a bstra ct   background: family burden is defined as the problems, concerns, and unpleasant events affecting the patients undergoing coronary arteries’ surgery, and is associated with these patients physical and psychological improvement. nurses are in a good position to provide appropriate intervention. this study aimed to investigate the effect of family-focused nursing interventions on the b...

background: by increasing the survival of immature newborns, intravenous access methods, used to provide intravenous therapy, became more important. more attention has been recently paid on peripherally inserted central venous catheters in newborns, although it is yet unknown in iran. in this study, we tried to discover the barriers to spread the usage of peripherally inserted central venous ca...

Background: Improving quality of work life (QWL) is a comprehensive process and is essential to attracting and retaining employees, especially in health care. Objectives: The purpose of the present study was to determine quality of nursing work life and its related factors in intensive care units in Kashan city hospitals in 2014. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted on 157 critical...

Adverse childhood experiences are a significant public health problem associated with high rates of morbidity and mortality. Because primary care nurse practitioners frequently the first point contact for children adolescents through routine well visits preventive care, it is critical that trauma-informed principles used in pediatric settings. Primary should be familiar trauma-related different...

Background: The nursing process is often considered as core of the nursing care delivery and guides the care documentation. Currently, with rapid advance in Information and Communication Technology (ICT) this process can be supported electronically. Applying information systems improves care health processes. Nursing Information Systems (NISs) deal with nursing process. Materials and Methods: E...

Since its early days, nursing has appreciated the connection between mind and body. Even when the dualistic Descartesian perspective that the brain was separated from the rest of the body pervaded Western medicine during the majority of the 19th and 20th centuries, nursing embraced a holistic view of patient care. Florence Nightingale, in her Notes on Nursing published in 1862, eloquently wrote...

____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1. Associate Professor in Health Education & Promotion, Department of Public Health, School of Health; Social Development & Health Promotion Research Center, Gonabad University of Medical Sciences, Gonabad, Iran. [email protected] 2. (Corresponding author) MSN in Medical &Surgic...

nursing is a universal health care necessity. nursing profession, similar to the other medical professions, is responsible to maintain public health promotion, prevent diseases, and also care and rehabilitate client, family and the soci¬ety. the inher-ent nature of nursing is respect for moral values and human rights. however, clinical ethical dilem¬mas occur for nurses at all levels, not alway...

According to a world health organization (WHO) report, chronic diseases annually kill over 35 million people worldwide, and 80% of those chronic disease related deaths occur in low and middle income countries. Increased incidence of chronic disease in Iran is a cause of re-hospitalizations and economic burden. Using a new nursing care model for patients with chronic disease is a strategy to red...