Background: Chronic kidney disease is a progressive disease that affects more than 10% of the world's population and the leading cause of death in the twenty-first century. In addition, it has a significant financial burden ...

Background: Health-related quality of life is a broad concept reflecting a patient’s general subjective perception of the impact of the disease and treatment on quality of life. Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-positive ...

Background: Therapeutic communication is communication between health profession and patient for the purpose of health care. It is essential for nurses since nurses spend more time with their patients. Poor therapeutic ...

Background: Stroke occurs when blood supply to a part of the brain is interrupted. It is the third most common cause of death in the world and 14–46% of stroke patients have DM. Lack of knowledge and inability to ...

Introduction: Blood pressure self-monitoring is patients' regular use of personal blood pressure measurement equipment to measure their blood pressure outside of a clinical environment. Inadequate blood pressure ...

Background: Clinical learning environment is everything that surrounds students and its unconduciveness hinder students learning outcome and lead to dissatisfaction. Students’ satisfaction with clinical learning ...

Background: Blood transfusion is both a life-saving practice and a high-risk invasive procedure. Nurses and midwives who are actual administering blood to the patient, however, the current status of knowledge and ...

Background: Sharp injuries are a penetrating wound with an instrument that is potentially contaminated with the body fluid of another person. Health care professionals who are exposed to sharp injuries like needles, ...

Background: Evidence based nursing practice is the use of current and valid evidence in clinical decision-making. Knowing the magnitude and factors associated to use evidence based practice is a key to foster the purposes ...

Background: Catheter-related urinary tract infection is an infection related to imported pathogens, which affects the urinary tract of patients with a urinary catheter. Determining the knowledge and practice of nurses ...