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Volume 11, Issue 1 (2024)

ISSN: 3067-3275

DOI Prefix: 10.5281/zenodo.

ELDERLY VULNERABILITY IN A PANDEMIC: A DISCUSSION ON ABUSE AND NEGLECT

By Jonathan Michael Harrington

This article focuses on elder abuse and neglect as a growing social problem that became worse due to the covid-19 pandemic.Β  With an expounding increase in the older population projected in the next ten years, it is crucial that professionals workin...

SKIPPING BREAKFAST AND STUDENT PERFORMANCE: INSIGHTS FROM EASTERN UNIVERSITY, SRI LANKA

By Nirmala Devi Rajendran

As a significant dietary source for energy, the breakfast is considered as an important meal of the day and skipping of breakfast affects mental, physical activity of people. Worldwide, undergraduate university students have the habits of skipping me...

CENTRAL LINE-ASSOCIATED BLOODSTREAM INFECTION PREVENTION: KNOWLEDGE ASSESSMENT AMONG CRITICAL CARE NURSES

By Ahmed Faisal Al-Mutairi , Sara Khalid Al-Qahtani

Intravascular catheters (CVC) are commonly used in critically ill patients in the intensive care unit (ICU) for multiple purposes. Central line-associated bloodstream infection (CLABSI) could be associated with using CVCs. Nurses can be educated and ...

HOSPITAL-ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA IN MECHANICALLY VENTILATED PATIENTS

By Khalid Youssef Al-Mansour

Evidence-based interventions can reduce the risk and incidence of complications such as nosocomial infections. VAP is a pulmonary infection that appears after two days of endotracheal intubation and when invasive mechanical ventilation is used. Nurse...