objectives: stroke is a neurological syndrome with sudden onset or gradual destruction of brain vessels, which may take 24 hours or more. complications of stroke effect in the variation aspects of the individual. according to de spulveda and chang’s studies, disability reduced the effective adjustment. this study aimed to overview the adjustment of stroke patients based on the main concepts of ...

background: providing a self-care program appropriate for patient needs in a supportive educative nursing system format could reduce migraine-induced disability. this study was designed to determine the effectiveness of orem's self-care program on headache related disability in migraine patients. methods: in this randomized clinical trial, episodic migraine patients with or without aura who sig...

background and aim: approaches to professional health care have changed along with changes in health measures and progression of chronic diseases. patient participation is an international golden standard in new nursing paradigm. despite the importance of patient participation and its routine usage in professional care, this concept is not clear, especially in social and cultural context of ira...

background & aim : heart failure is one of the most common cardiovascular diseases which decreases the quality of life. most of the factors influencing quality of life can be modified with ongoing educational interventions. inadequate teaching is one of the causes of low health outcomes. therefore, this study examined the effects of a roy’s adaptation model (ram) based on quality of life of pat...

the effect of employing clinical education associate model on clinical learning of nursing students mohammadpour y* , khalilzadeh h , habibzadezadeh h , ahangarzadeh rezaee s , rasooli d received: 22 april, 2010 accepted: 27 july, 2010 abstract background & aims: clinical teaching associate model enhances participation and collaboration between health care workers and instructors. it is essenti...

the efficiency of the health care system is significantly dependent on the appropriate leadership and guidance of employees. one of the most frequently used new approaches in human resources management is the study of competencies and competency models. the aim of this research is to develop a competency model for leaders in nursing, and to compare it with the leadership competency model for st...

a model for evaluating the performance of nursing services

Background: Nursing duties in a haemodialysis setting can be performed using two main models which are primary and team nursing. The study sought to determine the most appropriate nursing care model in an acute haemodialysis unit (AHU) of a large metropolitan teaching hospital where primary nursing was replaced by the team nursing model on a trial basis. Methods: Standard questionnaires were ad...