Caring for the patient with fibromyalgia: the rehabilitation nurse's role.

Fibromyalgia (FM) is a chronic, potentially disabling, cluster of symptoms that manifests as pain for 3 months or more and pain with pressure on 11 of 18 tender points throughout the body. Because there is no known cause, and therefore, no cure, treatment focuses on the control or relief of symptoms. Many patients are referred to rehabilitation settings for physical or exercise therapy. While exercise is helpful in the control of the pain, stiffness, fatigue, sleep disorders, and mood changes, a holistic approach to treatment is more effective. Rehabilitation nurses provide major support for patients with FM. Validation of the patients' experiences is essential for achieving quality of life. Many patients have a history of being undertreated because of a lack of credibility and invisibility of the illness. This article provides background information about FM, summarizes the FM trajectory, reviews approaches to management, and discusses the role of rehabilitation nurses in a holistic approach to care of clients with FM.     

Wives prefer reading: Stress and female sexuality

A clinical discussion is presented of sources of sexual stress for women and how they might interfere with healthy sexual functioning. Several therapeutic techniques to reduce sexual stress are described and clinical case examples are given to clarify their use in clinical practice.     

中国政治文明建设的价值选择

中国社会主义政治文明建设是既要置于人类政治文明的背景之中 ,又要具有中国特色。政治文明建设价值选择是对政治文明发展趋向的整体确认 ,必须从政治理念、政治制度、政治行为、政治关系层面来把握。人类政治文明同质价值选择主要体现在权力制约、人民主权、治理方式 ;中国政治文明特质价值即社会主义定向和中国国情 ,这种价值选择体现在制度形态、治理形态、文化形态之中。     

探讨文明创建对医院发展的作用

“全国文明单位”称号是国家综合评比一个单位精神文明建设成果的最高褒奖。良好的医院形象是提升医院综合实力、增强其竞争力的重要手段。医院每年制定文明创造重点,明确文明创造的目标、任务和重点,将文明创造工作与业务工作结合起来进行规划、实施、考核和奖惩。医院设有精神文明建设领导小组和办公室,隶属党办,负责精神文明建设的日常协调和指导工作。文明永无止境。文明创造是一项系统工作,它整合全院资源,整合党、工团、妇委会等各种力量,“青年文明号”“巾帼文明岗”不断树立品牌支持创建工作。医院积极营造“文明单位、共建共享、全员参与、人人受益”的良好氛围。文明建设扎实推进,医院建设更加健康有序。结合福建省肿瘤医院连续三届获评“全国文明单位”的创建经验,从医院人员素质、中心工作、社会责任、文化、决策和环境等方面入手,阐述医院文明创建对医院发展的作用。     

癌症患者情绪障碍的治疗可提高免疫力的临床观察祆

目的：探讨癌症患者通过情绪障碍的治疗可使免疫功能改善,有助于提高其它治疗方法。方法：对34例正常人和34例癌症患者分别进行汉密尔顿抑郁量表(HAMD)和症状自评量表(SCL-90)评分比较,给予34例癌症患者服药百忧解(盐酸氟西汀)治疗,疗程8周,比较治疗前后HAMD和SCL-90评分的变化及免疫功能的改变。结果：癌症患者的精神和躯体症状与正常人之间存在显著差异,通过抗抑郁药治疗,患者不仅情绪障碍得到改善且免疫球蛋白和T细胞亚群及NK比例均有所提高。结论：癌症患者通过抗抑郁治疗不仅改善情绪障碍且提高免疫能力,使癌症的其它治疗方法取得更好效果。     

Clinical Management Reporting and Objective Diagnostic Instruments for Spiritual Assessment in Spinal Cord Injury Patients

Objective Instruments (SPA/SSI) and Clinical Management Reports (CMRs) were used for diagnostic and follow-up spiritual assessment in a man with acute spinal cord injury (SCI) and for diagnostic measurement in 37 other SCI patients. A set of five characteristic spiritual concerns of SCI patients was identified. Further it was shown SCI patients require about five times as much time per patient as other hospital patients for both chaplaincy and social work providers. Recommendations to Chaplain SCI programs suggest the SPA/SSI and CMRs are extremely useful in more prompt and focused response to SCI patient need and better communication and support from other health professionals. Management should be sure sufficient chaplain staff are provided to SCI patients both in time alloted and in specialized diagnostic training, so the SCI cases will be processed most expeditously.     

宗教心理应对对癌症病人的身心影响及相关因素研究进展

介绍了国外癌症病人宗教心理应对的历史发展、相关因素及宗教心理应对对癌症病人的影响、国内癌症病人宗教心理应对现状,以期对我国宗教信仰病人护理及临床宗教护理发展有所启示。