E are intrinsically resistant to many antimicrobial agents and have acquired resistance to commonly used agents, including ampicillin and aminoglycosides. Gylcopeptide antibiotics (including vancomycin) are the main option for treating multi-resistant enterococcus isolates. However, vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) are becoming a major concern in medical practice.1 The VRE fecal colonizat...

BACKGROUND Good organisation of work, clear division of responsibilities, support from superiors are factors that positively influence the satisfaction of the profession. The purpose of the work was the assessment of psychosocial working conditions of nurses. MATERIAL AND METHODS The research included 388 nurses working at surgical wards, medical treatment wards, and psychiatric wards. The re...

Opportunistic fungal pathogens are known to increase infection in the health care workers and patients with immune deficiency. This study aimed to investigate the qualitative and quantitative airborne fungal contamination load in two Sanandaj hospitals. In this cross-sectional study, 112 biological samples from 15 different hospital wards were collected for 6 months by using the single-stage An...

background and purpose: considering the obstacles against the implementation of ethical decisions by nurses, experiencing moral distress is one of the major issues in this profession. moral distress could have negative effects on the physical and mental health of nurses, quality of patient care and performance of health organizations. given the importance of addressing moral distress in working...

Purpose: The aims of this study were to explore nurses’ perceptions the usability and clinical utility two screening tools for delirium detection in Post Anaesthesia Care Unit (PACU) orthopaedic surgical wards settings, identify decisions about patient care delivery based on assessment outcomes. studied 3D-CAM 4AT – three-minute diagnostic interview CAM (Confusion method) 4 ‘A’s test, respectiv...

Background: The implementation of patient education within a hospital is a difficult task that plays a key role in improving and controlling diseases and providing quality healthcare services. Objective: The current study evaluated the effect of patient education on the quality of nursing care and inpatient satisfaction in surgical wards of selected hospi...

OBJECTIVE . To describe the development of the Patient Experiences Questionnaire (PEQ) and to evaluate reliability and validity of constructed summed rating scales. DESIGN Literature review, focus groups and pilot surveys. Two national cross-sectional studies performed in 1996 and 1998. SETTING Two postal surveys in a national sample of 14 hospitals stratified by geographical region and hos...

PROBLEM There is a need to improve postoperative pain organisation and management in hospitals. One of the most important factors in achieving this is to improve active assessment of pain in the postoperative phase. DESIGN Repeated audits on an annual basis over a 3 year period. Ward nurses, appointed as "pain control representatives", performed the data collection. SETTING Departments of g...