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MARYHILL COLLEGE

COLLEGE OF NURSING

LUCENA CITY

SY: 2023-2024

In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements in

Nursing Research 1

Presented By:

Aquino, Princess Arah D.

Nada, Louise Heart Therese A.

Panlubasan, Via Yvon J.

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1. Problem: Impact of the Lack of paraphernalia for nursing student

Objectives:
1. To Determine the scope and severity of the issue, including identifying which
specific paraphernalia are lacking.
2. To Understand the difficulties and obstacles that nursing students face when
they don't have access to necessary paraphernalia.
3. To know Examine how the absence of equipment affects the quality of education
and practical training nursing students receive.
4. To know the Investigate strategies and interventions that can mitigate the impact
of paraphernalia shortages, such as improved resource allocation or alternative
learning methods.
5. To Determine how addressing the lack of paraphernalia can better prepare
nursing students for their roles as healthcare professionals

RRL:
Medical equipment is a necessary tool for nurses to provide quality
nursing care. Shortage of medical equipment has a negative impact on patients, the
hospital and nursing profession, as such, it is a barrier for the health system to function.
Critical shortages of medical equipment in the hospital resulted from malfunctioning
equipment, poor maintenance and unavailability of equipment caused by budgetary
constraints. Proper management, leadership and governance is required to develop and
implement procurement, maintenance and quality control plans. These will help to
prolong equipment lifespan and reduce potential risks due to frequent breakdowns. A
responsive health system guarantees communities equitable access to essential
medical equipment of assured quality, safety and cost effectiveness.
Shortage of medical equipment, either due to unavailability or non-functioning, is
a barrier to the ability of the health system to deliver quality health services. The World
Health Organization estimates that between 50 to 80 percent of medical equipment in
developing countries is not functioning and those countries lack technology assessment
systems and regulatory controls to prevent importation of inferior medical equipment.
These make the countries exposed to dishonest market practices that put patient’s lives
at risk.

References:

Moyimane, M. B., & Kekana, M. P. (2017, January 1). Experiences of nurses on the
critical shortage of medical equipment at a rural district hospital in South Africa: a
qualitative study. The Pan African Medical Journal; African Field Epidemiology Network.
https://doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2017.28.100.11641
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2. Problem: Can 2nd hand smoking from vape can cause COPD

Objectives:
1. To know the difference of effect of 2nd hand smoking from cigarettes and
vapes.
2. To determine how vape affect us like cigarettes.
3. To know various side effects of vaping.
4. To know if the smoke from vape can also cause respiratory health problems.
5. To determine which is more harmful 2nd hand smoke or 1st hand smoke from
vape.

RRL:
Despite high prevalence of e-cigarette use (vaping), little is currently known
regarding the health effects of secondhand nicotine vape exposure. We investigated the
effect of secondhand nicotine vape exposure on annually reported wheeze, bronchitis
symptoms and shortness of breath in the prospective Southern California Children
Health Study cohort. Data were collected from study participants (n=2097) with
repeated annual surveys from 2014 (average age: 17.3 years) to 2019 (average age:
21.9). We used mixed effect logistic regression to evaluate the association between
secondhand nicotine vape and respiratory symptoms after controlling for relevant
confounders. Prevalence of secondhand nicotine vape increased from 11.7% to 15.6%
during the study period in this population. Prevalence of wheeze, bronchitis symptoms
and shortness of breath ranged from 12.3% to 14.9%, 19.4% to 26.0% and 16.5% to
18.1%, respectively, during the study period. Associations of secondhand nicotine vape
exposure with bronchitis symptoms (OR 1.40, 95% CI 1.06 to 1.84) and shortness of
breath (OR 1.53, 95% CI 1.06 to 2.21) were observed after controlling for vaping, active
and passive exposure to tobacco or cannabis, and demographic characteristics (age,
gender, race/ethnicity and parental education). Stronger associations were observed
when analysis was restricted to participants who were neither smokers nor vapers.
There were no associations with wheezing after adjustment for confounders.

References:
Islam, T., Braymiller, J. L., Eckel, S. P., Liu, F., Tackett, A. P., Rebuli, M. E., Barrington-Trimis,
J. L., & McConnell, R. (2022, January 10). Secondhand nicotine vaping at home and respiratory
symptoms in young adults. Thorax; BMJ. https://doi.org/10.1136/thoraxjnl-2021-217041

3. Problem: How does workload affect proper hygiene in nursing students

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Objectives:
1. To know how hygiene affect people’s work.
2. To determine side effects of not having proper hygiene.
3. To know the negative effect of poor hygiene in handling patients.
4. To know the how workload decrease compliance on proper hygiene.
5. To see difference of care patient is receiving from nursing students with poor
and proper hygiene.

RRL:
According to Markus Theißen (2023), intensive care units around the world have
been experiencing staff shortages and dangerous workload overloads that have only
been exasperated by the COVID 19 pandemic. This can have a negative effect on
patients, who may not receive optimal treatment. Increasing hand hygiene compliance
is key to improving patient outcomes. Poor compliance is already a global issue. Now
researchers have found that, as workloads increase, ICU staff use hand sanitizer
dispensers less.
Hand hygiene compliance in ICUs averaged about 40 percent, but only up to a
certain point. Hand hygiene compliance decreased with higher workloads—measurable
by an associated increase in the number of indications for hand disinfection.
One starting point is to improve staffing levels, which can help avoid possible
peaks in workload and failures to disinfect hands. Positive effects on the disinfection
behavior of hospital staff can also be achieved through making adjustments to hygiene
infrastructure.

References:

cleanhandsM89, M. T., Theißen, M., cleanhandsM89, & Name. (2023, January 30).
High workload, poor hand hygiene compliance in ICU. Hygiene Hub.
https://news.ophardt.com/en/high-workloads-poor-hand-hygiene-icu

4. Problem: The effect of Electronic Gadgets in our health

Objectives:
1. To understand how gadgets affect our Health.
2. To determine how gadgets are being hazardous.
3. To know the limitations of using gadgets.
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4. To encourage users to use gadget properly.

5. To study the time, expend by the students with their gadget.

RRL:
Gadgets can be used to develop thoughts, ideas, businesses and lifestyles of
teenagers or adults or people with special interests. On the contrary are not used as
entertainment media, for playing games, or watching an event online, online tv or you
tube for early childhood (Suzana et al., 2020). For adults, technology is used to support
various activities or their work. As for children, this technology has a dual function
(Kalogiannakis & Papadakis, 2017; 2020). From a positive perspective, it can stimulate
children’s brain performance with various applications of motor activities rarely found in
everyday life (Kastriti et al., 2022). The negative side is that they will always depend on
technology resulting in the child being indifferent to the surrounding environment and
not understanding the various ethics and norms around him. So, saying hello or talking
to the surroundings is reduced. Many parents also complain that their children prefer to
play with gadgets than study. It affects children’s learning outcomes (Mohammed,
2022). Of course, it is not surprising that children can operate and use widgets to see
the things they like. As explained above, devices have an impact on children
(Papadakis, 2018; 2021). Especially in the time of use for the long term. Although most
parents certainly understand the effects caused by gadgets, parents still allow them to
use them (Saruji et al., 2017).

References:
Sholekah, S., Suad, S., Madjdi, A. H., & Pratama, H. (2022). Influences of gadgets on
students learning achievement for elementary school. Advances in Mobile Learning
Educational Research, 3(1), 541- 547. https://doi.org/10.25082/AMLER.2023.01.002
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5. Problem: Why does pregnant woman ask help from hilot "kumadrona"

Objectives:
1. To assess the level of knowledge about safe delivery.
2. To understand the reason behind prioritizing “hilot” than health professional.
3. To identify the purpose of choosing to give birth at home than hospital.
4. To determine the difference between “hilot” and health professional.
5. To distinguish the benefits of “hilot” on their pregnancy.

RRL:
Globally, it is estimated that 34% of mothers deliver with no skilled attendant; this
means there are 45 million births occurring at home without skilled health personnel
each year. To reduce maternal mortality in developing countries have prioritized two key
strategies: training and deploying skilled birth attendants (SBAs) and improving access
to emergency obstetric care (EmOC) facilities. Both the strategies have repeatedly been
shown to improve maternal and child-health outcomes for those who use these.
However, these strategies are not sufficient. These do not address the safe delivery
needs of women living in remote communities, who are unlikely to be able to access
either an SBA or EmOC. This flaw is critical because populations that should be at the
center of the discussion are out of reach of current interventions to reduce the maternal
mortality ratio (MMR). By omitting traditional birth attendants (TBAs) and other lay birth
attendants from the safe motherhood agenda, the families which rely solely on these
attendants will continue to experience elevated maternal mortality and morbidity.
In contrast to the principles of WHO’s Safe Motherhood Initiative, hospital
deliveries only account for a minority of births in many regions of Sub-Saharan Africa
(SSA). Therefore, maternal mortality rates (MMR) are among the highest in Sub-
Saharan Africa, comparing unfavorably with other regions that have relatively
constrained resources, such as South-East Asia and South America (Hogan et al.,
2010).

References:
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Prata, N., Passano, P., Rowen, T. S., Bell, S. O., Walsh, J., & Potts, M. (2011, June
22). Where There Are (Few) Skilled Birth Attendants. Journal of Health Population and
Nutrition; Springer Science+Business Media. https://doi.org/10.3329/jhpn.v29i2.7812