a survey on nurses clinical problems in patient education     vahedian azimi a [1] *, payami bosari m [2] , gohari moghaddam k [3]    received: 26 jan, 2011 accepted: 19 apr, 2011   abstract  background & aims: patient education is one of the most fundamental roles of nurses. it has a significant impact on prevention and treatment of many diseases. it is necessary to recognize barriers and reso...

Marzieh Abdolalipur, Raheleh Janani, Majid Mahalleii, Mohammad Bagher Hoseini, Masoumeh Mohammadzadeh. Neonatal MD, nursing head nurses of NICU, head of research committee of Alzahra hospital, Tabriz University of medical sciences, Iran; Neonatal MD nursing head nurses of NICU, head of research committee of Alzahra hospital, member of educational board of nursing and midwifery, Tabriz Universit...

In 2009, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) established a Nursing and Midwifery Council with a mandate to develop standards for the registration and regulation of nursing and midwifery and to strengthen the nursing and midwifery workforce. Priorities included workforce Emiratization and the development of regulatory standards to support advanced and speciality nursing practice and new models of car...

AIM This paper reports on the qualitative findings from a national review of a nursing and midwifery scope of practice framework. BACKGROUND Scope of professional practice frameworks offers a system of rules and principles to regulate its members and demonstrate its responsibility to society. Key issues in reviewing the scope of practice include notions of specialist and advanced practice, ac...

BACKGROUND The Government of Enugu State plans to offer free perinatal services at the primary health care (PHC) centers in order to improve perinatal outcomes in the state, but it was not clear whether there are skilled birth attendants (SBAs) at the PHC level to implement the program. AIMS To determine whether there are sufficient numbers of SBAs in the public PHC system in Enugu State of N...

The study proposes a measure of effective productivity among service workers and seeks a parsimonious predictive model of “effective productivity” among nurses in Botswana. Employee productivity has become a concern of organisations in all economic sectors world wide. In Botswana, it has also become a national priority issue and has been listed as one of the goals of the long term vision for Bo...

National registration standards in Australia require nurses and midwives to be educationally prepared to use an evidence-based framework for their practice. These standards assume a shared professional understanding of evidence and, an agreed approach towards educational preparation for evidence implementation. In this study, a qualitative phenomenographic approach is used to explore the ways i...

workplace violence against nurses working in khorramabad educational hospitals and their confronting behaviors in violent events    hosseinabadi r [1] biranvand sh [2] *,anbari kh [3] ,heidari h [4]     received: 5 may , 2013 accepted: 4 jul , 2013    abstract  background & aims : workplace violence is considered as a health problem in nursing profession. the aim of this study was to determine ...

BACKGROUND Despite considerable evidence showing the importance of the nursing and midwifery workforce, there are no systematic reviews outlining how these cadres are best supported to provide universal access and reduce health care disparities at the primary health care (PHC) level. This review aims to identify nursing and midwifery policy, staffing, education and training interventions, colla...

This is the fifth article in a nine-part series describing the Principles of Nursing Practice developed by the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) in collaboration with patient and service organisations, the Department of Health, the Nursing and Midwifery Council, nurses and other healthcare professionals. This article discusses Principle D, the provision of person-centred care.