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This paper reviewed the definition, competence and training status of "dual-qualification" nursing teachers at home and abroad from several aspects including pre-service teacher preparation, entry qualification, in-service training and performance assessment and bring up some relevant problems and countermeasures of our country. It is expected to provide references for the construction of "dual-qualification" nursing faculty in China.
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A micro droplet generator based on V-shape linear ultrasonic motor was prepared to produce micro droplets with higher accuracy in the field of biochemistry.The device was composed of a micro droplet generator which was driven by the V-shaped linear ultrasonic motor, a three-dimensional displacement platform based on V-shaped linear ultrasonic motor, and a micro droplet separation unit based on the piezoelectric vibrator.The generating part consisted of an ultrasonic motor, a medical syringe, a silica flexible tube and a self-made micro nozzle based on glass.Utilizing the drive controller to drive the linear ultrasonic motor, the slipway pushes forward the syringe and the micro droplet was attached to the glass nozzle.The natural mode of the rod nozzle was excited by the piezoelectric vibrator.The attached droplet was separated from the tip of the nozzle after overcoming the viscous force.The separated droplet fell in a certain range.And the radius of the spherical droplet was calculated.In the experiment, distilled water was used as the initial liquid to investigate the characteristics of the micro droplets produced by the device.The experimental results showed that the droplet was attached to the tip of the micro nozzle which was formed by distilled water under the linear motor.By the vibration of the separation unit, the attached droplets formed the spherical droplets by overcoming the viscous forces in the tip of the nozzle.The radius of spherical droplets generated by this device was less than 40 μm by measuring the size.
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Objective To explore the risk factors of the occurence and 28-day death of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) in intensive care unit (ICU). Methods A prospective multicentral cohort study was conducted. The patients from five ICUs of grade A tertiary hospitals in Beijing from July 2009 to March 2014, including sepsis,septic shock,trauma,pneumonia,aspiration,massive blood transfusion,bacteremia and pulmonary contusion,were enrolled. Researchers in each center reported the records with uniform tables,which included demographic,systemic conditions,the primary disease,and the severity within 24 hours,past history and so on. According to the admission diagnosis in ICU,these patients were divided into ARDS group and other severe disease control group. The risk factors of occurence and prognosis of ARDS were analyzed by univariate analysis,multivariate logistic regression and multivariate COX regression analysis. Kaplan-Meier method was applied to draw the 28-day survival curves of the two groups. Results There were 343 critical patients included in this prospective multicenter cohort study,of which 163 patients who developed ARDS were considered as ARDS group(2 case lost to follow-up, and 49 died)and 180 patients who did not developed ARDS regarded as severe control group(1 case lost to follow-up, and 34 died). The 28-day mortality of ARDS group was significantly higher than that of severe control group〔30.43%(49/161)vs. 18.99%(34/179),χ2=6.013,P=0.014〕. Multivariate logistic analysis showed that aspiration〔odds ratio(OR)=6.390,95% confidence interval(95%CI)=2.046-19.953,P=0.001〕,history of alcohol (OR=4.854,95%CI=1.730-13.617,P=0.003),sepsis(OR=2.859,95%CI=1.507-5.425,P=0.001), pneumonia(OR=2.822,95%CI=1.640-4.855,P30 beats/min(OR=3.305,95%CI=1.910-5.721,P100 beats/min(OR=2.101,95%CI=1.048-4.213,P=0.037)happened in critically ill patients, it highly suggested ARDS would happen. The proportion of the patients whose serum creatinine>176.8 μmol/L in ARDS group was lower than that in control group(OR=0.387,95%CI=0.205-0.733,P=0.004). Multivariate COX regression analysis showed that old age and septic shock were significantly associated with the increased risk of in 28-day death of ARDS〔advanced age:hazard ratio(HR)=1.040,95%CI=1.018-1.064,P30 beats/min and heart rate>100 beats/min could predict the occurrence of ARDS in critical patients. Old age and septic shock were the risk factors of 28-day death of ARDS.
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Objective To investigate the changing trends in 4 continuous point prevalence surveys of healthcare-as-sociated infection(HAI)in a hospital. Methods The occurrence of HAI among all hospitalized patients were inves-tigated on a given day from 0:00 to 24:00 in May,2006,2008,2010,and 2012 respectively.Results A total of 4 497 patients should be investigated,4 387 (97.55% )patients were actually investigated;184 patients developed 209 times of HAI,point prevalence rate of HAI was 4.19% ,case prevalence rate was 4.76% . Trendχ2 test showed that HAI prevalence rate decreased gradually from 5.56% in 2006 to 2.76% in 2012(χ2= 14.07,P<0.001).The main infection site was lower respiratory tract (55.03% ),followed by urinary tract(14.83% )and upper respiratory tract(9.57% ).The overall usage rate of antimicrobial agents was 38.50% . Trendχ2 test showed that usage rate of antimicrobial agents decreased gradually from 2006 to 2012(χ2= 5.13,P= 0.023);pathogenic detection rate in pa-tients receiving therapeutic and therapeutic plus prophylactic antimicrobial use increased gradually(χ2= 40.81 ,P<0.001);single use of antimicrobial agents increased gradually(χ2= 23.86,P<0.001). The rate of arteriovenous in-tubation ,urinary catheterization ,respirator use,and venous intubation in patients with HAI was significantly higher than those without HAI (27.17% vs 9.80% ,35.33% vs 11.54% ,13.59% vs 4.33% ,84.78% vs 63.24%respectively ,all P<0.001). Conclusion Management of rational use of antimicrobial agents has been achieved re-markably,control of HAI improved continuously;but control of invasive procedure-associated infection need to be intensified,management of rational use of antimicrobial agents should be paid much attention.
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Objectives To study the incidence of Trichomonas vaginalis(TV)infection in Chinese male patients with nongonococcal urethritis(NGU),to evaluate the sensitivity and specificity of urine-based and urethral swab polymerase chain reaction(PCR)detection,and to set up a method of non-invasive detection for male TV infection.Methods One hundred and five male NGU patients were collected from the STD clinic.Two urethral swabs were obtained from each patient,one for InPouch TV culture system,the other for PCR;one urine specimen(first-void urine or first-catch urine)was also collected for PCR detection.Culture was considered as the"gold standard".Compared with the culture,the sensitivity,specificity,positive predictive value(PPV)and negative predictive value(NPV)of two PCR detection were calculated.Results The positive rate of InPouch TV system detection was4.76%(5/105);the positive rate of urine-based PCR and urethral swab PCR detection was3.81%(4/105)and4.76%(5/105),respectively.In comparison with the culture,the sensitivity,specificity,PPV and NPV were80%,100%,100%and99%for urine-based PCR and80%,99%,80%and99%for urethral swab PCR.Conclusions TV is one of the etiological agent for male NGU,the positive rate of TV is4.76%in our study.The urine-based PCR detection has a higher sensitivity and specificity and provides a noninvasive method which is feasible in practice.