background and purpose: professional autonomy in nursing is defined as working in a self-determined environment and making decisions based on professional judgment. this study aimed to evaluate professional autonomy and its association with individual factors in nurses employed at teaching hospitals affiliated to kerman university of medical sciences in the southeast of iran in 2013. methods: t...

The objectives of this study were: firstly, to explore and describe the experiences of final year nursing students relating to how they experience their preparedness to fulfil the role of professional nurse; secondly, to explore and describe the experiences of novice professional nurses in the role of professional nurse; finally, to generate a model which will assist the final year nursing stud...

Abstract This study investigated the impact of professional experience on process and product sight interpreting/translation (SiT). Seventeen experienced interpreters, with at least 150 days’ experience, 18 interpreting students were recruited to conduct three tasks: silent reading, reading aloud, SiT. All participants had similar interpreter training backgrounds. The data SiT task are reported...

The diversification of forms and types doctoral programs is currently a global trend. Universities across the globe offer that differ in modes training, characteristics target audience, possible labor markets after graduation. In Russia, education exists unified format, focusing primarily on academic market. Recently, there have been discussions about need to expand range degrees Russia. this a...

background: one of the factors that can improve self-concept and performance of staff is professional maturity. professional maturity can also solve the problems of self-concept. the purpose of this paper was to identify the relationship between the dimensions of self-concept and professional maturity.   materials and methods: this relative applicable study was performed on all the personnel (n...

Purpose To compare the voice handicap index of popular and erudite professional singers according to gender, age, professional experience time, and presence or absence of self-reported vocal complaints. Methods One hundred thirty-two professional singers, 74 popular and 58 erudite, who responded to a questionnaire with regards to identification, age, gender, professional experience time in si...