Nursing is the backbone of health center. The operation room a specialized area where nursing officers provide quality care to patients prior to, during, and after surgery. Operation nurses must have good physical, mental, communication, errors made by stall will directly affect patient care. Operating should specific skills handle situation in room. operating nurse be able work as team member,...

a bstract background: nurses are at risk for symptoms of compassion fatigue (cf) and burnout (bo). social support plays an important role in predicting cf and bo. this study was performed to determine the prevalence of the symptoms of cf and bo and the role of perceived social support in predicting these symptoms in iranian nurses. materials and methods: using a correlational descriptive survey...

background: nurses’ clinical competency plays an important role in the care of preterm infants. on the other hand, burnout is one of the most important factors in reducing the nurses’ efficiency. with regard to the importance of the role of nurses, and the vulnerability of the infants, the purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between nurses’ burnout and clinical competency ...

BACKGROUND Primary care teams have been encouraged to develop the care they provide to patients with mental health problems, and a greater role for practice nurses has been advocated. However, little is known about practice nurses' current level of involvement or their perceived strengths and limitations in caring for patients' mental health problems. AIM To describe practice nurses' current ...

INTRODUCTION There are increasing opportunities for nurses to become sexual assault nurse examiners (SANEs). In rural areas far from established SANE programs, nurses considering becoming SANEs have few opportunities to talk with or observe experienced SANEs to explore the role and determine if they are well suited to forensic and victim service work. The purpose of this exploratory, descriptiv...

background and purpose: one of the most important elements of nursing ethics is patient advocacy, which instills patients’ sense of independence and autonomy. nurses’ perceptions of this concept can significantly influence their advocacy role. therefore, in this study, we aimed to assess nurses’ perceptions about this phenomenon. methods: in this cross-sectional study, 385 nurses were selected ...

BACKGROUND Hospital-at-home is an accepted alternative for usual hospital treatment for patients with a Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) exacerbation. The introduction of hospital-at-home may lead to changes in health care providers' roles and responsibilities. To date, the impact on providers' roles is unknown and in addition, little is known about the satisfaction and acceptance o...

nurses play a functional role in preventing drug related problems. they need to be aware of the dangers of polypharmacy while reviewing patient medications. we studied the nurses' opinion on the diverse effects of polypharmacy in the hospital setting. nurses working in a tertiary care teaching hospital participated in this cross-sectional study, conducted over 3 months, by responding to a self-...