abstract background: during health care in the neonatal intensive care unit (nicu), infants undergo extremely painful procedures, which may cause problems, if not controlled, such as changes in the pattern of respiratory rate, heart rate, and blood oxygen saturation. the present study aimed to find the effect of melody on the physiological responses of neonates’ heel stick pain. materials and m...

conclusions islam has a unique perspective on spiritual health as it encompasses all aspects of human beings. thus, it is necessary to carefully study the difference between the islamic concept of spiritual health and that of other religions and ideologies to design suitable and useful nursing care for iranian patients that satisfy their spiritual needs. results the relevant literature in the t...

purpose: satisfaction is the result of a process; to assess satisfaction, the care recipients’ experiences of the services received should be understood and efforts should be made to understand how these experiences have formed that satisfaction.the purpose was to understand the processes of satisfaction with nursing care in parents of hospitalized children.methods: the present grounded theory ...

maintaining dignity and respect is among patients’ most fundamental rights. the importance of patient dignity, the status quo, patients’ needs, and a shortage of survey studies in this area were the underlying incentives for conducting this study. this was a cross-sectional descriptive study in which data were collected through patient dignity inventory (pdi). the questionnaire was completed by...

background despite the paramount importance of the patient’s satisfaction, there are limited data on mothers’ satisfaction with the nursing care provided to their children in iranian clinical settings. objectives this study aimed to evaluate mothers’ satisfaction with two systems of providing care to their hospitalized children. patients and methods this research was a two-group quasi-experimen...

background: the main objective of nursing is to provide comprehensive nursing care that is appropriate to patients’ needs. however, the incidence of missed nursing care compromises the provision of comprehensive and safe care and threatens patients’ lives. thus, this in-depth qualitative study aimed to explore nurses’ experiences of missed care and factors affecting it. the aim of this study wa...

BACKGROUND an organized, goal-defined and time-specified plan of management as envisaged by the integrated care pathway approach can achieve quality outcomes at lower cost. Integrated care pathways may have applications to stroke management because diagnosis is well defined, complex interdisciplinary inputs are required and there is good evidence on best practice. METHOD we reviewed medical, ...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Emergency department (ED) nurses play a pivotal role in early acute ischemic stroke patient management. We hypothesized that patients exposed to ED nursing shift changes (SC) may develop pneumonia (PNA) more frequently and have worse early outcomes than do patients who have continuity of care until stroke unit admission. METHODS Consecutive acute ischemic stroke patient...

Stroke is a leading cause of death and disability globally. Also, it is expected that the burden of stroke will increase due to the rise of the elderly population within societal age structures. The aim of this literature review is to present in detail the important issues regarding contemporary management of stroke. For this reason, a thorough search was undertaken via Medline, CINHAL and ELIN...

abstract background: intensive care unit is a center to provide comprehensive care for critically ill patients whose condition can be improved by receiving specialized care. the importance of accurate and rapid monitoring of patients at this precise moment is in recording patient data and its comparison with previous data. monitoring the patient by either devices or direct examination of the nu...