Spirituality, Spiritual Well-Being and Spiritual Care Competence among Nurses during the Third Wave of Corona Virus in Faisalabad, Pakistan
Sayda Azra Parveen, Sana Sehar, Dimple Mustufa
Page Numbers : 141-147
DOI : 10.36348/sjnhc.2021.v04i06.001
Introduction: Spirituality and spiritual wellbeing provide important information about the health care needs, the ability of people to cope with spiritual stresses, and necessary interventions for adaptation and coping with the crises of health care. Health care workers, especially nurses, are subject to such crises. Despite the importance of spiritual care and spiritual wellbeing and nurses’ provision of care, there is limited research regarding this important aspect of care. Hence it is necessary to assess the spirituality, spiritual well-being and spiritual care competence among nurses during the third wave of Corona Virus in Faisalabad, Pakistan. Methods: This is a cross-sectional study conducted in February to May 2021, on the nurses working in Covid units of Public hospital in Faisalabad. Inclusion criteria of the study was staff nurses with the having license, at least 1 year work experience in ICUs and the main exclusion criteria included passing the formal spiritual care training courses. A total of 170 nurses participated in the study. The main questionnaire based on the socio-demographic questionnaire comprises of the age, gender, qualification and work experience. The data is collected through the 3 questionnaires including spiritual care competence scale of competence by Van Leeuwen & Cusvellen (2004), spirituality and spiritual Care rating scale introduced by Mc Sherry and, Paloutzian and Ellison’s spiritual wellbeing questionnaire. Results: The mean score of the spirituality, spiritual wellbeing and spiritual care competence among nurses was low and falls between the disagree to neutral scores. Qualification, marital status and years of experience are significantly associated to years of experience whereas, qualification and marital status is not related to spirituality, spiritual wellbeing and spiritual care competence among nurses. Correlation between variables of spirituality, spiritual wellbeing and spiritual care competence among nurses. Spiritual care competence is significantly associated to spirituality, spiritual wellbeing among nurses in the 3rd wave of cornona virus in Pakistan. Conclusion: As nurses with high levels of spiritual wellbeing have a positive attitude toward spiritual care thereafter, to ensure high level of spirituality among nurses caring for corona patients, nurses must reflect on the post spiritual encounter and in training more focus should be on content related to the spirituality in the curriculum. Spiritual issues are the integral part in the quality of life therefore, compliance of this is necessary in the life-threatening diseases such as corona pandemic.
Review Article
May 23, 2021
Nurse’s Absenteeism and Turnover in Tertiary Care setting of Lahore, Punjab
Mehdi Hayat Khan, Adnan Yaqoob, Asil Said, Habib Ullah Riaz
Page Numbers : 134-138
DOI : 10.36348/sjnhc.2021.v04i05.002
Job satisfaction is an essential element for the maintenance of the workforce numbers of any organization. Lack of job satisfaction for employees not only leads to high turnover rates but could also have detrimental effects on the individual, like burnout. Turnover provides the organization with new ideas and is a normal process. However, it does not need to be unnecessary and excessive. A high turnover rate leads to the inability of an organization to provide quality care and job satisfaction to employees. Turnover has a cyclic nature and remains a challenging issue. An organization should identify whether turnover is voluntary or involuntary. If the organization has high rates of involuntary turnover, then careful examination of recruitment, selection, training and motivation strategies are important. If turnover is voluntary, then the organization needs to look at factors that influence nurses to leave namely: intrinsic and extrinsic factors according to Herzberg’s theory. The extrinsic factors are conditions surrounding the job and intrinsic factors are relating directly to the job. A study in Jordan, which studied private hospitals’ nurses’ levels of job satisfaction, concluded that nurses in private hospitals reported higher levels of job satisfaction and higher intentions to stay at their jobs than nurses who did not work in private hospitals. This probably indicates that nurses’ levels of job satisfaction are directly related to nurse turnover rates. Nurses in the private hospitals who had intrinsic job satisfaction, had lower turnover rates.
Case Report
May 23, 2021
Case Report
Bidaki R, Nouraddini L
Page Numbers : 139-140
DOI : 10.36348/sjnhc.2021.v04i05.003
Hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) is a chronic and painful skin disease. In addition, HS lesions may be associated with pus and odor, potentially leading to significant stigma. Our patient is a 33 year old single man with previous diagnosis of hidradenitis suppurativa since childhood and now is suffering from depression and anxiety. The patient mention follow clonazepam and cigarette use his discharge are declined. As role of stress and anxiety in inflammation, it is possible that benzodiazepine drug and cigarette smoking reduce inflammation and related secretion.
Original Research Article
May 4, 2021
Evaluating the Knowledge and Skills of Nurses among Specialized and General Hospitals
Saleh H Aljarudi, Hawra Al Hussain, Maryam Ahmed Akhalaf
Page Numbers : 126-133
DOI : 10.36348/sjnhc.2021.v04i05.001
vital not only to provide comprehensive care but also to enhance and promote competence. This study is a comparison between a general and a specialized hospital. Objectives: Measure knowledge, and skills among nurses in two different hospitals. Methods: A cross sectional survey questionnaire used for collecting data, 60 nurses from each hospital. Statistical analysis: Descriptive statistics, chi-square test used to compute association among variables, the p-value of <0.05 was considered as statistically different. Result: There is no difference in skills and knowledge in most procedures except for some specific procedures. In addition, the load of work varies from hospital to others. Conclusion: Nursing, in both hospitals; showed having the required level skills and knowledge. However, continuous cross training directed to enhance some specific nursing procedures, regardless of the working hospital.
Review Article
April 21, 2021
Positive Impact of Nurses on Infection Control and Practices Prevention Regarding Affect the Clinical Environment
Yasmeen Ghafoor, Mr. Adnan Yaqoob, Mr. Awais Bilal, Ms. Samreena Ghafoor
Page Numbers : 120-125
DOI : 10.36348/sjnhc.2021.v04i04.004
Nurses in all part and site can establish leadership in contaminating prevention and control using the knowledge skills and site judgment to initiate proper and immediate infection control nurses play a very important role in infection control. Health care professionals in certain are often showing to several infections healing their daily work nurses have complete awareness and infection control practice. All health care workers whose responsibility to protect the patients from getting infection in hospital and other health care center. Keeping an infection free setting patient’s recovery will be promoted and provide the great quality of care. Nurses can do a great agreement to communicate effectively e.g. Nurses should provide the information charge nurses visitors and patient. Provide the proper information patient how to protect themself including support staff in team. Nurses contribution in this war against infection control using the barrier precaution like face marks caps gowns and gloves. Infection control and prevention practices minimize the infection to apply the patient care use the standard Precautions the practices are protect and prevent to spread infections among patients and healthworker and nurses. Frequently hand washing, use of proper personal protective measures sharp safety respiratory care and hygiene good practices of safe injection and use the sterilized instruments. Nightingale mentioned the person as a patient. Atmosphere affects the person. Better atmosphere help to heal the patient soon as compared to polluted. Health is the complete well-being not only to be well. Good environment provide healthy life and prevent the disease.
Review Article
April 21, 2021
Impact of Nurse Shortage on Patient Care
Yasmeen Ghafoor, Mr. Adnan Yaqoob, Mr. Awais Bilal, Ms. Samreena Ghafoor
Page Numbers : 114-119
DOI : 10.36348/sjnhc.2021.v04i04.003
Nurses are the vital part of the health care departments and there is no doubt that nurses are the prime unit of the health care profession. According the world health statistics analysis there are approximately 29 million nurses worldwide and there is an estimation that one million nurses are further needed by the year of (2020) Shortage of nurses affect the country health care setting and significantly, it also affect the patient care which results in overall health decline in the whole country. Pakistan is also facing great challenges regarding the nursing profession and shortage of nurses is at the top of these challenges and nursing profession is female dominated profession which also increases the social cultural boundaries. As per results of a research conducting regarding Pakistan nursing work in overcoming the shortage of the nurses in the Pakistan as it is a big challenge faced by the Pakistan in the last decay. I feel very disappointment that in Pakistan this profession faces more problems/ shortage of nurses as compare to other countries. The facts and figures related to the health care in Pakistan are alarming and to handle these the health care provider and the government of Pakistan should take the strong steps. Due to this shortage patient care effects. The nursing workforce in Pakistan is 4.9: 10,000 (WHO, 2016) which indicates a shortage for a country with population of about 193 million (WHO, 2019). Unluckily, the education role of the nurses in Pakistan is not improper shape as it should be only good nurses can be produce by the good educator nurses. In the past nursing care was limited to the bedside patient care but now a days nursing research and advance studies have opened new horizons for the nurses in the country .
Original Research Article
April 15, 2021
Qualitative Analysis of Psycho-Social Factors of Potential Influence on Physical Activity and Dietary Practice of Patients with Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease in Saudi Arabia
Franziska V. I. Saller, Amal Mohammed, Asrar Takrony, Tahani Al Rasheedi, Areej Otaif, Fahad Aldhafiri
Page Numbers : 99-113
DOI : 10.36348/sjnhc.2021.v04i04.002
Objective: To explore a selection of psycho-social variables with potential influence on exercise and dietary behaviors in patients with cardiovascular disease and diabetes in Saudi Arabia and to elicit salient directions and themes for further examination on a larger scale. Method: This was a phenomenological qualitative study informed by the Self-Determination Theory and the COM-B Model. It involved fully structured, open-ended interviews administered to 8 inpatients at a governmental hospital in Riyadh between October and December 2020. Data was examined using a hybrid of deductive and inductive content analysis. Results: Patients with a higher degree of basic psychological need satisfaction lived healthier lives and displayed more positive emotional responses. We detected differences between physical activity and nutritional behavior in terms of the associated perception of autonomy and competence, as well as motivational quality. The family emerged as major social support source for both behaviors. Environmental opportunities provided for exercise and diet support were commonly perceived as insufficient. Conclusions: We suspect the level of perceived psychological need support to be linked to the patients’ behavioral and psychological outcomes. We also expect local inequalities in the available behavior change support across different health behaviors and the need to adequately foster patient autonomy in clinical interventions in Saudi Arabia.
