BACKGROUND Professional development is reiterated in the new definition of modern organizations as a serious undertaking of organizations. This article aims to present and describe a prescriptive model to increase the quality of professional development of Iranian nurses within an organization-based framework. MATERIALS AND METHODS This article is an outcome of the results of a study based on...

PURPOSE To determine the one-year incidence of needle stick and sharp injuries (NSIs and SIs) and their associations with visual function among Iranian nurses. METHODS In this cross-sectional study, 278 nurses working at one hospital were selected through stratified random sampling. After applying the exclusion criteria, the final analysis was performed on the data of 267 nurses. The data of ...

BACKGROUND Employment of utilization review instruments is a method for managing costs and efficiency in the healthcare systems. OBJECTIVES This study developed an instrument for measuring the level of inappropriate acute hospital admissions and days of care in Iran. PATIENTS AND METHODS The American version of the Appropriateness Evaluation Protocol (AEP) was modified, using the agreement ...

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 the...

Background Clinical judgment of nurses to conduct medication orders is based on patient assessment, medication knowledge, observation, and interpretation of the data collected. This process is influenced by many factors. Objective This study aims to explore nurses' experience about facilitating factors in medication administration based on clinical judgment of nurses. Methods This qualitati...

BACKGROUND An understanding of nurses' experiences in disasters can help to identify their problems in this area. These can be overcome with better planning and preparation. The aim of this study was to explore the experiences and perceptions of disaster nurses regarding their provision of disaster health care services. METHODS This was a qualitative study using an inductive qualitative conte...

INTRODUCTION Clinical nurses are in need of being able to adapt to the ever-changing environment of clinical settings. The prerequisite for their successful adaptation is to be lifelong learners. An approach for making nurses lifelong learners is self-directed learning. AIMS This study was undertaken to evaluate a group of Iranian clinical nurses' readiness for self-directed learning and its ...

BACKGROUND Medication errors are considered to be a serious threat to patients' safety. Efforts to detect and prevent these errors have increased considerably in recent years. AIM To determine the incidence and reporting rate of medication errors as reported by Iranian nurses and their relationship with work conditions in hospitals under the authority of Iran University of Medical Sciences. ...

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Implication for health policy/practice/research/medical education: The Iran's government should pay attention to the potentials of nurses for monitoring the public health, screening, disease prevention , health education and health promotion. which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Nurses in the world are activ...