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Case Report | 10.36959/545/387 Volume 3 Issue 1

Healthy Infant Born to a Mother Infected with Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19): A Case Report from Lebanon

Authors: Linda Abou-Abbas, PhD, Zeina Nasser, PhD, Abdelwahab El Aly, MD, Matta Matta, MD, Inas El Chami, RN, Nada Ghosn, MD, and Hamad Hassan, PhD

This case report describes the clinical outcomes of pregnant women infected with Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) and assesses the vertical transmission of SARS-CoV-2 infection from the pregnant wo... Read more

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Review Article | 10.36959/545/386 Volume 3 Issue 1

Comprehensive Stroke Management in the Era of COVID-19: Mind the Team

Authors: S Masci, RN, V De Zuane, RN, C Di Schino, MD, F Costantini, MD, C Capoccia, RN, C Colosimo, MD, MS Dioguardi, MD

In the context of the current coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, the ability to deliver timely and efficacious care must be balanced with the risk of infectio... Read more

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Review Article | 10.36959/545/385 Volume 3 Issue 1

Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-Cov-2) and the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Early Months

Authors: Terri Rebmann, PhD, RN, CIC, FAPIC, Angela Vassallo, MPH, MS, CIC, FAPIC and Rebecca Taylor Alvino, RN, MS, CNS, CIC, CNOR

SARS-CoV-2 is a highly contagious disease that spreads rapidly. Epidemiologists use the term R0 to describe the infectiousness of a disease, with R0 being equal to the average number of secondary case... Read more

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Review Article | 10.36959/545/384 Volume 3 Issue 1

Older Adults and Their Life Experience: What Can We Learn from Them?

Authors: Ami Rokach and David Berman

This study contemplates the role which reminiscing by older adults can play in facilitating beneficial outcomes by helping prepare for end of life via creating a cohesive life narrative and generative... Read more

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Original Research | 10.36959/545/383 Volume 3 Issue 1

Psychological Experiences of Patients with COVID-19: A Phenomenological Study

Authors: Siqian Wang, MSN, RN, Yingjie Liu, MSN, RN, Hangying She, BSN, RN, Tongyao Wang, BSN, RN, Jie Chen, BSN, RN, Xingmei Feng, BSN, RN, Chao-Pin Hsiao, PhD, RN, FAAN

Millions of lives have been affected and under psychological distress amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. However, existing studies mainly focused on the physical or psychological experi... Read more

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Research Article | 10.36959/545/382 Volume 3 Issue 1

Rural Nursing During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Snapshot of Nurses’ Experiences from Aotearoa New Zealand

Authors: Jean Ross, Samuel Mann and Griffin Leonard

This qualitative study involved nine rural nurse paticipants from New Zealand. All participants engaged with an individual zoom interview, during the pandemic lockdown. The interviews were conducted a... Read more

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Review Article | 10.36959/545/381 Volume 3 Issue 1

Experiences of New Mothers with Premature Babies in Neonatal Care Units: A Qualitative Study

Authors: Gul Pinar and Hulya Erbaba

Although mother-newborn attachment is very important for infant development babies in need of neonatal intensive care have to be separated from their mothers. A mother might experience distress in bon... Read more

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Review Article | 10.36959/545/380 Volume 3 Issue 1

Transition from Military Health Care Provider to Nursing Student

Authors: Jana C Saunders, PhD, RN, Patricia Francis-Johnson, DNP, RN and Melinda Mitchell Jones, MSN, JD, RN

To describe the transition process from military health care provider to nursing student from the perspective of the student veteran and to discover the types of resources, assets and liabilities invo... Read more

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Review Article | 10.36959/545/379 Volume 3 Issue 1

Psychological Problems and Intervention Strategies of Front- Line Nurses Fighting against Covid-19

Authors: Bo Zhou, Gan Wang and Yun Liu

The front-line nurses who fight against the Covid-19 epidemic situation have high work intensity, high risk of infection and high risk of mental health. Psychological intervention is very important fo... Read more

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Review Article | 10.36959/545/378 Volume 3 Issue 1

The COVID-19 Pandemic and the Greek 'Miracle'

Authors: Antigoni Fountouki, MSc, PhD, Dimitrios Kosmidis, MSc, PhD and Dimitrios Theofanidis, MSc, PhD

Positive outcomes in Greece were due to the following actions and initiatives taken early on during this worldwide health crisis: The correct and swift identification of the first positive case alerte... Read more

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Research Article | 10.36959/545/377 Volume 3 Issue 1

Impact of Caregiver Support on Patient Self-Care Outcomes with Heart Failure: A Systematic Review

Authors: Nader R Alnomasy, MSN, RN, AGNP, Ph.D

The purpose of this systematic review was to assess the impact on patient outcomes of caregivers’ contribution to heart failure (HF) self-care. The reason for choosing this condition is because of t... Read more

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Research Article | 10.36959/545/376 Volume 3 Issue 1

Innovation during Disruption: Implementing a Nurse Anesthesiology Educational Program during a Pandemic

Authors: Catherine Horvath, DNP, CRNA, Marjorie Everson, PhD, CRNA, Victoria Goode, PhD, CRNA, and Bruce A Schoneboom, PhD, CRNA, FAAN

The Johns Hopkins School of Nursing was scheduled to launch a new nurse anesthesiology program slated to be on-campus and in-person but this was plan was drastically altered by the pandemic induced pr... Read more

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Research Article | 10.36959/545/375 Volume 3 Issue 1

Not Just Big Kids: Paediatric Intensive Care Nurses’ Experience of Working in Adult Intensive Care during the COVID-19 Pandemic in A UK Hospital

Authors: Heather Burnett, Philippa Gibson and Catia Pinto

The aim of the article was to collect and analyse the experiences of paediatric intensive care nurses redeployed to adult intensive care during COVID-19. A survey was sent to 31 re-deployed paediatric... Read more

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Research Article | 10.36959/545/374 Volume 3 Issue 1

Geriatric Care in Nursing Curriculum in Saudi Arabia: A Nursing Student’s Perspective

Authors: Laila Alharbi, BSN, RN

As the population continues to improve life expectancy rates, so too the numbers of elderly who require care outside the traditional family setting rises. This leads to an increased demand on the heal... Read more

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Research Article | 10.36959/545/373 Volume 3 Issue 1

Factors Facilitating or Hindering the Implementation of Electronic Health Records at Primary Health Care Units as Perceived by the Health Care Providers

Authors: Heba Mohamed Farrag Elsyed, Nora Ahmed Bassiuoni and Ebtsam Abou Hashish

Electronic health records (EHRs) have the potential to significantly affect the practice of primary care by improving the quality of care, reducing costs, and improving health outcomes. Many factors c... Read more

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Original Article | 10.36959/545/372 Volume 3.1 Issue 1

Nurses Wellbeing and Primary Nursing: The Experience of the Emergency Surgical Ward in the General Hospital in Piacenza

Authors: Nicastro M, PhD, Liguori P, PhD and Mozzarelli Fabio, PhD

The growing complex of organizations and the new demand for people's health care lead to a planned and personalized care solution. Primary nursing is a new model of care focused on the people to be tr... Read more

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Research Article | 10.36959/545/371 Volume 3 Issue 1

Optimizing Support and Hope: The Process of Self-Care among Women with HIV/AIDS

Authors: Farzaneh Kashefi, Fatemeh Oskouie, Forough Rafii, Mohammad Mehdi Gouya and Marjan Khajehei

We aimed to identify the level of self-care and its related factors in women with HIV/AIDS. In this qualitative study, 30 women with HIV/AIDS attending behavioral diseases counseling centers in Tehra... Read more

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Original Article | 10.36959/545/370 Volume 3 Issue 1

Improving Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) Competency of Nurses in One Acute Stroke Unit - A Nursing Initiative Project

Authors: Elmer Catangui, RN, RM, MBA, MSN, PhD Student

Deterioration is common during acute phase of stroke. Early identification and detection of stroke is important monitoring role of a nurse. The Glasgow coma scale (GCS) has been used predominantly by... Read more

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Original Article | 10.36959/545/369 Volume 3 Issue 1

Occupational Health Nurses' Wider Vision and Advocacy for a Greener, Safer World

Authors: Louise Terry, PhD, SFHEA, LLB (Hons), FIBMS and Karen Bowman, MN, RN, COHN-S

Occupational health nurses (OHNs) have provided health support to workers for 140 years. Some adopt additional responsibilities beyond the workplace towards the wider community and the environment. T... Read more

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Review Article | 10.36959/545/368 Volume 3 Issue 1

Is the Amsterdam Preoperative Anxiety and Information Scale (APAIS) a Valid Tool in Guiding the Management of Preoperative Anxiety in Adult Patients? A Literature Review

Authors: Sarah Spanner and Lynn Sayer

Preoperative anxiety is a common problem that affects 60-85% of patients undergoing elective surgery and results in adverse outcomes. However, health professionals’ often have little time to fully ... Read more

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Short Note | 10.36959/545/367 Volume 3 Issue 1

A Renewed Call to Compassion

Authors: Lisa A Davis, PhD, RN

Hospitals are busy, often chaotic places with myriad requirements which take up nursing time - attending committee meetings, renewing certifications, making rounds, and providing care. Hospitals ar... Read more

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Pilot Study | 10.36959/545/366 Volume 3 Issue 1

Pilot Test of an Evidence-Based Clinical Intervention to Reduce Rural Preterm Births using Mobile Technology and Community Health Worker Support

Authors: Mary E Cramer, PhD, RN, FAAN, Amy L Ford, DNP, RN, Kevin A Kupzyk, PhD and Fernando Wilson, PhD

Preterm birth is a priority health problem in the U.S. One in ten babies in the U.S. is born before 37 weeks gestation, which results in lengthy hospitalizations and sometimes lifelong health problems... Read more

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Review Article | 10.36959/545/365 Volume 3 Issue 1

Effectiveness of Lifestyle Health Promotion Interventions for Nurses: Protocol for a Systematic Review

Authors: Holly Blake, PhD, Melanie Narayanasamy, PhD, Mark E Batt, MB DM FFSEM and Kamlesh Khunti MD, PhD, FMedSci

Risky lifestyle behaviours amongst nurses have been well documented. Studies have shown non-adherence among nurses to national public health guidelines for physical activity, diet, smoking, and alcoho... Read more

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Review Article | 10.36959/545/364 Volume 2 Issue 2

Navigating Evidence Based Practice: A Guide for Nursing Students

Authors: Lissa Gagnon

Nurses have, as part of their professional standards, an obligation to be able to explain and support their clinical decisions on the basis of evidence-based practice (EBP). For example, in Ontario, t... Read more

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Original Article | 10.36959/545/363 Volume 2 Issue 2

The Coping with the Oppressed Feelings Program: A Pilot Feasibility Study for Employed Female Caregivers of Aging Parents

Authors: Yumi Hashizume

Thousands of older, Japanese adults are cared for by employed female family members. In 2016, 27% (34 million) of the population was over 65 years of age, and approximately 18% (6 million) were care r... Read more

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Review Article | 10.36959/545/362 Volume 2 Issue 1

Importance of Web-Based Education in the Management of Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Authors: Berna Nilgun Ozgursoy Uran, Yasemin Yıldırım, Fisun Senuzun Aykar and Belkıs Unsal

Patient education is a learning process which intends to determine the problems about health, to bring the health improvement behavior and to make a person in a state of exact well-being. There are ma... Read more

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Research Article | 10.36959/545/361 Volume 2 Issue 1

Perception of Nursing Staff towards Disclosure of Adverse Events

Authors: Ghee Hian Limeli, Min Tun Win, Neo Soon Keow, Preetha Ramachandran and Choon Bin Wee

The patients and their relatives today are well educated and have better awareness of their medical conditions and rights. This narrowed information and knowledge gap between the patients and the heal... Read more

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Research Article | 10.36959/545/360 Volume 1 Issue 2

Effects of a Self-Report Workbook Intervention on Cancer Patients' Empowerment within the Context of Patient Education

Authors: Vaartio-Rajalin Heli, Puukka Pauli, Leino-Kilpi Helena and Berger Christina

The aim of this article is to describe the empowering outcomes of a patient education intervention using a self-report workbook with the focus on patients' self-perceived knowledge expectations and sa... Read more

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Commentary | 10.36959/545/359 Volume 1 Issue 2

Ethics of Behavior: Expressions to Say Otherwise Our Behavior in the Palliative Care Area Said

Authors: Bernard TROUDE

The highly digitized and highly programmed period obliges all individuals to squander the sense of all social values because of the profitability and the means granted to it alone and not to the human... Read more

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Research Article | 10.36959/545/358 Volume 1 Issue 2

Minimum Sample Size Requirements for a Validation Study of the Birth Satisfaction Scale-Revised (BSS-R)

Authors: Colin R Martin and Caroline J Hollins Martin

The 10-item Birth Satisfaction Scale-Revised (BSS-R) is a theoretically anchored and easy to administer multi-dimensional measure of the birth satisfaction construct. The use of the BSS-R Internationa... Read more

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Review Article | 10.36959/545/357 Volume 1 Issue 1

Improving Tissue Integrity in Intensive Care Unit Patients

Authors: Stacie Hearell and Jessica Naber

Throughout clinical experiences in western Kentucky intensive care units, it has been observed that critically ill patients are not receiving fully implemented skin care practice according to hospital... Read more

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Research Article | 10.36959/545/356 Volume 1 Issue 1

Woman's Experience of Childbirth: Qualitative Analysis from Data Derived from the 30-Item-Birth-Satisfaction-Scale

Authors: Susan Procter, Caroline J Hollins Martin, Derek Larkin and Colin R Martin

Birth satisfaction encompasses a woman's evaluation of her birth experience and includes factors such as her appraisal of the quality of care she received, a personal assessment of how she coped, and ... Read more

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Research Article | 10.36959/545/355 Volume 1 Issue 1

Cognitive Age and Usability of Health Website among Older Adults

Authors: Meriam Caboral-Stevens

Chronological age is widely used in the literature as an objective measure. Age is more than a physical state; it is also a state of mind. Cognitive age refers to how a person perceives their age to b... Read more

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RESEARCH ARTICLE | 10.36959/545/354 Volume 1 Issue 1

Managing Oral Health: Knowledge and Perceptions of California Advanced Practice Registered Nurses

Authors: Eileen K Fry-Bowers and Paul Gavaza

In 2000, the United States (U.S.) Surgeon General's Report identified dental disease as a silent epidemic and linked an individual's oral health to their overall health and well-being. Shortly there a... Read more

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