effect of acupressure on low back pain in patients with spondylarthritis     mahmodzadeh ardakani h [1] *, akbari kaji m [2] , abotalabi g [3] , mohamannazhad a [4] , ghaforifard m [5]     received: 21 nov, 2011 accepted: 14 jan, 2012   abstract   background & aims : arthritis of the lumbar spine is known as disk arthritis. the most common and most important sign of disk arthritis is back pain....

comprehensive studies on community health nursing education have not been performed in iran and nursing graduates have limited ability to provide health care outside the hospital. however, education policy makers require a thorough understanding of nursing education for training of professional nurses. the aim of the present study is to review the existing challenges of community health nursing...

effect of evidence-based nursing training on nursing students ability in executive skill of nursing process in urmia university of medical sciences, 2013     habibzadeh h [1] ,khajehali n [2] *,khalkhali hr [3] ,mohammadpour y [4]     received: 2 mar, 2013 accepted: 4 may, 2013    abstract  background & aims : nursing process is the important pivot of nursing, and it is an icon of the art and s...

effects of an anti-stigma program on components of stigma on patients with mental disorders among nursing students asayesh h1 (msc), rahmani anaraki h2 (msc), qorbani m3,4 (phd), aliakbarzade arani z5* (msc) 1 medical emergency department, paramedical faculty, qom university of medical sciences,qom, iran 2 medical-surgical department, nursing & midwifery faculty, golestan university of medical ...

Needlestick/sharp injuries (NSIs/SIs) are a serious threat to medical/nursing students in hospital internships. Education for preventing NSIs/SIs is important for healthcare workers but is rarely conducted and evaluated among vocational school nursing students. We conducted an educational intervention for such students after their internship rotations before graduation. This program consisted o...

background: nurses are the main members in nursing cares and nursing managers can improve their clinical competency by applying better leadership skills. this study carried out to determine the effect of nursing management program on clinical competency of nurses in a coronary care unit (ccu). methods: a quasi-experimental study was carried out in two educational hospitals in yazd- iran. these ...

Preventing falls is a primary nursing concern, especially among older adult patients. Employing a sitter is a common but costly intervention. This article is a comprehensive review of the literature on sitter use and its effect on fall rates in acute care. The search was conducted in CINAHL, MEDLINE, PsycINFO, and the Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection and included articles published...