Introduction: Effective communication is a vital component of efficient nursing care. This study was conducted to assess the communication skills of nurses those working in Guilans’ teaching hospitals and some of related demographic factors. Methods: This cross-sectional analytical study was carried on 210 nurses those working in teaching hospitals of Guilan University of Medical Scien...

the application of a comprehensive model of communicative language ability (cla) to language teaching and testing has always been an imperative in l2 education since hymess proposal of communicative competence in the 1970s. recent l2 research has clearly underscored the importance of sufficient pragmatics representation as an essential component of cla in pedagogical and testing practices in l2...

One major problem in public agencies in Iran is the lack of clear understanding of talent, types of talent and talent needs required for the talent management system. The main purpose of this research is to reach an understanding of talent concept from the view point of top managers and specialists in Iranian public organizations so that they can categorize the vast range of talent properties i...

Introduction: Sexuality education is one of the most important educational needs for adolescents, and mothers may have the key role in educating these issues to their daughters. This study aimed at developing, implementing and evaluating of a training program for mothers to educate sexuality matters to their adolescent girls in Mahshahr, Iran.  Methods: This field trial was conducted on 1...

Background & Aims: The Internet has become so pervasive that has affected most life skills, including communication skills. Because of easy and daily access to the Internet and need to seek to expand their communication network, students are a vulnerable group of the society to the internet addiction. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between internet addiction and stude...

Abstract Background and purpose: Interpersonal conflicts in clinical environments wastes many resources and have adverse effects on professional communication. Assertiveness skill is an important component of communication skills that helps in reducing interpersonal conflicts. This study was conducted to determine the effect of assertiveness training on nurses’ interpersonal conflicts. Mate...

Introduction: This study was aimed to compare the efficacy of four drug substance abuse preventive methods: cognitive–behavioral social traioning, life skills training, poster presentation and short message system on attitude change and enhancement self-esteem in students supported by Emdad Committee. Method:This was a quasi experimental study. 150 students were selected and randomly assigned ...