Assessment of ICU nurses' competency towards delirium among critically ill patients.

Background: ICU nurses play a critical role in managing delirium in critically ill patients, yet their competency in this area remains under-explored.

Aim: To assess ICU nurses' competency including their knowledge, practice, and attitudes toward delirium among critically ill patients.

Methods: A correlational descriptive study was conducted with 67 nurses in the medical intensive care unit at Suez Canal University Hospitals.

Effect of effleurage massage therapy on sleep disturbance, fatigue, pain, and anxiety in patients with multiple sclerosis: A quasi-experimental study.

Background: Fatigue, pain, sleep disturbance, and anxiety are prevalent symptoms of multiple sclerosis (MS) and frequent complaints in MS patients, which reduce their quality of life. Many studies have shown that massage therapy improves MS patients' symptoms. However, the effect of effleurage massage on sleep disturbance, fatigue, pain, and anxiety in patients with MS is not studied in Egypt.

Reliability and Construct Validity of the Nurses' Intention to Use Deep Vein Thrombosis Preventive Measures Questionnaire.

Background And Purpose: Valid and reliable measurements are paramount to advance the science of intensive care unit (ICU) nursing. This study aimed to evaluate the reliability and construct validity of the Nurses' Intention to Use Deep Vein Thrombosis Preventive Measures Questionnaire among critically ill patients in an Egyptian ICU. A cross-sectional, predictive design pilot-tested the psychometric properties of the questionnaire in a convenience sample of 78 RNs working in ICU.

Development of the Nurses' Intention to Use Deep Vein Thrombosis Preventive Measures Questionnaire.

Background And Purpose: Deep vein thrombosis (DVT) is a serious condition resulting in poor patient outcomes. Therefore, methods to improve nurses' use of preventive measures for DVT are paramount. The purpose of this study was to develop and validate an instrument that captured nurses' intentions to use DVT preventive measures.

Advancing the Science of Recruitment for Family Caregivers: Focus Group and Delphi Methods.

Background: Successful recruitment of participants is imperative to a rigorous study, and recruitment challenges are not new to researchers. Many researchers have used social media successfully to recruit study participants. However, challenges remain for effective online social media recruitment for some populations.