By God willing, meeting of laboratories committee chaired by Prof. Dr./ Mervat Ali Khamis, Vice Dean for Community Services and Environmental Development, will be held on Wednesday, 8/8/2021, at12:00 noon, at the Faculty of Nursing - Assiut University.
By God willing, meeting of environment committee chaired by Prof. Dr./ Mervat Ali Khamis, Vice Dean for Community Services and Environmental Development, will be held on Sunday, 8/8/2021, at 11:00 a.m, at the Faculty of Nursing - Assiut University.
Abstract
Hypertension has been a well-recognized condition in the elderly for a very long time and is prevalent in over 70% of the elderly population. It is estimated that the number of persons aged 65 years and older will increase to 72 million by the year 2030, which will in turn result in an increased rate of hypertension among the elderly. Aim: To assess the quality of life of elderly patients suffering from hypertension and nurses' knowledge regarding hypertension. Methods: A cross sectional descriptive research design was utilized in this study. This study was carried out at medical, dialysis, and neurological departments at Sohag University Hospital. Convenient sample consist of 178 elderly patients suffering from hypertension and 58 nurses. Data were collected at a period of six months starting from November 2011 to the end of April 2012, using two tools: First tool; is a structured interview sheet about Quality of life. Second tool: an interview questionnaire sheet to assess nurses' knowledge regarding hypertension. Results: 48.9% of patients had low QOL score, and there was a statistical significant difference between quality of life and sex & level of education "P- value (.007&.070)" respectively, and around one third of nurses (32.7%) had poor level of knowledge about hypertension. There was a statistical significant difference between knowledge and age & qualification of nurses "p- value (.052&.090) respectively". Conclusion and Recommendations: Presence of gerontological nurses in outpatient clinics and hospital departments whom trained and have an active role in health promotion and disease prevention for that highly growing segment of population. People have to be educated through mass media on hypertension and its risk factors. People have to be educated on the importance of physical exercises and have to be encouraged to do them.
Key Words: Hypertension, QOL, Knowledge, Patient, Nurse
By God willing, meeting of public health nursing department council chaired by Prof. Dr./ Suad Sayed Bayoumi Mohamed, Head of the Department, will be held on Sunday, 1/8/2021, in the presence of teaching staff members of the department and their assistants at the department council hall.
By God willing, meeting of gynecology and obstetrics nursing department council chaired by Prof. Dr./ Manal Farouk Mostafa, Head of the Department, will be held on Sunday, 1/8/2021, in the presence of teaching staff members of the department and their assistants at the department council hall.
By God willing, meeting of psychiatric nursing department council chaired by Prof. Dr./ Ikram Ibrahim Mohamed, Head of the Department, will be held on Wednesday, 4/8/2021, in the presence of teaching staff members of the department and their assistants at the department council hall.
By God willing, meeting of nursing administration department council chaired by Prof. Dr./ Sahar Mohamed Morsy, Head of the Department, will be held on Monday, 2/8/2021 in the presence of teaching staff members of the department and their assistants at the department council hall.
Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) have become the leading cause of death worldwide. "Continuing education in nursing contributes as profession's currency". Aim of the study: The study conducted to assess the knowledge and performance of nurses about cardiovascular diseases, develop, implement and evaluate an educational in- service training program for nurses working with cardiovascular patients. Subjects and methods: Quasi-experimental research design was used. The study included 60 nurses working in Cardiovascular Department at Assiut University Hospital. The study tools for data collection were self- administrated knowledge questionnaire sheet and observational checklist. The study was carried out on 3 phases: preparatory, implementation and evaluation phase. Results:The main results revealed that nurses’ total mean scores of knowledge and performance throughout intervention program phases have demonstrated an improvement from a pre-program. with highly statistically significant (p=0.005). Conclusion: It was concluded, that cardiovascular nurses who are working in Cardiovascular Department at Assiut University Hospital were improved their knowledge and performance related to caring of patient with cardiovascular diseases. Recommendations: Cardiovascular nurses should update their knowledge and performance through continued nursing education and training program. Newly employed nurses in Cardiovascular Department must complete a test of basic knowledge and skills before assuming independent responsibility for patient care.
Keywords: Cardiovascular disease, Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation, Electrocardiogram.
By God willing, meeting of pediatric nursing department council chaired by Prof. Dr./ Eman Sayed Ahmed, Head of the Department, will be held on Monday, 2/8/2021, in the presence of teaching staff members of the department and their assistants at the department council hall.
By God willing, meeting of medical surgical nursing department council chaired by Prof. Dr./ Magda Ahmed Mohamed Mansour, Head of the Department, will be held on Sunday, 1/8/2021, in the presence of teaching staff members of the department and their assistants at the department council hall.
