This study assessed the health practices among 68 middle-aged individuals with diagnosed illness who are living in Barangay Looc, Mandaue City. It utilized the descriptive-correlational research method. Specifically, the study revealed the significant relationship between the profile of the respondents and their health practices and the findings served as the basis for a proposed health teachin…
Introduction: The Self-care Symptom Management (SSM) is educational guidelines with the goal of enhancing patients' self-care abilities to manage the side effects of chemotherapy and quality of life. Objective: The aim of the study was to evaluate self-care guidelines for symptom management of patient with caner receiving chemotherapy to enhance their quality of life (QOL). Methods: The study a…
Crisis has always threatened human societies. Organizational studies long time ago has been interested in crises and crisis management (Bundy, Pfarrer & Coombs, 2016). Accidents and crisis could be an internal or external event that can affect hospital staff, patients, visitors and community (Al Battat & Som, 2013 ). Organizations are judged by their response to a crisis itself; choosing a proa…
Introduction: Patient with pulmonary tuberculosis not only experience physical problems but also face psychosocial problems and it can get worse during the treatment phase that gives impact on patients’ self-care. In order to prevent further impacts on patients, proactive coping is needed. This study was aimed to identify the relationship between proactive coping and self-care management in …
Introductions: Medication error is one of many types of errors that could decrease the quality and safety of healthcare. Increasing number of adverse events (AE) reflects the number of medication errors. This study aimed to develop a model of medication error prevention based on knowledge management. This model is expected to improve knowledge and skill of nurses to prevent medication error whi…