Sciatica is a type of back pain that occurs in a variety of intensity and duration. Nursing care is intended to provide crucial care to reduce the burden of this condition. Blended learning has distinguished advantages to improve nurses' performance. Purpose: This study was aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of blended versus traditional learning program about nursing care of sciatica on nurses' performance, and self-efficacy. Methods: A quasi-experimental research design was used to conduct the current study in the Neurosurgery Department, Suez Canal University Hospitals. Sample: A purposive sample of two nurse's groups were recruited at the study, a totally were (54) nurses. Four tools were used; (1) Self-administrated questionnaire to assess nurses' demographic data, and knowledge level; (2) Nurses' practice observational checklist to assess nurses' practice level; (3) Modified self-efficacy questionnaire to assess nurse's belief in their own ability and (4) Learning program's satisfaction questionnaire to assess nurses' satisfaction level. Results: Significantly an improvement of the nurses' knowledge, practice, self-efficacy, and learning program's satisfaction of the study group compared to control group at post phases. There was a significant correlation of self-efficacy between the study and control group at pre, post, and follow-up phases with a p value≤ 0.05. Conclusion: It concluded that blended learning is crucial for improving nurses' knowledge, practice, and self-efficacy. It can decrease the time and effort of lecturing a repeated content. Recommendation: A blended learning program about nursing care of sciatica should be adhered to and applied at the orientation phase of nurses.
Tophi gout is a noticeable, and painful inflammatory arthritis that is associated with a lump of monosodium urate deposition in the joint or/and other body parts. Nursing care is a cornerstone of the management process that plays a vital role in its prevention and management. Purpose: This study aimed to evaluate the impact of designed nursing guidelines about tophi gout's lifestyle modification on patients' outcomes. Sample: A purposive sample (136) of patients were recruited. Design: A quasi-experimental research design (one group pre-posttest) was used at Rheumatology and Rehabilitation department. Tools: Utilizing two tools; (1) Daily lifestyle health assessment is a structured interviewing questionnaire to assess demographic characteristics, health history, and lifestyle habits. (2) Structured interviewing patients' outcomes questionnaire to assess the patients' outcomes. Results: More than half the studied patients (55.7%) were male. Implementation of designed nursing guidelines about tophi gout had significant improvement of patients' healthy lifestyles and outcomes at the study phases. There was significant correlation between the total lifestyle modifications and pain perception score at the study phases with p≤0.05. Conclusions: Productively designed nursing guidelines about tophi gout's lifestyle modification enhanced a healthy lifestyle and patients' outcomes. Recommendations: Endorsement and support patients with designed nursing guidelines about tophi gout to early prevention from its flares.
Introduction: Reduced fuel supply, rising electricity prices, and rising demand for home heating fuel in the winter will prompt many people to use wood and charcoal for warmth, consequently will rise fears of increasing carbon monoxide (CO) intoxication. Emergency nurses need to be knowledgeable about this threatening condition to satisfactorily deal with it. Objective(s): To assess the emergency nurses' level of knowledge and attitude toward caring for carbon monoxide poisoning. Methods: A cross-sectional study was utilized. It was conducted on all nurses in the emergency department of Ismailia University Hospitals. Ninety-seven nurses were recruited as a convenient sample. Data were collected via questionnaire from April to September 2022. The questionnaire assessed nurses' demographic data, level of knowledge as well as attitude towards caring for carbon monoxide poisoned patients.
Results:The findings of this study revealed that extra than of two third (68%) of the studied nurses had unsatisfactory knowledge's level, while 46.4% had a negative attitude score towards caring for carbon monoxide poisoned patients. The total knowledge score was a significant predictor of nurses 'attitude score. Conclusions: Even though the majority of the nurses in the survey had good attitude scores, the study found that more than two-thirds of them had insufficient knowledge levels. Recommendations: This study supports the necessity for in-service training courses continuity for emergency nurses to enhance their level of knowledge and attitude. Generalizing the findings, more research should be conducted on a wider scale, large probability sample and different geographical area.
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