conclusions many caring behaviors associate with aesthetic experience for both patients and nurses and despite two different views, findings of this study showed that these experiences were similar in most cases. the aesthetics of nursing care was defined as what reflects the holistic nature of nursing with an emphasis on spirituality and skill. results of this study are effective in identifica...

context: metaparadigm of nursing is one of the nursing discipline challenges of the present century, which should take into consideration the diversity of different cultures and viewpoints. purpose: the purpose of this study is to evolve the concept of “nursing” (one of the concepts in nursing metaparadigm) on the basis of the islamic scholars’ view. materials and methods: in this philosophical...

Nursing manpower plays an important role in care quality and health promotion. So any health care organization without an efficient nursing unit is not expected to survive for a long time. This study was conducted to estimate the number of the necessary nursing manpower for the selected hospitals according to the proposed model by the Iran ministry of health.This research is a cross wardal stud...

introduction: health care industry consists of an unexpected and confusing environment in which quality events play the important role. in such conditions, the necessary changes should be made. excellence models are general oriented frameworks that are able to achieve the above intention. materials & methods: this study is a descriptive cross-sectional study. data gathered by a standard checkli...

abstract background & aim: evaluation and measurement of mother’s satisfaction from postpartum cares is so important in the quality of health care indexes. the purpose of this study was to examine the psychometric properties of the postpartum satisfaction nursing care questionnaire (jpsnq). material & methods: this study was a methodological research. at the first, the english version of questi...

BACKGROUND The relationship between nurses' job satisfaction and their perceptions of quality of care has been examined in previous studies. There is little evidence, however, about relationships between the job satisfaction of nursing staff and quality of care perceived by the patients. The aim of this study was to analyze, how the job satisfaction of nursing staff, organizational characterist...

The objective of this quantitative, correlational and descriptive study was to analyze the time the nursing staff spends to assist patients in Adult Intensive Care Units, as well as to verify its correlation with quality care indicators. The average length of time spent on care and the quality care indicators were identified by consulting management instruments the nursing head of the Unit empl...

PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES To present an overview of policy issues affecting hospice and palliative care focusing on the nursing home and hospital settings and to discuss factors affecting end-of-life care, policy initiatives, recent legislation, and nursing implications. DATA SOURCES Published articles; technical, advisory, and research reports (from government, professional, and private organizatio...

Until now the quality of nursing care in the hospital still low, even though nursing higher education already started in 1983.In order improve the quality of nursing care in the hospital it was needed restructuring, reengineering, and redesigning of nursing care delivery system through the implementation of Professional Nursing Practice Model (PNPM).The study was aimed to evaluate the effect of...