this is a field study, investigate the nursing care provided to pregnant diabetic women in their last trimester, who were admitted in teaching hospitals under the supervision of ministry of health and medical education in tehran during 1993.   the tool was check list that was completed by the researcher upon interviewing the subjects.   six items covered information of personal data of the wome...

it is widely accepted in many parts of the world thatcommunity nurses are of vital importance in various phases of disaster response and management. in china, however, it is not clear whether the chinese community nurses are able to assume disaster-related duties due to the lack of a systematic assessment.a pre-designed and well-tested questionnaire was employed to evaluate the competency in di...

BACKGROUND Anaemia is a common health problem among pregnant women and a contributing factor with a major influence on maternal mortality in Indonesia. The Four Pillars Approach is a new approach to anaemia in pregnancy, combining four strategies to improve antenatal and delivery care. The primary objective of this study is to measure the effectiveness of the Four Pillars Approach. The barriers...

ABSTRACT Objective: To analyze the reliability of information available on popular websites about vaccination pregnant women according to recommendations Brazilian Ministry Health. Method: Descriptive and comparative study. For data collection, a checklist composed recommended, contraindicated, indicated vaccines in special situations during pregnancy, Health, was elaborated. Results: None anal...

background and objectives: in this paper, a real life nurse scheduling model is described based on the conditions in iranian hospitals such as monthly shift rotation, consecutive morning and evening shifts and consecutive evening and night shift.   methods: the developed model considers both hospital constraints and nurses’ preferences. hospital constraints include assigning adequate qualified ...

An estimated 1 in 1,000 pregnancies is complicated by cancer, and the incidence of cancer during pregnancy is expected to increase as women delay childbirth until their later years. A diagnosis of cancer and the cancer treatment process can be particularly difficult for the pregnant patient, and are challenging for the physician and nurse. This article provides an overview of cancer treatment d...

K. R. P., aged 26 years, 4th para, was admitted into the Civil Hospital at Thana on the 12th June, 1936, for what she said was a ' missed labourShe had visited the outpatient department five months prior to this saying she was seven months' pregnant and complaining of rather troublesome foetal movements. She was examined by the hospital nurse who confirmed the diagnosis of seven months' pregnan...

An authentic case of superfoetation is not so common as to make the following notes uninteresting. On 11th March of this year I attended a lady, ?et. 24, in her first confinement; according to her reckoning she was only about six and a half months pregnant, but she was not at all certain on this point. When I first saw her at 5 p.m. on 11th March, the nurse in attendance told me that labour had...