Nurses are primary care providers and are responsible for caring of patients. Since centuries, the nursing profession has been known as a profession only for females. Therefore, the history of nurses in early ages only states the role of the female, although males at that time also took part in patient-care along with females. The aim of this paper is to provide detailed review of national and ...

Primary argument The care‐giving responsibilities of a predominantly female workforce and the ageing of the nursing workforce worldwide means some nurses are choosing or need to work as casual employees in order to remain in the workforce. Historically, casuals have been viewed in a negative light particularly in discussions around commitment and continuity‐of‐care. Without a change in attitude...

ABSTRACT: Background: Intra-abdominal hypertension and abdominal compartment syndrome are potentially life-threatening conditions. Measuring intra-abdominal pressure helps identify patients developing hypertension, which allows for timely intervention before progression to syndrome. It is often measured by the bedside nurse in intensive care unit, who plays a key role managing critically ill re...

Breast cancer is the second highest cause of female death in UK. Early detection breast has been advanced through mammography screening programme, however this not always effective for women with dense tissue. There little published research discussing alternative approaches tissue.This article reports findings a literature review that appraised evidence on nurses’ knowledge and implications wh...

The purpose of this study was to explore whether sleep-related cardiac sympathetic activity is significantly lower in rotating shift workers than in permanent night shift workers, in order to evaluate whether shift work is preferable to permanent night work. Our sample comprised of twelve permanent night shift nurses and twelve rotating three-shift nurses. All female nurses slept in their dormi...

The impact of acculturation on leadership style is an important topic for the global community, especially during stressful years Covid-19 pandemic. A quantitative, non-experimental, descriptive-correlational design using primary retrospective data was employed in this study. We used established instruments such as Acculturation Rating Scale Questionnaire and Leadership Style (LSQ) with 172 wor...

We conducted this study to examine the relationship between shift work duration and the metabolic risk factors of cardiovascular disease among shift workers. The study population consisted of 226 female hospital nurses and 134 male workers at a firm manufacturing diapers and feminine hygiene materials, whose mean ages were 28.5 yr for the nurses and 29.1 yr for the male workers. The fasting blo...

The December issue of Nursing and Midwifery Studies Journal contains an interesting article about factors influencing men entering the nursing profession, and provides an understanding of the challenges they face. The authors believe that although the number of men entering the nursing profession is on the rise, yet there are still many challenges in front of our male colleagues in this female ...