Responsible pet caring

Caring for Yourself While Caring for Others.

Association between Responsible Pet Ownership and Glycemic Control in Youths with Type 1 Diabetes.

Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) a chronic characterized by an absolute insulin deficiency requires conscientious patient self-management to maintain glucose control within a normal range. Family cohesion and adaptability, positive coping strategies, social support and adequate self-regulatory behavior are found to favorably influence glycemic control. Our hypothesis was that the responsible car...

Intertwining caring science, caring practice and caring education from a lifeworld perspective—two contextual examples

This article describes how caring science can be a helpful foundation for caring practice and what kind of learning support that can enable the transformation of caring science into practice. The lifeworld approach is fundamental for both caring and learning. This will be illustrated in two examples from research that show the potential for promoting health and well-being as well as the learnin...

Caring for Pressurized Tissues

زخم های فشاری، یکی از عوارض ناخواسته درمانی بوده و اکثراً با درک هوشیاری و مراقبت بموقع قابل پیشگیری است. امروزه زخم های فشاری یا زخم بستر یکی از مسائل بغرنج درمانی محسوب می شود و این مسئله تا حد زیادی مربوط به این واقعیت است که، تعداد بسیاری از بیماران سالخورده از بیماری های جدی و حاد جان سالم بدر برده ولی به علت سالخوردگی و پاتولوژی عوامل چندگانه بیشتر در معرض ابتلاء به زخم های بستر می باشند.

Quiet caring.

D URING A WALK ABOUT THE ONCOLOGY unit where I was receiving antibiotics for pneumonia, I encountered an elderly woman, her arm splinted and wrapped by a sling and burdened by intravenous and oxygen tubing. She was slowly and painfully making her way to the family lounge with her nurse and daughter. I helped them into the room, and then we all sat down. I asked her about her arm. She told me th...