Mandana Shirazi, Sagar V. Parikh, Ideh Dadgaran, Charlotte Silén Education Development Center, Medical Education Department, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran, Departments of LIME and Clinical Science and Education, Södersjukhuset, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada Medical-Surgical Nursing Department, Langroud Nursing and Midwifery...

conclusions the overall score of nursing care as regards adherence to the neonatal hemovigilance guidelines was 59.6% in the present study, indicating a lack of care and failure in training in this regard. results the rates of compliance with the hemovigilance guidelines in terms of request, transfusion, and documentation were 47%, 63.2%, and 68%, correspondingly, with a total score of 59.6% in...

background & objective: patient satisfaction is the main indicator of the quality of healthcare systems. usually in pediatric works parents are questioned due to lack of appropriate scale. therefore, this study was done to assess the children’s satisfaction themselves by drawing which is an applicable scale for them.patients & methods: this study was done with 20 hospitalized children aged 6-12...

evaluation of parental satisfaction of nursing care in thalassemic children tavasoli sh1, alhani f2 received: 16 july, 2010 accepted: 25 oct, 2010 abstract background & aims: hospitalization for parents and children causes anxiety. therefore, evaluation of parents' satisfaction concerning their child's nursing care is necessary. observing parental satisfaction is important in determin...

INTRODUCTION Concept map is a useful cognitive tool for enhancing a student's critical thinking (CT) by encouraging students to process information deeply for understanding. However, the evidence regarding its effectiveness on nursing students' CT is contradictory. This paper compares the effectiveness of concept mapping and traditional linear nursing care planning on students' CT. METHODS An...

INTRODUCTION Nurses' spiritual wellbeing and their attitude toward spirituality and competence of nurses in providing of spiritual care can affect the quality of care in nursing. The aim of this study was to evaluate spiritual wellbeing, attitude toward spiritual care and its relationship with the spiritual care competence among nurses. METHODS This was a correlational descriptive study condu...