Patient advocacy and arthritis: moving forward.

Iranian nurses’ perceptions of patient advocacy

Background and Purpose: One of the most important elements of nursing ethics is patient advocacy, which instills patients’ sense of independence and autonomy. Nurses’ perceptions of this concept can significantly influence their advocacy role. Therefore, in this study, we aimed to assess nurses’ perceptions about this phenomenon. Methods: In this cross-sectional study, 385 nur...

Psoriatic arthritis and psoriasis: role of patient advocacy organisations in the twenty first century.

All the psoriatic arthritis and psoriasis patient advocacy organisations are devoted to promoting public awareness and patient education; supporting access to effective treatments and physicians committed to the welfare of patients; working with physicians and other organisations to facilitate development of new treatments; and supporting research for more effective treatments and a cure for ps...

عوامل بازدارنده و تسهیل کننده حمایت از بیمار در تجربیات پرستاران

    Background & Objective: During two recent decades, patient advocacy has been an arguable topic in nursing profession. Although there is a common consensus on patient advocacy as a nurse’s role, some evidence points to difficulties that nurses encounter to advocate patients. Since recognition of barriers and facilitators is the first step to promote the role of advocacy among nurses, this pa...

Defining Integrated Knowledge Translation and Moving Forward: A Response to Recent Commentaries

Comparison the Effect of Kinesiotaping with Stretching of Upper Trapezius Muscle in Neck Pain due to Forward Head Posture

Introduction: This research aimed to compare two methods of kinesiotaping and stretching of upper trapezius muscle in treatment of neck pain due to forward head posture. Research Methods: Design of this research was semi-experimental. 36 subjects (29 female and 7 men) with forward head posture between 20-40 years of age with no history of neck pain due to vertebral fracture, disc herniatio...