BACKGROUND The population of elderly in Iran and in the world is increasing. It is predicted that the population of elderly reaches to 10 millions in Iran by the year 2019. Elders more than other age groups are at risk of chronic diseases and health problems; and elderly affects their self-management and makes them feel disabled. Since the knowledge of self-management for Iranian elderly is not...

Purpose: Nursing development is considered as one of the most important ways to achieve universal health coverage and sustainable goals in different countries. Iran has potential provide services at all levels coverage. Therefore, planning for nursing needs recognize future challenges. This study aims explore challenges system from perspective experts. Methods: In this qualitative study, 11 sem...

BACKGROUND Clinical education is a critical and complex component of nursing education that is influenced by many variables. One of them is stress, which may disturb students' learning, too. Stressors may differ according to the learning situation and environment, and recognizing them, seems to be essential for corrective interventions. The present work was performed to identify stressors in cl...

background and objective: establishing and implementing high quality of nursing care for patients is the main objective of any nursing education system. however, the lack of proficient nurses all over the world led to a competition and collaboration among countries to train as much nurses with high skills and knowledge as possible. this paper aims at studying and comparing two nursing education...

Nursing home residents with psychiatric disorders deserve to enjoy the full spectrum of therapeutic options that are available to their counterparts living in the community. These therapeutic options, the “tools” of the geriatric psychiatrist, include a broad range of traditional and novel psychotropic medications, in addition to well-recognized nonpharmacologic interventions such as psychother...

Introduction: The essential problems in providing quality and safety services to patients, rapid changes in health care settings as well as information technology require educational revision. Competency-based curriculum focuses on set of skills that students should achieve. This study reviewed characteristics of competency-based curriculum in psychiatric nursing. Methods: A literature review a...

evaluation of predisposing factors of nursing errors in critical care units of urmia medical science university hospitals     bagaei r [1] *, nadari y [2] , khalkhali hr [3]     received: 1 mar, 2012 accepted: 6may, 2012     abstract   background & aims : p atient safety is an important part of the nursing management. but with this huge amount of nursing errors, patient safety seems out of reac...

Background: The main philosophy of postgraduate preparation for working in critical care units is to ensure the safety and quality of patients' care. Increasing the complexity of technology, decision-making challenges and the high demand for advanced communication skills necessitate the need to educate learners. Within this aim, a master's degree in critical care nursing has been established in...

The prevention of infection is an important outcome to measure in patients with cancer because infectious complications are a significant cause of morbidity and mortality. Nurses play a vital role in the prevention of infection in patients with cancer through nursing practice, research, and patient education. However, many common nursing interventions to prevent infection are based on tradition...