INTRODUCTION According to the Spanish Stroke Health Care Plan and the Spanish Health National Service Stroke Strategy, thrombolysis should only be performed in hospitals with Stroke Units. However, the Andalusian Stroke Health Care Plan includes, within the list of services of the Stroke Team, the need to have a neurologist present for the performing of thrombolysis in local hospitals. The obje...

introduction: patients' satisfaction (ps) is one of the important indicators of emergency care quality and outcomes of health care services. some researchers believe that improve the work processes and hospital quality are not possible without caring to comments, requirements, expectations, and satisfaction of patients. the percent study was aimed to assess the emergency department (ed) ps of p...

Background: Infection is a vital problem in intensive care units. Currently, chlorhexidine solution is used to reduce oral colonization. This study aimed to determine the efficacy of chlorhexidine solution on oropharyngeal bacterial colonization in hospitalized patients in the intensive care units. Methods: This descriptive study (from August 2018 to May 2019) was performed on 60 patients who ...

OBJECTIVES This study aimed to determine the reasons for long stays in monitoring units and to propose a solution. METHODS The patients who were followed in monitoring units of emergency service and the factors affecting the length of their hospital stay were analyzed retrospectively. Demographic features, their initial complaint that lead to monitoring, diagnosis, their means of arrival to e...

background: attention to organizational citizenship behavior and job satisfaction is effective in improving employees’ performance and quality of services in health care organizations. due to higher job pressure and dissatisfaction among nurses, it seems like evaluating the relationship between organizational citizenship behavior and job satisfaction among nurses is important.   methods: in thi...