Background: Delay in patient's timely discharge can affect the efficiency of beds, outcomes of treatment and hospital indicators. The aim of this study was to determine delay causes in the discharge of patients in educational hospitals of Ahvaz Jundishapur University of medical sciences from nurses and physicians' perspective, 2016. Methods: The population of this analytic and cross-sectional ...

Introduction: The critical thinking disposition and related factors as one of the professional competencies of faculty members have attracted many educational researchers᾽ attention. Teaching styles are also effective factors in developing skills and tendency of critical thinking that can be effective in strengthening critical thinking. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship ...

Background and Objective: Today, various non-pharmacological methods are used for pain relief after heart surgeries. This study aimed to assess the efficacy of reciting “Allah” word on patient's analgesic requirement after Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG) surgery. Materials and Methods: This clinical trial was performed on 80 hospitalized patients in Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of Bushe...

Background and Objective: Social capital may help organizational knowledge management via providing necessary platforms and facilitating the interchange of knowledge. So this research aimed to determine the relationship between social capital and effectiveness of knowledge management from the viewpoints of the teaching hospitals of Ahvaz managers. Materials and Methods: This was a cross-sect...

Abstract Background & Aims: Nurses' job satisfaction forms an extremely crucial part of their work-lives which can affect the patient's safety, the staff morale and nursing care quality and functioning. Pediatric patients are dependent on nurses to have had their needs met and nurses have significant role in pediatric wards of hospitals. The purpose of this study was to determine the level a...