a standardized shift handover protocol: improving nurses’ safe practice in the area of medication and intravenous line in intensive care units     malekzadeh j [1] , etezadi jam t* [2] , mazlom sr [3] ,taseiri ar4     received: 21 apr, 2013 accepted: 25 jun, 2013   abstract   background & aims : poor communication among health care providers includes risk factors that should always take into ac...

Background: The existence of a gap between theory and practice in nursing is a problem that is rooted in the history of nursing education, which means that there is a difference between what the student at the college and the behavior that appears in the clinic, and this discrepancy is of concern to community health educators. A coherent understanding of the learning and practice gap is a cruci...

introduction: although nursing students spend a large part of their learning period in the clinical environment, clinical learning has not been perceived by its nature yet. to develop an instrument to measure effective factors on clinical learning in nursing students. methods: this is a mixed methods study performed in 2 steps. first, the researchers defined “clinical learning” in nursing stude...

the effect of calendula ointment in pain intensity of episiotomy among primiparous women     jahdie f [1] , eghdampour f [2] * , kheyrkhah m [3] , haggani h [4]    received : 25 april , 2011 accepted: 26 jun , 2011    abstract  background & aims: perineal pain affects mother’s quality of life. this study aimed to investigate the effects of calendula ointment on pain relief of episiotomy wounds ...

the effect of concept mapping teaching method on the learning of health assessment lesson in nursing students of urmia nursing and midwifery faculty 2013    habibzadeh h [1] , moradi y [2] *,rasoli d [3] ,sheikhi n [4]     received: 23 jul , 2013 accepted: 16 sep , 2013     abstract   background & aims : new educational strategies are needed in learning the basic issues in nursing education. de...

A t a 50th wedding anniversary celebration for my former nursing instructor, other faculty members told me their horror stories of recent hospitalizations. Oral care wasn't offered, they weren't turned and repositioned, and nobody checked to ensure their nutritional needs were met after procedures. I was dismayed. After 25 years of hands-on nursing , I had earned my master's degree in nursing e...

introduction: obtaining clinical competency in clinical education is one of the problems in nursing and use of the new methods of clinical training is very important. clinical supervision is one of the methods used as a mechanism to promote knowledge and skill for promoting professional performance in nursing students. this study is carried out to determine the impact of clinical supervision on...

the effect of intravenous and oral iron administration on responsiveness to synthetic erythropoietin in treatment of hemodialysis patients' anemia     shariati ar [1] , asayesh h [2] , mojerloo m [3] , karimi taleghani h [4]     received: 10june, 2011 accepted: august 28, 2011     abstract   background & aims : inadequate production of erythropoietin is the main cause of anemia in chronic ...