Caring behaviours and stress perception among student nurses in different nursing programmes: A cross-sectional study.

Caring is central to providing high-quality nursing. Little research exists concerning the relationship between caring behaviours and stress perception among student nurses. This study aimed to explore this relationship among student nurses in different nursing programmes.

A comparison of the caring behaviours of nursing students and registered nurses: implications for nursing education.

Aims And Objectives: To compare the respective views of nursing students and registered nurses on caring behaviours.

Background: Research has indicated that nursing includes not only technical skills and professional knowledge but also the expression of care. In addition to nursing care, nurses demonstrate the acts of supporting, negotiating, reinforcing and transforming.

An exploratory study of the relationship between learning styles and academic performance among students in different nursing programs.

Unlabelled: Abstract Background: Learning style is a major consideration in planning for effective and efficient instruction and learning. Learning style has been shown to influence academic performance in the previous research. Little is known about Taiwanese students' learning styles, particularly in the field of nursing education.

An exploratory study of the relationship between learning styles and academic performance among students in different nursing programs.

Abstract Background: Learning style is a major consideration in planning for effective and efficient instruction and learning. Learning style has been shown to influence academic performance in the previous research. Little is known about Taiwanese students' learning styles, particularly in the field of nursing education.

[Pedlar inexpensive ergometer-based exercise program improves activity intolerance in a heart failure case].

This paper reports on the efficacy of a pedlar inexpensive ergometer-based structured exercise program in improving activity intolerance in a heart failure case. Data were collected between May 15, 2010 and May 20, 2010 using physical assessments, observations, and interviews. Several home visits were conducted after hospital discharge until August 8.

Baby oil therapy for uremic pruritus in haemodialysis patients.

Aims: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of chilled/un-chilled baby oil therapy for treating uremic pruritus in haemodialysis patients.

Background: Uremic pruritus affects 50-90% of haemodialysis patients, which makes it one of the most common medical problems in this population. Pruritus can cause skin infection, desquamation, pathological skin change, sleep disorder, anxiety, depression and social dysfunction.

Maternal satisfaction with postpartum nursing centers.

We explored predictors of women's satisfaction with postpartum nursing centers, which have become popular in Taiwan in recent years. After completing a consent form and demographic questionnaire, 401 women from different centers identified by proportional stratified quota sampling completed four questionnaires over the telephone after their fourth week postpartum. A high level of social support and low level of postpartum stress significantly predicted their satisfaction with the postpartum nursing centers.

An exploratory study of the relationship between age and learning styles among students in different nursing programs in Taiwan.

The purpose of this study was to identify the relationship between learning styles and age among nursing students in a two-year, a five-year associate degree of nursing (ADN) program, and a two-year bachelor of science in nursing (BSN) program in Taiwan. The Chinese version of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) Form M was used to measure individual preferences in four dichotomous dimensions of Jungian theory: extraversion/introversion, sensing/intuition, thinking/feeling, and judging/perceiving. The study sample included 331 nursing students.

Ultrasonometric profiling of incidence and risk of osteoporosis in rural women.

Background: It is estimated that over 200 million people worldwide have osteoporosis. The prevalence of osteoporosis is continuing to escalate with the increasingly aging population. The major complication of osteoporosis is an increase in fragility fractures leading to morbidity, mortality, and decreased quality of life.

[Activities of daily living, quality of life and related factors in cachectic gastrointestinal cancer patients].

Cancer is the leading cause of death in Taiwan. Cachexia, which causes significant weight loss and malnutrition, is a common complication and one of the major causes of death in advanced cancer patients. The purpose of this study was to explore the association between personal characteristics, nutritional status, activities of daily living (ADL) and quality of life (QOL) in 40 cachectic gastrointestinal tract cancer (GI cancer) patients in southern Taiwan.

[Applying back massage protocol to promote an intensive care unit patient's quality of sleep].

This case report concerns the nursing experience of applying back massage to a patient in an intensive care unit (ICU) from 10 May, 2005, in order to improve the patient's quality of sleep. In order to collect information about his quality of sleep of the patient, the author used observation, interview and a Richards-Campbell sleep questionnaire (RCSQ). It was observed that, before massage, the patient's sleep quality was poor, which wa why the protocol with back massage was proposed.

The well-being picture scale: a revision of the index of field energy.

This paper reports the development and psychometric properties of the Well-Being Picture Scale, a 10-item non-language based pictorial scale that measures general well-being, based on Martha Rogers'view of human beings as energy fields in continual mutual process with their environment. The Well-Being Picture Scale was designed for use with the broadest possible range of adult populations, including persons who are unable to respond to English-based text or lengthy, complex measurement instruments. Psychometric properties were established in a sample of more than 2,000 individuals from the United States, Taiwan, Japan, and Africa.