BACKGROUND Working time is a non-renewable and important element in the management of an organization. The implementation of changes in the structure of working time may be facilitated by the insight into activities undertaken by employees during work. Such an approach plays an important role since the effective use of time improves the quality of care, prevents timewasting and optimizes the us...

perceptions of first and last year nursing bachelor students about their own profession: a qualitative study    zamanzadeh v [1] , valizadeh l [2] *, nasiri kh [3]     received: 2 jul , 2013 accepted: 9 sep , 2013     abstract   background & aims: nursing has considerable progresses towards becoming professional in recent decades in comparison with previous decades. it seems that researches on ...

Background and Aim: The pediatric setting and associated dispensing of small qualities of medications presents an opportunity for medication errors that can result in serious consequences for children. Pediatric medication administration is more risky in clinical settings without unit dosage, a common situation in developing countries such as Pakistan. To propose solutions to pediatric medicati...

PURPOSE Oral complications are common in children undergoing head and neck radiation and chemotherapy. The purpose of this study is to examine the knowledge, perceived ability and practice behaviors of pediatric oncology and hematology nurses in assisting with the various oral health care needs of pediatric oncology patients and to identify pediatric oncology nurses' previous training/education...

The Pediatric Assessment Triangle (PAT) has become the cornerstone for the Pediatric Education for Prehospital Professionals course, sponsored by the American Academy of Pediatrics. This concept for emergency assessment of children has been taught to more than 170,000 health care providers worldwide. It has been incorporated into most standardized American life support courses, including the Pe...

Children often experience pain in different stage of life. After birth, newborns are exposed to many painful attempts and their anxiety levels increase with it. These lead metabolic or physiological problems newborns. Excessive protein expenditure when for a long time, electrolyte inhalation, weakening the immune system. Even repetitive procedures mortality morbidity. due acute onset diseases s...

Background: Child and adolescents growth and development knowledge is an essential part of Pediatric Nursing and it is also part of the nine essentials in Nursing Education. Although students find challenge to master this knowledge, limited literatures documented the knowledge deficit regarding child growth and development among nursing students. The purpose of this study was to assess senior n...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the perceptions of physicians, nurses and nursing technicians of their participation in the decision-making process surrounding life support limitation in terminally ill pediatric patients, with comparisons by professional category. METHODS A cross-sectional study was conducted in the pediatric intensive care unit of a tertiary public university hospital with the partici...