conclusions there was a moderate level of knowledge, practices, perceives and beliefs in nurses and students for the importance of hand hygiene. compliance with the importance of hand hygiene in infection control is complex, and perceptual factors concerning hand hygiene, in addition to an individual’s knowledge could affect the behaviors related to hand hygiene compliance. background the curre...

background: the present research is a descriptive study, conducted in fall 2002, tabriz, iran, in order to inquire the prevalence rate of sleeplessness complications after the night-working hours in nurses. as a data collection method, a questionnaire comprising 25 personal and general questions on sleeplessness complications was designed and administrated based on likert measurement of all or ...

background the purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between emotional intelligence and personality traits of nurses with patient’s satisfaction of nursing services in the hospitals of jundishapur university of ahvaz. material and methods the sample of this study was consisted of 352 nurses in the hospitals of jundishapur university of ahvaz, selected through simple random s...

background: improving the knowledge of healthcare providers towards different aspects of breast cancer leads to appropriate management and screening of disease. this study aimed to investigate the knowledge of breast cancer risk factors among a cohort of nurses in iran. materials and methods: the target group of the present study was 243 consecutive nurses (27 males and 216 females) at two refe...

conclusions in the light of these findings, it is recommended that communication skills should be widely included in in-service training programs; similar studies should be conducted on broader control groups formed through randomization; and a comparison should be made between the findings. patients and methods this study was conducted as an experimental design. the research sample consisted o...

abstract background: workplace bullying is a significant issue confronting the nursing profession both in iran and internationally. this study examined workplace bullying among a group of iranian nurses. materials and methods: the prevalence rate of bullying behavior among nurses was determined. data were collected from 162 nurses who worked in four hospitals located in west azerbaijan province...

background: congruity of values in workplace has a determining effect on personal and organizational outcomes. on the other hand, nurses provide invaluable services during the difficult times of sickness. the aim of this research was thus to investigate the relationship between personal and professional values among nurses working in hospitals affiliated to isfahan university of medical science...

background: documentation is one of the nurses’ professional tasks, which is an important component of medical evidence and patient’s record. finding effective teaching methods for enhancing nurses’ ability in documentation can be helpful. aim: this study was performed to determine the effect of continuing education program on nurse’s knowledge, attitude and performance about documentation. met...

introduction: oxygen is a drug and physician and nurses should be familiar with the effects and potential risks of oxygen therapy. the current study aimed to assess familiarity of physicians and nurses with various aspects of oxygen therapy. method: in this cross sectional study, the familiarity of physicians and nurses with various aspects of oxygen therapy in a teaching hospital was evaluated...

abstract background: ethical caring is an essential in nursing practice. nurses are confronted with complex situations in which they are expected to autonomously make decisions in delivering good care to patients. although a wide range of studies have examined ethical behavior of nurses, there are still many issues requiring further investigation. the aim of this article is to describe the ethi...