This study was conducted to determine the level of compassion fatigue which experienced by nurses who work in intensive care units and factors that affecting it.In a cross sectional design, critical nurses were surveyed by using questionnaire and compassion fatigue (CF) subscale of the Professional Quality of Life Scale (ProQOL R-IV) to measure levels of compassion fatigueat a large National Education and ResearchHospital located in northwestof Turkey. A total of 69 critical care nurses participated in the study, for a response rate of 78%.A series of cross tab analyses examined the relationship between nurses demographics and compassion fatigue (CF) subscale. To analyze the data further, participants were recategorized into 2 groups for CF scores: (1) higher than 17: high risk and (2) lower than 17: low risk.Findings show that critical care nurses were at high risk (52.7%) and low risk (47.3%) for CF. Nurses informed significant differences in compassion fatigue on the basis of age, years of critical care experience, working hours (weekly).
Objective
The aim of this study was to determine the effect of breastfeeding and intensive breast milk nutritional support program (IBNSP) on hospitalization rates for hyperbilirubinemia in normal term newborns.
Methods
This study’s sample consisted of 68 newborn infants (experimental group: 34; control group: 34) born at a university hospital from October 2020 to April 2021. Five steps of breastfeeding and IBNSP were administered to the experimental group for the first 48 h after birth. This program starts at the postpartum first hour and continues until the 48th hour. It includes face-to-face training, practical support on breastfeeding, and one-to-one demonstration and practice methods. The control group received the standard care recommended by the World Health Organization. Both groups’ bilirubin levels were measured 24 and 72 h after birth. Participants in both groups were hospitalized for risky (according to bilirubin values) situations. The groups’ bilirubin levels and hospitalization rates for hyperbilirubinemia were compared.
Results
There was no statistically significant difference between the experimental (5.19 ± 1.27) and the control (5.83 ± 1.52) groups’ bilirubin levels at 24 h after birth, (t = −1.881, p = 0.064); however, the control group infants (12.03 ± 3.67 mg/dl) had higher bilirubin levels than the infants in the experimental group 72 h after birth (9.55 ± 2.82 mg/dl) (t = −3.122, p = 0.003). The experimental group’s hospitalization rate for hyperbilirubinemia (n: 1, 2.9%) was lower than the control group’s rate (n: 8, 23.5%), and this difference was statistically significant (X2 = 6.275, p = 0.014).
Conclusions
Breastfeeding and IBNSP effectively prevent hospitalization for hyperbilirubinemia and reduce newborns’ bilirubin levels.
Background and AimThe contribution of global pandemics to the emergence of home accidents is unknown. The study aims to retrospectively examine theeffect of the Covid-19 Pandemic on Emergency Service Home Service Calls Due to Home Accidents in Children aged 0-6.MethodsData are reported in two sections. The descriptive part is a retrospective analysis of patients admitted to Sakarya Training and ResearchHospital Pediatric Emergency and Adult Emergency Unit between March 16, 2019 and January 31, 2020 (non-COVID-19era) andMarch 16, 2020 and January 31, 2021 (COVID-19era). The second part of the study, the comparative part, presents mean data for2019-2020 (non-COVID-19era) and 2020-2021 (COVID-19era) from the same center and the same period. These data will then becompared.ResultsA total of 9,110 pediatric patients applied to our center during the study period, of which 7,905 patients were in the non-Covid-19era period and 1,205 patients were in the Covid-19 era. While the rate of hospital admissions decreased by 85% in the Covid-19eracompared to the non Covid-19era, when the periods are evaluated within themselves; the forensic report retention rate in the Covid-19era increased by 180% and the rate of hospitalization increased by 75%, The rate of drug overdose increased by 280% and chemicalsubstance use increased by 325% compared to the non-Covid-19era. However The Covid-19 era, the fall rate decreased by 31% andthe burn rate decreased by 17% compared to the non-Covid-19 era.ConclusionsDuring the national lockdown period, our pediatric emergency department experienced significantly reduced volumes of children.Despite the decrease in hospital admission rate during the COVID-19 pandemic, there was still a very high increase in poisoning fromhome accidents. This study can provide a basis for further research on alternative strategies to address the problem of home accidentsduring the COVID-19 pandemic.
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