OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to evaluate the quality of life (QOL) in Chinese middle-aged male patients with gastric carcinoma after total gastrectomy, to investigate the factors affecting their QOL, and ...OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to evaluate the quality of life (QOL) in Chinese middle-aged male patients with gastric carcinoma after total gastrectomy, to investigate the factors affecting their QOL, and to Study the effectiveness of nursing intervention.METHODS Structured questionnaire (EORTC QLQ-C30) was used among 162 middle-aged male patients after total gastrectomy (the patients finished the whole process of chemotherapy, and returned home, and society) for data collection and reevaluate the patients' aualitv of life with 2 months nursing intervention.RESULTS The patient's quality of life was related to their education level, economic condition, family support, and pathological staging. This study showed that patients got higher scores in Functional scales (except for CF), and lower scores in Symptom scales and single items (except for FI) after receiving intervention than before it was received before.CONCLUSION The study revealed that the QOL in middleaged male patients after total gastrectomy was worse when there was inadequate attention. After implementing pertinent nursing intervention implementing, patients' mental attitude and negative behavior were improved, and their QOL was enhanced after returning home and into society.展开更多
Resilience is the psychological capability to recover from difficulties quickly.Healthcare professionals are especially vulnerable to job-related stress and burnout.Unitary Caring Science is the framework for Watson’...Resilience is the psychological capability to recover from difficulties quickly.Healthcare professionals are especially vulnerable to job-related stress and burnout.Unitary Caring Science is the framework for Watson’s Human Caring Theory,providing a philosophy of practice in healthcare.With the high rates of clinician burnout and psychological issues,it will be significant to unify the human caring theory with research-informed psychological and neuroscience evidence to develop clinicians’resilience-building strategies.The purpose of this article is to introduce a Unitary Caring Science Resilience Model and explain the science behind the core strategies based on Unitary Caring Science philosophy and the psychological and neuroscience research.This model includes six strategies:Embracing loving-kindness for self and others;Nurturing interpersonal and intersubjective connections/relations;Deepening a creative use of self and sense of belonging;Balancing self-learning,self-awareness,and an evolved selfconsciousness;Valuing forgiveness and releasing negativity;Inspiring and maintaining faith-hope.The caring-theory guided resilience-building strategies are proven to alleviate the depletion of clinicians’energy and emotions.Healthcare practices are challenging but rewarding.Clinicians can be emotionally,psychologically,and physically exhausted if they always consider themselves‘giving’and‘doing’institutional tasks without a sense of purpose or fulfillment.The practice can be rewarding if it becomes more aligned with clinicians’value to serve humanity.Through the unitary caring science resilience strategies,clinicians can build resilience as an antidote to clinician burnout and depletion.展开更多
The research of the ergonomic parameters of two tested forwarders was based on the measurement of a variability of physiological functions of the operator during one work shift. The research included a series of six m...The research of the ergonomic parameters of two tested forwarders was based on the measurement of a variability of physiological functions of the operator during one work shift. The research included a series of six measurements, each lasting l h and starting at 5:00, 12:00 and 17:00 O'clock. The measured operator was at all times the same person. We had a hypothesis that the rate of the measured variability would have to do with the following four factors: forwarder cabin type, terrain character, fatigue during the work shift and work at daylight or in dark. Main findings are described below: during his work with a fixed type of the forwarder cab, the operator's brain waves at the frequency of Gamma, high Beta, Beta and Alpha reached statistically significantly higher average values than during his work with a rotating cab. With a higher degree of terrain roughness and in the forwarder with the rotating cab, the operator showed a significantly higher frequency and lower amplitude of respiration. At the beginning of the work shift, the tension of muscles in the operator's neck was at the significantly lowest level. In the afternoon, at the end of the work shift, the level of muscle tension was the highest. The “daylight/dark” work had a significantly highest impact on volume changes in the amplitude (strength) of blood pulse and on the skin conductance level. All research factors explained together 15%-65% of the variability of physiological functions.展开更多
The essay proceeds from the assumptions that for a economic/political integration group to succeed, first, its participants' motives should ideally be as alike as possible and not oppose one another and, second, thei...The essay proceeds from the assumptions that for a economic/political integration group to succeed, first, its participants' motives should ideally be as alike as possible and not oppose one another and, second, their expectations from inte- gration should correspond to the organisation's capabilities. In light of these assumptions, the study endeavours to assess the Eurasian Economic Union's (EAEU) potential for stability and development. First, the author analyses the key motives that were driving its member states' decisions to enter the organisation, compares them with one another and discusses how the countries' motives influence their conduct in the union. Second, the author confronts those motives against the EAEU's activities and the general logic of interstate politics on the post-Soviet space to reckon up whether the bloc's capabilities fit with the expectations of its member countries. Finally, based on that discussion, the author speculates on how the divergence/convergence of EAEU member states' goals, as well as the (in-) feasibility of their expectations, affect the organisation's development.展开更多
文摘OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to evaluate the quality of life (QOL) in Chinese middle-aged male patients with gastric carcinoma after total gastrectomy, to investigate the factors affecting their QOL, and to Study the effectiveness of nursing intervention.METHODS Structured questionnaire (EORTC QLQ-C30) was used among 162 middle-aged male patients after total gastrectomy (the patients finished the whole process of chemotherapy, and returned home, and society) for data collection and reevaluate the patients' aualitv of life with 2 months nursing intervention.RESULTS The patient's quality of life was related to their education level, economic condition, family support, and pathological staging. This study showed that patients got higher scores in Functional scales (except for CF), and lower scores in Symptom scales and single items (except for FI) after receiving intervention than before it was received before.CONCLUSION The study revealed that the QOL in middleaged male patients after total gastrectomy was worse when there was inadequate attention. After implementing pertinent nursing intervention implementing, patients' mental attitude and negative behavior were improved, and their QOL was enhanced after returning home and into society.
文摘Resilience is the psychological capability to recover from difficulties quickly.Healthcare professionals are especially vulnerable to job-related stress and burnout.Unitary Caring Science is the framework for Watson’s Human Caring Theory,providing a philosophy of practice in healthcare.With the high rates of clinician burnout and psychological issues,it will be significant to unify the human caring theory with research-informed psychological and neuroscience evidence to develop clinicians’resilience-building strategies.The purpose of this article is to introduce a Unitary Caring Science Resilience Model and explain the science behind the core strategies based on Unitary Caring Science philosophy and the psychological and neuroscience research.This model includes six strategies:Embracing loving-kindness for self and others;Nurturing interpersonal and intersubjective connections/relations;Deepening a creative use of self and sense of belonging;Balancing self-learning,self-awareness,and an evolved selfconsciousness;Valuing forgiveness and releasing negativity;Inspiring and maintaining faith-hope.The caring-theory guided resilience-building strategies are proven to alleviate the depletion of clinicians’energy and emotions.Healthcare practices are challenging but rewarding.Clinicians can be emotionally,psychologically,and physically exhausted if they always consider themselves‘giving’and‘doing’institutional tasks without a sense of purpose or fulfillment.The practice can be rewarding if it becomes more aligned with clinicians’value to serve humanity.Through the unitary caring science resilience strategies,clinicians can build resilience as an antidote to clinician burnout and depletion.
文摘The research of the ergonomic parameters of two tested forwarders was based on the measurement of a variability of physiological functions of the operator during one work shift. The research included a series of six measurements, each lasting l h and starting at 5:00, 12:00 and 17:00 O'clock. The measured operator was at all times the same person. We had a hypothesis that the rate of the measured variability would have to do with the following four factors: forwarder cabin type, terrain character, fatigue during the work shift and work at daylight or in dark. Main findings are described below: during his work with a fixed type of the forwarder cab, the operator's brain waves at the frequency of Gamma, high Beta, Beta and Alpha reached statistically significantly higher average values than during his work with a rotating cab. With a higher degree of terrain roughness and in the forwarder with the rotating cab, the operator showed a significantly higher frequency and lower amplitude of respiration. At the beginning of the work shift, the tension of muscles in the operator's neck was at the significantly lowest level. In the afternoon, at the end of the work shift, the level of muscle tension was the highest. The “daylight/dark” work had a significantly highest impact on volume changes in the amplitude (strength) of blood pulse and on the skin conductance level. All research factors explained together 15%-65% of the variability of physiological functions.
文摘The essay proceeds from the assumptions that for a economic/political integration group to succeed, first, its participants' motives should ideally be as alike as possible and not oppose one another and, second, their expectations from inte- gration should correspond to the organisation's capabilities. In light of these assumptions, the study endeavours to assess the Eurasian Economic Union's (EAEU) potential for stability and development. First, the author analyses the key motives that were driving its member states' decisions to enter the organisation, compares them with one another and discusses how the countries' motives influence their conduct in the union. Second, the author confronts those motives against the EAEU's activities and the general logic of interstate politics on the post-Soviet space to reckon up whether the bloc's capabilities fit with the expectations of its member countries. Finally, based on that discussion, the author speculates on how the divergence/convergence of EAEU member states' goals, as well as the (in-) feasibility of their expectations, affect the organisation's development.