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Religious, economic, political, social, and cultural factors influence professional autonomy in nursing, and differ from country to country. The aim of this study was to explain barriers and facilitators of professional autonomy in the experience of clinical nurses. This qualitative study was conducted on 19 clinical nurses and nursing managers selected based on purposive sampling from January 2018 to December 2019. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews, which continued until data saturation was reached. Conventional content analysis based on the Graneheim and Lundman approach was used to analyse the data. Data were categorised into 34 subcategories, 8 main categories, and two main themes, which were titled as facilitators of professional autonomy (professional, organisational, and individual factors, and effective communication) and barriers to professional autonomy (professional, organisational, and personal barriers, and inappropriate communications). The results discussed a set of facilitators and barriers faced by Iranian nurses in clinical settings. Professional organisations can play a key role by enhancing professional autonomy facilitators and increasing professional support for nurses. Another finding was the importance of training nursing staff to be competent and autonomous, beginning right from the college years.
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ABSTRACT The application of beneficial bacteria has recently been used for sustainable agriculture. In current research, 71 bacterial isolates were obtained from rice plant and the rhizosphere soil of different paddy fields in Guilan province, Iran. After primitive investigation, 40 bacteria with typical predominant characteristics were selected. By PCR-RFLP of their 16S r-DNA gene, 8 Operational Taxonomic Units (OTUs) totally consisted of 33 isolates were obtained. From all of them, 8 isolates were selected for rice seed germination experiment, then, effective isolates were used for pot experiment to evaluate their ability for promoting rice growth. All of them were able to increase rice growth and yield, but in different potential. These tested isolates were identified as Alcaligenes faecalis (DEp8, O1R4), Pantoea ananatis (AEn1), Bacillus vietnamensis (MR5), Bacillus idriensis (MR2) and Stenotrophomonas maltophilia by partial sequencing of their 16S r-DNA gene. Among them, AEn1 and MR5 produced indole-3- acetic acid (IAA) in larger amounts than the other isolates and the isolates AEn1 and O1R4 were able to solubilize phosphate in higher amounts. According to the results obtained, it can be concluded that AEn1, O1R4 and MR5 can be considered as bacterial inoculants to use as alternatives for chemical fertilizers.