Lived experiences of international nursing students regarding the studying challenges: a phenomenology study.

Objectives: This study explores and describes the lived experiences of international nursing students regarding studying challenges.

Methods: This is a qualitative descriptive phenomenological study. Participants were undergraduate international nursing students who were purposively selected.

Culture of patient care among international nursing students: a focused ethnographic study.

Background: This study was conducted to describe and explain the culture of patient care in international nursing students.

Methods: This qualitative study was conducted using focused ethnography. Participants (n = 21) were purposefully selected from non-Iranian international students and their nursing instructors.

Theory-Practice Gap: The Knowledge and Perception of Nigerian Nurses.

Background: The theory-practice gap can be described as a lack of ability to relate the knowledge acquired in academics and research work with practice. This study aims to assess the knowledge and the perception of Nigerian nurses on the theory-practice gap in Nursing.

Materials And Methods: This cross-sectional correlational study was carried out with a sample of 196 nurses who were working in the Federal Medical Centre Keffi and Aminu Kano Teaching hospital in Kano, all from the northern part of Nigeria, from April to June 2019.

Cue-based feeding and short-term health outcomes of premature infants in newborn intensive care units: a non-randomized trial.

Background: Feedings based on behavioral cues is a method relying on infants' behavioral expressions of readiness to feed. The objective of this interventional study was to determine the effect of cue-based feeding on the short-term health outcomes of preterm infants.

Methods: This quasi-experimental study utilized a historical or phase lag design.

Challenges of paediatric palliative care in the intensive care unit during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Background: The integration of paediatric palliative care into the Iranian health system is essential.

Aims: The aim of this study was to identify the challenges of palliative care in the paediatric intensive care unit during COVID-19 through the experiences of healthcare providers.

Methods: A qualitative study with content analysis approach was conducted.

The Relationship of Lifestyle with Disease Activity among Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: A Descriptive-Correlational Study.

Objective: The objective of this study was to evaluate the relationship of lifestyle with disease activity among patients with systemic lupus erythematosus.

Methods: This cross-sectional descriptive-correlational study was conducted in 2019 on 209 patients with systemic lupus erythematosus. Data were collected using a demographic and clinical characteristics questionnaire, the Health-Promoting Lifestyle Profile II, and the systemic lupus erythematosus disease activity Index.

Health Care Providers' Experiences of the Non-Pharmacological Pain and Anxiety Management and Its Barriers in the Pediatric Intensive Care Units.

Objectives: Children in the intensive care unit experience a high level of pain and anxiety. This study aimed to reveal the health care providers experience of non-pharmacological pain and anxiety management and its barriers in the pediatric intensive care unit.

Methods: This qualitative-descriptive study was conducted with thirteen nurses and five physicians in the pediatric intensive care unit in Iran.

A qualitative study of Ghanaian pediatric oncology nurses' care practice challenges.

Background: Pediatric cancer is a global problem, and some studies have emphasized that nurses caring for these children experience work-related challenges. This has caused many children diagnosed with cancer to have a prolonged hospital stay and suffer unnecessary pain. However, there is insufficient documentary evidence on this issue.

Striving to reduce suffering: A Phenomenological Study of nurses experience in caring for children with cancer in Ghana.

Aim: To provide insights into nurses lived experiences in caring for children with cancer.

Background: Little is known about the paediatric oncology nurses shared practices of caring for children with cancer in Ghana.

Design: A hermeneutic phenomenological qualitative study.

Correction to: Sexual harassment against female nurses: a systematic review.

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Effects of reflexology on premenstrual syndrome: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Background: Premenstrual syndrome (PMS) refers to a set of somatic and psychological symptoms that occur cyclically in the luteal phase of a menstrual cycle. There is no report of final result of reflexology on PMS. Therefore, the present study aimed to determine the effect of reflexology on PMS through a systematic review and meta-analysis study.

Older adults' self-advocacy in patient safety: a cross-sectional study.

Background: patient advocacy is a major nursing role, which is linked to supporting, encouraging and reinforcing self-advocacy in patients. Patient safety is an important nursing outcome, especially in older adults.

Aims: older adults' self-advocacy regarding patient safety behaviour and its relationship with some demographic characteristics were assessed.

Disclosure of HIV Status to Children in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Systematic Review.

: This study aimed to assess the level of HIV disclosure to children in sub-Saharan Africa as it relates to prevalence of disclosure, barriers, merits and demerits, timing of disclosure, and factors that promote parents and caregivers' decisions to disclose the information. A systematic literature search was performed using the following online databases: PubMed, Google Scholar, Web of Science, Scopus, and Embase, to obtain relevant articles on HIV disclosure to children in sub-Saharan Africa. The following search terms were used: "HIV" AND "Disclosure" AND "Sub-Saharan Africa" AND "Children".

Reminding the Health Team About What Companions of the Patients Undergoing Gynecological Surgery Should Know: A Qualitative Study.

Background: Patients' family members often do not receive sufficient information, especially because the reproductive system of women is considered a taboo, providing information becomes problematic. The aim of the current study was to explore the informational-educational needs of companions of the patients who were undergoing gynecological surgery.

Materials And Methods: This study was conducted using inductive and conventional content analysis method.

An inquiry into the concept of infancy care based on the perspective of Islam.

All schools of thought believe that infancy is crucial to the formation and development of the human character. Nevertheless, a search of literature revealed the lack of a clear definition of the concept of 'infancy care based on an Islamic perspective' in nursing texts. As the lack of a clear definition of a concept conveys the inapplicability of that concept to its relevant field and community, this study was conducted to explore and determine the characteristic features of the concept of infancy care based on the perspective of Islam.

Laying the Foundations of Lifelong Health at the Beginning of Life: Islamic Perspective.

In this systematic literature review, all the Shiite-Islamic documents (Quran and Hadith) without any time limitation were surveyed, analyzed and synthesized for the purpose of determining the foundations of lifelong health. The data were analyzed and combined using inductive qualitative content analysis method. Two main categories were emerged from the analysis: "prevention of health problems" and "health maintenance and promotion.

The Impact of a Neonatal Sleep Care Training Program on Nurses' Knowledge and Performance in Neonatal Intensive Care Units.

Background: Sleep is essential for organizing and maturation of the brain in premature infants; it also plays a role in maintaining the natural balance between different nervous centers. Given the role of nurses in neonatal sleep care, this study aimed at assessing the impact of a training program on the nurses' knowledge and performance in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU).

Materials And Methods: In this quasi-experimental study which structured into three stages, 35 nurses working in an NICU in Isfahan, Iran, were included.

Iranian parent-staff communication and parental stress in the neonatal Intensive Care Unit.

Introduction: The birth of an infant requiring hospitalization in the neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) uniformly is reported to be stressful for parents and family members. This study aimed to determine parent-staff communication in the NICU and its relationship to parent stress.

Materials And Methods: Two hundred and three Iranian parents with preterm infants hospitalized in the NICU participated in this descriptive-correlational study.

Feeding Behavioral Assessment in Children with Cleft Lip and/or Palate and Parental Responses to Behavior Problems.

Background: Children with cleft lip and/or palate frequently experience feeding difficulties that may place them at risk of malnutrition. Parents' negative response to these problems is associated with development of problematic behaviors in the child. This study aimed to investigate feeding behavior in children with cleft lip and/or palate and parental responses to these problems.

Stress Management among Parents of Neonates Hospitalized in NICU: A Qualitative Study.

Infant hospitalization is stressful event for parent in NICU. Parents think that they have lost control because of unfamiliar environment. Therefore, stress management is very important in this period.

Information and Communication Needs of Parents in Infant End-of-Life: A Qualitative Study.

Background: Hospitalization of a neonate in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) can be a stressful event for parents. They need specific information and communication to alleviate their stress, but these parental needs are not met by NICU staff. Exploration of these needs can help health professionals to provide better healthcare services.

Parental needs in infant's end-of-life and bereavement in NICU: A qualitative study.

Background And Aims: Newborn death is an unexpected outcome for parents. Parents face with several needs in infant end-of-life. The health care team is responsible for meet these needs.

Spiritual Needs of Families With Bereavement and Loss of an Infant in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit: A Qualitative Study.

Context: The hospital is a place full of distress and questions about the meaning of life. The death of a child can cause a spiritual struggle and crisis. Therefore, it is necessary for health care providers in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) to assess the spiritual needs of families that have lost a child.

Effect of aerobics exercise on self-esteem in Iranian female adolescents covered by welfare organization.

Introduction: Deprivation of parents might decrease self-esteem (SE) and result in affective and social incompatibility. In this randomized control trial, we examined the effect of aerobics exercise on SE among female adolescents living with no natural family.

Materials And Methods: The sample consisted of all female adolescents aged 13 to 19 years (n: 72) who were covered by Isfahan Welfare organization.