This is a companion paper to two previous publications on recommended practices for cleaning and reprocessing flexible endoscopes used in Otolaryngology (Burlingame, Arcilla, & McDermott, 2008; Adams & Baker, 2010). In this paper we capture and expand upon the audience question and answer session in which the Society of Otorhinolaryngology and Head-Neck Nurse (SOHN)--endorsed the Association of...

The control of nosocomial infections depends on a surveillance system that will detect and identify problems at the time that they occur. During the past year, infection control at Springfield Hospital Medical Center was considerably strengthened by the addition of a full-time Infection Control Nurse and appointment of an Infection Control Officer. The latter position is presently filled by the...

This study aims to identify variables that are related job satisfaction during the COVID-19 pandemic. The research design used descriptive correlation with a cross-sectional approach. method is purposive sampling technique sample of 185 nurses who work in inpatient and outpatient rooms Hospital X. Data collection uses questionnaire form google form. results showed there was no significant relat...

background and purpose: violence is defined as unnecessary hostile behavior in clinical environments, which may lead to psychological abuse by colleagues. this systematic review aimed to evaluate violence and its associated factors among nurses. methods: in this study, we searched for articles and patented documentations published until december 2014 via databases such as pubmed, medline, scopu...

anxiety is a feeling of worry and excessive concern against obscure danger about inner or outer threat, which occur in form of ambiguous fear. it finally causes physical problem and impairs social and occupational functions. anxiety is the most common mental disorder. nursing totally is a difficult job and because of their working environmental and activity, they always encountering with damage...

We designed a cage that can maintain adult bees for 21 days with about 90% survival rate, in addition to facilitating the changing of sucrose syrup and beebread, collection live dead without disturbing or releasing bees. The consumption rates bee pollen diet groups 50–200 honey were recorded after emergence. consumed mainly at age 1–9 days. Regular was observed among all throughout Furthermore,...