American Journal of Nursing Science

Volume 5, Issue 1, February 2016

  • Effectiveness of Designed Educational Programme for Nurse's Regarding Using the Braden Scale to Predict Pressure Ulcer Risk

    Shereen Ahmed Ahmed Qalawa, Amal Bakr Abo El – Ata

    Issue: Volume 5, Issue 1, February 2016
    Pages: 1-7
    Received: 20 December 2015
    Accepted: 27 December 2015
    Published: 11 January 2016
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    Abstract: Introduction: Pressure ulcer prevention and management is an important approach of basic nursing care. Pressure sores affect people who are unable to change position regularly. Sustained pressure on those areas which support the body leads to reduced blood supply and eventually death of the skin and underlying muscles (a pressure sore). Aim: This s... Show More
  • The Practice of Nursing in the Prevention and Control of Postpartum Hemorrhage: An Integrative Review

    Haimee Emerich Lentz Martins, Maria de Lourdes de Souza, Sabiha Khanum, Najma Naz, Anna Carolina Raduenz Huf Souza

    Issue: Volume 5, Issue 1, February 2016
    Pages: 8-15
    Received: 05 January 2016
    Accepted: 13 January 2016
    Published: 27 January 2016
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    Abstract: The study was developed to identify and analyze nursing practices in the literature related to the prevention and control of postpartum hemorrhage. Integrative review of on-line articles indexed in the databases MedLine, PubMed, Lilacs, SciELO, Embase, CINAHL and Web of Science (in the period between September 2013 and February 2014); search strate... Show More
  • Perception and Utilization of Problem-Based Learning by Nurse Educators in Cross River State, Nigeria

    Patience Edoho Samson-Akpan, Idang Neji Ojong, Akon Emmanuel Ndiok

    Issue: Volume 5, Issue 1, February 2016
    Pages: 16-21
    Received: 19 January 2016
    Accepted: 13 February 2016
    Published: 29 February 2016
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    Abstract: Problem based learning is one of the innovations in tertiary education where appropriate problem is used to increase knowledge and understanding but Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria has not yet incorporated it into the curricular of nursing education. Therefore, the purpose of the study was to assess nurse educators’ perception of problem-b... Show More
  • Diabetic Foot Among Elderly at Zagazig City: Risk Factors and Foot Care Practices

    Eman Shokry Abd-Allah, Sabah Abdou Hagrass, Shimaa Salah Mohamed

    Issue: Volume 5, Issue 1, February 2016
    Pages: 22-29
    Received: 24 January 2016
    Accepted: 08 February 2016
    Published: 29 February 2016
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    Abstract: Background: Foot health problems are common in the elderly due to pathological changes in their feet. The aim of this study was to identify diabetic foot risk factors among the elderly at Zagazig City Subjects and methods; Analytic cross sectional study design was utilized. The study was conducted at Zagazig health insurance clinic for the elderly ... Show More
  • Assessment of Practice and Factors Affecting Sunlight Exposure of Infants Among Mothers Attending Governmental Health Facilities in Debre Markos Town, East Gojjam, Ethiopia, 2015

    Abebe Abate, Rajalakshmi Murugan, Tenaw Gualu

    Issue: Volume 5, Issue 1, February 2016
    Pages: 30-36
    Received: 16 November 2015
    Accepted: 27 November 2015
    Published: 02 March 2016
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    Abstract: Introduction: For centuries, sunlight has been used for therapeutic purposes. Parents still expose their infants to sunlight to treat neonatal jaundice, mostly to supply vitamin D for bone development as a consequence of health beliefs. Objective: The main objective of this study was to assess practice and factors affecting sunlight exposure of inf... Show More