Effect of probiotic yogurt on antibiotic-associated diarrhea among pediatric patients; randomized controlled trial.

Background: Diarrhea is a common unfavorable consequence of antibiotics. Probiotic yogurt is equally effective as probiotic capsules, so it may provide a simple and cost-effective means of preventing antibiotic-associated diarrhea (AAD). The study aimed to evaluate the effect of probiotic yogurt on AAD among pediatric patients.

Effect of nurse-Led psychosocial intervention on body image distress and treatment compliance among patients undergoing treatment of cancer: A randomized controlled trial.

Background: Dissatisfaction with one's physique is the most common issue among cancer patients, and it is correlated with stress, anxiety, and hopelessness. The current study aimed to assess how the Nurse-Led short psychosocial intervention affected cancer patients' body image distress and treatment compliance.

Materials And Methods: 67 patients above 18 years of age and undergoing cancer treatment were enrolled in the study through complete enumeration sampling.

Impact of Upright Position during the First Stage of Labour on Maternal Outcomes: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

Background: Maternal position during delivery can affect the physiology of labour and the mechanics of childbirth.

Objective: The study aimed to evaluate the impact of an upright position during the first stage of labour on maternal outcomes.

Methods: This parallel group randomised control trial was conducted from April to June 2020 among 60 women (30 each in the experimental and control groups) admitted to the selected hospital in Punjab, India.

Socio-Cultural Discourses of Children Engaged in Child Labor in India: A Macro-Ethnographic Study.

Background: Child labor is considered one of the main social problems that affect the community and has a physical and psychosocial impact on a child's health, growth, and development. The study aimed to describe the sociocultural discourses of children involved in child labor. A macroethnographic approach was used to collect the data from the selected community areas of Punjab, India.

Preferences, Acceptability and Usage of Mobile Health Applications Among Undergraduate Nursing Students: A Multisite, Cross-Sectional Survey.

Introduction And Objective: Mobile health applications (mHealth) can bring revolutionary changes to health care by making it more accessible, cost-effective, and efficient. The successful adoption of mHealth is largely determined by its acceptance by providers and end users. The acceptance of mHealth among nursing students, who are the future nurses, needs to be understood.

Nurse educators' professional practice attributes and its determinants.

Background: Professional practice attributes of nurses help to promote nursing as a profession and advance nursing education. Nursing professionals need to demonstrate a high level of professional commitment to their practices and must be professionally competent to perform their roles.

Material And Methods: Descriptive survey was conducted at the nursing educational institutes affiliated with the Indian Nursing Council and situated in the selected Northern Indian states.

Enhancing safe motherhood: Effect of novel partograph on labor outcomes and its utility: An Indian perspective.

Introduction: Safe motherhood ensures safe pregnancy and childbirth. One of the noteworthy causes of maternal morbidity and mortality is the complications arising from prolonged or obstructed labour. World Health Organization recommends the use of partograph to significantly reduce the maternal mortality crisis.

Factors influencing professionalism among nurse educators: A qualitative study.

Background: Nurse educators require to exhibit specialized behaviors that demonstrate the beliefs of the nursing profession. The aim of the study is to explore the factors influencing professionalism among nurse educators in the selected nursing educational institutes of Indian States.

Materials And Methods: Qualitative approach was adopted where multiple focus group discussions were planned and conducted.