Pressure ulcers are a common problem among nursing home residents that contribute significantly to the morbidity and mortality of care. Increasingly, evidence suggests that many of these pressure ulcers can be prevented, and the treatment of existing pressure ulcers improved, through the implementation of best practices. These best practices in the prevention and treatment of pressure ulcers ha...

background: due to unpredictability of events in psychiatry environment and replacement of routine clinical experiences with some assignments such as therapeutic communication with patients, clinical training in such environments has been associated with many problems which require continuous review and evaluation.  the purpose of the present research was to determine the effect of applying por...

BACKGROUND Insertion of an External Ventricular Drain (EVD) is arguably one of the most common and important lifesaving procedures in neurologic intensive care unit. Various forms of acute brain injury benefit from the continuous intracranial pressure (ICP) monitoring and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) diversion provided by an EVD. After insertion, EVD monitoring, maintenance and troubleshooting ess...

BACKGROUND The main objective of this study was to determine the perceptions of Iranian nurse educators and students regarding the evaluation of teaching effectiveness in university-based programs. METHODS An exploratory descriptive design was employed. 143 nurse educators in nursing faculties from the three universities in Tehran, 40 undergraduate, and 30 graduate students from Tehran Univer...

PURPOSE Nursing research is recognized as an essential basis for the continuous development of the scientific nursing knowledge and practice. An understanding of the barriers and attitudes to research among nurses is important to improve clinical nursing research activities. METHOD Data were collected from nurses at a general hospital, located in D city, using a self-reported questionnaire, f...

introduction. the necessity of making improvement on nurse’s knowledge and expertise has led nursing executives of continuing education to evaluate programs. application of continuing education program should not only be limited to taking part in programs but also it should include evaluation mechanism for measuring the extent of participant’s progress. this pre–post test study was arranged to ...

introduction: academic failure of students is a major problem of higher education. the aim of this qualitative study was to explore the factors causing academic failure in nursing students of qom university of medical sciences in 2015. methods: this qualitative study was carried out via conventional qualitative content analysis approach. a total of 21 nursing students (18 males and 3 females) w...