Nurses who attend patients with psychiatric disorders often encounter ethical dilemmas and experience difficulties in making the right decision. The present study aimed to evaluate the decisions of psychiatric nurses regarding their duty to warn third parties about the dangerousness of the patient, the need for compulsory hospitalization, and the competence of patients. In total, 111 nurses wor...

background and purpose: absence from work, quitting job and turnover of nursing staff put a great burden on any health care system in terms of hiring, training and maintaining nurses. studies suggest that those with higher job satisfaction are less likely to state being sick and indicate that there is a relationship between the nurses’ job satisfaction and their tendency to quit or ask for a tu...

Background: Effective and therapeutic limit setting techniques should be endeavors to patients' safety nurses' professionalism; it utilized in a collaborative, cooperative supportive context of relationship. The has its salutary profitable uses that nurses avail exploit. Aim: study aimed assessing the impact training program regarding limit-setting on psychiatric nurses’ knowledge attitudes as ...

Emotional intelligence skills help nurses to cope with the emotional demands of healthcare environment. The aim of this study was to identify the relationship between emotional intelligence and perception of job performance among nurses. Using a correlational descriptive design with stratified random sampling, 338 registered nurses from teaching hospitals in North West of Iran were surveyed. Em...

BACKGROUND Cancer is the third main cause of death in Iran only after cardiovascular diseases and accidents. OBJECTIVES The main aim of this research study was to identify nurses' understanding of cancer patients' Quality of Life (QoL) in an Iranian context. PATIENTS AND METHODS This descriptive correlational study was conducted in an educative referral oncology center affiliated to Isfahan...

INTRODUCTION Nurses' professional competence is a crucial factor in clinical practice. Systematic evaluation of nurses' competence and its related factors are essential for enhancing the quality of nursing care. This study aimed to assess the nurses' competence level and its possible relationship with their personality and emotional intelligence. METHODS Using a cross-sectional survey design,...