INTRODUCTION Professional Satisfaction is a measure of valuation judgment of whether the expectations are met from the profession or not. This study was conducted to find out the professional satisfaction among pass-out B.Sc. Nursing graduates from an institute from batches 1996 to 2004. METHODS Descriptive cross-sectional study design was adopted using convenient and snowball sampling techni...

The evolution of nurse licensure is representative of the heroic efforts of nurses to enhance the value and impact of the nursing profession. This literature review presents a historical account of the advancement of nursing through the nurse licensure process.

David Cameron's plans for nursing would represent a backward step for the profession if they were implemented (news May 13, analysis May 20). Nursing is a career for dedicated individuals who are not afraid of responsibility or decision-making.

BACKGROUND The high rate of attrition among nursing students has caused some nursing leaders to think about the necessity of considering students' personality during the process of admission into nursing schools. Due to the lack of studies on Iranian nursing students' personality traits, this study was designed to assess freshmen nursing students' personality characteristics and their compatibi...