Impact Of Breast Feeding Versus Formula Feeding On Surgical Wound Healing In Infants During The First Three Months Of Age

Breast milk has antimicrobial and healing properties that actually can help the wound healing. Surgical infants are at a much higher risk for malnutrition as a result of increased metabolic demands from surgery, nutrient losses, and sepsis. Many methods of feeding are used postoperatively for infants; oral feeding (breast or formula milk), enteral, or parenteral feeding. Aim of this work was to assess the effect of breast-feeding versus formula feeding on surgical wound healing in infant during the first three months. Methods and materials: Comparative descriptive research design was used to carry out this study. It comprised 100 infants aged less than 3 months, they were divided into two equal groups as the following: Group 1: received breast milk feeding, Group 2: received formula milk feeding. Tools were developed by the researcher, after that the researcher fulfill assessment sheet and took anthropometric measurements for each infant then the photographs were taken by the researcher on the 7th postoperative day and reassessed for second time on the 14th day. Results: Out of the included breast-fed infants, 78 % were boys, while 22% were girls

Correction: Exploring the potential impact of applying web-based training program on nurses' knowledge, skills, and attitudes regarding evidence-based practice: A quasi-experimental study.

[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0297071.]

Comparison of the demographic and occupational data of the nurses and their total knowledge score.

Comparison of the demographic and occupational data of the nurses and their total knowledge score.</p

Distribution of the studied nurses according to their personal and occupational characteristics.

Distribution of the studied nurses according to their personal and occupational characteristics.</p

Distribution of the nurses’ feedback regarding the developed web-based training program of EBP.

Distribution of the nurses’ feedback regarding the developed web-based training program of EBP.</p

Comparison of the mean score of knowledge and skills pre- and post-intervention of the web-based training program of EBP.

Comparison of the mean score of knowledge and skills pre- and post-intervention of the web-based training program of EBP.</p

EBP sessions.

Evidence-based practice (EBP) has gained significant importance in clinical practice worldwide, including in nursing. This study aimed to explore the potential impact of applying a web-based training program on nurses’ knowledge, skills, and attitudes regarding EBP. A quasi-experimental pretest-posttest research design was utilized with a purposive sample of 64 professional nurses who agreed to participate. The study took place in different hospitals and primary healthcare centers in the Bisha Governorate, Aseer region, Saudi Arabia. A four-week standardized web-based training program was implemented using an online learning approach. Nurses were provided with an online self-rated data collection tool through the Google Forms platform. The findings indicated a highly significant difference in the total knowledge and EBP skills mean scores of the post-intervention (53.08±15.9) and (66.03±8.95), respectively compared to pre-intervention (P</div

Comparison of the demographic and occupational data of the nurses and the total skill score.

Comparison of the demographic and occupational data of the nurses and the total skill score.</p