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Introduction: Communication is an important aspect of the medical profession. Doctor-patient communication plays a significant role in health care delivery. This study aims to find outpatient department patient satisfaction in doctor-patient communication in a tertiary care hospital in Kathmandu, Nepal.

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Introduction: Voluntary blood donation is a reliable source of increasing the demand for blood transfusion. Medical students are the potential pool of blood donors. This study aims to find the prevalence of blood donation practice among medical students of a medical college in Nepal.

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Introduction: Hypertension is a cardiovascular disorder rapidly emerging as a major health problem in developing countries. Uncontrolled or poorly managed hypertension leads to several complications such as coronary heart disease, peripheral vascular disease and kidney disease. These complications account for approx 9.

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Background: Routine mental health screening has not been integrated into maternal and child health (MCH) services in many developing countries, including in Eswatini (formerly Swaziland). As a result, the burden of postpartum depression (PPD) is not well understood and thus PPD remains untreated in such settings.

Aim: To describe the prevalence and factors associated with PPD among women seeking postnatal and child welfare services at a primary healthcare facility in Eswatini.

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The perceived value of certification by certified perioperative nurses.

Nurs Outlook

February 2004

Department of Nursing Education, Shepherd College, P.O. Box 3210, , Shepherdstown, WV 25443-3210, USA.

We conducted this study to determine the perceived value of certification in perioperative nursing. Following development and pilot-testing, we mailed the 18-item Likert-type instrument, the Perceived Value of Certification Tool (PVCT), to a sample of 2750 perioperative nurses who had earned the CNOR or CRNFA credential or both. A total of 1398 surveys were returned (50.

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In an attempt to excite baccalaureate nursing students about nursing research, a traditional, lecture-style nursing research course was transformed into an experiential, interactive course. Attitudes toward research were compared between students who received the lecture course and those who participated in the experiential course. Students in the experiential course exhibited significantly more positive attitudes toward nursing research than students in the traditional lecture course.

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From 1903 to 1933, the Hiawatha Asylum for Insane Indians housed hundreds of inmates in Canton, SD. It closed in 1933 in a cloud of scandal and controversy. Death certificate data from deceased inmates were analyzed for diagnostic cause of death and for age.

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Abuse of dextromethorphan-based cough syrup as a substitute for licit and illicit drugs: a theoretical framework.

Adolescence

May 1997

School of Natural and Social Sciences, Shepherd College, Shepherdstown, WV 25443, USA.

Drug abuse has been a national social problem in the United States for decades and is often complicated by the emergence of new types of abused drugs or new forms of abuse. The forms of abuse, particularly by young persons, include the search for substitutes for better-known substances. It is unclear, however, what factors determine the choice of drug or substance for experimentation, considering the wide range of choices.

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The purpose of this study was to describe the meaning of baccalaureate nursing students' lived experience of caring and not-so-caring interactions with faculty. The research questions explored the phenomenon of being cared-for or not-cared-for by asking, "What does being cared-for by faculty mean to baccalaureate nursing students?" Students were also asked to describe not-so caring interactions with faculty. Seventeen baccalaureate nursing students at a private liberal arts college and 15 baccalaureate nursing students at a public university were interviewed.

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Drug abuse has been a national social problem in the United States for decades and is often complicated by the emergence of new types of abused drugs or new forms of abuse. In the late 1980s, the community of Waynesboro, Pennsylvania began to detect behavior among its teenagers that suggested a new form of drug abuse and thus a new social problem. The drug was dextromethorphan, used in cough syrup-principally Robitussin DM.

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