INTRODUCTION Nurses account for the majority of human resources in hospitals, as such that 62% of the workforce and 36% of hospital expenditures are related to nurses. Considering its vital role in offering round-the-clock emergency healthcare services, an Emergency Department (ED) requires adequate nurses. Therefore, this study was conducted to optimize the number of nurses in ED. METHODS Th...

introduction: continuous nursing education (cne) is considered as a means of proper reply to the rapid changes in health care delivery and promoting professional standards of current practice among nurses. professionals in cne believe that cne programs must be community-based but this need assessment had not been carrid out  for nurses .this study was conducted to investigate the nurses' opinio...

background : health systems search for ways of making their services more responsive to patients and the public the new framework of the world health organization (who) for assessment of health system performance has determined health, responsiveness and fairness of financing as the main goals. this study aimed to compare patients’ and nurses’ view points about responsiveness among a sample of ...

background: caring is a valuable task. the staff in any profession that involves patients’ fear, anxiety, pain, and suffering may experience similar feelings. as a professional group, oncology nurses deal with patients and their relatives and caregivers under very stressful conditions. they encounter pain, suffering, and death as a part of their daily life. a number of studies have evaluated th...

background: nurses are exposed to various stressful situations in their work environment. it is obvious that occupational stress affects physical and psychological health of nurses and consequently the quality of their work. the purpose of the present study was to determine nursing occupational stress and factors influencing that in order to implement interventional programs for decreasing them...

Nurses have knowledge about quality, safety, and the patient experience that is valuable to governing boards. In 2011, the Health and Medicine Division of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine recommended that nurses be prepared and enabled to lead change to advance health care. Five years after the recommendation, work toward this goal is still needed.
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abstract background: one of the most important challenges of iranian health care system is “quality of care,” and it is assumed that motivated nurses are more ready to provide better care. there are limited studies investigating iranian nurses’ motivations; however, factors which motivate them have not been studied yet. identifying the motivating factors enables nurse managers to inspire nurses...