فهرست مطالب hossein roohi moghaddam

Nurses, as nursing care providers, have a pivotal role and a unique role in effecting the quality of care. The attitude of nurses on their preference for working with elderly people and the quality of care provided to them is effective. This study aimed to investigate the attitude of nursing students and nurses towards the care of elderly people.
 

To obtain articles on the attitude of nurses about the care of elderly people, the researchers first selected some keywords such as “attitude of nurses, nursing students, elderly and needs of elderly”. Then they tried to search these keywords  in some Persian language databases like ” SID, Magiran and IranMedex”. To find some English articles published between 2000-2018, the researchers also searched the keywords in some scientific databases like “ Scopus, Science Direct, Cochran library, Google Scholar, Ovid and PubMed”. Finally, based on the amount of articles related to search topics and include criteria, 24 related articles were selected and reviewed.

Nurses’ and nursing students’ attitudes towards care of elderly people were positive, negative and neutral. Many variables were evaluated as effective factors on nurses’ attitude, such as age, gender, level of education and work experience. It seems that having a positive attitude toward aging has an important role in choosing nurses in nursing care.

Since the knowledge of nurses in the field of aging is influential on the type of attitude and selecting their priority toward care of elderly patients, therefore, it is necessary to look at the education of elderly patient’s cognition in nursing education levels with more emphasis.

Hemodialysis patients experience debilitation in spite of the improvement of dialysis techniques. Impaired functioning, well-being and quality of life in these patients are of a great concern. The current study is intended to examine the effects of lavender essential oil on well-being in hemodialysis patients.
This randomized clinical trial was conducted on thirty hemodialysis patients. In experimental group a cotton ball soaked in two drops of lavender essence, diluted with sweet almond oil, at concentrations of 10% ( week 1), 20% ( week 2), 30% ( week 3), 40% ( week 4) and 50% ( week 5) was to be pinned on the patients' collar for five consecutive weeks. Patients were asked to breathe normally for 20 minutes. The control group received only routine nursing care. The perceived sense of well-being was measured in both groups at the end of each week using a visual analog scale.
The mean age of patients was 58.9±14.31 years for the experimental group and 53.03±15.84 years for the control group. Hypertension was reported to be the most common underlying disease in both groups. The results showed that the mean of well-being differed significantly between before the intervention and four and five weeks after the intervention in the experimental group.
Inhalation aromatherapy with lavender essence 40% and 50% seems to have a positive effect on the perceived sense of well-being in hemodialysis patients while lower concentrations of 10%, 20% and 30% do not appear to have the same effect.

Since families are responsible for supporting their patients in most cases، paying attention to them is considered as a significant element in the treatment process. Families who are not able to adapt to the hospitalization of their beloved patients in the intensive care units may suffer an emotional crisis. That is، they may show some reactions such as shock، anger، frustration، anxiety، and depression، particularly within 72 hours after the hospitalization. Even in some cases، they may experience more stress than the patients. A review of the related studies shows that the most important needs of the families include being assured that the patient is receiving appropriate treatment and sufficient care، and being informed of the patient’s status، proper prognosis about the treatment process، and the possible consequences. Moreover، the least significant need of the families has been reprted to be their physical comfort. It can be concluded that family-centered care increases the satisfaction of the treatment process and decreases the psychological problems in the families. Therefore، each of the treatment team members in intensive care unit (ICU) should support the family members in dealing with the stressful situations. Evaluating the family needs and performing some essential interventions to fulfill their needs will be effective in declining their anxiety level during the crisis.