kufa Journal for Nursing sciences

Aim of study: The study aims to identify the type of conflict that nursing staff may face during provide nursing care in the hospital and to know the relationship between demographic characteristics and types of conflicts.
Methodology: A descriptive study was conducted in the city of Amara during the period from November 2016 to May 2017. The simple random sampling method was used in Al-Sadr Teaching Hospital in Amara. A random sample was used to collect data of 200 out of 400 nurses. The data were collected by interview method after designing the questionnaire, which consists of two parts: the first part contains demographic and social characteristics, and the second part consists of (5) axes: conflict with colleagues, conflict with doctors, conflict with the presidents, Conflict with environmental conditions and services provided to nurses. Data were described and analyzed using statistical descriptive methods (frequencies, percentages, arithmetic mean and kai box)
Results: The results of the study showed that the conflicts between nurses and doctors achieved a higher average mean (1.60) at an average level. Moreover, there was statistically significant association between demographic characteristics except marital status with conflict types with a significant significance (P Ë‚ 0.05).
Conclusion: The majority of conflicts are at an average level of healthy lifestyle. In addition, the results indicated that the statistically significant relationship between some variables, except marital status, environmental conditions and services provided to nurses where the correlation relationship was not significant.
Recommendation: The study recommended that medical staff, nursing staff and teachers pay more attention to nursing staff by describing the administrative procedures between nursing staff members and the division of labor, and defining the powers and responsibilities between nursing staff and doctors to avoid conflicts and conducting trainings for new nursing staff for the purpose of subjugation. All nurses of all ages to field training.

Aims of the study: To assess the quality of life among adolescent with type I diabetes mellitus and to identify the relationship of adolescents quality of life and their demographic data.
Methodology: A cross-sectional descriptive design is carried out in AL-Sadder Medical City/ AL-Najaf Center for Diabetes and Endocrine, from September 20th, 2016 until July 5th, 2017. A Non-Probable (Purposive Sample) of (150) Diabetes Mellitus Adolescents is selected: they visited Al-Sadder Medical City at Al-Najaf Center for Diabetes and Endocrine. The data were collected through the use of well-designed questionnaire, consisting of three parts: the first part is the socio demographic data form, socio- economic status scale of the family and Anthropometric Measurement of Weight and of Height. The second part is the clinical data for adolescents that consists of (8) items. The third part is the quality of life domains that consists of (51) items. The reliability of the questionnaire was determined through a pilot study and the validity was determined through a panel of (17) experts. The data were described statistical, and analyzed through the use of descriptive statistical and inferential statistical methods.
Results: the highest percent 58.0% of the adolescents was male gender; 74.7% of the adolescents have normal weight; whether the type of treatment was injection in 98.7% of adolescents; the measurement of the HbA1c was > 6.5 in 80.7 of the adolescents; mean of score for QOL was 2.22 (moderate) because the lowest scores were reported by adolescents (social and communication) domain.
Conclusion: the study concluded that quality of life as moderate. Specific domains that lead to the deterioration of quality of life, including social and communication, were identified. Almost adolescents have elevated HbA1c that occur as a result of not following doctor order concerning monitoring eating regimen levels and refused frequency blood glucose monitoring. Male and late adolescent age/ were majority adolescents with T1DM.
Recommendation: Instruction and educational sessions must take place thoroughly for the adolescents with Type I Diabetes Mellitus to improve their quality of life. Carbohydrate intake must be monitored, by carbohydrate calculating or the estimation based on experience. This is a key strategy for achieving glycemic control. Caregivers and school teachers should be knowledgeable about how to administer insulin based on, doctor orders in case the adolescent is incapable of personal achieve.

Background: low birth weight (LBW) is the first weight of the fetus or newborn obtained after birth. For live births birth weight should be taken within first hour of life. Low birth weight has been defined by the world health organization (WHO) as weight at birth of less than 2500g.
Aim of study: The study aimed to estimate the incidence of (LBW) in Al-khanssa Teaching Hospital at Mosul city.
Methodology: The setting of the study was in Al-khanssa Teaching Hospital in Mosul city. The subjects of study was (126) of newborns who are weighing less than 2500g from the period started by the first of December, 2013 till the end of January 2014delivered in Al-khanssa Teaching Hospital. The data were collected by questionnaire, which including: part (1) socio-demographic data (Baby weight, gender, mother age , mother occupation, address, number of previous gestation, age gestational period, type of delivery). Part (2) risk factor that consist of (pre-eclampsia, anti-partum hemorrhage, anemia, UTI, previous LBW infections state of mother smoker or not, and twins). The data were collected are analyzed by descriptive statistical methods Frequency and percentage.
Results: Data were analyzed by descriptive statistics (frequency, percentage) the study indicated the incidence of low birth weight was (12.6%) in Mosul city.
Conclusion: The study concluded the incidence (LBW) in AL-Khanssa Teaching Hospital low compared to the national & international rates .
Recommendation: The study recommended that Government interventions aimed at expanding access to quality and affordable health care services, and preconception counseling and care for young women is strongly encouraged.

Background: One of the most problems that face the health workers in addiction units is the relapse of addict patient after a period of treatment. No studies are conducted about the addiction relapse in Iraq.
Aims of study: The current study aims to assess the causative factors affecting the substance abuse-related relapse. And find out the relationship between the demographic characteristics and the cause of relapse.
Methodology: A descriptive study was conducted from November 15th 2015 to April 15th 2016 on addict patient in Baghdad City. Purposive (non-probability) samples of 65 relapsed addicts who are inpatient in Ibn-Rushd Psychiatric Teaching Hospital and the Psychiatric unit of Baghdad Teaching Hospital who had undergone treatment for substance dependency and they had at least one episode of relapse during the period of addiction. The study uses the self-administrated questionnaire. The data has been analyzed by using the descriptive statistics (Frequencies, Percentages, Means and Standard Deviations (SD)) and the inferential statistics (Chi-square to find out the relationships between the causes of the relapse and the socio-demographic characteristics of addicts).
Results: the findings of the current study revealed that all relapsed patients are males with age ranged from 18 years to more than 50 years. The age of onset of substance abuse ranged from 9 years to more than 29 years. Most of addict patients were relapsed during the first six months after treatment. The highest percentage of the addict patients was addicted to alcohol. The results indicated that the main causes of relapse were the feeling of urgent desire for abuse, the availability of the substance and lack of knowledge about the risk to return to addiction and the tension of family relations. There is no significant relationship between the age and occupation of addict patients and the cause of relapse. There is a significant relationship between monthly income and cause of relapse.
Conclusions: the study concluded that the feeling of urgent desire for abuse, the availability of the substance, lack of knowledge about the risk to return to addiction and the tension of family relations are the main cause of relapse. There is a significant relationship between monthly income and cause of relapse. There is no significant relationship between the age and occupation of addict patients and the cause of relapse.
Recommendations: the study recommended that the treatment programs should be focusing on teaching the clients how to cope with the relapse and control the feeling of craving for substance abuse.