Background: Insufficient pain treatment in the early stages after laparoscopic cholecystectomy may cause patients to breathe shallowly and quickly because they are afraid of experiencing pain. Pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic complementary therapies such as foot massage can be used to manage pain and anxiety after laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Aim: To determine effect of foot massage on pain and anxiety levels among patients who underwent laparoscopic cholecystectomy.
Background: Cellulitis is considered as a one of the common acute skin infection which causes pain, swelling and erythema. Moreover, it may carry a socioeconomic burden. Recently, 5% potassium permanganate dressing solution has been extensively used as a trustworthy antiseptic as for many types of wounds. Aim: to determine the efficacy of Potassium permanganate dressing solution on accelerating cellulitis healing process. Design: Quasi-experimental design. Setting: At inpatient surgical department at Alexandria Main University Hospital. Subjects: a convenience sample of 40 adult cellulitis patients of both sexes. Results: no statistically significant difference between both groups during the 1 st assessment was found. During 2 nd and 3 rd assessment, there were statistically significant differences in the study group over the control group in most items of cellulitis severity assessment. Conclusion: 5% potassium permanganate solution as a topical antiseptic dressing solution for cellulitis is viable and well tolerated, effectively hastening the cellulitis healing including decreasing the severity of pain, edema and erythema.
Background:The COVID-19 outbreak had a tremendous impact on the world of education. Aim: To assess maternity and medical surgical nursing students' preferences and experiences regarding traditional, blended and e-learning during COVID-19 pandemic in the Faculty of Nursing, Mansoura University. Tools: Three tools were used for data collection; the first tool was a student demographic questionnaire; the second and third tools were questionnaires to assess the students' preferences and experiences regarding the three methods of learning. Results: 60.8% of the studied students preferred blended learning. 87.8% of the studied students had previous negative experiences regarding traditional learning, 58.2% of them had a negative experience regarding elearning, and 67.1% of them had a positive experience regarding blended learning. Conclusion: Concerning the students' preferences, just over three-fifths of the studied students preferred blended learning, around one-third preferred traditional learning and a minority of them preferred e-learning. Regarding the students' experiences, the majority of the studied students had a negative experience regarding traditional learning, around three-fifths of them had a negative experience regarding elearning and more than two-thirds of them had a positive experience regarding blended learning. In general, the studied students preferred and had a positive experience regarding blended learning. Recommendation: Continuing following blended learning in the higher education faculties and institutions according to students' preferences and positive experiences in learning and not being dependent on traditional learning or e-learning delivered separately.
Background: Coronary catheterization or Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI) is considered a non-surgical intervention procedure for CHD. Bed rest for a time is essential in critically ill patients, and therapeutic positioning is a way to avoid further complications and enhancing patient outcomes Aim: assess the effect of different positions on post coronary catheterization clinical outcomes. Methods: a quasi-experimental design was used. 100 adult patients undergoing diagnostic cardiac catheterization, a randomized block sampling was followed by researcher divided the sample into relatively 4 homogeneous subgroups, 25 patients for each group. One tool was utilized for data collection. It composed of three parts; Part I: sociodemographic characteristics, part two concerning assessment of clinical outcomes as hematoma, foot sensation, and nausea. Part three: pain assessment. The patients were positioned after cardiac catheterization in each group as (Restricted bed rest position group for 16-18 hours in supine position as routine hospital management; lateral position group after first hour the head of the bed raised 30-degree; changing position group every hour and after 7th hour, removal of the sandbag, patients were get out of bed and assume sitting position; and early ambulation group, patients were moved out of bed after 4 hours). Comparing between groups was done based on the clinical outcomes and pain at the 1 st , 6 th and 12 th hours post procedure. Results: majority of patients were aged (54.37±5.14), male, smokers, varied between overweight and obesity. Significance differences were noticed between the four regarding respiration, urinary retention, postural hypotension, nausea. In addition to presence and intensity of pain for the benefit of group 4 (early ambulation group). Conclusion and recommendations: early ambulation has positively impact on clinical outcomes of post coronary catheterization patients. Accordingly, nurses should encourage early ambulation as an essential part of nursing care.
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