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Saudi Pharmaceutical Journal : SPJ :... Dec 2023Recent reports indicated an increasing prevalence of obesity among children and adolescents in Saudi Arabia, making it an impending national epidemic. However, obesity...
BACKGROUND
Recent reports indicated an increasing prevalence of obesity among children and adolescents in Saudi Arabia, making it an impending national epidemic. However, obesity prevalence data in children and adolescents in Saudi Arabia are largely inconsistent.
OBJECTIVES
This study analyzed and compared the prevalence of obesity among a national sample of children and adolescents across sexes, school grades, regions, and city types in Saudi Arabia using the Growth Charts for Saudi Children and Adolescents.
METHODS
Weight, height, and body mass index (BMI) data from 1 134 317 children in first, fourth, seventh, and tenth school grades who participated in the national school screening program were analyzed cross-sectionally. BMI values were classified using the Growth Charts for Saudi Children and Adolescents.
RESULTS
Nearly 10.4% of students were overweight, 10.7 % were obese, and 4.50% were severely obese. Male students had a higher prevalence of overweight and obesity than their female counterparts. The prevalence of overweight and obesity was the highest among students in intermediate school, the Central region, and administrative capitals.
CONCLUSION
Managing childhood obesity is challenging due to its multifaceted nature Therefore, utilizing clinical and community-based participatory approaches is essential to develop nationwide obesity prevention and management program that is effective and sustainable. This program must utilize dynamic BMI surveillance systems using ethnically representative growth references, conduct national pediatric obesity research with careful consideration for demographic and regional differences, lead targeted pediatric obesity awareness campaigns, provide obesity management interventions in a pediatric multi-disciplinary clinic, and evaluate the program outcomes periodically.
PubMed: 38028221
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsps.2023.101862 -
Journal of Pediatric Nursing 2023
Topics: Child; Humans; Internationality; Pediatric Nursing
PubMed: 37479556
DOI: 10.1016/j.pedn.2023.07.003 -
Nursing Leadership (Toronto, Ont.) Apr 2024The nursing context in pediatric rehabilitation is that of caring for children with disabilities and complex developmental differences and health conditions in an...
The nursing context in pediatric rehabilitation is that of caring for children with disabilities and complex developmental differences and health conditions in an ever-changing and demanding environment. Rehabilitation nurses aim to continuously advance nursing leadership, practice, education and research to meet service needs. Strengths-Based Nursing and Healthcare (SBNH) is a philosophy and value-driven approach that aligns with and enables the advancement of strengths-based rehabilitation nursing and family-centred care. This paper describes the leadership approach undertaken to implement SBNH in a Canadian pediatric rehabilitation hospital context over a 10-year period. We will share what we did and what we learned.
Topics: Humans; Leadership; Canada; Child; Pediatric Nursing; Rehabilitation Nursing; Disabled Children
PubMed: 38779832
DOI: 10.12927/cjnl.2024.27311 -
Journal of Pediatric Nursing 2023This paper describes how a national collaborative of pediatric nurse scientists has leveraged the expertise of their membership and strategic networking to guide the...
This paper describes how a national collaborative of pediatric nurse scientists has leveraged the expertise of their membership and strategic networking to guide the development of the evolving hospital-based nurse scientist role and influence centers of nursing research. Members' narratives illustrate how their networking across the collaborative has resulted in increased clarity and understanding of the hospital-based nurse scientist role, consistency in job responsibilities and expectations, title changes that more accurately reflect the nature of the role, establishment or expansion of centers of nursing research, success in talent recruitment, diversification of center team members, reporting structure alterations, and dedicated nursing research funding mechanisms. These tangible outcomes enable pediatric nurse scientists to become more effective in their roles and transform the care of pediatric patients and their families.
Topics: Humans; Child; Hospitals, Pediatric; Nursing Research; Pediatric Nursing; Nurse's Role; Nurses, Pediatric
PubMed: 37833156
DOI: 10.1016/j.pedn.2023.09.021 -
Hematologic and Oncologic Emergencies in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit: What Nurses Should Know.Critical Care Nursing Clinics of North... Sep 2023Most children admitted to the pediatric intensive care unit with a new or reoccurring hematology or oncology diagnosis are at high risk for developing a hematologic or... (Review)
Review
Most children admitted to the pediatric intensive care unit with a new or reoccurring hematology or oncology diagnosis are at high risk for developing a hematologic or oncologic emergency. Although these children represent a low percentage of pediatric critical care admissions, their acuity is high, and their care is complicated and challenging. Nurses are an essential part of the interprofessional team of providers who care for these critically ill patients. Experience recognizing acute decompensation and excellent assessment and communication skills significantly improve patient outcomes.
Topics: Child; Humans; Infant; Emergencies; Critical Care; Intensive Care Units, Pediatric; Hematology; Nurses
PubMed: 37532384
DOI: 10.1016/j.cnc.2023.04.005 -
Nurse Education in Practice Nov 2023To assess Kazakh pediatric nurses' knowledge and confidence in peripheral intravenous catheter (PIVC) management and examine the personal and professional factors that... (Observational Study)
Observational Study
AIM
To assess Kazakh pediatric nurses' knowledge and confidence in peripheral intravenous catheter (PIVC) management and examine the personal and professional factors that influenced them.
BACKGROUND
Despite the significance of having high levels of PIVC insertion and care knowledge and confidence among pediatric nurses, the literature portrays inadequacies in the knowledge of these nurses in various parts of the globe.
DESIGN
This study is cross-sectional and observational, following the STrengthening the Reporting of OBservational studies in Epidemiology checklist in reporting.
METHODS
A convenience sample of 200 pediatric nurses working in the University Medical Center in Kazakhstan were surveyed from November to December 2022 using a paper-based questionnaire to assess the PIVC management knowledge and confidence.
RESULTS
The respondents had poor knowledge of patient assessment, PIVC insertion, maintenance, and removal. Participants reported high confidence in inserting and maintaining PIVCs among pediatric patients. Nurses' education, pediatric nursing experience, and training in PIVC management in the last 12 months were significant predictors of the nurses' knowledge. PIVC insertion and care knowledge directly influenced the nurses' confidence in these procedures.
CONCLUSIONS
Despite the high confidence of the nurses, their actual knowledge of these skills needed to be higher. Some personal and professional factors influence the knowledge and confidence of pediatric nurses.
Topics: Humans; Child; Cross-Sectional Studies; Clinical Competence; Nurses; Catheters; Nurses, Pediatric; Catheterization, Peripheral
PubMed: 37924652
DOI: 10.1016/j.nepr.2023.103816 -
Nursing Open Aug 2023Nursing diagnosis is the basis of applying nursing process and evidence-based care in nursing. This issue has been affected by the gap between theory-practice in...
AIM
Nursing diagnosis is the basis of applying nursing process and evidence-based care in nursing. This issue has been affected by the gap between theory-practice in nursing. The attending nursing teachers Project aims to create an organizational link between health care centres and nursing schools, reducing the gap between theory-practice and empowering nurses to apply nursing diagnosis.
DESIGN
The present study was part of the second cycle of an action research study conducted in the cardiology ward in 2019-2020.
METHODS
Interventions were performed in the form of Teacher, Patient, Student, Nurse Model to empower nurses in quantity and quality of nursing diagnosis.
RESULTS
The results indicated a significant increase in the number of nursing diagnoses recorded. Moreover, the qualitative criteria based on PES components were found to have changed significantly after the interventions. Empowering nurses in the form of this Project could suggest that creating proper structures between nursing schools and health care centres, full-time presence of faculty members in hospitals, and enhancing their roles in these institutes will lead to improvements in educational as well as health care systems.
Topics: Humans; Nursing Diagnosis; Delivery of Health Care; Students; Hospitals; Faculty, Nursing
PubMed: 37170427
DOI: 10.1002/nop2.1796 -
Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine :... Dec 2023Sleep is crucial for healing but often impaired in the pediatric intensive care unit due to environmental disruptions. Caregivers and bedside nursing staff are often...
STUDY OBJECTIVES
Sleep is crucial for healing but often impaired in the pediatric intensive care unit due to environmental disruptions. Caregivers and bedside nursing staff are often most aware of these factors and the impact on patient sleep, but studies have not yet compared their perceptions.
METHODS
Caregivers and bedside nursing staff of pediatric patients staying a second night in the pediatric intensive care unit were asked to complete a survey regarding environmental factors (ie, temperature, light, sound, nursing staff room entries), sleep quality, and sleep quantity (ie, sleep duration, number of naps) of the pediatric patient. Caregivers were asked similar questions about their child's sleep at home.
RESULTS
The caregivers and nursing staff of 31 pediatric patients participated in this pilot study. There was no significant difference between caregiver and nursing staff ratings of sleep quality, sleep duration, number of naps, room temperature, sound, or light ( > .05 for all). Nursing staff did report significantly more room entries than caregivers ( = .01). Compared to sleep at home, caregivers reported sleep in the hospital to be of lower quality ( = .009) with more frequent room entries ( = .01).
CONCLUSIONS
Caregivers rate their child's sleep in the pediatric intensive care unit as lower quality than sleep at home. Caregivers and bedside nursing staff largely agree about pediatric patient sleep quality and quantity as well as environmental factors. This agreement may facilitate further research and interventions at improving sleep in the pediatric intensive care unit.
CITATION
Witte MA, Lloyd RM, McGree M, Kawai Y. Sleep quantity and quality of critically ill children perceived by caregivers and bedside nursing staff: a pilot study. . 2023;19(12):2027-2033.
Topics: Child; Humans; Sleep Duration; Caregivers; Pilot Projects; Critical Illness; Nursing Staff
PubMed: 37539642
DOI: 10.5664/jcsm.10750 -
Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, and... Jan 2024to follow.
to follow.
Topics: Infant, Newborn; Pregnancy; Female; Humans; Gynecology; Neonatal Nursing; Obstetric Nursing
PubMed: 37984492
DOI: 10.1016/j.jogn.2023.10.003 -
Pediatric Emergency Care Sep 2023Emergency services are patient circulation units that require chaos, trauma, and high tension. It was aimed to determine the moral distress levels of pediatric nurses in...
OBJECTIVES
Emergency services are patient circulation units that require chaos, trauma, and high tension. It was aimed to determine the moral distress levels of pediatric nurses in pediatric emergency and emergency departments and relevant factors.
METHODS
This study is a descriptive and cross-sectional study. It consists of 255 nurses with their data. The Participant Information Form and the Moral Distress Scale-Revised for Pediatric Nurses (MDS-R) were used to collect data.
RESULTS
In the study, the mean score of MDS-R frequency was found to be 27.36 ± 13.16, the mean score of MDS-R intensity to be 37.65 ± 17.53, and the mean total score of MDS-R to be 58.96 ± 39.40. It was determined that 93.7% of the nurses received training on moral distress, and education level was effective on moral distress levels of the nurses. The nurses working in the pediatric emergency service had higher moral distress levels than the nurses serving pediatric patients in the emergency department ( P(total MDS-R) = 0.02, P(frequency of MDS-R) = 0.008). Job satisfaction ( P(total MDS-R) = 0.003, P(frequency of MDS-R) < 0.001, P(intensity of MDS-R) < 0.001) and frequency of thinking about changing working unit ( P(frequency of MDS-R) = 0.02, P(intensity of MDS-R) = 0.01) were found to be effective on the level of moral distress. It was determined that the type of emergency service, the working time in the emergency service, and the level of job satisfaction significantly affected the total moral distress scores of the nurses ( P < 0.001, R2 = 0.09).
CONCLUSIONS
It was found in the study that nurses had low levels of moral distress; however, many factors relevant to working conditions were associated with moral distress. The pediatric emergency service nurses were determined to experience a higher moral distress compared with the emergency department nurses serving pediatric patients.
Topics: Humans; Child; Cross-Sectional Studies; Morals; Attitude of Health Personnel; Surveys and Questionnaires; Nurses, Pediatric; Emergency Service, Hospital; Stress, Psychological; Nurses
PubMed: 37463256
DOI: 10.1097/PEC.0000000000003019