The effect of acupressure on fatigue among female nurses with chronic back pain

Effectiveness of P6 Acupressure on Reduction of Nausea, Vomiting & Retching among Antenatal Women attending Antenatal Clinic at District Hospitals of Sikkim

“…10 It is a non-invasive, inexpensive, and safe treatment that may be successful and self-help option for pregnant women experiencing nausea and vomiting of pregnancy. [11][12][13] Nancy MS et al conducted a quasi-experimental study with posttest-repeated measure design to identify the effect of acupressure by wrist bands on nausea and vomiting of pregnancy among healthy pregnant women in their 1 st trimester had at least one episode of nausea, vomiting, or both before their prenatal clinic visit where they were recruited and revealed that the treatment group had significantly less frequency and severity of nausea and vomiting of pregnancy while wearing the wrist bands than did the placebo group hence the study inferred that wristbands with acupressure buttons are a non-invasive, inexpensive, safe and effective treatment for the nausea and vomiting of pregnancy. 10 Many studies have shown the effect of acupressure on nausea and vomiting related different ailments but studies related to effectiveness of P6 acupressure through wrist band for reduction of nausea, vomiting and retching in pregnancy was very limited in Indian scenario.…”

Assessing the Effect of Personalized Nursing on Thrombolytic Hemodialysis Patients After Arteriovenous Fistula Occlusion

“…The AVF is defined that is an abnormal passageway between an artery and a vein, which can be congenital or acquired due to pathologic process [14]. As vascular access is necessary for hemodialysis, the people thinks that AVF is considered the preferable access route for maintenance hemodialysis [15]. Base on the report, patients undergoing hemodialysis are approximately exposed to 300 punctures per year to their arteriovenous fistula.…”

“…Because doctor preserve as many future vascular access options as possible and provide a long segment of arterialized vein for repeated venipuncture [17]. Base on some reports, patients with artificial blood vessel blockage time will affect the success rate of thrombolysis, that the success rate of thrombolysis will increase with the shorter clogging time [15]. In the work of nurses, the success of puncture directly affects the success of thrombolysis [14].…”

Avaliação da fadiga e de dores osteomusculares em trabalhadores de enfermagem de Urgência e Emergência

“…Além disso, a dor na região lombar é a responsável pelo maior número de afastamentos entre trabalhadores de enfermagem (VIDOR et al, 2014). A dor nas costas crônica é um dos problemas mais comuns entre os enfermeiros e apresenta numerosos efeitos físicos e psicológicos, sendo um deles a fadiga que prejudica a vida do indivíduo (MOVAHEDI et al, 2017). As maiores taxas de distúrbios osteomusculares relatadas nos últimos 12 meses, encontradas por Gurgueira et al (2003) foram: lombar (59%), ombros (40%), joelhos (33,3%) e região cervical (28,6%).…”

“…A análise dos dados mostrou que a acupressão em pontos específicos do pé e costas melhorou a dor nas costas e, por isso, reduziu a fadiga. Portanto, pode ser utilizada como uma abordagem de baixo custo sem efeitos colaterais para melhorar a fadiga em enfermeiras com dores nas costas crônicas (MOVAHEDI et al, 2017).…”