Objective. The purpose, herein, was to determine the moral sensitivity of nurses when caring for terminally ill patients. Methods. Descriptive study conducted in the city of Cartagena (Colombia) with the participation of 118 nurses with minimum experience of six months in caring for the terminally ill in...
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Objective. To evaluate the pattern of internet use and factors that facilitate or dissuade its use among nursing
students from a university in Urmia, Iran. Methods. A cross-sectional, descriptive study was conducted with
162 nursing students selected through simple random sampling. Results. The ...
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Objective. To identify the nursing diagnoses through reports in the medical records of patients monitored in
a specialized ischemic heart disease outpatient clinic. Methods. Cross-sectional study with retrospective data
collection in the medical records. From the data collected, the nursing diag...
Gandhi, Sailaxmi;
Poreddi, Vijayalakshmi;
Govindan, Radhakrishnan;
G, Jothimani;
Anjanappa, Shamala;
Sahu, Maya;
Narayanasamy, Padmavathi;
N, Manjunath;
C, Naveenkumar;
Badamath, Suresh.
Objective. To assess nurses’ knowledge and perceptions towards mental illness. Methods. This was a crosssectional descriptive study conducted among 126 randomly selected nurses those are working under District Mental Health program in Karnataka (India). The data was collected through self-reported ques...
Objective. To assess nurses’ knowledge, attitude and practice towards using physical restraints among psychiatric patients. Methods. A descriptive cross sectional survey was carried out among conveniently selected sample of nurses working in psychiatry departments at a tertiary care center. The data wa...
Objective. to identify the gender differences in assessing quality of life of patients undergoing chemotherapy treatment for colorectal cancer. Methods. this is a cross-sectional investigation conducted with 144 patients (72 men and 72 women) undergoing chemotherapy treatment in a southeastern Brazilian ...
Objective. To assess gender disparity in body weight perception, Body Mass Index (BMI), weight satisfaction and role of depression among undergraduate Medical and Nursing students. Methods. A descriptive cross sectional descriptive study was conducted in conveniently selected medical (n=241) and nursing ...
Objective. This work sought to identify the prevalence of overweight and obesity conditions and the associated factors in nursing students in a public university in Medellín, Colombia. Methodology. This was a descriptive cross-sectional study conducted in 2015. The study selected 171 participants throug...
Objective. To characterize the elderly population and their caregivers and to verify the association of depressive symptoms of the elderly and the caregiver’s burden with the variables of interest. Methods. A cross-sectional study with 80 elderly people and 78 caregivers in a Primary Health Service in ...
Objective. Compare the attitudes toward mental illness between medical and nursing undergraduate students from a university in India. Methods. A cross sectional descriptive study was carried out among medical (n=154) and nursing undergraduate students (n=168) using Attitude Scale for Mental Illness (ASMI...
