Day 2 :
- Nursing Management
Session Introduction
Sisinyana Hannah Khunou
University of South Africa
Title: Challenges of community service nurses at a province in South South Africa
Biography:
Dr Sisinyana Hannah Khunou has completed her PhD in Nursing at the North West University in South Africa. She is a senior lecturer in the Health Studies department at UNISA.She has published of four papers in reputed journals.
Abstract:
The purpose of this study was to explore and describe the challenges of community service nurses at a province in South Africa. The qualitative, descriptive design was used for this study. A total of 28 participants comprising of community service nurses (CSNs) were purposefully sampled in the four districts of the selected province. All ethical principles were adhered to in order to observe the rights of the participants.
- Clinical Nursing
Session Introduction
ZHANG xing-xia
West china school of Nursing,Sichuan University
Title: Research review of preoperative nutritional support in elective surgery patients with gastrointestinal cancer
Biography:
ZHANG xing-xia (1996~), female, nurse, postgraduate student of West China School of Nursing, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan , China,mainly engaged in clinical nursing research.
Abstract:
The incidence of malnutrition in patients with gastrointestinal (GI) cancer is high, preoperative nutritional support can effectively improve the clinical outcomes. However, due to various factors, preoperative nutritional support has not been widely used in clinic. So we systematically searched the evidences of preoperative nutritional support in GI cancer and reviewed the evaluation of malnutrition in patients with GI tumors, indications, approaches, duration, types and dosage of nutritional supplements for preoperative nutritional support, and there are some doubts were identified.As for nutrition evaluation, there are many tools used in the clinical, however, no one can systematically evaluate the patient′s nutrition status.