background and aim: by providing the greatest amount of direct service to patients, nurses play an extremely valuable and unmatched role in the quality and efficiency of care and curative services. workplace violence is regarded as one of the factors which can reduce job satisfaction and the quality of working life of nurses and their interaction with patients, as well as the work efficiency of...

normal 0 false false false en-us x-none ar-sa microsoftinternetexplorer4 introduction: patients’ decision-making and legal capacity are major factors of informed consent considered as a basis of medical ethics. this study aimed to determine the undergoing surgery inpatients capacity to sign the consent form and admission clerks’ performance in taking the form in teaching hospitals in kashan. me...

nowadays, development of any society depends on the health of the organization. a healthy organization is where people love the work and are proud to be part of that organization. this study investigated the relationship between organizational health and organizational commitment of personnel in selected hospitals affiliated with ahwaz jundishapur university of medical sciences in 2011. this st...

prosthetic joint operations in Japan: a 12-month cohort study in a teaching hospital Tomoko Sakihama, RN, CNSICN, MSN; Mikiro Kato, MD; Ryoko Harada, RN, CNA; Yasuharu Tokuda, MD MPH; Department of Nursing International University of Health and Welfare Graduate School, Tokyo, Japan; Division of Medicine Mito Kyodo General Hospital University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan; Department of Nursing, Mi...

Like Illness in Southern Sri Lanka L. Gayani Tillekeratne, MD; Champica K. Bodinayake, MBBS, MD, MRCP; Ajith Nagahawatte, MBBS, MD; Dhammika Vidanagama, MBBS, MD; Vasantha Devasiri, MBBS, MD; Wasantha Kodikara Arachchi, MBBS, MD, MRCP, DTM&H; Ruvini Kurukulasooriya, BS, MSc; Dharshan De Silva, PhD; Truls Ostbye, MBBS, MBA, PhD; Megan E. Reller, MD, MPH, PhD; Christopher W. Woods, MD, MPH; Globa...

BACKGROUND Previous studies have investigated factors that are influential on the choice of training hospitals among residency physicians, but the effect of salary was not conclusive. In this study, we aimed to examine whether a higher salary attracted more residents to non-university hospitals participating in the Japanese Residency Matching Programme. METHODS Data on 475 hospitals/programme...

BACKGROUND In many different countries the Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture (HSOPS) is used to assess the safety culture in hospitals. Accordingly, the questionnaire has been translated into Dutch for application in the Netherlands. The aim of this study was to examine the underlying dimensions and psychometric properties of the questionnaire in Dutch hospital settings, and to compare ...

introduction: to report the experience of the jordan university hospital with respect to the surgical treatment of otosclerosis and to compare results and complications with published studies.   materials and methods: the medical records of all patients who underwent stapes surgery for otosclerosis at the jordan university hospital during the period january 2003 to december 2010 were reviewed. ...

introduction: users of hospital information system know its problems better than others. studying their views are very important and can be especially effective in the development of the information system. the aim of this study was to investigate the users' views towards the quality of hospital information system in the training hospitals of mashhad university of medical sciences. methods: the...

background: clinical supervision is an important factor in the development of competency in residency program. attending physicians play a key role in supervision of residents. however little is known about how attending physicians and residents perceive the quality of clinical supervision. the aim of this study was to explore the differences between perceived qualities of supervision in these ...