BACKGROUND Venous thromboembolism (VTE) exerts a considerable burden on the health care systems. Although many practice guidelines have been developed regarding prophylaxis and treatment of venous thromboembolism, there is a large gap between the recommendations and the medical practice in health care centers. In this study, we tried to assess adherence of the medical team to guidelines for ven...

BACKGROUND The prevalence of Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is progressively increasing globally with significant regional variation. Understanding the Staphylococcus aureus lineages is crucial in controlling nosocomial infections. Recent studies on S. aureus in Uganda have revealed an escalating burden of MRSA. However, the S. aureus genotypes circulating among patients are...

OBJECTIVE Compassionate care continues to be a focus for national and international attention, but the existing evidence base lacks the experimental methodology necessary to guide the selection of effective interventions for practice. This study aimed to evaluate the Creating Learning Environments for Compassionate Care (CLECC) intervention in improving compassionate care. SETTING Ward nursin...

Background: Laparoscopic cholecystectomy is the gold standard treatment for gallstones. Because of numerous advantages open surgery, such as limited incisions, short hospital stay, no drainage tube and stomach use, fewer analgesic complications. Aims study: This study aimed at assess nurses knowledge towards pre post nursing interventions laparoscopic cholecystectomy; determine relationship bet...

Background: Medical-surgical nurses are responsible of providing competent care to clients with a wide-array acute and chronic health problems. This challenging task requires arming advanced competencies literacy effectively educate their clients. However, evidence about medical-surgical nurse’s literacy-related knowledge experience is limited. Purposes: study aimed determine the level among nu...