background and objectives: medication error is the most important factor threatening patient safety. while the causes of medication error are extensively researched in the public hospitals, the corresponding data from the private heath settings is limited. to help fill this shortcoming, this paper presents and discusses the results of surveying the medication error factors as perceived by nurse...

background andobjectives: nurses comprise a majority of healthcare professionals. therefore, their quality of life can directly impact the performance of health system at different level. the aim of this study was to explore the potential impact of work shift on physical, mental, and social aspects of nurses’ health.   methods: a sample of 300 nurses from hospitals of the rasht city situated in...

in today’s world, one of the cities’ major challenges is the crisis of the built environment quality. as the urban design group discussed, urban management (local authorities) actors are kind of urban designers who unconsciously affect the quality of urban environment by their decisions. non-formal education and in-service training programs are effective methods to qualify staff for making deci...

We are working to develop an information gathering system comprising a mobile robot and a wireless sensor network (WSN) for use in post-disaster underground environments. In the proposed system, a mobile robot carries wireless sensor nodes and deploys them to construct a WSN in the environment, thus providing a wireless communication infrastructure for mobile robot teleoperation. An operator th...