a bstrac t   background: organizational and structural obstacles are a group of major obstacles in achievement of appropriate family planning counseling. detection of these obstacles from the viewpoint of managers, staffs and clients who are key members in health services providing system is a major step toward appropriate planning to modify or delete this group of obstacles. the present study ...

background and aim: nosocomial infections have been always among the major problems of healthcare delivery systems. the operating room is an appropriate place for causing severe nosocomial infections. knowledge of infection control guidelines and standards is the key to infection prevention. this study was conducted to investigate nurses’ knowledge and self-efficacy regarding the principles of ...

Background: Conflict is a continuous challenge in hospitals. Due to the nature of treatment team, identifying conflicts hospitals one managers’ primary and essential tasks. Objectives: The current study examined level causes between hospital employees managers. Methods: descriptive-analytical was conducted 2018 - 2019 on random sample 320 staff Data were collected by self-administered questionn...

AIM To explore the factors that characterise the work environment, focusing on communication among nurses in stressful and non-stressful situations. BACKGROUND Nursing is often described as a stressful occupation. Implementation of change may be an additional stress factor. METHODS Nurses and assistant nurses completed a questionnaire from two different perspectives, 'communication in non-s...

There is a growing consensus to view the gap between service provider and recipients over standard of public delivery by local government authorities (LGAs). In Malaysia, comparing perception these two parties crucial as aspires develop meaningful mechanism aiming at improving LGAs accountability performance. The objective this paper identify delivery. both was measured based on their satisfact...

background: metabolic syndrome (metsyn) is closely associated with cardiovascular disease (cvd) particularly in stressful jobs such as firefighting. as studies assessing prevalence of metsyn among firefighters are rare, this study was aimed to assess prevalence of metsyn, insulin resistance and lp(a) level among firefighters in tabriz city. methods: 76 firefighters and 73 official staffs in tab...

conclusions according to the findings of the current study, dino is an appropriate tool to assess msds risk due to patient handling in the nursing personnel. this method can be used in the evaluation of patient transfer educational programs and also to identify and assess an unsafe work technique used by the nurses. results the prevalence of msds was 87.6% in a 12-month period. the average resu...