background: despite progression of knowledge of nursing researcher about importance of psychometric principles of instruments of studies but it seems that this subject is not used correctly in nursing studies. this study is designed to critically assess the validity and reliability of instruments applied in studies published in iranian nursing journals methods: this study is a critical review o...

OBJECTIVES To establish the prevalence of vegetative state in Dutch nursing homes, describe the patient characteristics, and highlight the possible influence of medical decisions at the end of life. DESIGN A cross-sectional survey. The vegetative state was defined according to the Multi Society Task Force on PVS. All Dutch nursing homes were approached to provide data on patients in a vegetat...

effects of aromatherapy and its application bahraini s1, naji sa*2, mannani r3 received: 16 july, 2010 accepted: 25oct, 2010 abstract background & aims: clinical aromatherapy is the use of aromatic oils to treat or relieve some physical and mental disorders which has been accepted as holistic nursing care. we aimed to present some effects of aromatherapy that have been proven through various st...

context: nursing is a stressful job that could create physical and psychological disorders. many studies presented information on stress, effects of coping strategies, and job satisfaction of nurses within health setting. we aimed to identify and describe nursing stresses, coping strategies and job satisfaction of iranian nurses who are working or worked in different wards. evidence acquisition...

OBJECTIVES This study examined nursing aides' (NAs) perspectives of specific incidents of combative behavior from nursing home residents with dementia, particularly their attributions for the behaviors. DESIGN This research is part of a larger mixed-method study exploring combative behavior as experienced by NAs. The data for this component were collected using a cross-sectional survey design...

objectives to explore adequacy of nursing documentation and nurses' knowledge about the process. materials and methods the study was a cross-sectional study. the data were collected from 170 nurses who selected to participate in the study with census sampling method from 32 medical–surgical units at four university hospitals in tabriz. for assessing the quality of nurses' documents, 2...

BACKGROUND The Health Technology Assessment (HTA) approach, which provides scientific support for the decisions taken within the health field, is of increasing importance worldwide. In a context of limited resources, HTA has the potential of being an efficient tool for addressing the sustainability problems and the allocation choices arising from the constant increase in demand. AIM This stud...

conclusions regarding men’s influences on professional development, and also the importance of gender-based caring, policies for recruitment and retention of men in nursing must be followed hastily. however, there is a need for further research regarding the challenges faced by men entering nursing, in both iran and other developing countries. results most of the studies were conducted in devel...

conclusions the effectiveness of nursing education on self-care behaviour of hf patients was clearly demonstrated. methodological differences in development and implementation of education programs, made the comparison between the results of the studies difficult. results the findings of the reviewed studies showed that self-care behaviour of patients who received nursing education improved sig...