abstract background: childhood cancers are fatal diseases which cause intense stress and traumatic situations for the ones who experience those diseases. this kind of an emotionally hard life may create some hardships for developing self‑concept. the aim of the study is to put forth the self‑exposure of a school‑age child by using plays. materials and methods: six play sessions had been carried...

Background The prevalence of chronic diseases has been rapidly increased due to population aging. As the duration of care needs increase, the caregivers' socioeconomic burdens have also increased. Objective This review examines the attributes of caregiving experience and quality of life of caregivers in Korea with a focus on the application of nursing theory. Method We reviewed studies on c...

PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to develop a set of specific care processes associated with better outcomes for general medical conditions identified as quality improvement targets for institutionalized vulnerable elders. METHODS A national panel of nursing home experts used a modified-Delphi process to rate the validity (process linked to improved outcomes) and feasibility (of implemen...

an explanatory study was conducted to investigate the nursing care provided to patients with toxemia of pregnancy hospitalized in the medical sciences university hospitals gynecology wards in tehran.   a tot al of 65 patients with toxemia hospitalized in gynecologic wards in 14 hospitals supervised by tehran,   shahid beheshti and iran universities were selected.   the data were gathered upon r...

this is a field study, investigate the nursing care provided to pregnant diabetic women in their last trimester, who were admitted in teaching hospitals under the supervision of ministry of health and medical education in tehran during 1993.   the tool was check list that was completed by the researcher upon interviewing the subjects.   six items covered information of personal data of the wome...

iv therapy is an important option in incapable patients’ treatment. in this paper, we discuss about: a) for best control of them, we must know about what materials are in these drugs? b) for what reason they are use? c) what errors may be happen in use of them? amount of iv fluids must be accommodating with loss of fluids. firstly, we review amount of main body fluids. main part of our body wei...

listen to the heart sounds gives us valuable information about existence of disorder in heart rate and rhythm, ventricular fibrillation and movement of blood through valves. this required a lot of skills. so it is necessary to understand and apply these skills for nurses in cardiac and intensive care. abnormal sounds can be recognized by them. for facilitation this work, nurses should be have i...

Background Patients with chronic diseases are at higher risk of requiring domiciliary and nursing home care, but how different compare in terms is not known. We examined initiation care admission among patients heart failure (HF), stroke, COPD cancer. Methods a first-time hospitalization for HF, or cancer from 2008–2016 were identified. matched on age sex followed five years. Results 111,144 pa...