Physical and psychosocial stressors among caregivers of patients with cerebrovascular stroke

The present study was conducted to assess physical and psychosocial stressors among family caregivers of patients with cerebrovascular stroke . The study was carried out at the Outpatient of Neurophychiatric Clinic in Ain Shams University Hospitals . The sample included 100 caregivers of patients with cerebrovascular stroke . Tools used for data collection were 1] Questionnaire dealing with socio-demographic characteristics, general health condition of caregivers and, physical, economical psychological and social stressors. 2] Beck Depression Inventory Scale, 3] Social Dysfunction Rating Scale. Results revealed that 52% of caregivers females for 52% their age was >40. The most common physical stressor was 63% [general body joint pain and hand pain], economical stressors was [89% cost of medication and hospitalization] psychological stressors was [56% sadness about patient] and social stressors was [28% negligence of domestic work] . There were statistically significant differences in relation to age, sex, and availability of caregivers related stressors . The study'recommended in increasing awareness of family caregivers about community resources and how to gain access to them, this might be done through audiovisual media. [Improving social care services, to contribute as social support to caregivers.] Computer networks and hotline services should be available to immediately solve problems and link caregivers, doctors and local support organizations to each others

Assessment of nurses' role in caring for psychiatric patients receiving electro-convulsive therapy

Psychiatric nurses have an important and active role to play in insuring safety for patients undergoing ECT, [Electric-convulsive treatment] and receive accurate information about the treatment. The role of psychiatric nurses in monitoring and preventing complications of ECT is very important, since they provide quality patient care which has become an important factor in success of such management method. This study aimed at assessing the role of nurses caring for the psychiatric patients who receive electro-convulsive therapy. This study followed a descriptive design. The study was carried out at "Psychiatric Department in Tanta University Hospital" and "Psychiatric and Mental Health Hospital" in Tanta. The subjects of the study encompassed all nurses working in the previous settings, [n = 50 nurses]. Two tools were used to collect the necessary data: the first was the nurses' knowledge questionnaire, developed by the researchers and divided into two parts: general characteristics of nurses and nurses' Knowledge about ECT. The second was an Observation check list to identify quality of clinical care of patients receiving ECT. The main results revealed that the majority of the study subjects have acceptable level of knowledge about different aspects of ECT but their observed performance was below the expected standardized level. Such level needs to be upgraded using multiple approaches since it proved to be insensitive to years of experiences

Nurses' knowledge and attitude towards AIDS patients

This study aimed at assessing nurses' knowledge and attitude toward AIDS patients. One hundred and fifty nurses from different ductional levels were randomly selected from both Cairo and Ain-Shams University Hospitals to be the respondents of this study. Data were collected by using a questionnaire which was distributed to respondents in their clinical areas. Findings indicated mixed feelings of worry, fear, disgust and sympathy toward AIDS patients, regardless of the respondents level of education. However, their majority expressed their willingness to care for AIDS patients but with caution. Most of the respondents are not familiar with all the modes of transmission of the disease, in addition they have wrong information that need to be corrected

Communication skills necessary for the nursing career

The aim of this study was to identify the specific oral communication skills necessary in nursing and those skills most in need of improvement according to nursing teachers. To fulfil this in two questionnaires were developed. The first one was to assess the level of significance of each skill and the other one was to determine the frequency of the undesirable communication behaviour. Questionnaires were filled by all the teaching staff of the High Institute of Nursing of Cairo University results showed that many specific communication skills are critical to the success of nurses and the certain communication skills were most important and in greatest need of improvement

moral rights of mental patients

This study was conducted on 35 female mental patients hospitalized at Abbasia Mental Hospital in an attempt to know their opinion about circumstances of their hospitalization and how they feel about it. A questionnaire was given to patients containing questions related to their moral rights. It was found that on becoming a mental patient a person often looses adult entitlements from family members and hospital staff as these patients complained that they are deprived from their right to honesty, their right to expect promises to be kept, their right for privacy and freedom. The results of this study brings us to the need to rehumanize our medical and nursing delivery system and to continually see our patients as human beings who deserve the best care possible consistent with their rights