Objective To explore the effect of three shifts on sleep status of nurses in order to supply evidence for improving the nurses' sleeping quality. Methods 111 three shifts nurses and 117 traditional shifts nurses of 3 grade three A hospitals in Guangzhou were investigated for their sleep condition with self-rating scale of sleep (SRSS), and later the results underwentχ2 test and t test. Results There were 55 three shifts nurses with sleeping factor scores of SRSS≥23 (49.5 %), while there were 72 traditional shifts nurses with sleeping factor scores of SRSS≥23 (61.5 %). Compared with traditional shifts nurses, the total mean scores and factor score of three shifts nurses were better except sleeping time and lack of awakening. It is discovered that great sleeping status differences were found among three shifts nurses and traditional shifts nurses between the age of 20 to 30. Conclusions Three shifts can release the pressure of nurses and can improve the nurses' sleeping status to some degree, especially to the juniority nurses' sleeping status,then the nursing safety can be insured.

BACKGROUND: Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada (VKH) disease is characterized by bilateral granulomatous uveitis with neurologic, auditory, and dermatologic manifestations. However, acute myelitis complicating VKH disease has rarely been reported. CASE REPORT: A 50-year-old Chinese Han woman presented with difficulty walking, numbness on the left side of the body, and difficulty with urination. The patient was diagnosed with incomplete VKH disease and received corticosteroid treatment prior to the neurological presentation. Acute myelitis was diagnosed based on both clinical and spinal-cord MRI findings. CONCLUSIONS: Clinicians should consider acute myelitis as a rare possible neurological manifestation in VKH disease patients, and early systemic administration of corticosteroids will suppress the acute inflammatory process and prevent recurrences. This report raises the possibility that VKH disease and acute myelitis share common pathogenic pathways.
Adrenal Cortex Hormones ; Asian Continental Ancestry Group ; Female ; Humans ; Hypesthesia ; Mobility Limitation ; Myelitis ; Neurologic Manifestations ; Recurrence ; Urination ; Uveitis ; Uveomeningoencephalitic Syndrome

Objective To explore the effect of improving clinical practice ability of nursing undergraduates via double evaluation.Methods From September 2015 to May 2016, 61 nursing undergraduates enrolled in 2012 to Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine were selected by convenience sampling method and divided randomly according to their student number into experimental group (30 cases) and control group (31 cases). According to the double evaluation method adopted in the experimental group, clinical teaching scheme was modified dynamically. In the control group, clinical teaching was conducted according to clinical teaching scheme made by the university, with OSCE and evaluation form of clinical practice ability as tools for observer and self evaluation.Results Within the experimental group, both scores of observer evaluation in OSCE and scores of self evaluation in clinical practice behavior showed a trend of going up in phases (P<0.05). In comparison of observer evaluation in OSCE at the 9th month, scores of the experimental group were all higher than those in the control group in all dimensions except writing of nursing documents (P<0.05). In comparison of self evaluation in clinical practice behavior at the 9th month, scores of the experimental group were all higher than those in the control group in all dimensions except communication ability, slightly lower (P<0.05).Conclusions With the double evaluation method adopted, dynamically modified clinical teaching scheme according to phases can obviously improve clinical practice ability of nursing students.