PURPOSE The purpose of this focused ethnography was to describe the culture of care and nonpharmacologic nursing interventions performed by NICU nurses for infants with neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS). METHOD Roper and Shapira's framework for the analysis included participant observation, individual interviews, and examination of existing documents. SAMPLE Twelve full-time nurses were ob...

Evidence-based nursing is recognized as an indicator of quality in nursing practice, a basis for accountability and the gold standard of professional nursing care. The aim of this study was to explore nurses' experiences and perceptions about evidence-based nursing practice in giving care to patients with diabetic foot ulcers. A qualitative research design was adopted, and content analysis was ...

CLINICAL RISK MANAGEMENT IN HOSPITALS Jamileh Farokhzadian, Batool Poorchangizi, Fariba Borhani. Department of Community Health Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran; MSc student of Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery and surgical ward nurse in Shahid Bahonar Hospital, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran; Department of...

AIM To investigate anxiety levels in two groups of children exposed to nurses with white vs. coloured clothing in a university hospital in Iran. BACKGROUND Hospitalisation causes anxiety in children and it is documented that nurses have an important role in alleviating children's distress and anxiety. Nurses characteristics, including their clothing is a factor that affects quality of care th...

Background Professional regulation is one of the strategies of the governments which protect the public's right. Nursing practice is not an exception; hence, it is regulated to protect the public against nursing services' adverse effects. Although modern nursing in Iran started from 100 years ago, documents show that there was no regulation mechanism for nursing in Iran till 2016. Hence, this s...

As a historical era, postmodernism signifies transition from inflexible and logical positivism and entry into a new view to science. Postmodernism offers a number of nursing practice revise that including humanism, conditions, and borderless, multi-voice, view, and multicultural world, changes in meaning of knowledge, and life-long learning. Demographic changes, technological advances, ethnic a...

EVIDENCE-BASED GUIDELINE DEVELOPMENT Hadi Hassankhani, Hamidreza Haririan, Joanne E. Porter. Associate professor of Nursing, Medical-Surgical Department, Nursing and Midwifery School, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Iran; PhD Candidate in Nursing, Nursing and Midwifery School, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Iran; PhD, Senior Lecturer in Nursing, Nursing Department, School of Nurs...

OBJECTIVE This study aimed to assess the application of the Betty Neuman systems model to the care of patient/clients with multiple sclerosis. METHODS This clinical study resulted from the application of the nursing process to a patient/client admitted with multiple sclerosis in the neurological ward of a hospital in an urban area of Iran. RESULTS A patient/client was evaluated according to...

In a recent issue of the journal, you published an article about enhancing nursing students’ transition to workplace. The author mentioned that during transition, nurses frequently encounter role conflict, marginalization and burnout. These problems may lead to job dissatisfaction, intention to leave their job and also may interfere with quality of care they provide (1). In another article in t...