Introduction: Our study aimed to investigate clinical and laboratory characteristics of adults newly diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted with 150 adults newly diagnosed with type 2 diabetes (T2DM) in Ulaanbaatar. Body height, weight, body mass index (BMI), waist circumference (WC), Body fat percent (BFP), fasting blood glucose (FBG), hemo…
Introduction: Worldwide, cervical cancer is the fifth most common cause of death caused by cancer following other types of cancer (Parkin, Louie & Clifford, 2008). In Malaysia, cervical cancer is the third most common cancer among women and the fourth most prevalent cause of death (Parkin et al., 2010; Ministry of Health, Malaysia, MOH, 2006). Many studies indicated that knowledge of cervical c…
Socio-cultural poses as the enabler and barrier in breastfeeding practice. A review of published literature was conducted and a total of 25 articles were reviewed to seek the answer: How religious belief and sociocultural influence breastfeeding practice? Published articles were identified through electronic searches of PubMed/MEDLINE, Scopus, Google scholars and IIUM Repository within timefram…
Introduction: Mental status examination is a significant phase in delivering nursing care as the basis to make diagnosis. In reality, a lot of nursing students still find it difficult to understand terminologies and structures in mental status assessment. Studies show that interactive multimedia may help students to understand real conditions of the patients which are difficult to visualize. Ho…
Preoperative anxiety is a challenging concept in the preoperative care of patients. Most patients who are about to undergo an elective surgery experience anxiety and it is widely accepted as an anticipated response. Postponement of elective surgical procedures causes significant emotional trauma in the patients as well as on their families and the community in general, and its impact on hospita…
Most of the cervical cancer patients suffer from psychological effects and depression. The aim of this research is to identify the effectiveness of Behavioral Activation Therapy (BAT) to decrease levels of depression on women with cervical cancer. The method is quasi-experimental with pretest-posttest design with control group. This research involves 30 respondents that were taken by purposive …
Exercise is an important practice in leading a healthy lifestyle. However, recently the percentage of Malaysians who practice healthy lifestyle has decreased and the rate of overweight or obesity isincreasing. This study aims to explore the knowledge, attitudes and practices of exercise among nursing college students. Questionnaires were used as a research instrument and distributed to Kuala Te…
The objective of the study is to understand the lived experiences of nursing students in selected clinical area through the Learning Feedback Diary. This research has utilized the qualitative research method of phenomenology to allow for an exploration of the student nurse's reflective interpretation of their clinical experience. The purpose of a phenomenological approach is to illuminate the s…
Introduction: The effectiveness of teaching and learning process is highly dependent on the methods and strategies of teaching and learning practices. As a result, nurse educator must choose and use the suitable method to help the nursing students to achieve the learning objective. Methodology: There were 218 respondents. This study consisted of two-group quasi experimental study with pre- and …
With the increase of ageing population, the supply and demand contradiction of community home care services is becoming increasingly more prominent. According to iluoyang.com, through this investigation of the Luoyang City, the third line city of China, this empirical research will further demonstrate the development of urban community old aged care service pattern. The present study also discu…