Publications by authors named "Hsin-Hsin Shih"
Background: Surgery is an essential treatment for early-stage breast cancer. However, various side effects of breast cancer surgery, such as arm dysfunction and lymphedema, remain causes for concern. Rehabilitation exercises to prevent such side effects should be initiated within 24 hours after surgery.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To assess risks of postpartum hypertension and diabetes mellitus (DM) for women with hypertension during pregnancy (HDP) with and without gestational DM (GDM).
Patients And Methods: From insurance data of 15- to 44-year-old women with pregnancy in 2000-2011, we established an HDP/GDM cohort (n=1270), an HDP/non-GDM cohort (n=5077), and a comparison cohort without either disorder (n=12,594), frequency matched by age and year of pregnancy. Postpartum hypertension and DM were assessed before 2012.
Gender sensitivity influences the way a nurse handles the nursing process and can influence both patient care and public perception of the nursing profession. Nurses unaware of the influences of gender are unable to perform holistic nursing, the practice of which centers on patient-centered care. Education is essential to promote gender consciousness.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAims And Objectives: The study aimed to understand the nursing roles and functions of public health nurses and home health nurses in Taiwan and the factors that affect nursing roles and functions of nurses that provide community mental health home visiting services.
Background: Although community nurses provide more psychiatric home visiting services than other psychiatric professionals, little research on their roles and functions has been conducted.
Design: Nursing roles and functions were developed through use of grounded theory method of Strauss and Corbin.