Maryam Paran

School of Nursing and Midwifery, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran

[ 1 ] - A comparison between the effects of swaddled and conventional bathing methods on some behavioral responses in premature infants

Background: The newborn’s first bath, performed in Neonatal Intensive Care Units (NICU), is believed to be a stressful situation, especially for the premature infants. As a developmental care approach, swaddle bathing is a low-stress bathing method for vulnerable preterm neonates. Given the limited number of the studies examining this bathing method, the present study was conducted with the aim...

[ 2 ] - The Effect of Peer Education on Learning Vaccination Principles among Nursing Students of Shiraz University of Medical Sciences

Background: Peer education is one of the active teaching methods and is rarely used in clinical settings, especially in nursing. Objectives: This study aimed to investigate the effects of Peer Assisted Learning (PAL) on learning the principles of vaccination in nursing students. Methods: This quasi-experimental study was performed on 79 (intervention group n=43, control group n=36) nursing st...