Publications by authors named "Cuihua Sun"
Objective: Death coping ability is a critical professional skill for palliative care nurses. This study aimed to identify subgroups of death coping ability among Chinese palliative care nurses based on their assessments using the Death Coping Ability Scale, and to analyze the relationship between these subgroups and their emotional labor.
Method: Convenient sampling was employed to survey 868 palliative care nurses from medical institutions in Beijing, Jiangsu Province, Anhui Province, and Hunan Province.
Aim: To explore the interplay between the perceived nursing work environment, general self-efficacy, and compassion fatigue among registered nurses in Chinese hospitals.
Background: Compassion fatigue emerges as a significant occupational stress response globally, with the nursing work environment being a pivotal influencer. There is a knowledge gap in understanding how the nursing work environment and general self-efficacy interrelate to affect compassion fatigue, particularly among Chinese nurses.
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- - Cervical cancer is a major health issue in China, worsened by low HPV vaccination rates, leading to productivity loss and emotional distress among families.
- - A study conducted with 2,679 college students in Jiangsu Province assessed their HPV knowledge and revealed significant misconceptions, despite high general awareness of HPV transmission and risks.
- - Key factors linked to better HPV knowledge included being older, female, in a medical field, in a relationship, familiar with HPV, and having sexual education; although many students were willing to get vaccinated, actual vaccination rates were still low, highlighting the need for targeted education.
Background: Various factors have been found to be associated with high levels of death anxiety experienced by oncology nurses. The aim of this study was to use a person-oriented approach to examine the death anxiety patterns of Chinese oncology nurses and to analyze the differences in anxiety characteristics and their associated influencing factors.
Methods: A cross-sectional survey regarding palliative care among registered oncology nurses was conducted in Jiangsu Province, China.
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- Most nurses in China lack proper training for end-of-life care due to insufficient educational resources, prompting the launch of the JNA training program to address these gaps.
- A study involving over 10,000 nurses showed that those who attended the JNA training had better knowledge scores in palliative care compared to those who didn't participate.
- Despite some improvements in general knowledge and attitudes, critical areas like communication skills, family support, and psychosocial aspects of care are still lacking and need to be included in future training programs.
Processing and managing radioactive waste is a great challenge worldwide as it is extremely difficult and costly; the radioactive species, cations or anions, leaked into the environment are a serious threat to the health of present and future generations. We report layered potassium niobate (K4Nb6O17) nanolamina as adsorbent to remove toxic Sr(2+), Ba(2+) and Cs(+) cations from wastewater. The results show that K4Nb6O17 nanolamina can permanently confine the toxic cations within the interlayer spacing via a considerable deformation of the metastable layered structure during the ion exchange process.
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