This investigation was undertaken to evaluate the " effect of the student nurses" personal pain experience on assessment of pain intensity and selection of appropriate number of pain interventions. Participants in this research were 150 female student nurses who were studying in Razie Nursing and Midwifery college of Kerman university of medical sciences and health services. Data collection ...

The purpose of this study was to explore perceptions of undergraduate nursing faculty about the work processes of professional nurses, particularly, nursing care and competency - from ways of learning, knowing, and doing, which were developed during their undergraduate nursing education. Focus groups among fifteen undergraduate faculty members were conducted to collect data for this qualitative...

The introduction of models of nursing and holistic care concepts into the veterinary nursing literature is enabling veterinary nurses to develop their patient care skills and advance their professional role. In line with recently published literature, the primary author’s experience of designing and implementing a nursing care plan for a hospitalised patient strengthened the bond between all th...

Background and Objectives: The religious needs of hospitalized patients are reportedly not appropriately met. The purpose of this study was to explain the experiences of nurses about the barriers to providing religious care for hospitalized patients. Methods: This qualitative study was conducted on 21 nurses working in a hospital affiliated with Qom University of Medical Sciences, Qom, Iran, i...

Introduction: In the past year increasing concern has been expressed on the financial austerity measures imposed on Greece and its effect on public hospital patient care. The influence of this hardship on nursing delivery care is evident as even prior to this poor staff patient ratios caused shortcuts in care practice in order to save staff time. Aim: The aim of this discussion paper is to crit...

BACKGROUND Demand for nursing and social services may vary depending on the socio-demographic variables, health status, receipt of formal and informal care provided, and place of residence. OBJECTIVES To conduct a comparative analysis of the expectations of older people from urban, rural, and institutional environments concerning nursing care with respect to the care provided and elements of ...

BACKGROUND:The concept of „quality nursing care‟ is widely used in health care with ambiguity and subjectivity. Evaluating and measuring quality is often a factor of an individual‟s knowledge and awareness, expectations and recognizable standards of quality (Chamber of nursing, 2000). Quality is attributed to material production, people and characteristics. Quality achievement and determination...

the survey of ethical among nursing students in urmia university of medical science     mohammadpour y [1] *, kazemi n [2] , abbasi m [3] , shams e [4]     received: 28 apr , 2013 accepted: 2 jul , 2013    abstract  background & aims : e thics in nursing care is very important and professional competence. in nursing, ethics means that the nursing care is based on the principles of bioethics. ho...