Lupine Online Journal of Nursing & Health care

Divya Aggarwal, Sumant Swain and Sanjiv Kumar*

DOI : http://dx.doi.org/10.32474/LOJNHC.2019.02.000131

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Nursing care is the backbone of health system. Nurses role are very critical in delivering health services and increasing equity of healthcare provision. They are the agents of change within health system and play a key role in addressing various social determinants of heath. The role of nurses in primary healthcare encompasses autonomous and collaborative care of individuals of all ages, families, groups and communities, sick or well in community settings...... ReadMore

Aurang Zeb

DOI : 10.32474/LOJNHC.2018.02.000129

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Ventilator Associated Pneumonia (VAP) is one of the common nosocomial infections with the prevalence rate of 10% to 70% in Intensive Care Units (ICUs). The incidence of VAP is 22.8% in patients on mechanical ventilation. Nurse’s lack of knowledge about infection prevention and proper nursing care may become barrier to Prevent VAP...... ReadMore

Okpodi Julius* and Okhakhu Emmarex

DOI : 10.32474/LOJNHC.2018.02.000128

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Aging comes with life challenges. As older adults face changes in health, abilities, and social circumstances, their need for quality social and healthcare services grows. For the Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual (LGB) older adults, their search for healthcare services unleashes extra burdens: the lack of respect, dignity from healthcare workers, so much that they fear treatment when navigating through the social and healthcare systems. This study referenced cultural sensitivity, honouring a relationship, and accommodating a partner as sensitive social support that requires immediate attention. The data gathered from this study were interpreted through the lens of thematic analysis. Thematic analysis was used to identify emerging themes. A theme captures something important about the data in rela..... ReadMore

Okpodi Julius

DOI : 10.32474/LOJNHC.2018.02.000127

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Researchers and practitioners of an aging world are increasing studying issues of the aged, the aging process, and the fears and worries of older adults. However, there are some studies that neglect to consider aging concerns and the identity of the lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) older adults. Ageism is one of the concerns; it is associated with stereotypes and prejudice against older adults. As LGB older adults continue to age, their needs for quality social and healthcare services will grow. This is the focus of this qualitative research. The data gathered from this research were interpreted through the lens of thematic analysis and were used to identify emerging themes. While participants� narratives overlap and reinforce each other, thematic approach provides a way of understanding how LGB older ..... ReadMore

Andrea LO Hebb

DOI : 10.32474/LOJNHC.2018.02.000126

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In Canada, more than 2000 children are born with some form of hearing loss (HL) each year, making HL one of the most common birth defects for which screening is available (“Newborn,” n.d.). Categories of hearing loss range from disability in one or two ears, to the type of hearing loss (sensorineural, permanent conductive, neural hearing disorders and mixed), and then to the level of hearing loss (Beigh & Malik, 2012). Most research in hearing impairment is focused on the effects and causes of hearing loss, instead of the classification. In Canada, five provinces, Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario and British Columbia, require universal hearing screening when a baby is born..... ReadMore

Abdeen Mustafa Omer*

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The strategy of price liberalisation and privatisation had been implemented in Sudan over the last decade, and has had a positive result on government deficit. The investment law approved recently has good statements and rules on the above strategy in particular to pharmacy regulations. Under the pressure of the new privatisation policy, the government introduced radical changes in the pharmacy regulations. To improve the effectiveness of the public pharmacy, resources should be switched towards areas of need, reducing inequalities and promoting better health conditions. Medicines are financed either through cost sharing or full private. The role of the private services is significant. A review of reform of financing medicines in Sudan is given in this study. Also, it highlights the current drug supply system in the ..... ReadMore

Aurang Zeb*

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Ventilator Associated Pneumonia (VAP) is one of the common nosocomial infections with the prevalence rate of 10% to 70% in Intensive Care Units (ICUs). The incidence of VAP is 22.8% in patients on mechanical ventilation. Nurse’s lack of knowledge about infection prevention and proper nursing care may become barrier to Prevent VAP. Aim: The Aim of this study is to explore nurse’s knowledge regarding Prevention of VAP. Methods: Cross-sectional-study was conducted at both public and private tertiary care hospitals in Peshawar from March to April 2018. Nurse’s knowledge was assessed by using close-ended questionnaire from 100 Critical-care Nurses. Participants were selected through convenient sampling. The questionnaire was adopted from similar studies which included 15 questions. Data was analyzed using descriptive ..... ReadMore

Ahmad Hormati*

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Background and Objectives: Liver cirrhosis is a global health problem which was the etiology of %2 of total deaths in the world in 2010. Despite the importance of this disease, no study has evaluated risk factors and etiologies of cirrhosis in central of Iran. Materials and Methods: 90 cirrhotic patients included this cross-sectional study during 2011- 2016. Demographics, data from past medical history, drug history, underlying etiology of liver cirrhosis and endoscopic findings collected by a checklist and were analyzed using SPSS V.22. Results: 57 (%63.3) patients were male and 33 (%36.3) were female with a mean age of 53.1 ±1.3 years. The most common etiology of cirrhosis was HBV infection with a prevalence of %40. NAFLD (%18.8), diabetes (%13.3) and HCV infection (%11.1) were other common etiologies respectively. Among all patients..... ReadMore

Darabi Mitra*

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The content analysis of the focus group discussion to evaluate a positive psychology intervention (the three good things exercise) identified four principal themes..... ReadMore

Khadija Shafiq Dossa and Sarmad Muhammad Soomar*

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The enormous increase in geriatric population overtime has created intense need of planning appropriate care for them to improve their quality of life. Considering geriatric population, nurses and health care professionals (HCPs) usually focus on single aspect of wellbeing but it is necessary to focus on their other dimensions of health as well. In consideration to this, the paper goes on describing the process of ageing through a theoretical perspective. Moreover, the paper attempts to highlight problems faced by geriatric population in general with some evidences of research from Pakistan. Furthermore, the paper suggests relevant solutions to these growing issues highlighting the role of HCPs and especially from the perspective of nursing, as they are the common and direct care givers...... ReadMore

Eliadi Carol

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Moving from the protective walls of a nursing program to independent nursing practice can be a sobering transition for many new graduates. Many new nurses may feel overwhelmed and insecure as they embark on the work world and the responsibility of becoming a licensed nurse. The growth of knowledge and the complexity of the nursing profession makes it impossible for a new nurse to graduate from school with all the skills and abilities necessary to function independently in the complex world of patient care...... ReadMore

Driss Daoui

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This article will analyze the impact of the privatization process on the performance of eleven privatized companies through the Moroccan financial market, it concerns an evaluation of the changes in the organization of the latter. The State, by withdrawing its capital from the enterprise, gives the private sector the power to choose the most appropriate modes of governance. Therefore, it is preferable to check that the transfer of ownership as part of the privatization process must be from a bureaucratic managerial system to a market managerial system characterized by its transparency, good productivity and high profitability...... ReadMore

Gundurao chilapur , Chetan Patali * and Suvarna S pinnapati

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Background of the study Ageing is a universal phenomenon old age is not in itself a disease but is a normal part of the human life span. Ageing is normal, universal, progressive, irreversible process. It is an inevitable physiological phenomenon. The human life span follows a recognized pattern birth to death. Then there is a gradual deterioration in physical and mental abilities. As the ageing process progress mental capabilities such as memory and physical abilities further deteriorate. As the individual develops and matures socially and physically from birth through adolescence and after the age of 30years additional changes occur that reflects normal decline in all organ systems, then it is called senescence. This happens gradually throughout the body system reducing the viability of different body systems and increasing ..... ReadMore

Seun Ayoade

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There is no gainsaying that the different ethnicities on earth today exhibit various skull and face appearances. How did this come about? According to creationists all of humanity is descended from just two people; and variations among mankind (according to some creationists) arose via inbreeding. Is this scientifically feasible/ possible? Types of skull and face appearances on earth today include dolicocephalic, mesocephalic, bracycephalic, euryprosopic, mesoprosopic and leptoprosopic. Nose appearances include leptorrhine, mesorrhine and platyrrhine. But could all these skull/ face/nose appearances have emerged and morphed from a single appearance? It is not impossible that in the remote past harmless mutations-triggered by inbreeding could have morphed the original s..... ReadMore

Daniela Baum

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The German economy, due to the exponential demographic growth, depends on the employment of various professionals’ workforce from abroad. However, with the enlarged factor of globalization, it is facing an increased incidence of unusual health problems. Consequently, the number of migrants with ill health conditions has increased in the past. In light of this situation, hospital care provision services and professionals are regularly confronted with challenges when it comes to managing patients with foreign cultural and religious backgrounds. Even though, there are specific trainings and translation services for intercultural care available, specific information on the health care of migrants is still lacking. For this reason, the current master thesis intends to investigate the potential i..... ReadMore

Chen-Yuan Hsu

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Taiwanese elderly who has increased rapidly, the purpose of this review to understand the impact of the ageing process on those people. Expecting by the review provides the references for nursing staff to have a knowledge and attention for those people and resulted to improve the well-being life for elderly..... ReadMore

Moses Mulumba, Jacqueline Nassimbwa, Carole Sekimpi and Faith N Kyateeka

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There is an acute shortage of Human Resources for Health in Uganda. While task sharing in the delivery of reproductive services is one of the strategies to avert this crisis, it takes place in an unregulated environment. The consequent lack of legal protection for health care providers poses a potential barrier to task sharing for both providers and the government. We show in this legal and policy review that the approach is not new in the country and that it has provisions in some policy documents. We further show the legal implications if it is rolled out in an unregulated environment and propose six options to guide regulation. These include enforcing the Health Service Commission Act, utilizing the mandate of the Director General to authorize treatment, amending the regulations of health professional regulatory bodies, developin..... ReadMore

Ayşegül Koç, Mahmut Kılıç, Dilek Öztaş, Erdal Ceylan and Kamile Sılay

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Aim: This cross sectional study was conducted among health care professionals working in special and state health institutions in Yozgat to determine health care professionals’ attitudes about using computer in health care institutions. Method: Sampling was done by random sampling method with 1/4 rate and 197 samples were taken for the study. Data was collected using a questionnaire prepared in accordance with the literature by the researchers. Statistical analysis of the data was performed by using Reliability analysis, chi-square test and binary logistic regression analysis...... ReadMore

Muslim Shah, Atta Ullah, Pir Azhar Uddin, Waheed Khan and Razia Gul

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Objective: The objective of this study was to assess patient satisfaction regarding nursing care provided in health care setting. Methodology: Cross-sectional study was conducted in private tertiary care hospital. A well-structured questionnaire was adopted and translated from English into Urdu that covered multiple domains to assess patient satisfaction. Data was collected through convenience sampling technique. Data analysis was done by SPSS version 22...... ReadMore

Hormati A*, Ghadir MR, Sarkeshikian SS, Iranikhah A and Yousefi MH

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A 61 years old woman was referred to gastroenterology clinic for evaluation of abdominal pain. She complained from changeless pain in RUQ persisting for three months. She didn’t have any other symptoms, anemia, and weight loss...... ReadMore