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@#Introduction: The objective of the study is to identify the relationship between knowledge and the practice of mental training skill during competitions which requires the athletes to gain control and boost their confidence. The study significantly states that knowledge and the practice of mental training skill during competitions are able to increase the athletes’ ability to control their state of mind and raise their confidence. Methods: 115 students of Malaysian Sport School, Pahang Malaysia participated in the study. One set of Likert scale questionnaire, which consists of five parts is used as the study instrument. The study instrument is based on the Competitive State Anxiety Inventory (CSAI2), Test of Performance Strategies (TOPS) and Mental Toughness Questionnaire (MTQ-48). Results: The research findings demonstrate an average level of knowledge on mental training skill with reference to the athletes’ control of their mental state and their confidence. However, the significant relationship between the knowledge and the practice of mental training skill with regards to the athletes’ mind control and confidence during competitions shows a highly positive and moderate relationship. Conclusion: Healthy mental training skill helps improve the athletes’ personality during competition. Apart from prioritising on the physical element in training applied in the competitions, the main elements which become the athletes’ source of mental strength, level of control and confidence are able to overcome the mental challenges.
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Objective To summarize theskill practice as the coremethods and training effect in tumor specialist nurse training , and to explore the suitable effective methods and pattern of China′s national conditions of specialist nurse training in China, for providing a reference for conducting cancer specialist nurse training. Methods Reviewed and analyzed tumor specialist nurse training method to make clear the training effect from 2012 to 2013, 100 students was investigated by using questionnaires , which contain 15 aspects, before and after the training respectively. designskill practice as the coreof the training content (160 hours) and theoretical classes (80 hours), established training evaluation criteria and the organization management system. Results All 100 students had grasped maintenance technology, observation of the complications of treatment, infusion port of the maintenance, the use of chemotherapy drugs, health education for patients with PICC catheter, and the use of effective order, the grasp rate was 100%. Complications rate was decreased significantly after using PICC catheter, (the rate of catheter related blood stream infections and the rate of thrombosis was reduced from the top 35%and 12%before training to 4%and 1%after training respectively (P<0.05). Conclusions In order to train more practical clinical nurse specialists, reduce the complications, raise the overall level of nursing profession, and improve the quality of nursing after using PICC catheter. Skill practice as the core methods in tumor specialist nurse training should be advocated.
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Objective To explore the difference of hand hygiene requirement between guide-line of skill practice for national examinations of doctors' qualification(clinical practitioners) and stan-dard for hand hygiene for healthcare workers in health care settings for some sterile techniques. Methods Eight sterile techniques in guideline of skill practice for national examinations of doctors' qualification(clinical practitioners) such as changing a dress and taking out stitches, aspiration, ure-thral catheterization, arteriovenous puncture, thoracentesis, abdominal puncture, lumbar puncture and bone marrow puncture were chosen and the results were compared with standard for hand hygiene for healthcare workers in health care settings. Results Three of eight sterile technics mentioned hand-washing, six of eight mentioned wearing sterile gloves, and zero of eight mentioned antiseptic han-drubbing; however, only one of six (16.67%) before wearing sterile gloves mentioned handwashing. Conclusion The requests of hand hygiene between guideline of skill practice for national examina-tions of doctors' qualification (clinical practitioners) and standard for hand hygiene for healthcare workers in healthcare settings are not concordant , which from the root leads to the inconsistence of doctors' learning at different stages of education and training . It is suggested that the examination organization departments should refer to the relevant provisions of the state in the preparation of guidelines, and regulate medical practice behavior with consistent standards.
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Objective: This action research used a one group pre-post test design in 75 samples and used both quantitative and qualitative methods. The study was designed to develop knowledge and basic skill practice in a hypertension program among 240 healthcare volunteers obtained as samples randomly chosen from four communities. Methods: The instrumentation employed comprised of the hypertension knowledge questionnaires, observational guide form and group discussion. All these aspects of knowledge were good quality for all volunteers in terms of discrimination =0.48 0.18, difficulty =.0.72 0.49 and reliability Kuder-Richarson 20 = 0.74 with split-half = 0.81. Results: Following participation in the program, the quantitative data were the knowledge of the volunteers was increased with statistical significance (p<.001) and which was positively correlated with the level of education, but was negatively correlated with age (r = 0.224, p<.01 and r = -0.289 respectively). The qualitative data were people’s problems, needs and preferences for eating foods high in sodium and cholesterol, forgetting or refusing to take medication, lack of awareness about the severity of the disease and no motivation to exercise especially for elderly patients. Conclusion: This program should be useful for other healthcare volunteers in monitoring, supervising and supporting the teamwork in collaboration with community network development.