background : based on the literature review that was conducted, no research study has been found in australia to provide a detailed understanding of why nurses differ in their perceptions about cancer patients’ quality of life (qol) when they  communicate with patients in oncology wards. methods : this descriptive exploratory qualitative study was completed in 2007 in two major public hospitals...

background hiv/aids is an infectious disease and the fourth cause of death in the world and.iran and other middle east countries are suffering from it.medical staff, particularly nurses are at risk for bloodborne pathogens especially human immunodeficiency virus.we aimed to investigate educational needs of nurses about hiv/ aids. material and methods in this cross-sectional study, 196 nurses of...

background & aim: knowledge and attitude of the nurses and midwives towards hiv/aids patients could affect the quality of care provision. thus, this study aimed to determine the relationship between knowledge, attitude, and tendency of nurses and midwives towards caring for hiv/aids patients. methods: this cross-sectional study was conducted on 303 nurses and midwives at healthcare centers, aff...

background: members of a society are committed to protecting and respecting human dignity. this is particularly important in times of illness. knowledge and practice of patient’s bill of rights is the basis of health system efficiency. the present study aims to evaluate physicians’, nurses’ and patients’ awareness and attitude about patient’ bill of rights in qom university of medical sciences-...

results awareness of the majority of nurses about the rights of the patients with mental disorder and respect for their rights from their perspective were at a good level. using pearson correlation coefficient test, a statistically significant correlation was found between the level of awareness of and the respect for their rights from the perspective of nurses (p ≤ 0.002). conclusions this stu...