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This case report describes the nursing experience with a male patient with acute lymphoblastic leukemia who underwent allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in cross-national. The nursing period, from August 31 to September 28, 2020. Roy's adaptation model was used as an evaluation tool in a comprehensive assessment of health issues which included, (1) oral mucosal injury, (2) fatigue, and (3) anxiety. The author discussed with the medical team to design a questionnaire to increase communication between doctors and the patient, to provide cross-team care, and to intervene with dieticians, a psychological counselor and Chinese medicine practitioner, according to suitability to reduce anxiety. And to provided hematopoietic stem cell transplantation nursing manuals. These measures improved the patient's ability for self-care. It is recommended that continuing education should include psychologically relevant courses to help patients in expressing anxiety and discussing interventions with the health care team to reduce anxiety and depression. This experience is shared in the hope of extending references for clinical care. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Background: Nurses play a crucial role in ensuring the safety of parturient women. Maternal falls have received minimal attention as they do not happen frequently. Therefore, fall prevention approaches have become essential. This unit caused 0.28% of maternal falls, which was higher than the hospital's 0.18% of falls, which triggered the project motivation. Purpose: The project aims to increase the accurate fall prevention rate to 95%. Method: The project used multiple intervention strategies which included the use of a "coevaluation chart" to guide parturient women, conducting training programs, use of new fall prevention leaflets, and adoption and correct placement of fall prevention signs. Result: The completeness of fall prevention measures increased from 72.2% to 99.1%. Conclusion: Use of the patient participation model encouraged parturient women to get involved in fall prevention with results suggesting an increase in fall prevention strategies' integrity with expected subsequent improvement in the quality and safety of parturient women's healthcare services. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Background: Hematopoietic stem cell donors have to face alterations in life style and receive medical care throughout the donation process. Various coping strategies were adopted to influence donors' experiences in the process. Purpose: to explore the subjective experiences of hematopoietic stem cells donors. Methods: A qualitative study was designed and fifteen donors were purposely recruited from a teaching hospital in eastern Taiwan. In-depth interview was conducted until data saturation. A total of 15 in-depth interviews were conducted, once per participant, and the data were analyzed and concluded by content analysis. Result: According to the interview data, 11 themes in 5 stages were identified. At the stage of registration and pairing: altruism; at the stage of successful pairing: surprise, commitment, seeking medical information, and expectation of support; at the stage of donation preparation: nurturing new life; at the stage of donation: psychological burden and spiritual support; at the stage of post-donation: new life experience, recognition of self-worth, blessing, and gratitude, Conclusion/Practical Applications: this study provides an insight into the emotional experience of donors that can serve as a foundation for health care professionals in their provision of individualized care for future donors. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article presents a study analyzing the effect of pH switch operating method on biohydrogen production in a continuously stirred tank reactor (CSTR). It focuses on hydrogen, an intermediate product present in anaerobic fermentation. It further informs about the Dark-fermentation technology which provides higher rates of hydrogen and ethanol production.