background and purpose: implementing the guidelines to prevent vap has been shown to have a significant effect on reducing the incidence of vap. studies indicate that icu staff have poor knowledge and low implementation rate of the standard preventive measures related to vap. the present study aims to evaluate the knowledge of nurses in the intensive care unit in university hospitals of sari. m...

background: fatigue is one of the important factors in nursing performance because it affects the quality of care provided to the patients. in this regard, some complementary interventions such as benson relaxation techniques may relieve fatigue. this study aimed to evaluate the effect of benson relaxation on fatigue of nurses working in intensive care units. methods: this is an experimental st...

background: the reporting of adverse drug reactions (adrs) by nurses in hospitals is very important.aims: this study was aimed at investigating the impact of an educational intervention to improve adr reporting and whethertrained nurses had better knowledge, attitude, and practice toward adr reporting. materials and methods: a total of 300 nurses in a tertiary care teaching hospital in tehran, ...

background musculoskeletal disorders (msds) are common problems among nurses and are associated with many underlying occupational factors. objectives the aim of the study was to evaluate msds in nurses regarding psychosocial stress status at work. patients and methods in this cross-sectional study, all nurses who worked at semnan city hospitals in 2011 were enrolled. musculoskeletal symptoms an...

background: the rapid pace of elderly population growth and higher hospitalization of them has raised the need for an efficient relation between the nurses and elderly patients to promote their health. as there are some obstacles in nurses' relation with elderly patients, this study was implemented to clear nurses’ viewpoints in order to familiar them how to remove these barriers. the present s...

abstract background: nurses face a great amount of stress that can threaten their health and reduce their motivation. nurses’ present working conditions lead to an increase in emotional pressures and depression. conducting a study on this seems to be necessary, with regard to nurses’ stressful working conditions, in order to take steps toward achieving different and non-meditational treatments ...

background and aim: nurses are among the main contributors to patient care and are in direct contact with patients. nurses’ professional commitment can affect their job satisfaction and retention in nursing and enhance patient safety and care quality. therefore, identifying factors behind their professional commitment is crucial. one of the factors which may affect professional commitment is or...

background managing and coping with occupational stress as a recognized problem in the modern era, is vital and important. nursing is by nature a stressful occupation. continuous and long-term stress can result in physical, psychological, and behavioral problems in nurses. we aimed to assess occupational stress in nurses working in surgical, internal and psychiatric wards in teaching hospitals ...