PURPOSE To adapt a questionnaire in the Persian language measuring working conditions and health problems among nursing personnel. A further aim was to test the validity and reliability of the questionnaire. METHODS The adapted questionnaire was based on three well-established questionnaires. Physical working conditions items were from Nurse Early Exit Study. Psychosocial working conditions s...

Hospital reorganisation and work redesign is being widely implemented. According to anecdotal and media accounts, a target of restructuring eVorts is often the workforce, of which nursing personnel (registered nurses, licenced practical nurses, and nurse aides) represent 37% of United States hospital employees. Hospital restructuring initiatives are altering nursing work force patterns by chang...

This project aims to examine if increased influence on working hours reduces stress symptoms and work-family conflicts and thereby decreases ischemic heart diseaserelated biochemical and behavioural risk factors in nursing personnel in the Danish eldercare. The project also aims to study to which extend primary selection into shift work takes place among a group of newly educated home care help...

OBJECTIVE Hispanic Americans and American Indians face significant health disparities compared with White Americans. Research suggests that stereotyping of minority patients by members of the medical community is an important antecedent of race and ethnicity-based health disparities. This work has primarily focused on physicians' perceptions, however, and little research has examined the stereo...

BACKGROUND Evidence on the prevalence and determinants of burnout among military acute and critical care nursing personnel from developing countries is minimal, precluding the development of effective preventive measures for this high-risk occupational group. In this context, we aimed to examine the association between the dimensions of burnout and selected socio-demographic and occupational fa...

BACKGROUND Birth is a major challenge for the newborn to negotiate successfully from intrauterine to extra uterine life. The first few hours since birth is the most crucial period in the life of an infant for further growth and development, which is largely determined by the quality of care that the newborn receives. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study is to assess the quality of care provided by...

OBJECTIVES We compared US and Canadian health administration costs using national medical care employment data for both countries. METHODS Data from census surveys on hospital, nursing home, and outpatient employment in the United States (1968 to 1993) and Canada (1971 and 1986) were analyzed. RESULTS Between 1968 and 1993, US medical care employment grew from 3.976 to 10.308 million full-t...

BACKGROUND In-service training of nursing personnel has a significant role in increasing the empowerment of nurses and promotion of the quality of health services. The objective of this study is to identify and explain the process of in-service training of nursing personnel in the hospitals affiliated with Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences in Tehran. MATERIALS AND METHODS The presen...

Background: Birth is a major challenge for the newborn to negotiate successfully from intrauterine to extra uterine life. The fi rst few hours since birth is the most crucial period in the life of an infant for further growth and development, which is largely determined by the quality of care that the newborn receives. Objective: The aim of this study is to assess the quality of care provided b...

BACKGROUND Equity in distribution of resources is considered as an important priority in health care systems. Equitable distribution of obstetrics and gynecology (Ob/Gyn) services in the country level is critical in maternal and neonatal health for qualitative promotion of maternal care in pregnancy, delivery, and post-delivery periods. OBJECTIVE The present study aimed at determining regiona...