Introduction: Nutrition in pregnancy is usually socio-culturally shaped which marked by different beliefs and values. These beliefs and values yield taboos and myths that greatly shape their lifestyle. Therefore, understanding the client"s culture is an important issue in a culturally congruent nutritional assessment and counseling. Aim of the study: to identify dietary knowledge, practices and adequacy among Bedouin pregnant women. Research design: A descriptive research design. Setting: The out-patient clinic of Marsa-Matrouh maternity hospital, Egypt. Subjects: A convenience sample of 320 pregnant women. Tools: Three tools were utilized for data collection: Tool I: Pregnant women"s basic data structured interview schedule Tool II: Pregnant women"s Dietary knowledge structured interview schedule and Tool III: Pregnant women"s dietary practices structured interview schedule. Results: Only 4.7% of the study subjects have good knowledge about nutrition during pregnancy. As much as 81.6% of them had fair knowledge and only 13.8 % had poor knowledge. Moreover, there is a statistically significant positive correlation between subject"s level of knowledge about nutrition during pregnancy and energy, protein, calcium and copper dietary adequacy(0.034, 0.052, 0.026, and 0.037, respectively.)Conclusion: the majority of the study subjects had fair level of knowledge about nutrition during pregnancy. Almost two-thirds of them had inadequate intake of most nutrients according to recommended dietary allowance (RDA) for pregnant women. Their level of knowledge about nutrition was positively correlated with their dietary adequacy.
Background Childbirth is a deep psychological experience that has a long-term effect on women's health. Therefore, pregnant women need to make an informed decision about where and how they will give birth. Aim of the study this study was carried out to explore the factors determining choice of delivery place among women of childbearing age. Subjects & Method A convenience sample of 200 postpartum women were recruited by simple random sampling technique from the eight districts in Alexandria Governorate. Two tools were used for data collection. Results More than one-half (58%) of women had fair level of knowledge about the delivery place compared to 42% who had poor knowledge. The highest percentage of them (34%) preferred to have their future delivery at private hospitals followed by 27% of them who preferred private clinics. Conclusion Based on the findings of the present study, it could be concluded that slightly less than threefifths (58%) of the studied subjects had fair knowledge level regarding the delivery places. Additionally, 58% of them had chosen the hospitals whether private or governmental as a place for future delivery due to the availability of health care providers and good supplies and facilities. Moreover, they will choose the most affordable hospital available. A positive correlation was found between the knowledge about delivery places and age, education level and residence. Recommendation Continuous monitoring of women's satisfaction with all aspects of care during delivery could aid in improvement of the quality of services and ultimately improve the women's attitude toward the different delivery places.
Stress is non-ended problem associated with learning. Coping styles are the only approaches that help students to overcome the stress and enhance the educational success. The study aimed to identify stress are as and coping styles of nursing students. A descriptive research design was used. 118 nursing students were asked to fill out the questionnaire. The highly learning environment stressors were coming from assignments and workload (12.14+4.19) and taking care of patients (10.14+4.19). The highly used coping styles were religion (3.28 + 1.0), Acceptance (3.06 + 0.89) and active coping (2.92 + 0.68).. It can be concluded that the clinical workload found in the courses is the common stressor for last year students.
Background: Percutaneous exposure to contaminated needle sticks and other sharps is a danger not only to health care workers but also to nursing and paramedical students that increases the morbidity and mortality from infections with blood borne pathogens. Knowledge concerning the general precautions is vital for the prevention of such accidents. This study aimed to describe the knowledge and practice of infection prevention and control guidelines among health care students regarding needle stick and sharp objects injuries. Methods: A descriptive, cross sectional research design was used. Health care students were selected using convenience sampling which included 90 students. Data was collected using a self-reporting structured online questionnaire and administered to a number of health care students including nursing and Clinical laboratory specialists. Results: It was found that about half (49%, 52%) of the students had fair knowledge and fair practice regarding needle stick injuries and infection control guidelines respectively. The majority of the students (76.7%) had positive attitudes towards Needle stick injuries and infection control guidelines. Conclusion: This study concluded that knowledge and practice of health care students about the risk associated with needle-stick and sharp objects injuries and use of preventive measures was fair. Special concerns should be given to the role of post exposure prophylaxis, the recapping of needles and the importance and mechanism of reporting NSIs. Standing operating procedures should be conveyed regarding needle-stick and sharp objects injuries in all the health facilities.
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