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The Hellenic Regulatory Body of Nurses and the nursing community of the country have acquired their own Scientific Journal structured and organized upon international standards, contributing in the best fruitful way in the progress of nursing science. The Hellenic Journal of... Read More

ABSTRACT Diabetes mellitus is a chronic metabolic syndrome, which has serious implications at ones individual, family and socioeconomic status. Diabetes mellitus can take epidemic proportions and can cause significant changes in one’s life, as it is a disease associated... Read More

ABSTRACT Introduction: During the year 2007, 15092 road accidents occurred in Greece, leading to 1578 deaths and 18886 trauma patients. This means that every 24 hours, there were 6 dead and 67 trauma patients in road accidents. Road accidents affect areas of the trauma patient’s... Read More

ABSTRACT Aim: The assessment of pain intensity variation in hospitalized cancer patients during their medical care. Material and methods: A numerical pain scale (0 to 10) was administered to 100 randomly selected patients to score their pain intensity, during their admission and... Read More

ABSTRACT Introduction: Euthanasia refers to the practice of intentionally ending a life in order to relieve pain and suffering. Aim of this review is to present different views and arguments about euthanasia and to discuss the legal regulations and the way that modern societies... Read More

ABSTRACT Introduction: Patient satisfaction is a quality indicator for the health services provided by a hospital, and also the principal method for the evaluation and feedback of the system used for measuring quality of service. The οbjective of this study was to estimate the... Read More

ABSTRACT Objectives: To determine cost-effectiveness of CHOP (cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, vincristine, and prednisone) compared with R-CHOP (CHOP plus Rituximab) in adult patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, in a Greek Academic Hospital. Patients and methods: The... Read More

Purpose: The aim of our study was to evaluate the outcomes of peer learning in the clinical education of nursing students by comparing the points of view between junior and senior students, and their tutors. The secondary aim of this study was to compare the level of anxiousness... Read More

ABSTRACT Aim: The aim of our study was to assess accidents in hospitalised children and define the main features of paediatric patients at risk for accidents. Methods: Data were collected using the medical reports of hospitalised children who experienced accidents provided by the... Read More

Introduction: Phlebitis due to vein infusion is a significant issue in clinical practice. Recent studies have shown that 25-70% of patients receiving infusion therapy present phlebitis (i.e. inflammation of a vein). Objective: The aim of our study was to firstly introduce and... Read More