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Featured Articles in the Latest Issue
- Volume 1 (Issue 2) JULY– DECEMBER 2025
Research Articles
Helping Nursing Undergraduates Make Better Medical Decisions Using a Reflective Practice Method
Vol.1(2); Pages:1-8. Published on July-2025
Abstract
A lot of college students struggle with developing clinical decision-making skills which is a key part of becoming a nurse. Many now see reflective practice as a valuable approach to help nurses enhance both critical thinking and clinical judgment. The impact of using a reflective practice program on nursing students’ clinical decisionmaking ability was investigated in this pre-post study on 60 B.Sc Nursing students at a private college. In six weeks, the participants journaled and participated in debriefing sessions. The Clinical Decision-Making Inventory (CDMI) was used to assess clinical decision-making abilities both before and after the intervention. Following the intervention, there was a significant increase in CDMI scores (p < 0.01), showing a better ability to make clinical decisions. As a result, reflective practice should be adopted in nursing education since it supports growth for professionals and might benefit patients.
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Using Personal Health Tracking to Transform Nursing Self-Care Practices
Vol.1(2); Pages:9-16. Published on October-2025
Abstract
Health tracking is becoming a revolutionary method of nursing self-care since people can track, assess, and streamline their health using wearable technology, mobile applications, and digital health applications. Such a paradigm change is the transformation of self-care into a proactive, data-driven model shifting the interventions into proactive proliferation rather than the reactive approaches to self-care and empowering nurses as caregivers and care recipients in charge of taking care of themselves. Through the constant health monitoring process, nurses will be able to detect the initial symptoms of stress, fatigue, or health deterioration to respond in time and encourage resilience. Along with that, the model promotes individual health approaches, improves professional practice, fosters sustainable workforce well-being in health systems. Adoption of personal health tracking technologies in nursing is in tune with the modern peculiarities of precision health, holistic and preventive care, changing the meaning of taking care of oneself dynamically, responsively, and evidence-based practice.
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Specifying Usage Environments for Interfaces of Mobile Health Apps
Vol.1(2); Pages:17-24. Published on October-2025
Abstract
With mobile health Apps, it is vital to get a feel of the user environment in order to develop interface-based applications that are easy to learn, respond and facilitate such healthcare requirements. Context refers to environmental, situational, and personal details that affect the interaction of a user, e.g. the user is in a particular location, the capabilities of the device, its connectivity, time limits, the physical/emotional situation of a user. This paper will discuss the design principles by which contextual factors can be established systematically, modeled, and incorporated into a mobile interface when designing the mobile interface in a healthcare App. Through the examination of realistic situational use of the interface, the study identifies adaptations of interface components layout, input and feedback to variable and changing conditions, such as in case layout, input and feedback mechanisms. These results support the need to consider context-aware design in enhancing usability, engagement and clinical relevance which in turn increases patient outcomes and the efficiency of healthcare delivery.
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The Role of Digital Health Innovations in Managing Chronic Diseases for Sustainable Public Health Outcomes
Vol.1(2); Pages:25-31. Published on October-2025
Abstract
Chronic diseases like cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, cancer, and respiratory diseases are an increasing challenge to global health due to other factors such as population ageing, lifestyle factor and environmental factors. Public health is important in the control of these conditions by preventing them, detecting them at earlier stages, promotion of health, and policy approaches. The goals of the public health programs are to lessen the burden of the chronic illnesses and enhance the quality of life as well as healthy life expectancy by integrating community-based programs, surveillance systems and multi-sectoral collaboration. The strategies incorporate the following practices of encouraging healthy lifestyles, the need to have equitable access to medical services, and social determinants of health to realize a long-term sustainable result.
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The Impact of Climate Change on Aboriginal Communities and The Part Mental Health Practitioners Play in Promoting Resilience and Healing
Vol.1(2); Pages:32-38. Published on October-2025
Abstract
This is where climate change creates some serious problems to the Aboriginal communities because they face environmental, cultural and social impacts. Extreme weather, changing landscapes and temperatures are causing a threat to traditional livelihoods, community health and cultural survival. The effect of these disturbances is usually an increase in previous health weaknesses in the mind, and psychologically responsive treatment is necessary. Mental health professionals can be very valuable in the recovery process as they merge conventional knowledge with therapeutic actions, resiliency, and adaptive approaches that respect community values. The paper examines the secondary effect of climate change on Aboriginal communities and the most aspiring practices as far as mental health professionals are concerned regarding sustainable recovery and cultural resilience support.
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