Sodium-Glucose Cotransporter 2 Inhibitors in Diabetic Kidney Disease and beyond.

Background: Sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors (SGLT2is) have significantly impacted the management of diabetic kidney disease (DKD) and heart failure (HF), providing benefits beyond glycemic control. This review examines the mechanisms through which SGLT2is provide renal and cardiovascular protection and assesses their clinical efficacy.

Summary: By inducing glucosuria and natriuresis, SGLT2is alleviate multiple complications induced by chronic hyperglycemia.

Effect of implementing training programme for nurses about care bundle on prevention of ventilator-associated pneumonia among newborns.

Background: Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is a frequent and severe complication among newborns in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs). It is associated with elevated morbidity and mortality rates, more extended hospital stays and increased health care costs. Implementing preventive care bundles and structured sets of evidence-based practices reduces VAP incidence.

Prevalence and determinants of depression and its association with social support among cancer patients: implications for enhancing oncology care.

Background: Early detection of depression in cancer patients is essential for improving health outcomes. This study assessed the prevalence and determinants of depression among cancer patients and examined its association with social support.

Method: A cross-sectional study was conducted at Al Amal Cancer Center, Al-Thawra Hospital, Hodeida City, Yemen (January-March 2023).

Video-Based Climate Change Program Boosts Eco-Cognizance, Emotional Response and Self-Efficacy in Rural Nursing Students: Randomised Controlled Trial.

Background: The Munich Security Conference 2024 highlighted the complex connections between climate change and global security risks. Engaging students in fighting climate change is a stepping stone to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals.

Aim: To investigate the effect of a video-based climate change program on revitalising eco-cognizance, emotional response, and self-efficacy among nursing students in rural communities.

Revelation of the mediation role of moral sensitivity on safety attitude and personality traits among critical care nurses.

Background: Critical care nurses face complex ethical dilemmas and high-pressure situations that require quick ethical decision-making. Personality traits have been recognized as influencing individuals' ethical decision-making processes and attitudes toward safety in healthcare. Moral sensitivity helps nurses recognize ethical issues and respond appropriately to these challenges.

"Breaking barriers: The power of self-efficacy in combating occupational stigma and advancing gender equity in nursing education".

Background: Nursing students may encounter occupational stigma due to prevailing stereotypes and perceptions of nursing as a gendered and undervalued profession. Occupational stigma in nursing can contribute to decreased motivation, limited job satisfaction, and hindered professional growth, potentially impacting students' career choices and commitment to the profession.

Aim: This research explores how self-efficacy can mitigate the effects of occupational stigma among nursing students and promote gender equity by encouraging both male and female students to pursue nursing confidently and with a sense of professional pride.

Challenges and Opportunities Faced by Migrant Nurses in the Receiving Country: A Mixed-Methods Study on Cultural Adaptation and Professional Integration.

Aim: To provide a comprehensive understanding of the cultural adaptation and professional integration experiences of migrant nurses in the receiving country.

Design: A convergent parallel mixed methods design with concurrent sampling was employed.

Methods: Professional nurses who migrated from various Middle Eastern and North African countries, including Egypt, Syria, Palestine, Yemen, Jordan, Iraq and Saudi Arabia, were enrolled.

Mindfulness for Menopausal Women: Enhancing Quality of Life and Psychological Well-Being Through a Randomized Controlled Intervention.

Background: Menopause is associated with significant physical, psychosocial, and emotional changes that can negatively affect women's quality of life (QoL). In response to this, psychological interventions like mindfulness-based interventions have shown promise in alleviating menopausal symptoms and improving psychological well-being.

Methods: A comprehensive randomized controlled trial was conducted from May to August 2024 at Damanhour University, Egypt.

Comparative Analysis of End-to-End versus End-to-Side Neurorrhaphy for the upper crossface in the second surgical step of triple innervation technique for Facial Reanimation Surgery: A Retrospective Study.

Facial paralysis poses significant challenges including functional impairments and aesthetic anomalies. The management of facial palsy often involves many surgeries aimed at reanimating the facial muscles and restoring protective mechanisms such as the blink reflex. In recent years, the triple innervation technique has emerged as a promising approach for facial reanimation, combining multiple neural inputs to achieve functional restoration.

Unveiling Hidden Trauma: A Cross-Sectional Study of Violence Exposure and Its Impacts on Entrapment, Self-Stigma and Empathic Care Among Psychiatric Nurses.

Background: Psychiatric nurses often work in high-stress environments where they are frequently exposed to various forms of violence and aggression from patients. While the immediate physical consequences of violence are usually recognised, the psychological impacts, such as feelings of entrapment, self-stigma and diminished empathy, are less understood but equally critical.

Aims: This study aimed to fill this gap by examining how different forms of violence exposure affect entrapment, self-stigma and empathic care among psychiatric nurses, providing insights that can inform both practice and policy.

Association of low-grade proteinuria with changes of lupus nephritis in kidney biopsy in SLE patients.

Background: A kidney biopsy is essential for definitive histopathological diagnosis in lupus nephritis, informing therapeutic strategies. Current guidelines (ACR and EULAR/ERA-EDTA) do not include a kidney biopsy for patients with isolated proteinuria of less than 500 mg/g. We explored the histopathologic findings in patients with SLE with proteinuria ≤500 mg/g.

Enhancing warning signs of mental health literacy: Evaluating a digital base intervention for health profession students.

Background: Despite its importance, Mental health literacy (MHL) among nursing and other health profession students often remains inadequate, potentially impacting their future roles as healthcare providers. This inadequacy can lead to delayed or inappropriate care for individuals with mental health concerns, perpetuating adverse outcomes and increasing the burden on healthcare systems.

Aim: To evaluate a digital-based intervention designed to enhance the warning signs of mental health literacy among health profession students.

Exploring the role of spiritual leadership among nurse colleagues: an associative analysis of its impact on passion and altruism.

Background: Spiritual leadership emphasizes that nurses encounter situations that require compassion, empathy, and a deep understanding of the human experience. Passion can drive nurses' motivation, engagement, and commitment to patient care. Altruism is a core value in nursing that involves selfless concern for the well-being of others.

The impact of a student-led intergenerational support program on life satisfaction, loneliness, and psychological well-being of institutionalized older adults.

Background: Institutionalized older adults often face significant challenges that affect their psychological status and experience a sense of loss and social isolation. One promising approach is the implementation of intergenerational support programs, which foster interactions between older adults and younger generations.

Aim: To evaluate the effect of the Intergenerational Support Program on life satisfaction, sense of loneliness, and psychological status among institutionalized older adults.

Career Growth as a Mediator Between Scope of Practice, Importance of Practice and Emergency Nursing Competency Among School Nurses.

Background: School nurses are sometimes the sole healthcare professionals in schools, highlighting their significant role in delivering emergency care and the vital necessity of their competence in emergency nursing care. The scope of practice and ongoing professional development are hypothesized to play significant roles in enhancing these competencies.

Aim: Investigate the direct and indirect effects of the scope of current practice and the importance of training on the emergency nursing care competency of school nurses, with career growth serving as a potential mediator.

Unveiling the interplay between knowledge, self-efficacy, and pro-environmental behavior about climate change in a sample of rural community-dwelling older adults: A national correlational study.

Background: Climate change is a global health concern that affects all of humanity, but it disproportionately impacts older adults, particularly those living in rural communities. Older adults lack the ability to actively engage in pro-environmental actions aimed at adapting to and mitigating the harmful effects of climate change.

Aim: To investigate the relationship between knowledge, self-efficacy, and pro-environmental behavior regarding climate change, as well as to identify the factors that predict pro-environmental behavior in a sample of rural community-dwelling older adults.

Assessing Predictors of Acute and Chronic Thrombotic Microangiopathy in Native and Allograft Biopsies.

Introduction: Thrombotic microangiopathies (TMAs) represent distinct pathological and clinical entities with known chronicity and recurrence. Kidney biopsy is the gold standard to diagnose TMA in patients with renal manifestations, but the prognostic significance of acute or chronic phase of the disease has not been well studied. We examined the clinical characteristics, management, and predictors of acute versus chronic TMA among native and transplants.

Navigating Toxicity: Investigating the Interplay Between Workplace Gaslighting, Workaholism, and Agility Among Nurses.

Toxic workplace environments, especially those involving gaslighting, are known to contribute to stress and excessive work habits, such as workaholism, which may hinder a nurse's agility-an essential skill in adapting to fast-paced healthcare environments. However, the interplay between workplace gaslighting, workaholism, and agility in nursing remains underexplored. This study aims to investigate the relationship between workplace gaslighting, workaholism, and agility among nurses, focusing on how gaslighting moderates this relationship.

Navigating the fear: assessing nursing students' concerns and preventive practices in response to Monkeypox in Egypt.

Background: Monkeypox has emerged as a global health concern, necessitating preventive measures and awareness among healthcare students. Understanding nursing students' fears, concerns, and preventive practices regarding Monkeypox can help improve preparedness and response strategies.

Aim: This study aimed to assess the levels of fear, concerns, and preventive practices related to monkeypox among nursing students at Beni Suef University, Egypt, during the 2024-2025 academic year.

Leaving no one behind: Gender inequality, economic inequality, and organizational entrenchment of nurses in remote areas of Egypt.

Aim: This study investigates the association between gender inequality, economic inequality, and organizational entrenchment among nurses serving in remote areas.

Background: Egypt ranks low in gender equity across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. In the culture of nursing, gender-based discrimination is among the factors that can further hamper nurses' economic advancement and adversely affect organizational entrenchment.

Role of violence exposure on altruistic behavior and grit among emergency nurses in rural hospitals.

Aim: To explore the effect of violence exposure on altruistic behavior and grit among emergency nurses in 103-bed emergency departments in rural hospitals in Egypt.

Background: Workplace violence is a pervasive issue in emergency departments. Nurses in rural hospitals, facing limited resources and isolation, may be even more vulnerable to the adverse effects of workplace violence.

Dementia health matters: Influence of literacy, fears, and endorsements on dementia risk mitigation and screening among community-dwelling older adults.

Background: Up to one-third of dementia cases may be preventable, with evidence suggesting that modifying lifestyle and health behaviors can significantly lower the risk of developing dementia. However, motivating older adults to adopt and sustain these changes poses a considerable challenge, particularly when facing the specter of dementia.

Aim: To explore the interaction effect between dementia fear and dementia literacy on the perceived ability of community-dwelling older adults to reduce dementia risk and engage in dementia screening.

Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy for the characterization of filtrate portions of blood serum samples of myocardial infarction patients using 30 kDa centrifugal filter devices.

Myocardial infarction (MI) is the leading cause of death and disability worldwide. It occurs when a thrombus forms after an atherosclerotic plaque bursts, obstructing blood flow to the heart. Prompt and accurate diagnosis is crucial for improving patient survival.

Examining Nursing Students' Prevalence of Nomophobia, and Psychological Alienation and Their Correlates With Fear of Missing Out: A Multisites Survey.

Introduction: Smartphones have significantly increased digital engagement among young people due to their ease of use and constant internet access. Nomophobia and the fear of missing out are associated with mobile and internet use, potentially impacting students' mental health and academic performance.

Objectives: To provide the prevalence of nomophobia and fear of missing out while shedding light on the role of psychological alienation between them.

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