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Patient outcomes through interprofessional partnerships: A focus on pharmacist-nurse collaboration
Get PDFThis in-depth conversation explores the dynamics of collaboration between pharmacists and nurses, with a special emphasis on pharmaceutical care (PhC). The investigation commences by clarifying the notion of PhC, emphasizing its professional, patient-focused, and inter-professional aspects. The story takes place in the framework of the Polish healthcare system and highlights the critical role that pharmacists play—a position that was further highlighted by the COVID-19 pandemic. But obstacles that have been found—from doubt to organizational difficulties—showroom deficiencies in the cooperative decision-making process between pharmacists and nurses, calling for a paradigm change. Extending the reach internationally, the discussion is consistent with the World Health Organization's recognition of nursing's comprehensive care, both independent and cooperative. Research demonstrates how collaborative efforts, such interprofessional medication reviews, can improve patient outcomes, lower errors, and raise the standard of care overall. Aspects of education highlight the deficiencies in nursing programs and stress the significance of identifying and maximizing nurses' contributions to pharmaceutical care in order to enhance patient safety and healthcare quality. The discussion ends by emphasizing how important it is to break down barriers via innovative professional viewpoints, educational changes, and legislative modifications
Supporting clinical workflow: The role of pharmacist-nurse relationships in delivery of care
Get PDFBackground: There has been an increasing acknowledgement of the need for interprofessional cooperation in healthcare in recent years. Aim of the Study: This review thoroughly analyzes the significance of pharmacist-nurse interactions in facilitating clinical workflow, specifically exploring the advantages, difficulties, and methods for improving collaborative practice. Materials and Methods: The literature reviewed in the analysis included a wide variety of research methods, offering valuable information on the potential benefits and challenges of cooperation between pharmacists and nurses. Results: The examination of the literature demonstrated that cooperative partnerships between pharmacists and nurses may enhance the management of medications and the delivery of patient care, resulting in improved patient outcomes. The research identified key themes that highlighted the advantages of multidisciplinary teamwork, such as greater drug safety, improved patient education, and more effective care delivery. Nevertheless, the analysis also identified many obstacles, such as language difficulties, unclear job responsibilities, and limitations within the organization, which might impede the successful cooperation between pharmacists and nurses. The results underscore the need for improved cooperation and correspondence among these medical practitioners in order to surmount the highlighted obstacles and optimize the advantages of their alliance
The relationship between the dimensions of the quality of work life and the level of job satisfaction of workers within health institutions: An applied study on workers in Al-Rass General Hospital
Get PDFThis study aimed to identify the quality of work life at Al-Rass General Hospital, as well as the job satisfaction of the employees at Al-Rass General Hospital, and the impact of work life quality on their job satisfaction. The study employed a descriptive analytical method. The population of the current study consisted of all employees at Al-Rass General Hospital, and due to the difficulty of conducting a comprehensive census, the study used a simple random sampling method. The sample size was 143 individuals who answered the questionnaire. The results showed that there is a moderate level of salaries and benefits at Al-Rass General Hospital with a value of 2.821 and a deviation of 1.110, as well as a moderate level of providing stability and job security requirements at Al-Rass General Hospital with a value of 2.748 and a deviation of 1.084, and a moderate level of work environment at Al-Rass General Hospital with a value of 3.120 and a deviation of 1.087, and a moderate level of work life quality at Al-Rass General Hospital with a value of 2.936 and a deviation of 1.091. 
Exploring interprofessional communication and collaboration among pharmacists, nurses, and laboratories enhancing patient safety and healthcare outcomes
Get PDFBackground: The efficiency of healthcare delivery is closely connected to the quality of interprofessional communication and cooperation among healthcare workers. The purpose of this research is to examine the diverse effects of interprofessional cooperation including pharmacists, nurses, and laboratory experts on patient safety and healthcare outcomes. Aim: This extensive study aims to consolidate current literature, empirical data, and theoretical models to provide a clear comprehension of the importance of efficient interprofessional communication and cooperation in healthcare environments. The objective of the evaluation is to assess the influence of cohesive teamwork, communication, and cooperation among healthcare professionals on several aspects of healthcare, including patient safety, medication management, care coordination, diagnostic accuracy, and overall healthcare quality. Method: A methodical search technique was used to locate relevant studies in electronic databases, such as PubMed, MEDLINE, and Cochrane Library. The inclusion criteria include research that provide insights into the influence of interprofessional cooperation on patient safety, healthcare outcomes, and the involvement of pharmacists, nurses, and laboratory experts in improving healthcare delivery. Results: The analysis emphasizes the crucial significance of pharmacists, nurses, and laboratory experts in improving patient safety and healthcare results by means of efficient interprofessional communication and cooperation.
Role of staphylococcus aureus in wound infection post abdominoplasty in Erbil city
Get PDFThe treatment of wound infections, now termed Surgical Site Infections, was more and more framed in the larger context of hospital-acquired or nosocomial infections. The aim of this study was to clarify the role of Staphylococcus aureus in wound infection post abdominoplasty in Erbil city. A cross-sectional study conducted in Erbil city from the period from 1/12/2020 to 1/6/2021. A total of 164 wound sample were collected from patients under medical supervision by the specialized doctor in the consultative clinics of Rezgari Hospital in Erbil city, their ages ranged from 25-70 years, and information was taken from each review, including the age, residence, underlying diseases. All patients were clinically stable at the time of sampling and had not received antibiotic treatment for 30 days. The swabs were aseptically inoculated on the Petri plates containing blood agar media, and the plates were incubated at 37 °C in incubator for 24 h. After incubation, the morphological as well as microscopic examination of the colonies was done. The colonies obtained on the petri plates were subcultured on solid media several times to get the pure culture of the microorganisms
Frequency of phantom limb pain, limb sensation and stump pain among amputees
Get PDFObjective: To quantify the frequency of phantom limb pain, limb sensation and stump pain among amputees aging 20–75 years. Methods: An observational cross-sectional study was done. A population of 75 amputees were selected using non-probability convenient sampling and after setting the inclusion and exclusion criteria. Standard questionnaires; Groningen Questionnaire Problems after Arm Amputation (GQPAA) and Groningen Questionnaire Problems after Leg Amputation (GQPLA), were filled by interviewing the patients. All the patients were approached in the hospitals. Data was collected from Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences, Islamabad and Fauji Foundation Hospital, Rawalpindi. The duration of study was 6 months from June 2021 to December 2021. Results: After compiling all the results from the questionnaires, it was unveiled that among 75 amputees, mean age was 43.12±11.43 years. Out of these amputees, 53.3% were upper limb amputees and 46.7% were lower limb amputees. the frequency of phantom sensation was 62.7%, 57.3% reported phantom limb pain and 84% experienced stump pain. Conclusion: The study concluded that most prevalent among the population was stump pain, which was followed by phantom limb sensations and the least prevalent of these three was phantom limb pain among the population
Frequency of hirsutism in patients with PCOS (polycystic ovary syndrome)
Get PDFObjective: To estimate the prevalence of PCOS, a clinically noticeable disorder in women that causes excessive development of coarse or dark hair on the face, chest, and back in a male-like pattern, between first-degree female relatives in families with a proband who has the condition. Methods: A history of oligomenorrhea, hirsutism or biochemical proof of hyperandrogenism (raised entire or free T) and other illnesses were used to diagnose PCOS. Moreover, for better results, Study participants through PCOS (age 24.3G5.8 years, Body Mass Index 26.8G6.9 kg/m2) were used for better results. An R8-modified Ferriman-Gallwey score was used to characterize hirsutism. Results: 24% of the mothers and 32% of the sisters among the moms and sisters assessed had PCOS, respectively. Only premenopausal women who were not receiving treatment i.e., moms (35%) and sisters (40%) for PCOS were found to have the condition, which is consistent with symptoms becoming better due to hormone therapy or age. These PCOS prevalence percentages are much greater than the illness's frequency in the normal community (about 4%), which points to a considerable hereditary component. Furthermore, in comparison to female without hirsutism, hirsute female were pretty young, had greater BMIs, and also had greater amounts of circulatory androgens
Development and evaluation of fruit leather from guava and jujube blend
Get PDFFruits and vegetables have become as essential basis of human nutrition because they are nutrient rich foods. They contain many nutrients as well as many non-nutrient food ingredients that have role in preventing diseases. Guava (Psidium guajava) is a nutrient rich fruit having high amount of phytonutrients such as carotenoids and lycopene. Due to presence of antioxidants in lycopene it helps in the prevention of prostate cancer. Guava is highly fibre rich fruit and therefore helps diabetic’s patient to control their blood sugar level. Jujube (Ziziphus lotus) is multifunctional, nutritionally important and commercially viable fruit. Fresh fruit decay is a critical challenge in food industry. Jujube has great potential to deteriorate due to its higher water content which resulting in massive production loss of fruit after cultivation. Various techniques have been designed based on the characteristics of fruit in order to construct and utilize an appropriate treatment to make fruits easily assessable most of the year. Food drying is frequently used approach for extending the shelf life of fruits after cultivation through converting them into the multiple products such as edible fruit leather in order to minimize costs and enhance consumer profit. 
Nurses' attitude and barrier toward of performing physical assessment in medical and surgical wards
Get PDFBackground: Physical Assessment is an essential in identifying the potential patient problems and responses to care. Also, there are skills used "rarely" in the practice which reveals evidence of practice gap. Improper patient assessment has a concern on nursing practice which fail to recognize patient deterioration. Method: A cross-sectional design of 253 nurses from five hospitals in Al Madinah Al Munawarah, Saudi Arabia, to study the relationship between the nurses' attitudes and the barriers to perform physical assessment and participants' demographic data on the physical assessment practices.
Finding: Around half of nurses showed a positive attitude toward performing the physical assessment. There was a positive significant association between attitude and perceived barriers of self-confidence, time limitation during the shift, and reliance on technology. Conclusion: This study suggests that improving nurses' practice of physical assessment should begin at the pre-graduation level to enhance skills, critical thinking, and self-confidence. Aim of this study: This study aimed to investigate the nurses' attitudes toward performing the physical assessments, and barrier influences the practices of physical assessment in the clinical settings. To the best of our knowledge, it is the first study discusses the PA practice of nurses in clinical settings in Saudi Arabia
Malnutrition levels among type-2 diabetes mellitus patients in Pakistani a multi center study
Get PDFObjective: To determine the frequency of malnutrition among T2DM patients in tertiary care. Place and Duration of Study: Departments of Medicine Hayatabad medical complex peshawar Pakistan from jan 2020 to July 2021. Methodology: this Multi-center study conducted in department of medicine hmc hospital Peshawar from jan 2020 to July 2021. total of 130 T2DM patients were assessed for nutritional evaluation with the assistance of a nurse and supporting staff. With the use of a questionnaire and a Subjective Global Assessment form, the data was collected (SGA). With the aid of MS Excel and SPSS, the nutritional risk factors and malnutrition status were determined, and the data was statistically examined. Results: The results of our recent study showed that, of the 130 patients, 62 48% were at intermediate risk of malnutrition and 68/52% were at high risk. Similar to this, 48 individuals had severe malnutrition, while 80 patients were classified as having moderate malnutrition. Obese Class-I, with the greatest risk of malnutrition and the highest frequency of severe malnutrition, has been proven to have the highest incidence among the different BMI categories. 0.920 is the correlation coefficient R2.