AIMS The study aims were to explore the relationships between perceived barriers to research use and the implementation of evidence-based practice among hospital nurses and to investigate the barriers as predictors of implementation of evidence-based practice. BACKGROUND Evidence-based practice is critical in improving healthcare quality. Although barriers to research use have been extensivel...

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this field study was conducted  to investigate barriers to applying principles of management in wards of tehran university on medical science hospitals: head nurses' viewpoints .75 hednurses who  were working  in selected hospitals affiliated to tehran university of medical sciences. the data collection tool was a questionnaire that  it,s validity and reliability was obtained using content...

introduction: patient safety and its requirements fulfillment are today one of the useful valuation indicators in healthcare organizations. thus, patient safety culture and its promotion are referred to as one of the most important issues raised in the country. the present study aims to examine the effective factors (personal and organizational) in patient safety culture from the point of view ...

aims: in general, nurses who work in department of psychiatric are in fact interacting with emotional disorders of patients once providing their care services. higher levels of job motivation and satisfaction can markedly foster service improvement. the aim of this study was to evaluate the correlation between anger and job motivation in nurses of a psychiatric hospital.   instrument & methods:...

introduction: development of nursing profession is faced with new challenges. role of education is important for advancement of nursing. faculty members are experienced in education, and they are authentic sources for determining of the educational challenges in nursing. the aim of this study was to determine the educational challenges in nursing from the viewpoint of faculty members of nursing...

background & aim : nurses’ clinical competence is the most important topics of nursing professional influenced by intrinsic motivational factors in addition to external motivational factors. this study is designed to determine the relationship between clinical competence and motivational factors from mcclelland’s theory of needs that include: need for affiliation, need for achievement and need ...

abstract background and purpose: attendance of nursing students in clinical settings is an inherent element of nursing education. this study aimed to evaluate the attitudes of nurses toward the attendance of nursing students in clinical settings in shahrekord, iran. methods: this descriptive study was conducted in hajar teaching hospital of shahrekord city, iran in 2015. using convenience sampl...

field’s awareness of the Life Safety Code®* (LSC). To address this need, The Joint Commission Perspectives® publishes the column Clarifications and Expectations, authored by George Mills, MBA, FASHE, CEM, CHFM, CHSP, director, Department of Engineering, The Joint Commission. This column clarifies standards expectations and provides strategies for challenging compliance issues, primarily in life...