PURPOSE This study developed a web-based wound care course for undergraduate nursing students and evaluated the course's content, system, and student-satisfaction. METHODS This study was done in three stages, the development of the web-based wound care course, the implementation and evaluation of the course. The course was developed based on the ARCS model. 80 undergraduate nursing students t...

BACKGROUND The aim of the study was to assess the efficacy and safety of remifentanil for pain relief during external cephalic version (ECV) for breech presentation in nulliparous women at term. METHODS A total of 144 nulliparous women with singleton breech presentation were randomly divided into the intervention group and the placebo group, with 72 subjects in each group. The subjects in the...

BACKGROUND Although external cephalic version (ECV) can be effective for correcting the fetus in a cephalic presentation, it may be painful for the mother. This study aimed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of remifentanil for pain relief during ECV in China. METHODS In all, 152 Chinese parturients with singleton breech presentation were randomly divided into 2 groups, each with 76 patients...

The present study was performed to quantitatively examine nurse satisfaction, to investigate the associated factors influencing satisfaction, and to evaluate the effect of improvement measures based on these factors. A survey using the 38-item Chinese version of the Practice Environment Scale (CPPE-38) was performed in a university-affiliated tertiary hospital in Shanghai, China in 2013. Linear...

PURPOSE This study aimed to evaluate whether a nonpharmacological approach through implementation of a communication improvement program (named CICARE for Connect, Introduce, Communicate, Ask, Respond and Exit) into standard operating procedure (SOP) in acute pain service (APS) improved satisfaction in patients receiving intravenous patient-controlled analgesia (IV-PCA). PATIENTS AND METHODS ...

BACKGROUND Health care system reform is a major issue in many countries and therefore how to evaluate the effects of changes is incredibly important. This study measured residents' satisfaction with community health care service in Shanghai, China, and aimed to evaluate the effect of recent health care system reform. METHODS Face-to-face interviews were performed with a stratified random samp...

background surgery, as the main approach in higher stages of gynecomastia, has different techniques regarding the staging of the disease. the more the grade of gynecomastia, the more complicated the used surgical techniques, conventionally. this study assessed the success rate of the simplest surgical technique in higher grades of gynecology as well as the satisfaction rate in patients and surg...

abstract background and purpose:now-a-days, patient satisfaction is increasingly receiving the attention of health-service providers, which is a necessary step to enhance the quality of health services. the present study aimed at exploring patient-physician communicative patterns, physicians’ job satisfaction, and patients’ satisfaction at isfahan, iran. materials and methods:this study was a d...