breaking bad news is quite often not done in an effective manner in clinical settings due to the medical staff lacking the skills necessary for speaking to patients and their families. bad news is faced with similar reactions on the part of the news receiver in all cultures and nations. the purpose of this study was to explore the perspectives of iranian nurses on breaking bad news to patients ...

background and purpose: cancer is associated with significant changes in the lifestyle of patients. spiritual well-being has been shown to be an inherent element of health, quality of life, increased survival rate, and enhanced adaptability of cancer patients with the disease. this study aimed to evaluate the spiritual health of cancer patients and their nurses. methods: this descriptive, corre...

background and objectives : the objective of this study was to determine and compare the general levels of awareness of patient’s rights among the patients and nurses in training hospitals in qom province. methods: in a descriptive analytical study, 150 nurses and 200 hospitalized patients were asked about patient’s rights in all public hospitals in qom. data were collected using questionnaires...

conclusions nurses and physicians’ educational roles should be examined in the authors’ healthcare system. further surveys are needed to find and assess individual and organizational approaches to improve physicians’ and nurses’ educational performances. results there were 231 participants (men: 55.3%). of them, 58.9% of the patients were satisfied with educational performance of nurses and 50....

background: in recent decades, patient safety has become a high priority health system issue, due to the high potential of occurring adverse events in health facilities. objectives: this study was aimed to survey patient safety culture in 2 iranian educational hospitals. materials and methods: in a descriptive, cross-sectional survey, a hospital survey on patient safety culture, was used in two...

background: the rapid pace of elderly population growth and higher hospitalization of them has raised the need for an efficient relation between the nurses and elderly patients to promote their health. as there are some obstacles in nurses' relation with elderly patients, this study was implemented to clear nurses’ viewpoints in order to familiar them how to remove these barriers. the present s...

abstract: introduction: abiding with ethical discipline in nursing leads to improving nursing services and promoting the patient’s health. due to the fact that patients are the most critical elements in health care organizations, this study was carried out with the aim of determine compliance with professional ethics and its relationship with associated demographic factors from the vantage poin...

conclusions there is a risk for constipation after abdominal surgery. postoperative practices are effective on the risk of constipation. objectives to determine constipation risk before the surgery, bowel elimination during postoperative period, and the factors affecting bowel elimination. patients and methods this is a cross-sectional study. it was conducted in a general surgery ward of a univ...

background and objectives: understanding and meeting the religious needs of patients could lead to the satisfaction and promotion in religious care. this study aimed to explore the patients’ religious expectations of nurses. methods: researchers used a conventional approach to content analysis in this study. eighteen patients (11 men and 7 women) purposefully were selected with maximum variatio...

background : in order to support cancer patients, nurses need to identify different physio-psycho- social needs of patients using a holistic approach. focusing on quality of life (qol) is congruent with the philosophy of a holistic approach in nursing. the main aim of this research study thus was to identify the level of agreement between cancer patients and nurses about cancer patients' qol. m...