INTRODUCTION This study explores the nurses' views on need for professional development and barriers in Nepal. METHODS This is a qualitative content analysis study conducted among nurses from different health institutes. In-depth interviews and focus group discussions were used to obtain their views on need of professional development and major barriers against professional development in Nep...

Objective: To examine the prevalence of mental health disorder and its related factors among Thai nurses. Material and Method: This was cross-sectional descriptive study of 390 female nurses. They were asked to complete the questionnaire which covered personal history, working conditions, job stress and general health. Multiple logistic regression was used to estimate the odds ratio (OR) for me...

BACKGROUND Persistent infection with high-risk types of human papillomavirus (HPV) is a prerequisite for the development of cervical cancer. Highly immunogenic HPV vaccines have been developed and licensed for the primary prevention of cervical cancer in some developed and developing countries. This calls for assessment of the knowledge of the HPV infection and the acceptability of the HPV vacc...

A review of the literature (Part 1 in this series) revealed the power and pitfalls of being female and being a healer, A qualitative study of medical-surgical nurses (Part 2) gave a glimpse of the satisfaction, frustration, and confusion nurses experience as healers. In particular, participants did not engage in regular self-care behaviors and did not articulate ways to create healing environme...

This study aimed at describing the demographic-social features and the working of the studied population and to identify the variable that presents major risks for the stress. The populations was constituted of 85.1% of nurses workers from a hospital. They answered to the stress scale. Data were analyzed using distribution frequency, relative risk and test c2 (p < 0.05). 87.5% of nurses are fem...

BACKGROUND Nursing is naturally a stressful job. Stress in nurses can cause depression, isolation from patients, absence and decrease in their qualification. This study aimed to determine the causes of job stress in nurses of Kashan, Iran. MATERIALS AND METHODS In this cross-sectional study, 189 nurses from Kashan hospitals of different wards were studied. The information collection tool was ...

BACKGROUND AND AIM Human Papilomavirus (HPV) is one of the most widespread sexually transmitted diseases is highly related to cervical cancer in women. Cervical cancer's crude incidence rate in Iran is 6-8 per 100,000. The HPV vaccine provides a chance to considerably decrease the transmission of most types of HPV. The aim of this study was to evaluate awareness and knowledge of HPV infection a...