scholarly journals Assessing attitudes and preparedness of nurse managers regarding effective delegation in Wapda Hospital Lahore

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 36-47
Author(s):  
Michal Nazir ◽  
Kausar Parveen ◽  
Muhammad Afzal
Keyword(s):  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Nurse Managers ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Sample Population ◽  
Unique Contribution ◽  
Mutual Trust ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Nursing Experience ◽  
Practical Nurses ◽  
Collaboration And Communication

Purpose: This study aimed to identify the attitudes of registered nurses (RNs) towards delegation, their preparedness to delegate effectively, and to determine whether attitude and preparedness are related to age, experience, and education in the delegation. Methodology: It is a quantitative research outlook in a cross- sectional descriptive design. As it is a survey of the attitudes and preparedness of effective delegation, a quantitative approach is a suitable and explicit strategy to be utilized. Data was collected with a questionnaire in Wapda hospital Lahore (N=154). Participants were 130 RNs. A self-structured questionnaire adopted from the article “Nurse Manager's Attitudes and Preparedness towards Effective Delegation in a Tertiary Care Public Hospital Lahore” with permission of the author developed by Karnested, and Haghighi. It is based on the Likert scale. It was distributed among the sample population. The questionnaire is divided into three sections. Section I; includes the demographics of the managers i.e.: age, marital status, gender, education, nursing experience. Section II; is directed towards assessment of nurse manager’s attitudes consisting of 11 questions. Section III; pertains to the preparedness of nurse managers towards effective delegation and have 20 questions. The data was then analyzed on the software SPSS version 21. Results: Most participants have a positive attitude towards delegation and identify themselves as prepared to delegate effectively. However, some of the answers indicate potential for improvement. The majority find they spend a large amount of time on jobs others could do and agree to some extent that skills of practical nurses could be better utilized through more effective delegation. Unique  contribution  to  theory,  practice  and  policy: Age, experience, and former education on delegation are significantly related to a number of attitude and preparedness issues regarding confidence in delegating, mutual trust, collaboration, and communication between RNs and assistance personnel. Effective delegation by RNs needs to be supported by teaching, practicing and nurturing mutual trust and effective communication in nursing teams.

scholarly journals Assessment of Nurses Awareness Regarding Hemodialysis Complications: A Cross-Sectional Study in Lahore, Pakistan

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 13-24
Author(s):  
Sadia Nasarullah ◽  
Muhammad Hussain ◽  
Kousar Perveen ◽  
Muhammad Afzal
Keyword(s):  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Unique Contribution ◽  
Care Hospital ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Related Data ◽  
Descriptive Research ◽  
Hemodialysis Unit ◽  
Level Of Knowledge ◽  
Self Administered Questionnaire

Purpose: The purpose of the study was to assess the awareness of nurses regarding hemodialysis complication in Lahore, Pakistan. Methodology: Descriptive research design was used to conduct this study. The study was conducted at the Hemodialysis Unit at tertiary Care Hospital Lahore, Pakistan. The sample of the study consisted of 110 nurses (female) working in the hemodialysis unit, aged between 18 and 55 years has agreed to participate in this study. The self-administered questionnaire sheet was used to collect study-related data with the following sections. Part 1: ''Nurse's socio-demographic characteristics'', Part 2: "Nurses 'Awareness of Hemodialysis Practices", Part 3: "Nurses' Awareness of Hemodialysis Complications" Findings: Most of the nurses had a good level of knowledge about the complications of hemodialysis and very few of them had little knowledge. Most of the nurses were females and were aged 18-27. Unique contribution to theory, practice and policy: Further research should be done on a larger sample of them which focuses on their practice and should make the results of their study regarding their knowledge and its reflection on their practice  

scholarly journals PREVALENCE OF COGNITIVE DECLINE IN PATIENTS WITH STROKE

2020 ◽  
Vol 70 (6) ◽  
pp. 1604-08
Author(s):  
Fatima Naseem Malik ◽  
Usama Bin Zubair ◽  
Wasim Alamgir ◽  
Asif Hashmat ◽  
Saeed Arif ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
British Columbia ◽  
Cognitive Decline ◽  
Tertiary Care Hospital ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Female Gender ◽  
Physical Impairment ◽  
Sample Population ◽  
Care Hospital ◽  
Cognitive Complaints ◽  
Cross Sectional

Objective: To determine the prevalence of cognitive decline among the patients of stroke and analyze the associated socio demographic factors. Study Design: Cross sectional study. Place and Duration of Study: Tertiary care hospital of Rawalpindi, from May 2018 to Aug 2018. Methodology: The sample population comprised of n=180 patients of hemorrhagic or ischemic stroke presenting at a tertiary care hospital in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. Cognitive decline was assessed by using the British Columbia Cognitive Complaints Inventory (BC-CCI) four weeks after the acute stroke. Relationship of age, gender, marital status, education, type of stroke, presence of physical impairment and tobacco smoking was assessed with the presence of cognitive decline among the patients of stroke. Results: Out of 180 patients of stroke screened through British Columbia Cognitive Complaints Inventory, 129 (71.7%) showed the presence of cognitive decline while 51 (28.3%) had no cognitive decline. After applying the logistic regression we found that female gender and presence of physical impairment had significant association with the presence of cognitive decline among the patients of stroke. Conclusion: This study showed a high prevalence of cognitive decline among the patients of stroke in Pakistan. Routine screening for cognitive decline should be done at the stroke follow up clinic and special attention should be paid to the female patients of stroke and those with physical impairment.

scholarly journals Awareness, Behavior, and Practices of Nurses related to Nursing Ethics, in tertiary care Hospitals of Lahore, Pakistan

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Shazia Javed ◽  
Kousar Parveen ◽  
Mohammad Afzal ◽  
Prof. Dr Syed Amir Gillani
Keyword(s):  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Legal Aspects ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Unique Contribution ◽  
Nursing Ethics ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Study Results ◽  
History Of

Purpose: The objective is to determine nurse’s knowledge about Nursing Ethics and association with behavior and practice of these nurses. Methodology: Cross-sectional Study Design. This study is conducted in different hospital settings of Lahore. a total of 150 nurses are selected by convenient sampling technique. They are taken informed consent and the data was collected including demographics and the nursing ethics. Data was analysed on SPSS version 24.0 Results: Most of the nurses working in different hospital are females and in our participants, 76% are females while 24% are males. Mostly belongs to age group of 20-30 years. Nearly 87% of the participants are single, i.e. hasn’t married yet. The more qualified nurse, more the KAP of nursing ethics in hospitals Unique contribution to theory, policy and practice: The study results show that the nurses need to gain better insight into the legal aspects of their profession and to enhance their level of respect, particularly for nurses of lower age, with a history of employment and contractual strength.

scholarly journals PRINCIPAL’S TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP AND TEACHERS’ PERFORMANCE AMONG PUBLIC COUNTY SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN NYANDARUA COUNTY, KENYA

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
John Karoki Kariuki ◽  
Dr. Sr. Piliyesi ◽  
Ms. Florence Ateka
Keyword(s):  
Transformational Leadership ◽  
School Leadership ◽  
Quantitative Data ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Simple Random Sampling ◽  
School Level ◽  
Unique Contribution ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative

Purpose: School performance is a global issue. There is a great need for the quality education all over the world. To achieve this, school leadership and teachers’ performance have been put to focus. In this quintessence, the study aimed at establishing the influence of the transformational leadership on the teachers’ performance in public county schools in Nyandarua County. Methodology: The study used both qualitative and quantitative research approaches. The cross-sectional survey and the phenomenology design were used to collect the data. Stratified, simple random sampling was employed to select the schools while stratified and systematic random was used to select the teachers and the students.  Academic deans, the principals of selected schools and Education County Director were automatically included. Data was collected using questionnaires, document analysis guide and interview guide. Qualitative and quantitative data were concurrently collected and analysed. Descriptive (frequencies, percentage, mean and standard deviation) and inferential statistics (independent t-test, ANOVA) methods were used to analyse the quantitative data. Findings: The study upheld the non-maleficence, benefice and truthfulness as the research ethics requires. The study found that principal scored lowest in individualised consideration. The study concluded that teachers’ performance was important for the school perfomance and principals play key roles in the enhancement of teachers’ performance especially through challenging teachers by their actions. Unique contribution to the theory, practice and policy: The study recommended that principals should challenge teachers with their performance. The county should have induction training at school level for the newly emplored teachers.

scholarly journals Knowledge, attitudes and perceptions among non blood donor female health care professionals

2015 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 203 ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad Bilal ◽  
Abdul Haseeb ◽  
Ibrahim Zahid ◽  
Sehan Siraj Lashkerwala ◽  
Fawad Saeeduddin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Blood Transfusion ◽  
Hepatitis B ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Blood Donors ◽  
Blood Donation ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Sample Population ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Adequate Knowledge

<p>Introduction<strong>: </strong>Blood donation is necessary in order to maintain an adequate supply of blood to patients who are suffering from any kind of disease or trauma, which requires them to have blood transfusion. Female non-blood donors are generally low in number.<strong> </strong>Therefore, this research was carried out to assess the main reasons behind the lack of blood donations made by females, and their knowledge, attitude and perceptions towards voluntary blood donation.</p> <p>Methodology: A cross-sectional study was conducted on 664 female health professionals, who were selected by non-probability convenience sampling from two tertiary care hospitals. A pretested questionnaire was presented to the sample population, and the data was entered and analyzed on SPSS (V17).</p> <p>Results: 94.6 % were aware with the fact that blood is screened for AIDS, Hepatitis B and C before transfusion. Moreover, 83.7% said that they will only donate blood if a family, relative or friend would need it and similarly 83.4%  suggested that they would donate blood if blood donation camps are arranged in hospital premises. 81.8 % thought that blood donors can contract Hepatitis B after donation where as only 29.5% did not blood due already blood loss in menstrual cycle.<strong></strong></p> <p>Conclusion<strong>: </strong>The participants had adequate knowledge about the benefits of blood donation. The most important reason identified for not donating blood is the lack of facilities within the workplace or lack of approach by responsible authorities. The results of the study may help in minimizing the misconceptions of the participants about blood transfusion, which would increase their contribution towards blood donation.</p>

scholarly journals ASSOCIATION OF LATTICE DEGENERATION IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC SEROUS CHORIO-RETINOPATHY

2021 ◽  
Vol 71 (6) ◽  
pp. 2144-47
Author(s):  
Farooq Ul Abidin ◽  
Muhammad Haroon Sarfaraz ◽  
Hassaan Javaid ◽  
Asfandyar Khan ◽  
Summaya Khan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Armed Forces ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Peripheral Retina ◽  
Sample Population ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Chi Square Test ◽  
Lattice Degeneration ◽  
Study Participants

Objective: To establish the association of lattice degeneration in patients with chronic serous chorio-retinopathy at tertiary care ophthalmology hospital. Study Design: Comparative cross-sectional study. Place and Duration of Study: Armed Forces Institute of Ophthalmology, Rawalpindi, from Sep 2019 to Dec 2020. Methodology: The sample population comprised of 80 subjects which included 40 cases of chronic serous chorio-retinopathy and 40 controls. Chronic serous chorio-retinopathy was diagnosed by consultant ophthalmologist on basis of fluorescein angiography and spectral-domain optical coherence tomography. Peripheral retinal examination was done among all the study participants to look for lattice degeneration. Pearson chi-square test was applied to look for the relationship of various factors with lattice degeneration including the presence of chronic serous chorio-retinopathy. Results: Two groups with equal number of subjects were included in the study. Mean age of the study participants was 49.14 ± 2.93 years. 60 (75.0%) participants were male while 20 (25%) were female. Fifty four (67.5%) had no lattice degeneration while 26 (32.5%) showed the presence of lattice degeneration on detailed ophthalmic examination. Chi-square test showed that having chronic serous chorio-retinopathy and use of steroids were statistically significantly associated with presence of lattice degeneration among the study participants. Conclusion: Chronic serous chorio-retinopathy emerged as a condition strongly associated with lattice degeneration of peripheral retina. Use of topical or systemic steroids also increased the chances of developing lattice degeneration in our study population.

scholarly journals SONOGRAPHIC INCIDENCE AND EXTENT OF LOWER LIMB DEEP VENOUS THROMBOSIS IN HOSPTILISED PATEINTS OF TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
Muhammad Saleem ◽  
Mahrukh Samuel ◽  
Asifullah Asifullah ◽  
Faizan Shabbir ◽  
Namra Zamir ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Venous Thrombosis ◽  
Deep Venous Thrombosis ◽  
Lower Limb ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Unique Contribution ◽  
Care Hospital ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Linear Probe ◽  
The Mean

Purpose: The aim of our study was to determine the incidence and extent of deep venous thrombosis in hospitalized patient of tertiary care hospital.Methodology: This was observational cross sectional study. The data of patients had been collected from Jinnah hospital Lahore, Pakistan. After taking informed consent, data was collected through the Doppler ultrasound which was performed for lower limb in symptomatic patients. Equipment used was TOSHIBA Xario (200) with linear probe frequency ranging from 7-10 MHz. The data analysis was performed with the help of SPSS version 24.Findings: Total 124 patients were included in this study in which the mean age of the patient was 45.38 ± 16.846 with a range of 14-90 years. The Mean weight of patients was = 70.31±9.285 with the range 48­-90kg. The females were 56 and males were 68 in number included in this study. Out of 124 patients, right leg DVT present in 44(35.5%), and left leg DVT present in 74(59.7%), and bilateral DVT present in 6(4.8%) of patients. Unique contribution to theory, practice and policy: It was concluded that age plays a significant role in the development of DVT. Patients with acute DVT have hypoechoic thrombus while the chronic DVT have hyperechoic echogenicity. DVT was most commonly seen in the left leg in comparison with right leg. Ultrasound is the best modality in the detection of DVT.

scholarly journals Knowledge, Attitude, And Practice Regarding Nursing Interruptions Among Nurses in Tertiary Care Hospital: A Cross-Sectional Study

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 17-35
Author(s):  
Simon Javed ◽  
Muhammad Hussain ◽  
Kausar Parveen ◽  
Muhammad Afzal
Keyword(s):  
Tertiary Care Hospital ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Unique Contribution ◽  
Care Hospital ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Attitude And Practice ◽  
Knowledge Attitude And Practice

Purpose: Nursing is a profession who belong to care of community, a universal perception. Nurses job criteria belongs to many distractions and obstacles in performing their job. Interruption is considered to be part of workplace. The nursing profession responsibility and reliability are of high concerns because it deals with the life of human beings. Interruption at workplace compromises the patient safety. The study sought to explore the knowledge, attitude, and practices regarding nursing interruption among nurses. Methodology: Descriptive cross-sectional study design used. Questionnaire a tool used to collect data from tertiary care hospital (n=115). The tool contains a dimension of knowledge attitude and practice scoring of questionnaires as knowledge 50 score, attitude 45 and practice 28, respectively number questions each domains knowledge 10, attitude 9 and practice 7. Results: The KAP regarding interruption among Pakistani nurses score range (26-123). The means of knowledge attitude and practices respectively 31.2957 ± 7.21229, 33.1478 ± 5.68507, 19.5826 ± 3.86841. the collective mean and standard deviation of knowledge attitude and practice 84.0261 ± 16.76577. correlation statistically significant in KAP (p<0.05). Coefficient of correlation knowledge enhance practices. The combined KAP of respondents was 69%.  Unique contribution to theory, practice and policy: Knowledge attitude and practice prime parameters of confirming the quality of understanding and performance. Study concluded that nurses have moderate level of knowledge attitude and practice 69%. The knowledge and attitude positive coefficient correlation, enhance each other. Gender, increased academic qualification, attention of leader and experience correlation with KAP. Experience and age group 10-15 years possess a high degree of knowledge attitude and practice. There is a need for interruption management training moreover requiring leader attention. Basic understating about interruption on a clinical place not considerably efficient. The dependent variable causes a 20% variance in the criterion variable.  

Confidence toward vaccination as reported by parents of children admitted to a tertiary care hospital in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: A cross sectional study

Vacunas ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 95-104 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y.M. AlGoraini ◽  
N.N. AlDujayn ◽  
M.A. AlRasheed ◽  
Y.E. Bashawri ◽  
S.S. Alsubaie ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Tertiary Care Hospital ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Care Hospital ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional

The Unique Contribution of Positive Orientation to Optimal Functioning

2012 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 44-54 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guido Alessandri ◽  
Gian Vittorio Caprara ◽  
John Tisak
Keyword(s):  
Psychological Functioning ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Unique Contribution ◽  
Critical Component ◽  
Positive Orientation ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Common Mode ◽  
Optimal Functioning

Literature documents that the judgments people hold about themselves, their life, and their future are important ingredients of their psychological functioning and well-being, and are commonly related to each other. In this paper, results from a large cross-sectional sample (N = 1,331, 48% males) are presented attesting to the hypothesis that evaluations about oneself, one’s life, and one’s future rest on a common mode of viewing experiences named “Positive Orientation.” These results corroborate the utility of the new construct as a critical component of individuals’ well functioning.

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