Background: Blood borne diseases threaten the health and safety of patients and health care workers worldwide. To prevent from these diseases, compliance with standard precautions is essential. The purpose of this study was to determine the level of compliance with standard precautions in midwives, midwifery students & helper staff of 3 birth centers in Hamadan.   Methods: This cross-sectiona...

abstract sensitive and precise voltammetric methods for the determination of trace amounts of furaldehydes, mainly as furfural (f) and 5-hydroxymethyl-2-furaldehyde (hmf), in waste waters and other matrices is described. determination of total furaldehyde at < ?g g-1 levels in alkaline buffered aqueous media was individually investigated. by the use of ordinary swv and adsorptive square wave ...

Introdution: Newborn individualized developmental care and assessment program (NIDCAP) is emphasized. This study aimed to determining the barriers to implementation of NIDCAP from nurses' perspectives in neonatal intensive care units in Shahid Sadoughi Hospital in Yazd. Methods: This descriptive study was conducted using a census sampling method. The samples were54  nurses  working in the inte...

Objectives: Care provision for Alzheimerchr(chr('39')39chr('39'))s patients is associated with many challenges. Caregivers face high levels of care burden which leads to their reduced quality of life. Therefore, the current paper aims to investigate the relationship between care burden, care preparedness and the quality of life in the home caregivers of the elderly with the Alzheimerchr(chr('39...

Background & Aims: Diabetes mellitus is a common chronic disease. Proper management of this disease requires proper self-care behaviors. One of the most effective psychological factors that predict the self-care behavior is personality type. The aim of this study was to determine and compare levels of self-care in diabetic patients with personality types A and B. Materials & Methods: This study...

Introduction: Evidence-based nursing care guidelines are important tools for increasing the quality of nurses' clinical work. Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of implementing evidence-based nursing care guidelines on the quality of care of patients admitted to the Neurosurgical Intensive Care Units (NICUs). Methods: This is a quasi-experimental study on 54 nurses...