background: medical and paramedical errors can cause  irreversible injuries and sometimes may lead to death. the reason of these errors can be intentionally or unintentionally.the present research has been done with the purpose of determining the frequency of nursing and midwifery errors in referred cases to the iranian medical council. methods: a descriptive study was conducted to evaluate all...

background job satisfaction, which is affected by various factors, indicates positive or negative attitude of employees towards their own occupation and affects the quality of service. objectives the present study aimed at investigating job satisfaction and some of its related factors in midwives of tehran primary health centers in 2014. methods the present cross sectional study was conducted o...

BACKGROUND Available evidence suggests that improvements in genetics education are needed to prepare primary care providers for the impact of ongoing rapid advances in genomics. Postgraduate (physician training) and master (midwifery training) programmes in primary care and public health are failing to meet these perceived educational needs. The aim of this study was to explore the role of gene...

BackgroundAs frontline providers of care, nurses and midwives play a critical role in controlling infections such as COVID-19, influenza, multi-drug resistant organisms health care associated infections. Improved cleaning can reduce the incidence infection is cost effective but relies on healthcare personnel to correctly apply measures. As have most contact with patients an important first step...

PURPOSE The aim of the study was to determine roles of midwives in helping women improve behavior for protection against breast cancer and towards early diagnosis whether they have a family history of cancer or not. MATERIALS AND METHODS The study was planned in order to evaluate the efficacy of education about the risk factors of breast cancer and primary and secondary protection (early diag...

Pakistan has undergone massive changes in its federal structure under the 18th Constitutional Amendment. To gain insights that will inform reform plans, we assessed several aspects of health-systems performance in Pakistan. Some improvements were noted in health-systems performance during the past 65 years but key health indicators lag behind those in peer countries. 78·08% of the population pa...

Introduction: A Midwifery Trained Registered Nurse (MTRN) is a member of the multi-professional maternity health care team in Sri Lanka. Her contribution to the maternity care team is poorly understood, often undermined, and undefined. In the context of low- and middle-income settings where traditional midwives play a crucial role in domiciliary care, the MTRNs role as a member of the multi-pro...

BACKGROUND In spite of caring being the core of midwifery and nursing, there is a constant public outcry about uncaring behaviours of midwives towards clients. Local media reports and recent discussion in the health system have highlighted the concerns regarding caring behaviours of midwives. Thus, there is a need to compare the meaning of caring from the perspectives of student midwives, midwi...

BACKGROUND Côte d'Ivoire continues to struggle with one of the highest rates of mother-to-child HIV transmission in West Africa, previously thought to be in part due to suboptimal workforce patterns. This study aimed to understand the process through which workforce patterns impact prevention of mother-to child transmission of HIV (PMTCT) program success, from the perspective of healthcare work...