The Diagnosis Procedure Combination (DPC) is a global assessment system based on the standardization and visualization of medical data. This system was introduced into the Japanese medical system after its reformation [1]. Since the introduction of the DPC system, medical data have been used secondarily to promote the standardization of medical care as the following studies show. Recent studies...

. 12.00 background: nursing burnout is the main characteristic of job stress that is a delayed reaction to chronic stressful situations in the workplace which could affect nurses who do not have sufficient emotional energy to cope and communicate with different types of patients. there is also sometimes this belief that they do not have the required capabilities for their jobs. the aim of this ...

high levels of mental health during studying in university, makes students able to deal effectively with numerous stressors they experience. our aim of this study was to examine and compare social anxiety among first to fourth year student nurses of ministry of health affiliated universities of medical sciences located in tehran, iran in 2010. in this descriptive analytic study, 400 students fr...

ability to have good interpersonal relationship without social anxiety is the inseparable component of an effective nursing care process. the purpose of this study was to determine relationship between social anxiety and some demographic characteristics in undergraduate nursing students. this descriptive analytic study includes 400 students from tehran university of medical sciences who were re...

OBJECTIVES The purpose of this paper is to describe the components of a next-generation electronic nursing records system ensuring full semantic interoperability and integrating evidence into the nursing records system. METHODS A next-generation electronic nursing records system based on detailed clinical models and clinical practice guidelines was developed at Seoul National University Bunda...

Background : One of the indices of health care development is the use of HIS, but it is not supporting the nursing process as a scientific method. So, this study was done in order to optimize Hospital Information System (HIS) in cardiac care unit with the approach of “nursing care using scientific method”. Materials and Methods: This study is a part of a participatory action research which w...

PURPOSE To investigate the effects of a fully functional electronic patient record (EPR) system on clinicians' work during team conferences, ward rounds, and nursing handovers. METHOD In collaboration with clinicians an EPR system was configured for a stroke unit and in trial use for 5 days, 24h a day. During the trial period the EPR system was used by all clinicians at the stroke unit and it...