Preterm Premature Rupture of Membranes is a familiar anxious problem of pregnancy that is interconnected with substantial perinatal difficulties. It is defined as a breaking of amniotic sheaths earlier to 37 weeks’ pregnancy and earlier to the beginning of labor pain and occurs about eight to 10% of pregnancies. Objective: To describe the experiences of preterm premature rupture of the membrane in women admitted at Khyber Teaching Hospital Peshawar, Pakistan. Methods: Qualitative study was developed and the sample size was nine women in their third trimester of pregnancy. The purposive sampling technique was used. An in-depth interview method was applied for data collection. Results: The themes identified in this study were five, which included the varied experiences of women, Preterm Premature Rupture of Membranes patients, delayed visits to clinics for treatment, social and psychological stress, and lack of education, awareness, and proper diet. Membrane ruptured before the expected date of delivery leads to so many problems for both maternal and fetal health. The bigger socio-economic burden on the patients’ families is related to stress and anxieties. Conclusion: The membrane ruptured before the expected date of delivery leads to so many problems for the woman and her family. The principal point was the hospitalization and has increased financial burden on family members.

Covid pandemic is unique. Viremia –Corona virus is viewed as enigma. Affliction demands continuous alert and or intensive nursing and selective nutrition. Less known aspects presented, elaborated, explained, demystified along with co-morbidities; opportunistic infections\infestations and fatality causes & Paradigm shifts needed. Neo nursing modes; methods; medicine and innovative nursing grapples provided. S + H3BO3, 1:1, v\v antagonises mycosis topically. Lab-to-nurse plain language used. Target: patient & family. Forget fear-adopt solid science is the ethos. Pan global regiments of actual front line workers converted to Covid combat winning warriors (nurses).

Background: Rehabilitation program for schizophrenic patients is increasingly gaining attention in the field of psychiatry. It is still a relatively new intervention method in treatment for persistent and severe psychiatric illness. Objective: This study aimed to evaluate the impact of social and cognitive rehabilitation program on Male schizophrenic Patients. Methodology: A quasi- experimental design (pre-post study and follow-up) for one group, it covered forty nine schizophrenic inpatients in Abd Alaal El-Elidrissi Psychiatric Hospital, based on selected criteria, after developing and organizing rehabilitation program. Tools: Data collected through personal face to face interview and observation consists of four parts, socio demographic, PANSS, social skills and min mental state. A structured social and cognitive rehabilitation program was designed to improve symptoms, social skills and cognitive function. This program was implemented through training method such as paper and-pencil tasks, physical exercise, recreation therapy and psycho-education. Over126 sessions, nine sessions per week and each lasted for 60-90minutes.pre, post and follow-up (after 14weeks and after 9months) assessment were carried out for the same group. Study analyzed by using SPSS version 21software, supported by Wilcox on test, t test, and Spearman coefficient of Correlation. Results: There was significant change in psychopathology (Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale [PANSS]) and clearly; from fairly good pre to good post program (p-value = 0.013) and from good pre to good at follow-up program (p-value=0.04). There was significant improvement in social skills clearly; from 20.41% Moderates pre to 10.21% high at post and 46.94% moderate at follow-up intervention. On evaluation of the overall cognitive function’s domains scoring grade pre 95.92% mild to 2.04% normal at post and 26.53% normal at follow up test measurement. Conclusion: The study concluded that rehabilitation program for schizophrenic patients was effective in improving their psychopathology, social and cognitive functioning domains. Recommendations: The study recommended that; the rehabilitation program should be integrated into treatment regimen of schizophrenic inpatients.

Hysterectomy is one of the most prevalent surgeries worldwide. Nine out of every ten hysterectomies are performed for noncancerous conditions that are not life threatening but have a negative impact on quality of life. A descriptive study using questionnaires’ were used to assess prevalence of hysterectomy among women adopting as family planningseen in OPD based in Duncan Hospital, Raxaul. 100 subject were selected by Consecutive sampling technique. This study aimed to explore the complex relation between family planning and hysterectomy and the study result found that only 3.07% subject had hysterectomy using as a family planning method and other subject are refers for Hysterectomy due to other disease condition.

The Study focused on the Misconceptions in the belief and pattern of feeding among pregnant women in Owerri North LGA of Imo State. The study adopted a descriptive survey research design with three research questions and formulated one null hypothesis. The symbolic interaction theory (SIT) was used for the study. A total of 200 respondents were selected from a target population of 400 pregnant women in the area. The simple random sampling technique was adopted for the sample selection. A dichotomously scored close ended questionnaire were used for data collection. This questionnaire was validated by three experts – two from the field of measurement and evaluation and the supervisor who invariably is a professional in research methods. The Pearson product moment correlation method was used to ascertain the internal consistency of the instrument and correlation index of 0.79 was obtained thereby establishing the reliability of the instrument. The data collected from the study was analyzed using the frequency count and simple percentage statistics to answer the research questions and the mean score and correlation analytic method to answer the null hypothesis, Result of the hypothesis testing showed that there is a very strong positive relationship between the variables tested. Findings obtained from the study revealed that pregnant women and children are the more vulnerable to restrictions of food misconceptions. Also foods like snails, paw-paw, grasscutter meat and okro are among the foods misconceived to cause harm on women during pregnancy. Recommendation; there should be attention to appropriate dietary behaviors and proper nutrient intake for pregnant women. Finally Nursing implications of the study was examined and the study was summarized.

Background: Worldwide hypertension is the third leading risk factor contributing to death, preventive measures and control of high f blood pressure should be of high priority, a healthy lifestyle remains the cornerstone of the management of blood pressure (BP). Objectives: To evaluate the effect of self - care life style modification program on self-efficacy for hypertensive patients using the Health Belief Model. Sudan, 2018. Methods: A hospital- based prospective study was performed at shendi town –sudan(March- April 2016 – febrery 2018). A total of 101 adult individuals were interviewed using structured questionnaire. That was filled by researcher, trainer nurses and semi-final medical students. BP was measured. The international classification of BMI was used for weight measurment. Analysis: selection of subjects was done via convenience sampling, they were followed during a 7 month, descriptive and inferential statistical methods were employed to analyze data. Results: This study reflected that majority 81(80.2%) of study group were ≥ 50 year of age the mean age of them was 57 ± 9.9 (range 30–83) , the study groups knowledge about hypertension improved in post -test phase, and upgraded in follow up- phase with highly significant results , they had improved level of life style modification upgraded in pos-ttest and follow up- test (P < 0.05). Conclusion: This study showed that the educational program was effective in increasing knowledge, improving self-care, and controlling lifestyle habits of hypertensive subjects, and indicated the ability of Health Belief Model in self-regulation and reducing the blood pressure. Thid study reflected that barriers to practice life style presented that more than one third 35(34.7%) of study group reported ineffective of medication to stabilize their blood pressure as a personal barrier, less than one third 30(29.7%) had self-efficacy as a psychological barrier, more, more than half 54(53.5%) reported confidence to implement strategy as a provider barrier, than two third 79(78.2%) reported lack of social support as a Sociocultural barrier, more than two third 68(67.3%) reported complicity of the regimen as a therapy related barrier, majority 88(87.1%) reported lack of transport as barrier to access to care, majority of them84(83.2%) reported lack of office support was a barrier as a feature of practice setting.

Introduction: Leadership is the process of influencing and directing others to be motivated to achieve a goal. Developing leadership in students is part of the authority of higher education institutions and this development program has taken place in almost all universities around the world. Aims: The purpose of this study was to determine the extent to which the development of student leadership behavior at the Faculty of Nursing, Universitas Syiah Kuala (FON- USK). Methods: This type of research is descriptive with a cross sectional study design. Data was collected in May 2018, with the sampling technique used was purposive sampling. The number of samples is 382 respondents. Data collection was carried out using a questionnaire developed by the researcher. Data were analyzed by calculating frequency, percentage. the mean (mean), and standard deviation. Results: The results showed that the student leadership behavior was in the good category as many as 360 respondents (94.2%). With a value of x = 39.68% and SD = 45.21. Conclusion: This means that the leadership behavior of FON-USK students is at the upper middle level (x ̅ /total skor: 39.6/52= 76.5%) and the data are heterogeneous. This leadership behavior is inseparable from the implementation of various learning methods that have been developed by universities that help students to be able to develop self-skills and have a good leadership spirit.