the effect of chair position on respiratory parameters in patients undergoing mechanical ventilation     fallahinia ghh [1] ,baghcheghi n [2] ,oshvandi kh [3] *,taher a [4] , soltanian ar [5]     received: 7 feb, 2013 accepted: 15 may, 2013    abstract  background & aims : there are many barriers to the movement of patients requiring mechanical ventilation and these patients are at risk for com...

effect of lidocaine gel on pain from copper iud insertion: a randomized dobell blind controlled trial     mohammad alizadeh s [1] , kazami f [2] , farshbafkhalili a [3] , saidi s [4]     received: 19 feb, 2012 accepted: 20may, 2012     abstract   background & aims : the copper bearing intrauterine device (iud) is a long-term, reversible contraception method that is as effective as tubal sterili...

background: assessment is the process of systematic collection, analysis and interpretation of data to achieve the goals. the purpose of this study was to evaluate and compare the quality of educational activities of departments of nursing and midwifery faculty of hamadan university of medical sciences. methods: this cross-sectional study was done in 2009 at the faculty of nursing and midwifery...

the effect of herbal supplement of ginkgo biloba on attitudes toward menopausal women to sexual relations     amiri pebdani m [1] ,taavoni s [2] *,haghani h [3]     received: 23feb, 2013 accepted: 25apr, 2013    abstract  background & aims : sexual relations during menopause as well as reproductive period have particular importance. the aim of this study was to investigate the effect of herbal ...

The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of an interprofessional education (IPE) clinical simulation and case study experience, using oral-systemic health as the clinical population health example, for nurse practitioner/midwifery, dental, and medical students' self-reported attainment of interprofessional competencies. A pretest-posttest evaluation method was employed, using dat...

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effects of an anti-stigma program on components of stigma on patients with mental disorders among nursing students asayesh h1 (msc), rahmani anaraki h2 (msc), qorbani m3,4 (phd), aliakbarzade arani z5* (msc) 1 medical emergency department, paramedical faculty, qom university of medical sciences,qom, iran 2 medical-surgical department, nursing & midwifery faculty, golestan university of medical ...

M. Klicpera,1,* P. Javorský,1 and I. Puente Orench2,3 1Charles University, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Department of Condensed Matter Physics, Ke Karlovu 5, CZ-121 16 Prague 2, Czech Republic 2Institut Laue Langevin, 6 rue Jules Horowitz, FR-38042 Grenoble Cedex 9, France 3Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Aragón ICMA-CSIC, Pedro Cerbuna 12, ES-50009 Zaragoza, Spain (Received 11 Oct...

OBJECTIVE This paper uses comparisons and contrasts identified during an assessment of pre-service education for midwives in three countries in sub-Saharan Africa. The purpose of the paper is to stimulate discussion about issues that must be carefully considered in the context of midwifery educational programming and the expansion of the midwifery workforce. DESIGN AND SETTING A mixed qualita...