[Effect of group motivational interviewing on quality of life of patients with colorectal cancer and permanent ostomy]

Introduction: Ostomy patients are involved in physical, emotional, social and many other problems. The problems will disrupt the normal process of living and quality of life. These patients experience Lower quality of life according to their special problems. In this situation the proper training and appropriate interventions can effect on improving the quality of life of these patients. The goal of this study was Determination of the effects of group motivational interviewing and quality of life with a permanent ostomy

Methods: This study is a quasi-experimental study with two groups before and after sampling aimed based sampling on 70 patients with colorectal cancer and permanent ostomy was performed in Ostomy Association of Iran and Surgery clinic of Rasoul Akram Hospital in 2013. Intervention based on practical book of motivational interviewing was performed with a nurse [researcher], psychologist knowledgeable in Motivational interviewing [as a group facilitator] and ostomy nurse in two groups of 12 and a group of 11 patients. The data gathering tool in this study was Quality of Life Ostomy patients Questionnaire of Hope City that was measured before intervention and one month after. Data were analyzed using the software SPSS 20 and Tvsyqy paired t-test, t- test and then analyzed with Mann - Whitney U Test

Finding: The results of this study showed that the motivational interviewing significantly increases quality of life of the intervention group in post-test [mental health, [p<0/005], social health [p<0/008], spiritual well-being [p<0/003] and physical health [p<0/002]. also there is a significant difference between the intervention and control groups in components of self-esteem, psychological, social and spiritual health

Conclusion: the implementation of "motivational interviewing" makes a significant difference in the quality of life of patients with cancer of colon and permanent ostomy. So implementation of this procedure improves the quality of life of patients with ostomy

[ effect of emotional intelligence education on job conflict in nurses]

Introduction: Today, conflict is an inevitable part of human communication in the health structures. One of the most important skills that are characteristic ability in conflict resolution is having emotional intelligence. Present research is an attempted to determine the effect of emotional intelligence training on conflict in nurses

Methods and Materials: The study was conducted using semi experimental applied design with control/trail group. Study sample included 56 nurses based on inclusion criteria sampling and in the next step balanced block randomization sampling was used for assigning 2 groups of: control group [n=29], and Trial group [n=27]. The researchers used 3 questionnaires including: Socio-demographic, Duberin Job Conflict Questioner and Bar-On Emotional Intelligence Questioner to gather data. Content and face validity of the questioners were measured by experts' nurses. The reliability [Cronbach's alpha] coefficients for these scales were: job conflict [85%] and emotional intelligence [95%] confirmed. At the beginning, of this study all participants completed the questionnaires as pretest, then EI skills in 6 hours presented only for trail group, one weeks [each week they got 2 education package] after intervention, all subjects [in 2 groups] again completed questionnaires. The statistical software used was SPSS [v.11.5] for windows. Also paired T, Chi-square and Hapker tested were used

Findings: Findings showed that there were no significant differences between the test and control group in terms of demographic characteristics except of marriage. Findings indicated that there are no significant differences between trail and control group in total and subscales EI score. However, finding indicated that there was a significant differences between before and after findings in trail group total and subscales EI score [p=0.049], and in job conflict [p=0.0001] and conflict score [p=0.000]

Conclusions: According to our findings in the present research, emotional intelligence education has been highly effective on the job conflict in nurses

[Perspectives of retired nurses on factors that affect quality of nursing care]

Quality of health care services shows the degree of achievement of health outcomes. From ethical and legal perspectives, nurses should be responsible for quality of presented care. Retired nurses can help to elaborate real and valuable concepts related to effective factors on quality of nursing care due to their experiences. The aim of this study was to explore the perspectives of retired nurses on factors that affect quality of nursing care in Semnan. In this qualitative content analysis method, 20 retired nurses were invited to the study using purposeful sampling. Data were collected mainly using semi-structured interviews. The analysis was carried out using content analysis. Findings of the study yielded to three significant themes including: 1] necessity of humanistic relationships; 2] suitable selection and education [3] planning and organizing nursing cares related to quality of nursing cares. Findings of this study explored perspectives of retired nurses on the effective factors on quality of nursing care. The three themes emerged in the study should be mentioned in planning programs

[Effect of time management training on work-family conflict among hospital nurses]

The present research attempted to investigate the effect of time management training on work-life conflict among two hospitals' nurses. In this randomized trial, we recruited all nurses of two public hospitals [n=106] in Hamadan and Tehran according to the inclusion criteria. We used balanced [permuted] block randomization for assigning the study sample into control [n=53] and intervention [n=47] groups. Six individuals did not participate in the study. Data were collected using two instruments: 1] work-family conflict scale; and 2] time management behaviors scale. For content validity, ten experts in the field of the study commented on the items. The reliability coefficients [Cronbach's alpha] for these scales were 0.86 and 0.75, respectively. All participants completed the questionnaires at baseline. The time management skills were taught in the intervention group for eight hours. One month later, all participants in two groups completed the questionnaires again. Considering the baseline characteristics, the groups were homogenous. Independent sample t-test indicated no significant differences between the two groups in all dimensions before the intervention [P>0.05]. There was significant difference between two groups in the work-family conflict after the intervention [P<0.001]. Also, the paired t-test showed significant difference in work-family conflict before and after the intervention in the intervention group [P<0.001]. According to our findings in the present research, time management training intervention had positive effect on work-family conflict among hospital nurses