Objective This paper explores the nursing literature to identify the educative process and essential features of debriefing. Setting Nursing education settings: undergraduate, postgraduate and professional development in nursing and midwifery. Data sources Studies of debriefing in nurse education were located in peer reviewed journals between 1990 and May 2010. Searches were made using keywords...

    Background: Nursing shortage is an important and multifaceted challenge in the health systems and has reached a warning threshold. The factors associated with nursing shortage vary from country to country. Therefore, this study compared the causes of nursing shortage and suggested strategies to help resolve this concern both in Iran and in the world.    Methods: To conduct this systematic ...

CONTEXT Nursing is a stressful job that could create physical and psychological disorders. Many studies presented information on stress, effects of coping strategies, and job satisfaction of nurses within health setting. We aimed to identify and describe nursing stresses, coping strategies and job satisfaction of Iranian nurses who are working or worked in different wards. EVIDENCE ACQUISITIO...

AIM This paper reports a study testing the validity and reliability of the Italian version of the Kogan Attitude towards Older People scale. BACKGROUND Nursing students' attitudes towards older people can affect their preference for working with them. One of the most common instruments used to assess these attitudes is the Kogan Attitude towards Older People scale. Previous validation studies...

Background: The Liverpool Care Pathway (LCP) is an interdisciplinary protocol, aiming to ensure that dying patients receive dignified and individualized treatment and care at the end-of-life. LCP was originally developed in 1997 in the United Kingdom from a model of cancer care successfully established in hospices. It has since been introduced in many countries, including Norway. The method was...