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Reflecting On The Now: Race, Gender, Socio-Economic Status And Covid-19, Ariana Montemayor, Sydney M. Scanlon Jun 2021

Reflecting On The Now: Race, Gender, Socio-Economic Status And Covid-19, Ariana Montemayor, Sydney M. Scanlon

VA Engage Journal

Early in 2020, we began a project for our Women and Technology class at Old Dominion University to highlight women working in health sciences. However, our original project idea drastically changed with the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. COVID-19 focused our attention on issues regarding societal inequalities and health disparities. Therefore, we decided to create a new project that emphasized the societal inequalities and the disproportionate impact COVID had on People of Color, women and low-income individuals. In this paper, we critically reflect on the journey of our project from conception to completion, as well as how we, and the …


Providence Nurses: Supporting Health For A Better World, Sylvain Trepanier Jun 2021

Providence Nurses: Supporting Health For A Better World, Sylvain Trepanier

2021 Providence Nurse Research Conference

Keynote speech.


Inpatient Registered Nursing Use Of Evidence-Based Practice Tools To Manage Withdrawal Symptoms Among Adults Hospitalized With Acute Alcohol Or Opioid Withdrawal: A Needs Assessment, Julie Baker, Teresa Bigand Jun 2021

Inpatient Registered Nursing Use Of Evidence-Based Practice Tools To Manage Withdrawal Symptoms Among Adults Hospitalized With Acute Alcohol Or Opioid Withdrawal: A Needs Assessment, Julie Baker, Teresa Bigand

2021 Providence Nurse Research Conference

Background: Patients who suffer from alcohol or opioid use disorder face unpleasant and potentially life-threatening complications related to substance withdrawal when hospitalized. Evidence suggests that the use of a standardized tool to rate withdrawal severity and direct treatment, including score-driven medication dosing to alleviate withdrawal, leads to improved clinical outcomes. However, clinical nurses working in the inpatient medical-surgical specialty in a large medical center questioned whether all nurses were effectively using evidence-based practice (EBP) tools to assess and treat alcohol or opiate withdrawal severity.

Purpose/Aims: To understand nursing practice at one hospital regarding use of ministry-specific evidence-based practice tools …


The Benefits Of Fasting For Patients Who Are Immunocompromised And Undergoing Cancer Treatment: An Integrative Research Review, Lori Burnett Jun 2021

The Benefits Of Fasting For Patients Who Are Immunocompromised And Undergoing Cancer Treatment: An Integrative Research Review, Lori Burnett

2021 Providence Nurse Research Conference

Background: In the past several decades, remarkable advances in the treatment of cancer have been made. However, a gap remains regarding best practice strategies to reduce the amount of short and long-term side effects and adverse or emergent events related to cancer treatment that may negatively impact patient quality of life. Recent evidence suggests that if patients undergoing cancer treatment fast for a period of time, they may experience reduced chemotherapy-related side effects and enhanced immune potential. Weight loss and malnutrition associated with cancer treatments highlight the importance of evidence appraisal associated with fasting prior to recommending this practice …


Increasing Nursing Leaderships’ Knowledge And Support Of Nursing Research, Marietta Sperry Jun 2021

Increasing Nursing Leaderships’ Knowledge And Support Of Nursing Research, Marietta Sperry

2021 Providence Nurse Research Conference

Background: The lack of leadership support and research knowledge are reported barriers nurses experience in conducting hospital-based research.

Purpose/aims: The purpose was to determine if nursing leadership's knowledge and support of nursing research could be improved through an interactive intervention and to identify their research needs.

Methods/Approach: Design: A translational research study (Doctor of Nursing Practice project) utilizing the Barriers to Nurses' Participation in Research Questionnaire was conducted. Sample: The sample consisted of an even distribution of managers/assistant managers, charge nurses, and directors/chief nursing operating officers. Of the 300 email invitations, 17 nursing leaders completed the pre-test and eight completed …


Improving Discharge Times And Patient Flow, Robyn Song, Miguel Ros, August Maggio, Kim Nicole Rossillo, Jason Caberto, Soudi Bogert, Stephanie Floriano, Caroline Brandenburger, Darleen Nguyen, Jacoba Walsh, Richard Urgel, Tanya Lenhardt, Joan Aquino Jun 2021

Improving Discharge Times And Patient Flow, Robyn Song, Miguel Ros, August Maggio, Kim Nicole Rossillo, Jason Caberto, Soudi Bogert, Stephanie Floriano, Caroline Brandenburger, Darleen Nguyen, Jacoba Walsh, Richard Urgel, Tanya Lenhardt, Joan Aquino

2021 Providence Nurse Research Conference

Background: Delays in discharging patients can impact hospital and emergency department (ED) throughput. The complex discharge process makes it difficult to ensure that patients are set up for successful post-hospital care regimens. The focus of this project was to improve discharge times and flow throughout the hospital to align with national standards of providing the right care, in the right place, at the right time. To improve access to beds, The Joint Commission stipulates that hospitals have processes in place to support patient flow throughout the hospital and to use data to drive improvements in patient flow. Failure to regulate …


Do Compassion Rounds Improve Professional Quality Of Life For Nurses ?, Deepti Bhatnagar, Martha E.F. Highfield Jun 2021

Do Compassion Rounds Improve Professional Quality Of Life For Nurses ?, Deepti Bhatnagar, Martha E.F. Highfield

2021 Providence Nurse Research Conference

Background: When RN worklife quality is positive, nurse and patient outcomes are positive (e.g, RN retention and patient satisfaction), and when worklife quality is negative, outcomes are negative (e.g., RN disengagement and errors).Yet professional quality of life(QOL)among RNs in progressive care units (PCUs) is undocumented. Stamm’s framework of compassion satisfaction and fatigue guided this study. Purpose: The purpose was to test the effect of supportive groups on professional quality of life. The hypothesis: Compassion Rounds (CR) will improve compassion satisfaction and reduce compassion fatigue among PCU RNs. Methods/ design: Using a quasi-experimental design we measured RNs’ professional QOL once …


Feasibility Of Launching A Multi-State Nursing Health Study In The Midst Of The Covid-19 Pandemic, Ross Bindler, Shaekira Niehuser, Trisha Saul, Teresa Bigand Jun 2021

Feasibility Of Launching A Multi-State Nursing Health Study In The Midst Of The Covid-19 Pandemic, Ross Bindler, Shaekira Niehuser, Trisha Saul, Teresa Bigand

2021 Providence Nurse Research Conference

Background: The Quadruple Aim recommends that healthcare institutions support clinician well-being as a strategy to improve patient and caregiver outcomes. During the COVID-19 global pandemic, Registered Nurses (RNs) working full-time, 12-hour shifts have reported increasing health concerns. Therefore, research documenting objective information on preventive health habits of RN’s is needed to support nursing well-being. Yet, conducting bio-behavioral research in this population, especially during the pandemic, presents with unique challenges. Purpose: The purpose of this pilot study to assess the feasibility of collecting and evaluating health data from RNs working full-time, 12-hour shifts across the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic. …


Utilizing A Social Media Platform To Increase Participation In A Virtual Journal Club, Alex Bubica, Trisha Saul Jun 2021

Utilizing A Social Media Platform To Increase Participation In A Virtual Journal Club, Alex Bubica, Trisha Saul

2021 Providence Nurse Research Conference

Background: A virtual journal club (VJC) is a place where nurses can read, synthesize, and discuss research and evidence-based practice articles. There is a well-known time lag of disseminating this knowledge from bench to bedside. In 2016, a 300-bed community hospital constructed a VJC to educate nurses on the latest studies. In 2016 and 2017, this VJC was used via an intranet-based platform with little success. Main barriers included (1) no access outside of work and (2) difficulty following threads leading to in-cohesive interactions. In 2018, a website was created. This platform had one fatal flaw, a multistep verification process …


The Effect Of Covid-Related Changes In Diet, Exercise, Sleep Patterns, And Mood On Stress Levels Of Rns Who Work 12-Hour Shifts During The Pandemic, Amber Norman, Trisha Saul, Ross Bindler, Teresa Bigand Jun 2021

The Effect Of Covid-Related Changes In Diet, Exercise, Sleep Patterns, And Mood On Stress Levels Of Rns Who Work 12-Hour Shifts During The Pandemic, Amber Norman, Trisha Saul, Ross Bindler, Teresa Bigand

2021 Providence Nurse Research Conference

Background: Registered Nurses (RNs) working 12-hour shifts are regularly exposed to high stress situations which has intensified during the COVID-19 pandemic. Chronic stress exposure may lead to changes in health habits and impact sleep, exercise or diet, augmenting risk for adverse health outcomes and taking a negative emotional toll. While nursing staff educate patients on reducing stress and engaging in health promotion behaviors, there is little research on perceived stress and relationships to COVID-related changes in sleep, diet, exercise, and mood of nurses working full-time, 12-hour shifts during the pandemic.

Purpose: The purpose of this pilot study was to gain …


Hapi- Related Bipap In Dsu, Carmyle Seville, Angelica Taneca Jun 2021

Hapi- Related Bipap In Dsu, Carmyle Seville, Angelica Taneca

2021 Providence Nurse Research Conference

Background: Most medical-device related pressure injuries develop when skin or underlying tissues are subjected to a sustained pressure or shear from medical devices. Dressings have shown substantial biomechanical effectiveness in alleviating facial tissue deformations and stresses by providing localized cushioning to the tissue at risk. Our units (DSU and SDU) provide for the monitoring and care of patients with moderate or potentially severe physiologic instability requiring technical support but not necessarily artificial support such as patients on BIPAP management. In the 4 months (June-Sept 2019) before the project initiation, one patient per month had BIPAP related pressure injury.

Purpose: …


The Impact Of The Implementation Of Code-Blue Nurse Champions For Cardiac Arrest, Beverly Holland, Sherri Mendelson Jun 2021

The Impact Of The Implementation Of Code-Blue Nurse Champions For Cardiac Arrest, Beverly Holland, Sherri Mendelson

2021 Providence Nurse Research Conference

Background: Delayed recognition of in-hospital cardiac arrest (IHCA) events can affect survival rates. At the project site, there was a failure to rescue in the medical-surgical population. Key elements of success include staff identifying at-risk patients combined with early interventions to prevent deterioration of cardiac arrest. Survival and favorable outcomes for IHCA (i.e., neurological sequelae) were shown to be highly dependent on several factors, such as a skilled resuscitation team, prompt initiation of cardiopulmonary resuscitation and defibrillation, and organizational structures to support resuscitation care; therefore, nurses are an integral part of an IHCA response.

Purpose / Aims: The purpose of …


How Much Is Too Much: Examining Fluid Responsiveness In Septic Patients, Natalie Kitago, Lak Tuong, Sarah Rosenberg Jun 2021

How Much Is Too Much: Examining Fluid Responsiveness In Septic Patients, Natalie Kitago, Lak Tuong, Sarah Rosenberg

2021 Providence Nurse Research Conference

Background & Significance: The leading cause of death of critically ill patients is sepsis. The CDC reports that sepsis is estimated to be responsible for 1 of every 3-hospital deaths. Furthermore, in hospitals located in California for one large hospital system, a reported30.74% patients admitted to the ICU with sepsis died in the year 2017.

Purpose: The purpose of the study was to determine if utilizing non-invasive pulse contour technology (PCT) is a feasible intervention to manage fluid responsiveness and resuscitation specifically with septic patients in a community Intensive Care Unit in California. A secondary aim was to determine …


Blind Taste Testing: A Case Study Of An Emergency Room Rn With Covid-19 Anosmia & Hypogeusia (Loss Of Taste & Smell), Marietta Sperry, Kimberly Kohlieber Jun 2021

Blind Taste Testing: A Case Study Of An Emergency Room Rn With Covid-19 Anosmia & Hypogeusia (Loss Of Taste & Smell), Marietta Sperry, Kimberly Kohlieber

2021 Providence Nurse Research Conference

Background: Anosmia, or the loss of taste and smell, is an important symptom for nurses to screen for among patients, as this can result in a poor appetite which impairs healing. In the early stages of the COVID19 pandemic, anosmia was not a known symptom indicative of infection with the virus. Yet, one Registered Nurse who was working in an Emergency Room received a positive COVID test following a workplace exposure to the virus while wearing personal protective equipment, and began to complain of anosmia shortly thereafter. Because the anosmia persisted, his spouse conducted blind taste test on him …


Commencement Program 2021 (School Of Nursing), Loma Linda University Jun 2021

Commencement Program 2021 (School Of Nursing), Loma Linda University

Commencement Programs

CONTENTS

1 | Message from the President

2 | 2021 Events of Commencement

4 | University Administration

5 | Significance of Academic Regalia

6 | University History Highlights

8 | Criteria for Institutional Awards

10 | Loma Linda University Health and Loma Linda University Honorees

23 | The Program, The School Honorees, and The Speaker

25 | Candidates for Degrees

40 | Nurse's Pledge


「認知障礙症照顧者的需要及社會支援」研究 = Study On The Needs And Social Support Of Caregivers For People With Dementia, Mun Yu, Vera Tang, Chak Kwan, Dickon Chan, Mei Ling Lee, Chak Lung Lam Jun 2021

「認知障礙症照顧者的需要及社會支援」研究 = Study On The Needs And Social Support Of Caregivers For People With Dementia, Mun Yu, Vera Tang, Chak Kwan, Dickon Chan, Mei Ling Lee, Chak Lung Lam

APIAS Research Report 研究報告

香港認知障礙症(dementia)患者個案持續上升,他們大都在接受家庭成員的照顧。本研究旨在了解照顧者面對的困難及在福利服務制度以外獲得甚麼非正規支援(informal support)以協助他們應付有增無減的照顧工作。研究團隊以半結構性訪談(semi-structured interview)的方法,與18位非正規照顧者(informal caregivers)及20位服務提供者(service providers)進行深入訪談。研究發現照顧者面對的困難包括欠缺私人空間、因健康狀況差而難以獨自應付照顧工作、照顧開支帶來沉重的經濟負擔,以及照顧工作造成的心理及人際關係問題。研究結果顯示因應照顧者身處的人際網絡,他們獲得分別來自兄弟姊妹、子女、朋友、鄰里、教友、教會同工或大廈保安員提供不同的非正規支援。他們除了為照顧者提供情感支持外,也分擔了部份的照顧工作,讓照顧者得以「喘息」。部份人士更協助照顧者處理家居問題及應對突發事件,是獨力或年長的照顧者之重要支援者。研究亦發現,除了部份家人能夠分擔患者的起居生活照顧外,其他非正規支援的提供者只能提供周邊工作的支援、情感支持、以及危機應對。主要的起居生活照顧工作,仍由主要的照顧者承擔。研究團隊建議擴大照顧者津貼計劃的對象及提高津貼金額,並加強支援照顧者的服務,包括推行「長者社區保姆」及「家庭托顧」服務、加強宣傳及改善照顧者身心健康的支援服務及、為患者家人提供家庭輔導。此外,研究團隊建議提供培訓給支援人士及團體以增加對認知障礙症患者及其照顧者需要的知識及技巧,透過這些正規服務的承托,寶貴的社會資本可繼續累積及發揮社區互助精神。


Smoking Cessation Interventions In South Asian Region: A Systematic Scoping Review, Sajid Iqbal, Rubina Barolia, Pammla Petrucka, Laila Ladak, Rameesha Rehmani, Abdul Kabir Jun 2021

Smoking Cessation Interventions In South Asian Region: A Systematic Scoping Review, Sajid Iqbal, Rubina Barolia, Pammla Petrucka, Laila Ladak, Rameesha Rehmani, Abdul Kabir

School of Nursing & Midwifery

Background: Cigarette smoking is one of the most preventable causes of morbidities and mortalities. Since 2005, the World Health Organization Framework Convention for Tobacco Control (WHO-FCTC) provides an efficient strategic plan for tobacco control across the world. Many countries in the world have successfully reduced the prevalence of cigarette smoking. However, in developing countries, the prevalence of cigarette smoking is mounting which signifies a need of prompt attention. This scoping review aims to explore the extent and nature of Smoking Cessation (SmC) interventions and associated factors in South Asian Region (SAR) by systematically reviewing available recently published and unpublished literature. …


2020 Nursing Annual Report, Children's Health System Of Texas Jun 2021

2020 Nursing Annual Report, Children's Health System Of Texas

2020

No abstract provided.


Cilësia E Jetës Te Pacientët Me Diabet Tip 2, Arta Rama Jun 2021

Cilësia E Jetës Te Pacientët Me Diabet Tip 2, Arta Rama

Theses and Dissertations

Hyrja: Diabeti mellitus i tipit 2 (T2DM) është një problem global shëndetësor në zgjerim, i lidhur ngushtë me epideminë e mbipeshes. Individët me diabet mellitus tip 2 janë në rrezik të lartë për të dy ndërlikimet mikrovaskulare (përfshirë retinopatinë, nefropatinë dhe neuropatinë) dhe komplikimet makrovaskulare (të tilla si sëmundjet kardiovaskulare) për shkak të hiperglikemisë dhe përbërësve individualë të sindromës së rezistencës ndaj insulinës (metabolike).

Qëllimi: Ky punim ka për qëllim ngritjen e cilësisë së jetës te personat që vuajnë nga diabeti mellitus tip 2, pra përmirësimin e jetesës, këshillimin që të mirren me sporte të ndryshme, përfshirë këtu ecjen …


Hipertensioni Arterial Dhe Njohuritë E Të Semurëve Në Lidhje Me Dietën Dhe Stilin E Jetesës, Kaltrina Rexhepi Rizani Jun 2021

Hipertensioni Arterial Dhe Njohuritë E Të Semurëve Në Lidhje Me Dietën Dhe Stilin E Jetesës, Kaltrina Rexhepi Rizani

Theses and Dissertations

Hipertensioni është një problem serioz me ndikim të rëndësishme për individët, familjet, komunitetin dhe shërbimet shëndetësore. Hipertensioni arterial përcaktohet rritja e presionit të gjakut përmbi vlerat që konsiderohen normale. Sipas kritereve të përcaktuara nga OBSH (Organizata botërore e shëndetit) vlerat normale të presionit arterial janë rreth 140 mmHg, ndërsa presioni diastolik duhet ti ketë vlerat rreth 90 mmHg. Dihet se presioni arterial nuk është konstant dhe në periudha të ndryshme gjatë ditës ndryshon nga vlerat më të larta gjatë sistolës në vlerat më të ulëta gjatë diastolës së zemrës. Qëllimi i këtij studimi është të kuptojmë se cilët janë faktorët …


Ndikimi I Mjedisit Në Sëmundjet Kronike Obstruktive Të Mushkërive Dhe Shëndeti, Fitore Salihi Jun 2021

Ndikimi I Mjedisit Në Sëmundjet Kronike Obstruktive Të Mushkërive Dhe Shëndeti, Fitore Salihi

Theses and Dissertations

Sëmundja kronike obstruktive e mushkërive (SKOM) është shkaku kryesor i sëmundshmërisë dhe vdekshmërisë në të gjithë botën. Zhvillimi dhe përkeqësimi i SKOM ndikohen nga faktorët e mjedisit. Pirja e duhanit e cigareve është një faktor kryesor i rrezikut për sëmundjen e SKOM, dhe pirja e duhanit në mjedis gjithashtu kontribuon në zhvillimin e tij. Ekspozimi në punë ndaj avullit, pluhurit, gazit dhe tymrave janë faktorë të tjerë të rëndësishëm të rrezikut për sëmundjen e sëmundjes SKOM. Ndotja e ajrit në natyrë rrit pranimet në spital të lidhura me SKOM dhe është një faktor i rëndësishëm për përkeqësimin e sëmundjes dhe …


Njohuritë Dhe Praktikat Për Kontraceptivët Tek Femrat, Nexhibe Rexhepi Jun 2021

Njohuritë Dhe Praktikat Për Kontraceptivët Tek Femrat, Nexhibe Rexhepi

Theses and Dissertations

Në rastin e hartimit të këtij hulumtimi shkencor jam përpjekur që nivelin teorik e sistematik të trajtimit të qështjeve të caktuara të ia përshtasë parimeve të caktuara pedagogjike. Gjithashtu jam përpjekur që temën ta trajtoj në detaje, qysh nga kohët e lashta prej kur ka filluar njohja e metodave kontraceptive, përdorimi i tyre dhe inovacionet e tyre si pasojë e nevojave njerëzore për mbrojtjen nga sëmundjet transmisive dhe rritjes së kontrollit në lindje.

Abortet e shpeshta, numri i madhë i Shtatëzanive të padëshiruara, Edukimi i ulët seksual në Shoqërinë tonë më kanë shtyer të hulumtoj më shumë rreth këtyre çështjeve …


Satisfaksioni I Infermierëve Me Kushtet E Punës Në Kujdesin Parësor Në Lipjan, Leonard Buja Jun 2021

Satisfaksioni I Infermierëve Me Kushtet E Punës Në Kujdesin Parësor Në Lipjan, Leonard Buja

Theses and Dissertations

Hyrje: Kënaqësia e punës së infermierëve është një aspekt shumë i rëndësishëm dhe një pikë shqetësimi për cdo organizatë shëndetsore. Infermierët kanë vendet më të shumta të punës në këto institucione, dhe zëvendësimi i personelit është i kushtueshëm dhe konsumon shumë kohë. Në punën spitalore shumë kolegë infermierë janë të ekspozuar ndaj niveleve të ndryshme të kënaqësisë në punë, por cfarë i bën infermierët të jenë të kënaqur ose jo me profesionin e tyre, të cilin mund ta kenë zgjedhur edhe vetë. Qëllimi i punimit: Qëllimi i këtij punimi ishte vlerёsimi i kënaqshmërisë në punë i infermierëve me kushtet e …


“Menaxhimi Infermieror I Pacientëve Me Kancer Të Gjirit”, Elmira Çovanaj Jun 2021

“Menaxhimi Infermieror I Pacientëve Me Kancer Të Gjirit”, Elmira Çovanaj

Theses and Dissertations

Hyrje- Duke pasur parasysh se kanceri i gjirit tregon një rritje të përditshme të rasteve dhe këto rritje flasin për një dyfishim të rasteve në dekadat e ardhshme, atëherë në punim jam fokusuar në funksionet e gjirit si dhe anatominë dhe fiziologjinë e tij. Poashtu kam përshkruar patologjitë e gjirit,ndryshimet që ndodhin tek gjinjtë,etiologjia e semundjes etj.Kam përmendur faktorët e rrezikut,faktorët e dyshimt,faktorët e ndryshueshëm,faktorët e pandryshueshëm si dhe faktorët gjenetik. Një ndër rolet kryesore në trajtimin e kancerit të gjirit e luan infermierja.Roli i saj është i pazëvendësushëm. Qëllimi i punimit- Qëllim kryesor kam pasur të tregoj faktorët e …


Kujdesi Infermieror Tek Pacientët Me Epilepsi, Meriton Rrudhani Jun 2021

Kujdesi Infermieror Tek Pacientët Me Epilepsi, Meriton Rrudhani

Theses and Dissertations

Hyrje: Epilepsia është sëmundja më e shpeshtë në neurologji, ku manifestohet me ngërçe të muskujve dhe çrregullim të fuqishëm të vetëdijes. Në këtë punim janë të paraqitura shkaqet e epilepsis, simptomat, ndihma e parë, ndërhyrja kirurgjikale, roli i infermierit/es ndaj pacientëve me epilepsi dhe shumë informata lidhur me sëmundjet epileptike. Metodologjia: Studimi është i tipit Cross sectional dhe është realizuar në repartin e neurologjisë në QKUK.Ёshtë përdorur pyetësori i strukturuar të cilin e kemi adresuar në repartin e neurologjisë në QKUK. Pjesëmarrës në këtë pyetësor ishin pacientët e repartit neuorologjikë të sëmurë nga sëmundja e epilepsisë.. Rezultatet: Prej 12 personave …


Traumat Lumbale Dhe Kujdesi Infermieror, Arlinda Neziri Jun 2021

Traumat Lumbale Dhe Kujdesi Infermieror, Arlinda Neziri

Theses and Dissertations

Shëndeti është niveli i efikasitetit funksional apo metabolikë i qenieve të gjalla. Tek njeriu, kjo është gjendje e përgjithshme e mendjës, trupit dhe shpirtit të një personi, që do të thotë të jenë të lirë nga sëmundjet, dëmtimi ose dhimbja. Duke pasur parasysh faktin se trupi i njeriut që nga lindja e deri në vdekje, është i ekspozuar ndaj sëmundjeve të ndryshme apo dëmtimeve fizike, të cilat shkaktohen nga faktorët e brendshëm apo të jashtëm, infermieria si degë e mjekësisë ka për qëllim që të kujdeset për shëndetin e çdo personi i cili është prekur nga ndonjë sëmundje apo ka …


Cilësia E Jetës Tek Pacientët Me Diabet Të Tipit 2 Në Regjionin E Gjilanit, Lindita Rexhepi Ramadani Jun 2021

Cilësia E Jetës Tek Pacientët Me Diabet Të Tipit 2 Në Regjionin E Gjilanit, Lindita Rexhepi Ramadani

Theses and Dissertations

Diabeti është një sëmundje kronike që kërkon kujdes të vazhdueshëm mjekësor dhe edukim të pacientit për vetë-menaxhimi për të parandaluar komplikimet akute dhe për të zvogëluar rrezikun e komplikimeve afatgjata. Kujdesi ndaj diabetit është kompleks dhe kërkon që të adresohen shumë çështje, përtej kontrollit glikemik. Qëllimi i këtij hulumtimi është matja e cilësisë së jetës së personave me diabet te tipit 2. Përmes të dhënave të mbledhura do të synohet të paraqitet një pasqyrë e cilësisë së jetës së personave me diabet të tipit 2. Në studimin e realizuar kanë marrë pjesë 50 pacientë me diabet të tipit 2, të …


Gut Microbiota In Covid-19 Treatment, Tella Sadighpour, Audrey C. Tolouian Jun 2021

Gut Microbiota In Covid-19 Treatment, Tella Sadighpour, Audrey C. Tolouian

Nursing Faculty Publications

A novel coronavirus (severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus [SARS-CoV-2]), has been causing a COVID-19 pandemic of acute respiratory syndrome in humans since December 2019. It appears to be similar in structure to the virus that caused the SARS-CoV outbreak of 18 years ago. However, in addition to the respiratory disorders, the COVID-19 patients might suffer extra-pulmonary disorders, including gut dysfunction or liver dysfunction complications, which show as gut–lung crosstalk. Fecal specimens should be considered as a source of detection of SARS-CoV-2 as one of the routine diagnostic tests in order to guide hospital’s liberation and release of quarantine of patients.


江門市老年照顧者的照顧壓力及社會支持研究報告 = A Research Report On The Caregiving Pressures And Social Support Of Older Carers In Jiangmen City, 香港嶺南大學亞太老年學研究中心, 江門市恒愛社會工作綜合服務中心 Jun 2021

江門市老年照顧者的照顧壓力及社會支持研究報告 = A Research Report On The Caregiving Pressures And Social Support Of Older Carers In Jiangmen City, 香港嶺南大學亞太老年學研究中心, 江門市恒愛社會工作綜合服務中心

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根據中國第七次人口普查的結果顯示,2021年65歲及以上人口為19064萬人,占總人口的13.50% (國家統計局, 2021年5月11日)。中國老年人口於2025年將突破3億,2033年會突破至4億,2053年將達到峰值4.87億,占屆時全球老年人口的4分之1 (鄒波,2017)。隨著老年人口的不斷增加和壽命的增長,老齡化將是中國和很多發達國家面臨的重要問題。

此研究的地區為江門市,它是廣東省最“老”的城市,2019年該市戶籍老人為88.3萬人(比2018年增加5.7萬人),占戶籍總人口比例為22.1%(2018年為20.7%)。2019年江門市戶籍老人增速達6.9%,遠高於戶籍人口增速0.3%,亦高於全國和廣東省平均水準。老年人數量更以每年2.5萬到3萬人的速度增加,預計於2036年將達到戶籍人口的25%以上。受計劃生育政策的影響及2016年開放二胎政策,很多家庭都為獨生子女家庭,未來將呈現出“四二二”的家庭結構。這意味著青壯年的照顧壓力會進一步加劇,更多老年人將成為照顧者。

老年照顧者在照顧患病家人的過程要面對很多的困難。陳茜等(2008)通過分析國內外相關文獻後,認為老年照顧者主要需要承受體力上的壓力、精神上的壓力、經濟上的壓力和社會壓力。羅小茜等(2015)通過分析文獻發現,老老照護者會產生多種不良結果,如軀體症狀、心理症狀和照護品質下降。康峻鳴等(2020)對148例腦卒中後遺症患者及其家庭照顧者進行健康測量簡表(SF—36)以及社會支持量表(SSRS)調查,發現腦卒中後遺症患者家庭照顧者的生活品質與社會支持呈正相關。目前對於老年人照顧壓力的研究大多以理論、文獻的分析為主,或者僅僅從某一類型疾病的照顧壓力進行研究,如張睿等(2008)對10名認知障礙患者的照顧者進行非結構訪談,瞭解其照顧感受。可是針對老年照顧者的壓力的實證研究比較少,且對老年照顧者的需求及社會支持的研究更加缺乏。因此,本研究期望通過對江門市老年照顧者的深度訪談,去瞭解他們的照顧壓力來源及其社會支援網路。此研究報告分為三部分,第一部分指出研究的問題及此研究的方法。第二部分是主要發現。最後一個部分提供相關的建議。


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Updates from the Davis & Henley College of Nursing Sacred Heart University Alternatives to Opioids for Pain Grant.

Alternatives to Opioids for Pain (ALTOP) is a HRSA funded project to help combat the opioid epidemic in Connecticut.