background: objective structured clinical examination (osce) is one of the most preferable means of evaluating cognitive, emotional and psychomotor aspects of nursing students. the present study was designed to determine the reliability and validity of osce in evaluating clinical skills of nursing students. materials and methods: for this descriptive evaluative study, 10 different skills of nur...

background: motivational interviewing (m.i.) is an option for modifying an individual’s behavior. it is used as an educational method in recent years. the aim of our study was to indicate whether or not education, using lecture alone and lecture with m.i., would affect the performance of nursing personnel regarding their hand hygiene. if so, which of these two methods were most effective for th...

Nursing home quality threatens the well-being of residents. Pay for performance pays organizations for meeting performance targets and is required in Medicare hospitals under the 2010 Patient Protection and Aff ordable Care Act, where it is called “valuebased purchasing.” It is not yet required of nursing homes. Th is article asks whether pay for performance could mitigate nursing home quality ...

the effect of peer mentoring program performance on clinical function in second semester nursing students     bagherieh f [1] , hemmati maslakpak m [2] *, khalkhali hr [3]     received: 02 sep, 2012 accepted: 29 nov, 2012     abstract   background & aims : clinical education is important part of nursing teaching. the peer mentoring program is considered a learning strategy that helps nursing st...

conclusions according to the obtained results, the majority of nurses participating in the study had an intermediate level of knowledge and practice of infection control. there is a need to develop a system of continuous education for all the categories of nursing staff. background basic infection control measures in any nursing setup can reduce the rates of healthcare-associated infections. re...

Background: In the health centers, clinical data is regularly transferred between health care personnel. The most widespread of these handoffs are the inter-shift nursing reports, which occur several times in a day and could facilitate patient care plan, patient safety and continuity of care. But previous studies and clinical experience have indicated that there is no program for this major pur...

An extensive literature is devoted to differences between for-profit and non-profit health-care providers' prices, utilization, and quality. Less is known about for-profit and non-profit managers' compensation and its relationship with financial and quality performance. The aim of this study is to examine whether for-profit and non-profit nursing homes place differential weights on financial an...

The purpose of this study was to analyze the influence of professional self-concept and professional autonomy on clinical performance of clinical nurses. Participants were clinical nurses working at the university hospital in Seoul. Data were collected using questionnaires that contained items on individual characteristic, professional self-concept, professional autonomy, nursing performance. D...

abstract background: job satisfaction of nurses is an important concept in nursing profession because it influences nursing care. head nurses play a crucial role in the job satisfaction of nurse staffs. the current study, therefore, aimed to investigate the effect of head nurse empowerment program (hnep) on job satisfaction of nurses. materials and methods: this quasi‑experimental study was con...