BACKGROUND For patients' rights to be observed, first patients and health care providers should be aware of these rights. Nurses' lack of awareness of these rights leads to their inability to recognize patients' legal and ethical issues, and reduces the quality of provided services. This study was conducted to determine the effect of an education-based intervention on self-reported awareness an...

BACKGROUND Readmission rates are projected to serve as quality measures that have the potential to negatively impact hospital and physician reimbursement. Individual physicians and hospitals are developing plans to reduce readmission rates. Successful plans should be based on specific data obtained from each individual type of practice. OBJECTIVE To analyze the etiological factors responsible...

â  examining the effects of teaching contemporary arabic literature through communicative approach â  â  â  maryam jalaei * â  narges ganji ** â  sardar aslani *** â  â  â  â  â  in order to make use of modern methods of teaching in the field of teaching arabic to non- native arab speakers, this study employed communicative approach for the teaching of contemporary arabic literature. thus, this...

background trauma still stands atop of the list of emergencies. transfer of these patients via emergency medical services (ems) dispatch is critical with regard to importance of timing. this aspect has achieved greater importance due to population increase and telephone triage. objectives we aimed to decrease unnecessary emergency medical services (ems) missions via a computer program designed ...

Background: Philosophy for children (P4C) is a wonderful way of bringing teachers and children together to discuss crucial topics. It has many benefits for both groups. This study aimed to evaluate the teaching process-approach of P4C on students’ metacognitive and irrational beliefs by using an experimental design with the pretest-posttest and control group. Methods: The statistical populatio...