Using wound cartoon visual education to enhance nurses' knowledge of wound care.

Cartoon education methods have been used effectively as a teaching tool and were considered potentially useful to improve nurses' knowledge and professional skills to ensure quality patient care. Therefore, this study aimed to enhance nurses' knowledge of wound care using the cartoon visual education program. After the 4 weeks, nurses were given questionnaires about knowledge of wound care, self-efficacy, situation anxiety, and trait anxiety to understand the nurse's situation before and after the teaching program analysis. Significant differences were observed in their education level, rank, marital status, and whether or not they had children, and received wound education. Linear regression results show significant differences in wound care knowledge and situational anxiety. The study indicates that cartoon visual education is enhancing nursing staff's knowledge of wound care and mitigating situational anxiety and thus can improve the quality of wound care by nursing staff and is used to standardise wound care education, resulting in better wound care services.

Effective licorice gargle juice for aphthous ulcer pain relief: A randomized double-blind placebo-controlled trial.

The aim of this study was to determine the effects of licorice gargle juice on aphthous ulcers, which is a common and painful disease that causes loss of normal mucous tissues and results in inflammatory ulcers in the oral mucosa. A randomized double-blind placebo-controlled trial involving primary care patients suffering from aphthous ulcer was performed. The intervention group received licorice gargle juice for 1 and 2 days. Of the 54 patients that participated in the study, 30 were included in the intervention group and 24 in the placebo group. A 10-point visual analog scale (VAS) was used to assess the patients' self-assessed pain levels before and after treatment. Statistical analyses were performed by using the nonparametric Mann-Whitney test. The licorice gargle juice group had a significantly reduced pain level rate compared with the placebo group at day 1 (mean VAS, 2.47 [95% CI, 1.95-2.98] vs. 4.75 [3.96-5.54]; P<0.001) and day 2 (mean VAS, 1.07 [95% CI, 0.81-1.32] vs. 4.08 [3.23-4.94]; P<0.001).The current study indicates that licorice gargle juice rapidly reduce pain and healing time and thus can improve the quality of life of a patient with aphthous ulcer.

[Chlorhexidine Bed-Bath Improves CLABSI: A Meta-Analysis].

BACKGROUND: Central catheters are used primarily in ICU settings. Bloodstream infections in the central line of central catheters have been shown to cause longer hospital stays for patients and result in higher medical costs. PURPOSE: The present study applies a systematic review and meta-analysis to assess the effect of a 2% chlorhexidine (CHG) bed-bath on the risk of central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI). METHODS: The Public Health Resource Unit of England issued the Critical Appraisal Skills Programme and evaluated the standardized crucial appraisal tools from the Joanna Briggs Institute that are used to assess methodological quality. The present study identified 6 studies that met the criteria from a keyword search that included: CHG and soap-water for bed-bath experiment. The experiment used RevMan 5 software to conduct the meta- analysis. RESULTS: The results support the homogeneity (p = .002, I2 = 64%) of the sample. Comprehensive effectiveness was 0.45 (95% CI [0.35, 0.58], p < .001). The CHG bed-bath intervention was shown to effectively reduce CLABSI. CONCLUSIONS / IMPLICATIONS FOR PRACTICE: The meta-analysis indicated that bed-bath with CHG reduces the incidence of CLABSI. We recommend that center catheter bundle care be applied in ICUs in combination with CHG bed-bath in order to reduce the risk of CLABSI.