conclusions iraqi nurses identified factors such as limited health resources, lack of job description, and professional unaccountability as major safety issues in maternity services. these findings alarm the need to ensure the provision of females and neonates with appropriate care. this, however, would require coordination between iraqi kurdistan health authorities to provide midwifery care fa...

abstract background: ethical caring is an essential in nursing practice. nurses are confronted with complex situations in which they are expected to autonomously make decisions in delivering good care to patients. although a wide range of studies have examined ethical behavior of nurses, there are still many issues requiring further investigation. the aim of this article is to describe the ethi...

background: the purpose of this study was to describe the first attempts and performance of health system in iran in training specialist nurses in the field of diabetes- related care and education. materials and methods: this was a qualitative content analysis. three diabetes management planners in the ministry of health and medical education, three provincial executive authorities of diabetes ...

abstract background: historical research has limitations in applying proper and credit-worthy chronology to clarify the data. in this methodology, the application of oral history is one of the ways in which answers to questions addressed by the research theme are elicited. oral history, as a clear and transparent tool, needs to be applied with guidelines for qualitative researchers regarding da...

background & aim : this study aimed to discover the lived experiences of patients transferred from the intensive care unit (icu) to a general ward, to reach a deeper understanding of this phenomenon. methods & materials: this is a qualitative study with an interpretative phenomenological approach, which is conducted at hospitals affiliated to universities, and private hospitals of tehran in 201...

AIM To provide a template for developing a national mentoring scheme to enhance the contribution practitioner researchers can make to the quality of health care in England. BACKGROUND The authors describe the background to and organisation of a mentorship scheme to support those awarded National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) fellowships as part of the Clinical Academic Training (CAT) s...

o identify the contribution of nurses to the nutrition research literature between 1970 and 1984, nursing and multidisciplinary research journals T were reviewed. A total of 104 nutrition research articles with nurses as first author or co-author were identified. More than two thirds of the articles have been published since 1980; only nine had been published prior to 1977. Of the articles, 55 ...

Translational research is presented in a context of transformation in scientific findings, originating in basic, clinical research laboratories or epidemiological studies and providing new clinical tools, processes or applications(1). Translational research is aimed at improving patient care and promoting public health. To reach this goal, the intent is to build a bridge that connects the resea...

In recent years, developments in nursing informatics have been relentless. Based on technological inventions in computing and communications, several new applications have emerged in health care. While many applications make life easier for both patients and providers, some can create new problems. In contrast to this technological revolution, areas such as patient information, patient care, do...