expressly target all aspects of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) for first responders, military personnel and veterans. In this evaluation, participants completed standardized measures of symptoms of PTSD and sequelae at baseline, post-intervention and five months follow up. Results: Participants (n = 18) reported statisti...

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2469-5823/1510127

Adaptation of Dialysis Patients to Activities of Daily Life and Evaluation of Quality of Life

Zumrut Akgun sahin, PhD, RN

Article Type: Original Article | First Published: June 14, 2019

This study was conducted in order to determine the life quality and depression levels of patients receiving hemodialysis treatment and their compliance to daily life activities. This cross-sectional study consisted of 145 patients with hemodialysis treatment who applied to the Medicine Polyclinic of a hospital in Turkey. Physically insufficient patients. It turned out that those with visual, hearing and taste problems cannot perform independently of daily activities. In the meantime, by using an...

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2469-5823/1510126

Faculty Knowledge, Awareness, Value, and Self-Efficacy in Teaching Systems Thinking to Nursing Students: A Pilot Study

Alaa Nabil Mahsoon and Mary Dolansky

Article Type: Pilot Study | First Published: June 06, 2019

Systems thinking is a core competency in nursing education. The assessment of knowledge, awareness and value of, and self-efficacy for teaching systems thinking among faculty is an important step to plan faculty development process. A 17-item faculty questionnaire was developed to assess the knowledge, awareness and value of, and self-efficacy for teaching systems thinking to nursing students as a part of a pilot study. The questionnaire was administered to the nursing faculty at a nursing schoo...

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2469-5823/1510125

Nurses' Experiences and Perceptions of Hourly Rounding: A Private Australian Catholic Hospital Single Case Study

Karen Francis, RN, PhD, MEd, MHlthScPHC, Andriy Kurtsev, RN, Donna Walter, RN, Cara Steele, BBSc, PGDPsy, PGDip, Stats and Carolyn Staines, BSc, PhD

Article Type: Research Article | First Published: June 05, 2019

Evidence suggests that structured nursing rounds are associated with positive outcomes. However, a number of barriers to effective hourly rounding have been reported. Rounding practices were implemented in a medical/ surgical ward at a regional hospital in Australia, in 2014, aiming to reduce the risk of patient falls and enhance the patient experience. A qualitative, exploratory descriptive single case study design was utilised. Fifteen (15) nurses participated in the study and data were genera...

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2469-5823/1510124

Nurses' Experiences of Health Promotion and Prevention of Cardiovascular Diseases Related to Smoking

Ernelind N, BSN, Wirkensjö H, BSN, Pangastuti HS, BSN, MSc, Perdana M, BSN, MS, Widyawati W, BSN, MPH, PhD and Lepp M, RNT, PhD

Article Type: Original Article | First Published: May 27, 2019

Three themes emerged from the analysis: Conceptions in relation to the patient and their family, conceptions in relation to the hospital and health care centers and conceptions in relation to the culture and policies. All nurses are working with health promotion and prevention of cardiovascular diseases related to smoking in one way or another. However, distinct guidelines and resources are missing....

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2469-5823/1510123

Relationship between Rare Earth Elements, Lead and Intelligence of Children Aged 6 to 16 years: A Bayesian Structural Equation Modelling Method

Wang Yongwei, Wang Dan, Huang Yi Na, Sheng Peijia and Yang Bing

Article Type: Original Research Article | First Published: May 06, 2019

Exposure to REEs and lead was assessed by analysing the scalp hair samples of children aged 6-16 years who lived in a rare earth mining area, by atomic absorption spectrometry. Intelligence was assessed using Raven's Standard Progressive Matrices. Bayesian Structural Equations were built to explore different patterns of associations between REEs and lead explore and children's intelligence, and the best-fitted one was selected for the most reasonable explanation according to DIC and BIC. In our ...

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2469-5823/1510122

Nursing Students' eHealth Literacy in the U.S. and South Korea

Hyejin Park

Article Type: Research Article | First Published: April 26, 2019

Online health information is a critical resource for health information seekers and, thus, nursing professionals must be able to find and distinguish the quality of health information online to support patients and caregivers. This study evaluated perceived eHealth literacy skills among nursing students in the U.S. and South Korea. eHEALS was used to assess 169 undergraduate nursing students' eHealth literacy. The study results showed that nursing students lacked confidence in using online healt...

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2469-5823/1510121

Iron Deficiency Anemia in Infants of Hatta Suburb-UAE

Dileep Kumar, Zahid Nabi Qureshi and Mouza Saif Albadwawi

Article Type: Original Article | First Published: April 19, 2019

Worldwide burden of ID estimated to be 43% globally in 2011 and about 70% in Central and West Africa and 7-9% of USA children ages 1-3 years have iron deficiency (ID). Countries in high caloric nutrition switch have a high prevalence of overweight and obesity, a moderate prevalence of undernutrition and micronutrient deficiencies. Infants and children must obtain 30% of their daily iron from their diet to provide the necessary iron for new muscle cells and RBCs....

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