Previous studies have shown that missed nursing care is a significant problem in acute care hospitals. Other studies have demonstrated that teamwork is a critical element in assuring patient safety and quality of care. The purpose of this study was to determine if the level of nursing teamwork impacts the extent and nature of missed nursing care. A sample of 2 216 nursing staff members on 50 ac...

nurses' experience of dealing with dying patients     karimi moneghy h [1] , zubin f [2] , yavari m [3] *, noghredani m [4] , abdollahi h [5]     received: 9 jul, 2013 accepted: 20 sep, 2013  abstract  background & aims : u nderstanding nurses' experience of patient death, the appropriate approach to understand this phenomenon is the aim of this study. also as a supporting role of the...

background: caring is a valuable task. the staff in any profession that involves patients’ fear, anxiety, pain, and suffering may experience similar feelings. as a professional group, oncology nurses deal with patients and their relatives and caregivers under very stressful conditions. they encounter pain, suffering, and death as a part of their daily life. a number of studies have evaluated th...

background workplace violence is one of the factors which can strongly reduce job satisfaction and the quality of working life of nurses. the aim of this study was to measure nurses’ exposure to workplace violence in one of the major teaching hospitals in tehran in 2010.   methods we surveyed the nurses in a cross-sectional design in 2010. the questionnaire was adapted from a standardized quest...