Resilience in Nursing Faculty: An Integrative Review

The impact of burnout on doctorate nursing faculty's intent to leave their academic position: A descriptive survey research design

Nursing faculty members play a pivotal role in the achievement of nursing students' learning outcomes. A broader understanding of what constitutes effective teaching is essential in order to ensure that effective learning takes place in the clinical area. This review sought to identify the most and least effective nursing faculty characteristics as perceived by nursing students. An integrative review of the literature was undertaken. Studies were sourced from the following electronic databases: PsycINFO, PubMed Central, CINAHL, Medline and Scopus. An electronic search of relevant studies published between 2001 and 2017 was conducted using the following search terms: 'nursing', 'students', 'nurse faculty', 'nurse tutor', 'nurse educator', 'effective', 'clinical education', 'effectiveness', 'clinical instructor', 'nurse instructor', 'teaching behaviour', and 'teaching characteristics'. Twenty-nine articles met the inclusion criteria. This review revealed that nursing students value nursing faculty's competence and interpersonal skills over their personality traits. Furthermore, the review highlighted that there exists a lack of studies that examine individual factors, which may influence nursing students' choice of teaching behaviours. Future studies linking teaching behaviours and nursing student learning outcomes are recommended. Nursing faculty must strive to improve their professional competence and interpersonal skills in order to better provide quality education to nursing students.

INTRODUCTION: Menopause is associated with various somatic, vasomotor, sexual and psychological symptoms that adversely affect the quality of life of women in peri- and postmenopausal periods. AIM: To assess the quality of life (QoL) of women in peri- and postmenopausal periods, to identify factors producing a negative effect on him during these periods. MATERIALS AND METHODS: А cross-sectional study was conducted through a survey of 353 women above 40. To assess QoL, the SF 36 questionnaire was used. Sociodemographic factors and peculiarities of health status of the participants were considered risk factors. The data were introduced and analyzed using SPSS 23 statistical package. Statistical significance of the results was evaluated by Kruskal–Wallis test with the subsequent a posteriori analysis, and Mann–Whitney test. RESULTS: Peri- and post menopause had negative impact on the parameters of physical component of QoL and all its domains. Participants with regular menstruation had a reliably higher score of physical component of QoL compared to peri- and postmenopausal women (p < 0.001). The scores of physical component of QoL were higher in women at the age under 50 compared to women of older age groups. The scores were higher in women with higher and secondary special education compared to participants with general secondary education (p < 0.05). Higher scores of physical and psychological components of QoL were recorded in working women compared to the retired group (p < 0.05). The parameters of psychological component of QoL were the highest among married and single women. Parameters of physical and mental components of QoL were higher in groups with the income above and at the level of the living minimum compared to those who reported the income below the minimum wage (p < 0.001). A reliably higher scores of physical and mental components of QoL were recorded in participants with favorable microclimate in families compared to the group with an unfavorable one (p < 0.01). A reliable relationship was found between the evaluation of the health and parameters of both components of QoL by the participants. Higher scores were recorded in women who evaluated their health as excellent and above average compared to all other groups (p < 0.05). The presence of chronic diseases had a negative impact on both components of QoL. CONCLUSION: The factors producing negative effects on QoL of women in peri- and postmenopausal periods were the older age, general health status, low educational level, retirement, unfavorable family status and family microclimate, low family income.

Leveraging Higher Salaries for Nursing Faculty

This study identified characteristics and perceptions of nursing faculty that best predict their intentions to leave their faculty positions. The inadequate supply of nursing faculty is a situation that requires immediate intervention, yet evidence on factors associated with nurse faculty intent to leave their faculty positions is sparse. Survey data from 4,118 nurse faculty teaching in pre-licensure and graduate nursing education programs were analyzed. A conceptual model was designed to reflect six domains of factors contributing to the nurse faculty shortage and intent to leave. Two distinct multivariate models of characteristics and perceptions were determined to predict nursing faculty's intent to leave in the next year (n = 16) and next five years (n = 17). To address predictors of nurse faculty intent to leave, data-driven strategy recommendations based on the six domains model of contributing factors are presented. These strategies represent a small but important step in the process of resolving the nurse faculty shortage.

The Relationship Between Cigarette Smoking and Quality of Life After Lung Cancer Diagnosis

Effect of cardiac rehabilitation on quality of life in myocardial infarction patients in Zanjan Sadegh Zadeh V ( MSN ) 1 , Moshtagh Eshgh Z ( MSN ) 2 1. Lecturer, Dept. Surgical , midwifery Dept, Islamic Azad University, Zanjan Branch, Zanjan, Iran 2. Lecturer, Dept. of Nursing, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Abstract Background and aim Acute heart diseases cause limitation in physical activity and problems in quality of life. The aim of this study was to determine the effect of cardiac rehabilitation on quality of life in myocardial infarction patients in Zanjan. Materials and methods The current study is a two group and a pre & post test experimental study. 60 patients were selected and randomly assigned in two groups, control group and experimental group. For data collection, demographic questionnaire and Nottingham Health Profile (NHP) were used. Content validity of questionnaire was measured by content validity and reliability by Test-re-Test (r=0.82). Intervention program included, individual training, nutrition and mental counseling and exercise program. From each of the two groups control and experimental pre-test and post-test examinations were taken. Data were analyzed by SPSS v16 and descriptive and analytical statistics (T test, repeated measurement ANOVA) were used. Findings The results show a significant difference in the quality of life scores of the control and experimental groups (P=0.001 Mean=1.55 S.E=0.41, P=0.000 Mean=2/71 S.E=0.59, respectively). Thus, cardiac rehabilitation program is effective on quality of life of MI patients in the experimental group. According to results, the average score of the eight week (experimental: P=0.000 Mean=0/64 S.D=1.42 control: P=0.001 Mean=2.27 S.D=2.20) was better than that of the third week (experimental: P=0.000 Mean=3.35 S.D=2.73 control: P=0.001 Mean= 3.82 S.D=2.13) for both groups. This is more drastic in the experimental group. Furthermore, results showed no significant difference between the quality of life scores of men and women. Conclusion The cardiac rehabilitation program can affect and improve the quality of life. Providing rehabilitation centers, gives the patients the chance to use these programs and gives them a better chance of independence life. Keywords: Cardiac rehabilitation, Myocardial infarction, Quality of life, Exercise. * Corresponding Author: Vida Sadeghzadeh . Department of Nursing, Zanjan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Zanjan, Iran. E-mail: vidasadegh@yahoo.com

Nursing faculty members may need several mentors to succeed in scholarly productivity, career development, work-life balance, and socialization in the academy. Underrepresented (UR) faculty report additional challenges to success. The aim of this study was to search the literature for best practices in mentoring UR faculty. An integrative review was conducted to identify best and evidence-based practices for mentoring UR faculty, including gender, sexual minority, race, ethnicity, and geographic remoteness (rural). Fifteen articles were rated on evidence and methodological quality. Successful mentorship programs include honest communication, including all stakeholders in forming a mentoring program, goals and activities that come from the mentees, and guaranteed resources. Underrepresented nursing faculty may benefit from formal mentoring programs, but more research is needed.

Vaginal infections are a global health problem for women at reproductive age. These infections threat the women’s health and have negative impacts on their QOL. Aim of the study: to evaluate the effect of self-care guidelines on quality of life, knowledge, and practices, among faculty of nursing students with vaginal infection. Subjects and methods: quasi experimental research design was used to conduct the study at Faculty of Nursing, El- Minia University. It included 214 female students selected by purposive sampling technique according to inclusion criteria, who suffer from vaginitis. The data were collected by using a self-administered questionnaire including socio-demographic data, knowledge, practice and WHOQOL scale. The data was collected through a period of 8 months from October 2017 to May 2018. Results: the prevalence of vaginal infection among female students constituted 25%. The majority of studied students lacked the essential knowledge regarding vaginal infection in the pretest and have unsatisfactory practices score that consequently had negative impact on their quality of life. Meanwhile, after conduction of educational program it observed that there was a highly significant improvement in their knowledge, practice, as well as their quality of life among female students. Conclusion: there were statistical significant difference between total knowledge, total practices and total quality of life (P<0.001) pre and post educational program. So self-care guidelines about vaginal infection were effective in improving the knowledge, practices as well as the quality of life for nursing students with vaginal infection. Recommendation: Applying educational programs for adolescent females and their mothers to increase awareness about vaginal infection. Develop a special health center for adolescent females motivate them to seek prevention, early diagnosis and treatment of vaginal infection that may have positive impact on their future health and their QOL.

Background: Large number of individuals live with various disabilities in India. Amputation is a major disability which causes irreversible changes and drastically alters everyday functioning. Quality of Life (QOL) in persons with lower limb amputations has been found to be affected. This study aimed to assess the QOL in persons with lower limb amputations using SF-36 via telephone. Methods: This was an observational study. Individuals with lower limb amputations who were enrolled in an orthotic and prosthetic clinic in Vadodara, Gujarat, were interviewed on the telephone to assess their QOL. Individuals with lower limb amputations, 18 years and above and both genders were included and those with impaired vision, hearing, cognition and upper limb amputations were excluded. QOL was assessed using SF-36 questionnaire on the telephone. Results: Total 140 individuals: 119 males, 21 females. 123 had unilateral and 17 had bilateral amputation. There was a significant difference found between unilateral and bilateral amputations in the Energy/Fatigue component of QOL (p=0.017) and between males and females in the Physical Functioning and General Health component of QOL (p=0.001) and (p=0.038) respectively. No significant difference was found in the QOL based on the levels of amputation in individuals with unilateral and bilateral amputation. Conclusions: Physical Functioning and the General Health components of QOL were better in males as compared to females. Individuals with bilateral amputations had more energy compared to individuals with unilateral amputations and hence had a better QOL.

The nursing shortage continues to escalate while literally thousands of qualified applicants are being turned away from nursing schools across the nation, largely because of insufficient numbers of nursing faculty. In this article, we attempt to summarize the scope of the current nursing faculty shortage, discuss the role of federal policies in contributing to and addressing the problem, and propose policy strategies for expanding the capacity of the current and future pool of nursing faculty.

Part II of this thesis consists of comparative studies of reanimation procedures. Physical therapy seems to have a beneficial effect on the development of a spontaneous smile after smile reanimation. In addition, we found a similar effect of two surgical procedures for long-standing facial palsy. Part III describes the results of two studies on the treatment of synkinesis. We saw that mime therapists can be divided into two groups, but we do not know whether that will affect treatment. Furthermore, we saw that the long-term results of a procedure for synkinesis around the eye diminished over time but was still favorable. In part IV we have attempted to achieve a better estimate of facial palsy-related quality of life and thus increase our understanding of the impact of facial palsy on quality of life. We saw that facial function explained the largest component in quality of life, that movement of the corner of the mouth is the most important component thereof, and that the stated portion of quality of life becomes greater when patient reported severity of synkinesis is included. In part V we have studied aspects of different assessment methods of facial function in patients with facial paralysis. We found a considerable learning curve for these assessments, that 3D measurements are reliable, and have translated a questionnaire. We saw that beauty is more dependent on the person watching than the person being watched. Finally, we developed software that looks at the expression of a patient instead of just the smile.

Randomized, controlled trial of resistance training in breast cancer patients receiving adjuvant radiotherapy: results on cancer-related fatigue and quality of life

Superior Quality of Life Scores in Patients Over 60 Years of Age in Allogeneic Hematopoietic Cell Transplant.

This paper x-rayed the concept, measurement and, patterns of economic development. In doing this, the paper reviewed a vast literature on concepts, measurement of economic development and, economic development patterns and their effects on growth indicators as well as on the quality of life components. This literature was sourced from known academic databases. From the overview of the concept, measurement of economic development and, economic development patterns and their relationship between growth indicators as well as the quality of life components the following were found; as new challenges emerge, the horizon of the concept of economic development expands to accommodate the prevailing challenges. Economic development has no conventional measure/indicator that completely captures it process and, there are various economic development patterns use in tackling the problem of economic growth and quality of life, some of which are; knowledge-based, trade-based, saving-based and ethnic-religious-based pattern. Future studies may use these concepts/measurements of economic development and patterns of economic development and, validate their significance using statistical methods.