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Objective To investigate into hand hygiene facilities and worker's practice of hand hygiene during 120 ambulance services in a capital city.Methods With the standard Observation Form publicized by the World Health Organization,field observation was carried out to monitor hand hygiene facilities and the practice of hand hygiene in workers during ambulance services provided by four service centers.Results A total of seven ambulances and 80 times of services were observed across a span of 21 days.The provision and position of hand hygiene facilities were found very limited in these ambulances.Of 656 times of presence of indictors for hand hygiene,the overall compliance rate was 3.04％ reflecting the practice of hand hygiene in ambulance workers.The compliance rate was found to be 0 (0/291),1.96％ (1/51),13.64％ (3/22),5.21％ (16/307) and 0(0/2) before touching patients,after body fluids exposure risk,before clean/aseptic procedures and after touching patients' surroundings respectively.Conclusions Poor practice of hand hygiene which was revealed in 120 ambulance services suggests the great need for education and training to improve patient safety and occupational health.
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Objective To analyze the language structure of nursing records and the application of defined vocabulary in nursing records of community child care,and to explore the possibility of structuralization and standardization of community nursing records by researchers' consulting International Classification of Nursing Practice (ICNP(R)2.0).Methods Convenient sampling method was used.A total of 432 handbooks about child health care were extracted from three community health service centers in Liaoning province.By analyzing the nursing records,the vocabulary was selected,and a coding book was built.Then researchers compared them with ICNP(R)2.0 Chinese version.Results Totally 567 terms were extracted.All phrases in nursing records about community child health care can be classified into three categories and seven shafts,which were nursing phenomenon,nursing action and nursing outcome.Our community nursing records about child health care could not fully meet shaft level of nursing record writing requirements from the International Council of nurses.Only 146 records were labeled as perfect fit with ICNP(R)2.0 terminology,223 records as not fit at all.The difference of different levels of suitability distribution about nursing phenomenon,nursing action and nursing outcome had statistically significant difference.Words of able to adapt and can't adapt about nursing action had larger proportion.Words that can't adapt about nursing phenomenon and nursing outcome had larger proportion.Conclusions There is still certain gap between domestic nursing records and ICNP(R)2.0 terminology.The list of terms from comparison nursing records about community child health care with ICNP(R)2.0 can lay the foundation for nursing language system structure and perfect community nursing record language in our country.
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Objective To investigate and compare the argumentativeness and attitudes towards thinking and learning between clinical nurses in general adult wards and wards for patients requiring particularity healthcare for the identification and development of core communication skills.Mettods “Argumentativeness Scale” and “Attitudes toward Thinking and Learning Survey” in Chinese were used to measure a convenience sample of 504 clinical nurses in seven hospitals.Results The scores in items reflecting rationality,positivism,empathy and acceptance in 247 nurses in wards for particularity heahhcare were significantly different from those nurses working in internal medical wards for adults with internal medical problems.Conclusions To develop harmonious interpersonal relationships in nurses,we should strengthen competencies in emotional regulation and rational thinking in nurses in wards for adults with in-ternal medical problems.
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Objective To develop a kind of clinical nursing human resource mamagement basic data set fits to national and international standard. Methods CNHRMBDS was developed according to refereces and related standard, and then compared with related data set of nursing management. Results There were 179 data elements in the CNHRMBDS. It included all data elements related to human resources for health in China Hospital Basic Data Set Standard 1.0Version, China Public Health Information Classification and Basic Data Set Standard1.0 Version, and Community Health Information Basic Data Set Standard. Twenty-four data elements in the World Health Organization Human Resources for Health Minimum Data Set and 155 data elements in the American Nursing Management Minimum Data Set were found comparable to those in the CNHRMBDS. Conclusions The CNHRMBDS was found complete and able to meet relevant national and in-ternational standards. It should be further developed to be a national standard for health profession.
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Objective This study was to explore deaf people's needs for a smooth communication with doctors and/or nurses during health consultation in the outpatient department or when being hospitalized and supply reference for compilation of sign language textbooks.Methods Purposive sampling was used and semi-structured interviews were conducted.Six deaf participants who met the inclusion and exclusion criteria were interviewed.It lased for 20 to 40 minutes for each interview.Interviews were recorded digitally and then transcribed and validated.Transcripts were analyzed using a method of thematic analysis.Results Three themes were identified,i.e.needs for sign language interpreters,needs for information and knowledge.and needs for psychosocial and emotional support.Needs for sign language interpreters meant that doctors and nurses were able to communicate with them using simple sign language instead of terminology.The required information and knowledge covered three aspects,i.e.health condition,pharmaceutical therapy,and self-care activity.Conclusions There may exist serious communicative barriers for deaf people during their health consultation in the outpatient department or when being hospitalized.There is a need for healthcare professionals who are competent in sign language to establish the health delivery environment with minimal barriers.
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Objective This study aimed to explore issues about dysandia female during pregnancy,peripartum and contraception and to supply reference for their reproductive health improvement. Methods Purposive sampling strategy was used. With the aid of an interview guide, 12 dysaudia women who met inclu-sion and exclusion criteria were invited to be interviewed. Interviews were recorded, validated and then ana-lyzed. Results Four themes were generated, limited knowledge, passive information acquisition, total depen-dence on family and reluctant to talk about contraception. Total dependence on family was noticeable during pregnancy and peripartum. Though little was known about health protection related to pregnancy, peripartum and contraception, participants were passive at seeking for relevant information. Conclusions Deaf women may experience more threats to reproductive health in relation to pregnancy, peripartum and contraception that they require more guidance and assistance.