abstract ba ckground: high level of stress in intensive care unit nurses affects the quality of their nursing care. therefore, this study aimed to determine the effects of a stress management program on the quality of nursing care of intensive care unit nurses. materials and methods: this study is a randomized clinical trial that was conducted on 65 nurses. the samples were selected by stratifi...

background : stress has been defined as a barrier to concentration, problem solving, decision making, and other necessary abilities for students' learning; it also has some symptoms and illnesses in the students such as depression and anxiety. in reviewing stress and its consequences, the methods of coping with stress in the method of response to it would be more important than the nature of st...

Southern Adelaide Palliative Services (SAPS) is a comprehensive palliative care programme serving the southern region of Adelaide, South Australia, including specialist nursing and medical support, social work, inpatient acute hospital and hospital care, outpatient visits, home care, nursing home consultations, a bereavement program, volunteers, complementary care, and day care. SAPS interfaces...

BACKGROUND Physical restraints are commonly used in psychogeriatric nursing home residents despite reports of negative consequences. Most research has focused on restraint reduction without addressing methods to prevent initiation of restraints in nursing homes. EXBELT has been found to decrease belt restraint use but should also be evaluated for its use in preventing restraints. OBJECTIVE To...

background: the purpose of this qualitative exploratory study was to explore the views of nursing trainers and students about nursing students’ clinical evaluation problems and drawbacks in shiraz nursing and midwifery school. materials and methods:   a qualitative exploratory approach was used in this study at shiraz nursing and midwifery school in 2012. a purposeful sample of 8 nursing instru...

BACKGROUND Anxiety disorders are common and test stress affects many students. Guided reflection is a new and effective method for reducing stress. OBJECTIVES To assess the effect of guided reflection on test anxiety in second and third-year nursing students of Fatima Nursing and Midwifery College, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran. MATERIALS AND METHOD This study was desi...