Issue 1 January - April 2015
Contents
Editorial Article
The need for communication between health professionals and patients
Thursday, January 1, 2015
Pages: 1-2
Κατά τις τελευταίες, έχει πλέον τεκμηριωθεί ο σημαντικός ρόλος της επικοινωνίας μεταξύ επαγγελματιών υγείας και ασθενών, σε παγκόσμια κλίμακα ενώ παράλληλα έχει αναγνωριστεί η αναγκαιότητα ενσωμάτωσης της διδασκαλίας της επικοινωνίας ως μάθημα υποχρεωτικής παρακολούθησης όλων των σχολών επαγγελμάτων υγείας. 1-3 Κύριος στόχος της επικοινωνίας είναι η κατανόηση των μηνυμάτων που μεταδίδονται από
Review Paper
Electroconvulsive therapy a therapeutic choice in psychiatry
Thursday, January 1, 2015
Pages: 3-9
Introduction: Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is brain stimulation with a short controlled series of electrical pulses which are co-administered with intravenous anesthesia. Aim: Evaluation of electroconvulsive effect as a first and second choice treatment. Methods: A literature search was made in the data base Medline, Embase, PsychINFO, Cochrane
Review Paper
Quality of life in hemodialysis patients
Toulia Georgia, Koutsopoulou Vasiliki
Thursday, January 1, 2015
Pages: 10-18
During the last decades, more emphasis is put on quality of life in hemodialysis patients. The purpose of this study was to review the literature regarding the quality of life in hemodialysis patients. The method ο f this study included bibliography research from both the review and the research literature which referred to the quality of life in haemodialysis patients. Results:
Review Paper
Administration of nursing department in a public hospital
Christopoulou Maria, Karakostas Kostantinos
Thursday, January 1, 2015
Pages: 19-27
The main role ο f public hospitals is the promotion and care for people with health problems. Responsibility for the quantity, type and quality of service lies mainly in the medical and nursing staff employed by the hospital. All other staff work effectively to support the task of doctors and nurses. Prerequisite of the Head of nursing department to successfully fulfill its role, is to have knowledge
Review Paper
Smoking cessation
Koutinou Eleni, Koutoulaki Georgia
Thursday, January 1, 2015
Pages: 28-37
Nicotine addiction is one of the major social problems, in contemporary times. Addiction to nicotine is the psycho-pharmacological mechanism that maintains or enhances habit of smoking. Tobacco addiction is considered that characterizes two medically defined disorders, nicotine dependence and withdrawal from nikotini. Dependence is that condition in which the body gets used to a substance, and
Special Article
One day surgery clinic
Anterioti Paraskeui, Koutelekos John
Thursday, January 1, 2015
Pages: 38-46
The process in which the patient is admitted to a special nursing unit or hospital to fulfill a particular medical diagnostic or surgical operation and remains there for a short time until full recovery after surgery is defined as one day surgery clinic. Every unit is organized according to the internal regulations of the hospital, within it operates. A critical criterion for safe and efficient
