‎ ‎This paper presents a new finite mixture model using the normal mean-variance‎ ‎mixture of Birnbaum-Saunders distribution‎. ‎The proposed model is multimodal with wider‎ ‎ranges of skewness and kurtosis‎. ‎Moreover‎, ‎it is useful for modeling highly asymmetric data in various theoretical and applied statistical problems‎. ‎The maxim...

Introduction: Acute Respiratory Infection (ARI) is the most common cause of mortality in ‎children under five years of age. Its treatment and care costs a lot and if left untreated, can ‎cause irreversible side effects. Prevention is more important than treatment and for prevention, ‎identifying predictive factors are essential.‎ Objective: This study was conducted to determi...

Introduction: Noting children's behavioral problem,‎‏ ‏which formats major forms of children ‎psycho-pathology in all culture and human communities, is very important because most adult ‎behavioral disorder originates from primary experiences in childhood. Behavioral problem ‎have different reasons and one of these reasons are chronic physical illnesses such as major b-&...

Introduction: Illness, hospitalization and pain are often the first crisis that children are faced with ‎and painful procedure such as IV insertion is inevitable and the most cause of children distress. ‎Therefore proper pain treatment is one of the important goals in hospitalized children. Distraction as ‎a non-medical method is among independent nursing implementation which tends ...

Introduction: Nursing education consists of theoretical and practical courses. Practical ‎courses provide opportunity for student to convert their theoretical knowledge to ‎psychomotor abilities. More than ‎‏50%‏‎ of nursing and midwifery curriculum in two and four ‎year programs are designed for practical activities. Evaluation is one of the most important ‎issu...

Introduction: Anxiety is among the most prevalent mental disorder which people in any society ‎may encounter. This vague and uncomfortable feeling may affect all aspects of one's life and also ‎can accompany unlimited number of disorders such as depression. ‎ Objective: The aim of this study was to determine the frequency of anxiety in college students and ‎its relation with dep...

Introduction: Sleep disorder is prevalent in hemodialysis patients. Treatments such as air way ‎positive pressure and medicines are not usually available or have side effects. Acupressure is a ‎non-invasive method from traditional Chiness medicine. It is proven useful in some studies in ‎treatment of sleep disorder.‎  Aim: This study surveyed the effect of acupressure on...

Introduction: Schizophrenia is a type of psychosis which disturbs one's function through its ‎destructive effects on mind, behavior and personal interaction. More than ‎‏70%‏‎ of schizophrenic ‎patients are living with their families. Lack of correct cares of caregivers causes repeated and ‎decreases patient’s physical and mental abilities. Studying the weal po...

Introduction: Gaining patient satisfaction is among important goals in health care system. ‎Nurses due to the type of their profession, have an essential role in providing satisfaction to ‎patients hospitalized in treatment centers especially hospitals. An efficient health care system ‎can only reach its mission, maintaining public health, through providing satisfactory care and it ...