Introduction: Nurses play a vital role in patient care and health sector. In order to meet the needs of the patients around the clock, in the nursing profession, 24 hours of the day are usually covered by three 8-hour shifts. Nurses are one subgroup of the population who appear to be especially vulnerable to poor sleep. The aim of the study was to assess sleep hygiene practices and sleep quality among nursing officers. Methodology: A quantitative (non-experimental) research approach was adopted for the study with a descriptive survey design. The sample of the present study comprised of 100 nursing officers working in a selected hospital of Delhi. A Structured Rating Scale was used to assess the sleep hygiene practices and Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) was used to assess the sleep quality of nursing officers. The data gathered were analysed and interpreted using descriptive and inferential statistics. Results: The result of the study showed that majority of the nursing officers have poor sleep quality. Sleep hygiene practices of nursing officers were almost divided equally in fairly good and fairly poor categories. As sleep hygiene improved, sleep quality also was seen to improve. A negative correlation was seen between sleep quality and sleep hygiene practice. Conclusion: Finding of study will act as a catalyst to carry out more extensive research on a large population sample in various settings and also a reference material for researchers who are willing to conduct research in assessing sleep quality and sleep hygiene practice.
Neonatal skin care is an important clinical concern for nurses who care for newborns, including well, fullterm, healthy premature and extremely premature neonates. Skin performs a vital role in the newborn period. It provides a protective barrier that assists in the prevention of infection, facilitates thermoregulation and helps control insensible water loss and electrolyte balance. Other functions include tactile sensation and protection against toxins. Routine care practices including bathing, application of monitoring devices, intravenous (IV) catheter insertion and removal, tape application, and exposure to potentially toxic substances disrupt the normal barrier function and predispose both premature and term newborn to skin injury. The skin of the full-term newborn is coated with vernix caseosa, a cheese-like substance that contains sebum from sebaceous glands, broken-off lanugo and desquamated cells from amnion, as well as water. Skin care practices play an important role in the health of well newborns and hospitalized neonates. Fortunately, for many aspects of neonatal skin care, there exit evidence or consensus-based recommendations to guide best practices.
Introduction: "Chemotherapy Spill Kit (CSK)" is a kit with various configurations and contents designed for safe and fast clean-up of chemotherapy drug spills in accordance with standard guidelines. Thus, nurses can minimize exposure to hazardous drugs with the use of personal protective equipment and careful technique with the use of this kit. Hence, these spill kits should be available wherever chemotherapy is located.Objectives: The objectives of the study were to develop a CSK and validate the kit and assess the acceptability of CSK among the nurses in oncology wards of the selected hospital.
Methodology:The conceptual framework of the present study was based on integrating models of diffusion of innovations, which was first proposed by Barbara Wejnert, which consists of characteristics of innovations, characteristics of innovators, and environmental characteristics. Quantitative research approach and methodological research design was used. Tools used for data collection comprised of rating scale criteria to validate the items of CSK by 11 experts from the field of medical-surgical nursing and oncology and to assess the acceptability of CSK among nurses. Non-probability purposive sampling was adopted to select the sample. The study was conducted on 60 nurses working in oncology wards of Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi.
Result:The data collected was analyzed using descriptive statistics. Content Validity Index (CVI) was used to validate items of CSK. Following validation by the experts, the acceptability of the CSK was assessed. The major findings of the study showed a very positive validation by all the experts with mean CVI score of 0.98, median 1.00, mode of 1.00 and standard deviation of 0.11772. CVI score of more than 0.78 was considered to be valid for this study. From an acceptability perspective, 100% of the subjects found CSK to be highly acceptable.
Conclusion:The conclusion drawn from the study was a positive validation of CSK by 11 experts and an overwhelming acceptability of the CSK. Further all the study subjects opined for the need of CSK in oncology
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