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Nursing Documentation Project at Teaching Hospital in KSA
Get PDFThe aim of the project was to examine the current practice of nursing care documentation and to identify the common errors of nursing care documentation. A prospective cross sectional method was used to evaluate nursing care documents done by the nurses. The project was carried out between January 2014 and 31 March 2014. The project phase was based on the fundamental concepts divided to three phases. Phase 1 was assessment and diagnostic, phase 2: Planning Strategy and Process, and in phase 3: Implementation, Designing tool, Continuous monitoring.First phase started with assessment to diagnose the current practice; therefore baseline auditing was conducted by development of audit tool in documentation based on policy/guidelines, development and initiation of education strategy and finally the evaluation audit conducted to assess the outcome of the project.This project gave depth attention to the standardization of nursing documentation practice and the factors that leading to variation in practice which may cause the flaws in documentation quality. The project identified the barriers and opportunities to improve the efficiency of nursing documentation have been placed. The next stage of this project is to review the effectiveness of the method of documentation through the development and implementation of an audit tool.Alongside this, the plan is to continue regular education related to focus charting in order to fully imbibe this change into daily nursing practice.Nurses in organizations that are struggling with documentation issues can conquer it by using focus note method as it can easily be adapted to different clinical situations. This project also supported the nurses to provide legally prudent information related to patient care and nursing activities performed. There are hopes for the nursing documentation and record audit processes to be developed into electronic and systematic process and used as an aspect of a regular credentialing process in the near future. It is recommended that nursing administration should use a multidisciplinary approach to develop policies and guidelines on nursing care documentation and provide sustained continuing training opportunities for nurses on effectiveness of documentation and also aimed at putting the policy to improve daily use of standardized nursing languages
Anti-Pseudomonal Effect of Argan Oil on Pseudomonas aeruginosa Recovered from Burn Patients in Hilla City, Iraq
Get PDFThe burn and wound infection is considered one of the major health problems in the world, and one of the most frequent and severe complications in patients who have sustained burn. P. aeruginosa is a common cause of wound infections, especially of thermal burns, this is because burns have large exposed areas of dead tissue free of any defenses and, therefore, are ideal sites for infection by bacteria from the environment or normal microbiota. To assess Antibacterial effect Different concentrations of both Argan Oil (which was fetched from Maraco Kingdom) and Hydrogen Peroxide (H2O2). Bacterial isolates obtained from the Central Laboratory in Hilla City, Iraq. was preliminary diagnosed in this Lab. as Pseudomonas aeruginosa, the causative agents of skin and burns infections and the more resistant bacteria to antibiotics. Those isolates were reidentified in our Lab. for confirmation. The test bacterial isolates were treated with; H2O2 (1.5%) alone, Argan oil alone and with physiological saline as a control (by using the wells in agar method). No effect on bacterial activities and vitality were observed in this experiment. Argan oil and H2O2(1.5%) were combined together to form compounds in a rate of 1:1, 2:1 and 1:2 respectively. The results of this experiment revealed considerable effects on test organisms since the diameter of inhibition zones recorded as high as 23.82mm., 24.57mm. and 23.05mm. These effective of Argan oil Mixing with 1.5% H2O2 on P. aeruginosa burn isolates show remarkable results when compared to highly active antibiotics like Amikacin, Tobramycin, Ceftazidime, Aztreonam, Norfloxacin and Gentamycin
Modelling of Risk Factors of Diabetes in United Arab Emirates (UAE)
Get PDFObjectives: The aim of this study was to model and determine factors influencing the risk of diabetes mellitus (DM) in the United Arab Emirates and to analyze data related to the topic.
Methods: The study was carried out in UAE, using a questionnaire to out-patients in a medical clinic that contained socio-demographic characteristics and risk factors were used for data collection. Sample survey data analyzed using descriptive techniques, correlations, and binary logistic regression models. Binary logistic regression were performed to find the crude and adjusted odds ratio (OR) and 95% confidence interval (CI) was calculated to find the significance of the observed OR. A p-value ≤ 0.05 was considered statistically significant All Analysis was performed using SPSS and Microsoft excels.
Results: study results showed that six main factors influence the risk of diabetes in UAE, which are, blood glucose, blood pressure, physical activity, waist size, gender and family history of diabetes. Marital status, smoking, and intake of fresh vegetables and fruits did not show any statistically significant association with risk of diabetes in UAE. Blood glucose is observed as the most statistically significant factor (for every one unit increase in blood glucose, the study expect a 5.422 increase in the risk of developing diabetes), at the meantime gender observed as the lowest statistically significant factor (if the respondent is male the probability of being diabetic is 0.809 percent) holding all other independent variables constant.
Conclusion: Results of the present study will be one of use in planning primordial, primary and secondary measures of prevention at the community. Encouraging physical activity, controlling blood pressure and blood glucose may significantly decrease the risk of diabetes mortality; effective health education programs promoting regular exercise and effective advices may needed to reduce the burden of diabetes in UAE
Feasibility study of the use of Groundnut Shells as Fine Aggregates in Light weight Concrete Construction
Get PDFIssues bothering on sustainability in our society today have generated a lot of curious interest among researchers. The need to optimize the use of scarce resources, reduce cost of construction, and reduce environmental pollution has necessitated the research into many waste materials that pose a lot of threat to the environment. One of these waste materials is groundnut shell which is abundant in Northern Nigeria and which is normally left to rot and pose an environmental nuisance. This research therefore sought to use groundnut shell as a partial or full replacement as fine aggregate in light concrete panels with the ultimate aim of reducing the amount of these waste products in our environment and also indirectly increasing groundnut production if the research is successful. This is because farmers will not only sell the groundnuts but also will sell the waste products. 63 concrete samples were casted using groundnut shell replacements of 0%, 10%, 20%, 30%, 50%, 70%, 100% and tested for 7days, 14days and 28 days for compressive strength tests. The density of the various samples measured and swelling tests were also carried out. From the results of the laboratory tests the density of the cubes ranged from 830kg/m3 for cubes with only groundnut shells to 2160kg/m3 for cubes with only sand as fine aggregates. The average compressive strength range for 0% ground shell to 100% ground shell was 5.83N/mm2 to 0.9N/mm2 at 7 days, 8.07 to 0.5 N/mm2 at 14 days and 10 to 0.6 N/mm2 at 28 days while moisture absorption increased from 0.47 to 2.04%. The strength results indicate that groundnut shell panels cannot be used for structural purposes but will be suitable for non-load bearing partition walls. Replacements of 30 to 70% had suitable strength and can be used for this purpose. It is recommended that further research to be carried out to determine its acoustic and thermal properties
Simulation, Analytical and Experimental Investigation of Power Distribution Across Step-Up Auto-Transformer Under Linear Loading Conditions
Get PDFThis paper presents determining the actual values of the effective resistance and reactance components of a single phase auto-transformers, the measured values of voltages and currents were used for the calculation of R and X components for fundamental frequency of the system. The obtained values are simulated in the PSpice environment and then how the currents, voltages and power are distributed between them is explained based on calculations
Measuring the technical efficiency of local banks in UAE using rough bi-level linear programming technique
Get PDFThe aim of this paper is to use a bi-level linear programming technique with rough parameters in the constraints, for measuring the technical efficiency of local banks in UAE and Egypt, while the proposed linear objective functions will be maximized for different goals. Based on Dauer's and Krueger's goal programmingmethod, the described approach was developed to deal with the bi-level decision-making problem. The concept of tolerance membership function together was used to generate the optimal solution for the problem under investigation. Also an auxiliary problem is discussed to illustrate the functionality of the proposed approach
Computer Vision Techniques for Quality Assessment of Dates
Get PDFComputer vision (CV) is a technique in which the image of an object is obtained through any imaging system and the image is analyzed to characterize the quality of the object objectively. The advancement in electronics has made this technique utilized in various fields. In North America, food industry is one of the top ten industries utilizing CV technique for quality monitoring. However, CV technique is not much utilized in the food industries in Asia. Dates is an important fruit crop in Oman and many other Arab countries. The quality assessment of dates during handling and processing are mainly carried out through manual inspection method. But this method has many challenges such as the efficiency of a worker, subjectivity, and so on. There are lots of opportunities to utilize CV technique for measuring and monitoring various quality aspects of dates. Through an Open Research Grant program funded by The Research Council (TRC), Oman, potential of CV technique for various internal and external qualities of dates was determined. This paper describes the efficiency of CV systems for variety identification, surface crack detection, texture and hardness determination
An Application for Improved Bee Colony Algorithm on A Multi-Objective Real-World Optimization Problem
Get PDFThis paper presents an application of improved beecolony algorithm for multi-objective optimization (IBMO) on areal-world optimization problem known as welded beam design.IBMO is founded on the principle of single objective artificial beecolony algorithm (ABC). It also combines the nondominatedsorting strategy of NSGAII and classical multi-objectiveoptimization procedures such as Pareto-Dominance, crowdingdistance, external archive, and etc. Furthermore, IBMO has animprovement method to accelerate the convergence byconsidering the number of function evaluations. By using severalbenchmark problems, the running consistency and robustness ofIBMO has been reported in a previous study of authors. In thisstudy, IBMO determines the parameters of welded beamengineering problem which has several constraints and twoobjectives: (1) minimum cost and (2) minimum end deflection.The experimental results are compared with two algorithms. Theresults clearly show that IBMO reaches the better results easilyand it is a capable tool to solve multi-objective real worldoptimization problem
Technology Acceptance Model and the Use of Digital Game-Based Learning (DGBL)
Get PDFThe globalization of information technology has been an agent of changes in almost every aspect of our life especially in the way we learn. The current generation as referred to by Prensky (2001), “digital nativeâ€, has been fully influenced by the technology. This challenge created a pedagogic imbalance as the current learners becomes uncomfortable with the old traditional methods of teaching. As a result digital games were advocated. This research investigates the acceptance of DGBL among undergraduate students of Multimedia University of Malaysia. 171 questionnaires were collected and analyzed using descriptive statistics which covered perceived usefulness, perceived ease of use and attitudes towards use. The result indicated that, students with agreed and strongly agreed responses have higher mean and standard deviation. The research also verifies whether there exist any significant differences of the user demography (gender and age-group) and their attitude towards use. Mann Whitney U test and Kruskal Wallis H test were used for the analysis. The result showed that there were no statistically significant differences
Graphene's Application to Boiler's Fabrication and Design
Get PDFProblem Statement: Boilers have enormous applications and usefulness in power generation. It is to be reckoned as an all time employee in power generation sector and it is a device to create steam by applying heat energy to the water. It can also be used as steam generators. The pressure vessel of a boiler usually made of steel (or alloy steel), or historically of wrought iron is extremely exposed to the corrosion and embrittlement. This causes additional problems like boiler breakdown which can cost thousands of dollars in equipment repairs, as well as hundreds of thousands of dollars for additional property damage and business income losses. Despite numerous methods to minimize this problem the world hasn’t come up with a concrete solution. Still today boiler accidents cause heavy economic and personal losses. Can we ever come up with a solution to almost nullify this problem with all the advancements in Material Sciences in recent years?Proposed Solution: We aim at coating the inner side of boiler with deposition of membrane of oxide of recently discovered super-material graphene. Researchers found that a multilayer of graphene dioxide when stacked up together act as perfect molecular sieves when immersed in water, blocking all molecules or ions with a hydrated size larger than 4.5 Å. Caustic Embritllement causing prime agent NaOH clearly is not contained within limits described in its molecular form. Also we found that except for water vapors it does not allow any other gas to bypass it hence we ideate that prime corrosion causing agents like dissolved O2 and C02 will not interact with boiler material and hence will significantly remove boiler corrosion.Conclusion: Incorporating this hypotheses we tend to believe that prime boiler enemies will exert their least presence on boiler's functioning and its life. Its working life will be enhanced by several times. We believe that use of the latest advancement witha rather primitive subject of boilers will create a wave within boiler industries and help them to enhance boilers working and increase its life. Also it will eliminate the causticity of boiler water