introduction: as a key member of the healthcare workforce, nurses play an important role in patient care. n ursing care performance, especially sterilization, is of significant importance in provision of health and prevention of complications such as hospital infections. this study aimed to investigate nurses’ performance concerning sterilization while performing nursing techniques in icu wards...

the purpose of this study was to describe the influence of organizational variables on hospital staff nurses' job performance as reported by staff nurses in two cities in turkey. hospital ownership status, employment status were examined for their effect on this influence.the reported influence of organizational variables on job performance was measured by a questionnaire developed for this stu...

original article   introduction: antineoplastic drugs (ands) for the treatment of cancers could result in occupational exposure of nurses and consequent side effects. this study aimed to evaluate knowledge, attitude, and performance of oncology nurses and to survey nurses’ chemotherapy workload and the experienced side effects. method: a cross-sectional study was conducted at four hospitals of ...

background & aim : ventilator associated pneumonia (vap) is the most common infections in critical care units, which leads to more length of hospital stay, costs, and high mortality. therefore, prevention is a priority according to clinical guidelines. the aim of this study is determine the effects of passive versus active implementation of vap guidelines on nurses’ performance in critical care...

background: according to previous studies, variable percent of nurses suffering from psychological problems or disorders. identifying preventive factors of psychological disorders to be used more frequently and risk factors of these disorders to eliminate them are essential in improving mental health of staff. the present study aims to assess the relationship between motivational function of he...

background : despite many progresses in the improvement of care status and the management of acute coronary syndrome, cares quality is far from the desirable conditions. today, due to the great emphasis on resources management, costs control, the effectiveness of patient care, improving quality and responsibility, the good patient care is necessary. two dimensions are referred for improving the...

a survey to examin the emergency nurses operation & comparing it with international standards in the hospital of urmia medical sciences university alizadeh m , iremlow a , alizadeh b , shakibi a , aliloo l received: 14 april, 2010 accepted: 16 aug, 2010 abstract background & aims: a well-performed cardiopulmonary resuscitation (cpr) remains important in improvement of nurse care efforts during ...

aims: endotracheal suctioning is a vital process to keep the airways open. the method of performing endotracheal suctioning has a great effect on its complications and effectiveness. this study was carried out with the aim of assessing gap between the knowledge and performance of nurses' working in intensive care units (icu) in tracheal suctioning.   methods: in this cross sectional study,...