Cues for nursing diagnosis of ineffective self-management of fluid and dietary restrictions in dialysis therapy in Japan.

Purpose: We aimed to identify the cues of expert nurses and validate the cue information on the defining characteristics for a nursing diagnosis of ineffective self-management of fluid and dietary restrictions in dialysis therapy in Japan.

Methods: We used qualitative interviews and two-round Delphi studies.

Findings: The expert nurses regarded four signs of unmaintained fluid and dietary restrictions as major defining characteristics and nine other cues as minor defining characteristics.

Development of a 32-item scale to assess postoperative dysfunction after upper gastrointestinal cancer resection.

Aim: The purpose of this study was to develop a 32-item scale to assess postoperative dysfunction in patients who underwent surgery for gastric and oesophageal cancer and to evaluate its reliability and validity.

Background: For the objective assessment of postoperative dysfunction in patients with upper gastointestinal cancer, we performed a preliminary survey by mail using a 34-item questionnaire as a initial version. The results of the survey were assessed by item analysis of the scale.

Effects of foot care intervention including nail drilling combined with topical antifungal application in diabetic patients with onychomycosis.

We performed periodical foot care intervention including nail drilling combined with topical antifungal application for 6 months or more in 24 diabetic patients with onychomycosis who were not receiving oral antifungals, and evaluated its effects. The type of onychomycosis was superficial white onychomycosis (SWO) in eight patients, and distal-lateral subungual onychomycosis (DLSO) in 16. The state of onychomycosis was evaluated according to the Scoring Clinical Index for Onychomycosis (SCIO).