Clinical school partnerships: the way forward in nursing education, research and clinical practice

The Situation of Clinical Education Based on Nursing Students’ Opinion in Yasuj Nursing and Midwifery School

Introduction: Evaluation of clinical education in nursing is necessary to improve effective methods, and identify and solve the problems. The aim of this study was to determine the viewpoints of nursing students about clinical education in Yasuj Medical University in the year 2002. Methods: This cross sectional-descriptive study was performed on all nursing students who were in their third sem...

The Effect of Clinical Education Workshop on Nursing and Midwifery Instructors’ Effective Behaviors in Clinical Education

Introduction: The instructors’ clinical teaching behaviors need to be monitored and improved during educational process. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of a three day educational workshop about clinical teaching and evaluation on effective clinical teaching behaviors of clinical instruc-tors at faculty of Nursing and Midwifery in Shiraz. Methods: All clinical nursing ins...

Advanced nursing research and clinical practice.

Translating research findings to clinical nursing practice

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES To describe the importance of, and methods for, successfully conducting and translating research into clinical practice. BACKGROUND There is universal acknowledgement that the clinical care provided to individuals should be informed on the best available evidence. Knowledge and evidence derived from robust scholarly methods should drive our clinical practice, decisions and...

Clinical Decision-Making: a Way to Professional Empowerment in Nursing

Background. The dynamic and uncertain nature of health care environment requires nurses to be competent decision makers and to respond to the clients needs. Recently, the public and the government have criticized Iranian nurses because of a low quality patient care. However, the nurses’ views and experiences concern- ing the factors affecting their clinical practice and clinical decision making...