Surgery is one of medical procedures that can be a stressor causing anxiety in patient. In Mamuju district hospital, informed consent is considered as medical procedure.This study was aimed to determine the influence of informed consent provision towards the level of anxiety in pre-operative patients at Mamuju District Public Hospital. The population in this study was pre-operative patients. Ac…
Background: Psycho-education is an integrated component of nursing; the impact of nursing psychoeducational model has been emphasized by several studies. Aim of this study was to apply psycho-education intervention for psychiatric/mental healthcare team. Design: Aquasi-experimental research design was carried out in this study to fulfill the research aim. Sample: The sample consisted of 30 psyc…
Background: Effective and skilful communication is crucial and an important element in the quality of nursing care. This enables nurses to assess patients' needs and provide them with the appropriate physical care, emotional support, knowledge transfer and exchange of information. However, nurses find it difficult to communicate effectively and therapeutically with their patients. Aim: To ident…
Family members of traumatic brain injury (TBI) patients have commonly experienced high level of stress and uncertainty due to the patient's condition. To alleviate stress of family members, it requires providing care to fulfill family needs. Unfortunately, nurses often rarely assess the needs of family members. As a consequence nurses rarely provide the appropriate nursing care, and as a result…
Health care providers (HCP) who work in the operating room (OR) or post anesthesia care unit (PACU) have a greater opportunity to cross contaminate patients because of high workloads and frequent patient contact events. The current prevalence of health care-associated infections (HCAI) is a major health concern and patient contact in the OR and PACU can be a contributing factor due to microbial…