50th International Conference on Advanced Nursing Research September 10-11, 2019 Panorama Hotel Prague Milevská 7, 140 63 Praha 4, Czechia

Biography:

Bushra has completed her General Nursing from Victoria Hospital, Pakistan and then Midwifery from St. Raphael Hospital, Pakistan. Presently, she is working as Ultrasound scanner.

 

Abstract:

Pakistani women are using abortion as part of their strategy to avoid unwanted or mistimed births, notwithstanding the illegality of the procedure and the considerable health risks it entails, as evidenced by the large number hospitalized for treatment of complications each year. The need to seek recourse to abortion is likely to be especially prevalent among women who fear that contraceptives will damage their health, who believe that their husbands object to family planning, or who feel that religious and social norms do not endorse contraceptive use. In addition, many women may have difficulty obtaining the modern methods they need. Under current circumstances, many Pakistani women are paying with their health—and even their lives—to avoid births that they cannot afford or do not want. Helping them avert unintended pregnancy and supporting them in achieving their fertility goals would significantly reduce maternal morbidity and mortality and the associated costs to families, communities and society as a whole.

 

Biography:

Yuan-Yuan Song is a Nursing PhD candidate who is on her first year in West China School of Nursing in Sichuan University in China. She focuses her research on Chronic Disease Management, Especially Symptom Management of Hemodialysis Patients. 

Abstract:

Background: Hemodialysis patients have been demonstrated to suffer from a heavy burden of symptoms. Factors influencing the symptom burden of hemodialysis patients are limited to demographic and clinical characteristics, little is known about other potential factors that can be predictable and intervened, such as self-management, sense of coherence and social support.

Methods: In a cross-sectional observational study conducted during February 2017 to October 2017, a total of 382 hemodialysis patients from four hospitals completed questionnaires that provided information on demographic and clinical characteristics, self-management, sense of coherence, social support and total symptom burden. The data were analyzed using SPSS, and regression analysis was used to evaluate for factors associated with symptom burden of hemodialysis patients.

Results: The total scores of symptom burden among participants ranged from 21 to 139, with a mean score of 74.12. Multiple Regression model showed that 48.6% of the variance in symptom burden was explained by meaningfulness, emotion management, daily urine output, subjective support, gender, and manageability.

Conclusions: Self-management, sense of coherence, and social support are found to influence their symptom burden, suggesting that health care providers should perform symptom management from multi-faceted perspectives. Continued studies are needed to further explore other potential factors that can be predictable and intervened with regard to effective symptom management for hemodialysis patients.

Biography:

Hong-Rui Shi is a Nursing PhD candidate who is on her first year in West China School of Nursing in Sichuan University in China. She focuses on her research on Geriatric Nursing and Nursing Education.

 

Abstract:

Background: A majority of nurses struggled with a negative emotion of anger, doubt, fear or anxiety, uncomfortable in the face of death and dying. However, little is known about nursing students in China. Our study was to investigate nursing undergraduates’ attitudes toward death, and analysis of their experience of patient death in-depth. To provide reference for promoting death education and hospice care in medical colleges.

Methods: A total of 1000 nursing undergraduates who were from four medical colleges in Shanxi were investigated by Death Attitude Profile-Revised (DAP-R-C), and a qualitative phenomenological methodology was used. Fifteen nursing students who had experienced the death of patients were interviewed. The Colaizzi’s methodology was used to analyze the data.

Results: The average score of students’ attitudes toward death was 2.82±0.40. Four dimensions were extracted: complex psychological and emotional reactions, lack of professional knowledge and skills, coping style, the impact of death experience on nursing students.

Conclusions: Though nursing undergraduates had a negative attitude towards death, the demand of death education is high. Required or elective courses of death education with varied teaching methods may be a good choice for nursing undergraduates. Meanwhile, emotional support should be given to nursing students who have experienced a patient’s death.

Biography:

Mauceri Filippo has graduated in Nursing in 2018 with a grade of 103 out of 110. He worked for four months in Medicine and now works in a Nursing Home. On 4 April 2019 he presented his study on Sepsis at the National Congress of Riccione and this study was awarded as the first research of all congress.

 

Abstract:

Sepsis is a very frequent and serious disease, although still poorly understood. It affects 20-30 Million people worldwide about 250,000 in Italy alone, of which one in four does not survive; the purpose of my research is to understand how sepsis is managed in the emergency room, what is still to be improved and what can be improved. The study population includes patients admitted to the emergency unit of Siena from 01/09/2017 to 02/28/2018, who respond positively to inclusion in the study. At the end of the data collection the sample includes 102 patients. Many variables have been studied that help to understand nursing management of septic patients. The variables: sex; age; methods of arrival at the emergency room; admission codes used; discharge codes used; patients who received the qSOFA score; values qSOFA; patients who were given the antibiotic within the first hour; patients who have been treated with procalcitonin; patients who underwent blood gas analysis; average PCR, procalcitonin and lactate values; patients whose blood cultures were performed; results of blood cultures performed; patients who were treated with other cultures; etiology of bacteria resulting from blood cultures; etiology microorganisms resulting from other cultures; patient hospitalization time; frequency of septic patients at the emergency room in the various months; follow up. These variables collected if analyzed in multiple hospitals could make a difference in the management of sepsis with the possibility of saving more lives.

Biography:

Libuseng Moureen Rathobei has completed her primary education at Iketsetseng Private School and moved to Sefika High School. She was later admitted at National Health Training College where she obtained a Diploma in General nursing in 2006. She then joined the University of Free State where she obtained a Degree in Nursing with the following specialization; Nursing Education, Psychiatric Nursing Science, Child Psychiatric Nursing Science, Community Health Nursing and Nursing Management. In 2010, she joined Paray School of Nursing, where she worked as a Nurse Educator facilitating in both Programs of; Certificate in Nursing Assistants and Diploma in General Nursing.

Abstract:

There is global awareness of investment in higher education to ensure quality learning. Provision of quality feedback is perceived as key benchmark of effective learning and vital requirement in meeting students` expectations. Nevertheless, increased students` demands and expectations about quality feedback are in competition with increased pressure on academic resources which may results in dissatisfaction on students. Despite high priority placed on quality feedback by higher education institutions (HEI`s), insufficient research studies have been conducted on student nurses` perceptions of quality feedback. The purpose of study was to describe nursing students` perceptions on feedback received from educators in selected HEI`s. Non-experimental, exploratory, descriptive research design was used to guide research process. Non-probability, convenience sampling method was used with 75 nursing students as respondents. Data was collected by means of questionnaire and analysed using SPSS version 24. Descriptive statistics procedure was used to present findings of study. Most respondents (82.7%) opined they received understandable, timely, personalized, criteria-referenced, positive and clear feedback after assessment. Conversely, (17.3%) of respondents indicated that they received delayed, non-understandable feedback with limited opportunities for clarity and negatively written feedback. This suggests that quality feedback mechanisms in selected HEI were utilized to make effective learning and meet nursing students` requirements and expectations. The findings of research indicate that nursing students receive quality feedback after assessment. In addition, students acknowledge that quality feedback positively aided feedback process. However, there is need to provide feedback that improved performance of students and meet their needs.

Biography:

Samira Alirezaei has completed her PhD in Health Services Management, School of Health Management and Information Sciences, Health Management and Economics Research Center, Ministry of Health and Medical Education, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

Abstract:

Background: Nurses are the biggest professional workforce at a hospital and they have become a key factor in improving productivity and competitiveness of hospitals. In healthcare industry, the attrition rate of nurses has been the highest among all employee categories. Aim of this study was to gain a deeper understanding of factors that affect nursing outflows and intention to leave in Iran.

Method: We conducted a systematic search in web of science, PubMed, OVID, SID, Magiran and Google Scholar in 2016. The selected time period for searching articles was since 2000 to 2016.

Result: The results indicated that tendency of Iranian nurses to leave services was correlated with justice, commitment, individual factors (type of health sector, level of income, job satisfaction, work and family conflict), organizational factors (organizational atmosphere, work issues, job stress, work exhaustion, working life quality, and ethical leadership) and cultural, economic and social factors.

Conclusions: Targeting interventions to enhance participation in hospital affairs, adequacy of staffing and resources and enabling and supporting behaviors and creating opportunities for growth and professional development could be beneficial for a stable nursing workforce. The challenge for nurse leaders is to use the evidence generated from this study and previous studies to develop professional practice environments that facilitate the cultural changes needed to build and sustain a quality nursing workforce. It seems essential that hospital managers consider these factors in their planning and decision makings.