The speed of social and technological changes is constantly increasing. Change is a prerequisite for economic development but this increasing speed carries additional costs that may largely affect the ability of the social systems to adopt them. While the financial costs constitute a limit to adoption, the psychological and social costs may also profoundly change the adoption potential. In an a...

abstract in the third millennium, knowledge management was introduced as a strategic need for educational institutions and higher education systeme. in fact, relying on human capital, ideas and information, will ensure long term excellence of the organizations and communities. nowadays, it has been possible to enhance higher education and research capabilities and skills through wise utilizati...

the term “spirituality” has been proposed to denote the notion of intellectuality. actually, the former has been derived from the latin words “spiritus” (means breath) and “spirare” (means inhaling or breathing). given the latin translations of the new testament, the term “spiritualis” or spiritual person is an individual whose life is dominated or influenced by the holy spirit or god (1).

background: in recent year, the accreditation process as the most important assurance and improvement of the quality of higher education, especially in medical sciences, has been set forthed. the need for accreditation of nursing faculties as the same of medical sciences has been acutely felt. yet there are not compiled standards at the same time, to describe present and desirable quality via a...

introduction: continuous nursing education (cne) is considered as a means of proper reply to the rapid changes in health care delivery and promoting professional standards of current practice among nurses. professionals in cne believe that cne programs must be community-based but this need assessment had not been carrid out  for nurses .this study was conducted to investigate the nurses' opinio...