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Introduction: skilled nurses are needed to achieve health promotion strategies, so operation and assessment via staff development program is essential
Objective: the purpose of this study was to evaluate staff development program through west Mazandaran hospital nurses and its relationship with the level of their professional competency
Methods: this study was descriptive - correlations in 205 nurses from general ward who were selected by cluster sampling. Data was collected by two questionnaires for competency level and staff development programs. Face and content validity was approved and reliability of the instrument was assessed by the internal consistency. Analysis of variance and chi-square tests were used to analyze data
Results: the majority of samples reported their competent level as ideal [75/6%], and the effectiveness of the program estimated as average [80/5%]. variance analysis of data showed there are no significant difference in the mean scores of survey instrument staff development, among the nurses with varying levels of competence [p =0/4, df =2]
Conclusion: organizations spend enormous amounts of money to improve development programs. If these programs loss their effectiveness, it is time consuming and will damage the economy. These results could be useful for nursing organization and executives
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Introduction: To bridge the gap between scientific evidence and patient care, an in-depth understanding of the barriers is needed. The purpose of this study was to identify barriers of research utilization from the point of view of Zanjan registered and critical care unit's nurses
Methods: Data were collected using the Funk s Evidence Based Practice Barriers Scale. Based on statistics formula sample of study was 64 graduate nurses employed in critical care units of Zanjan Educational Hospitals. Descriptive and inferential statistics [Friedman, Kruskal-wallis, Mann-Whitney U-test] were employed to analyze the data
Results: According to the research results, the first three main barriers to research utilization identified by the respondents were: "Insufficient facilities", "Lack of time to read research", and "Insufficient time on the job to implement new ideas". Nevertheless, no statistically significant difference was found between the demographic variables such as sex, work years, level of education, and position, based on the general scale means
Conclusion: It is highly recommended that the educational hospitals systems need to change for preparation nurses with sufficient facilities and time to read and implement new finding
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Participating in decision making is an important patient's right observance of which by nurses is an essential need of hospitalized adolescents. The aim of this study was to assess and compare nurses and hospitalized adolescents' perceptions about the importance and observance of hospitalized adolescents' decision making. It was a cross sectional study, 175 nurses and 180 hospitalized ill adolescents who had inclusion criteria were selected by convenience sampling, The data were collected using two parallel self-completed questionnaires. Data were analyzed by SPSS software and using Mann-Whitney and Kruskal-Wallis tests. No statistically significant difference was found between nurses' and hospitalized ill adolescents' perceptions of importance and observance of hospitalized adolescents' decision making. In addition, the results showed that, from nurses' point of view, participation in care was the most important item, while adolescents believed that the presence of support person had the most importance. Both nurses and adolescents believed that the presence of support person was mostly observed. According to the findings, from perception of two groups, hospitalized adolescents' decision making is important and moderately respected. Nurses can improve quality of care by recognotion and remove shackles of observance
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Today, the promotion of critical thinking skills should be considered as an expected outcome of BSc nursing curriculum. This study was designed to compare the critical thinking skills of nursing students of Semnan University of Medical Sciences with Tehran University of Medical Sciences. In this comparative and descriptive study, 70 and 120 of Yl and Y4 BSc nursing students of Semnan and Tehran Universities [Tehran, Iran and Shaheed Beheshti Universities] were selected respectively using stratified random sampling. The California Critical Thinking Skill Test, form B [CCTST:FB] composed of 34 multiple choice questions was used to assess the critical thinking skills in five areas of analysis, evaluation, inference, inductive and deductive reasoning. Data was then analyzed using t-test and ANOVA. The results showed that the mean and standard deviation of critical thinking scores for semnan and Tehran bachelor students were 12.34 +/- 2.45 and 10.4 +/- 2.75, respectively which were significantly different [t=1.95, p=0.002]. There was a significant difference between critical thinking skills scores of nursing students in different years of study in Semnan [F3, 0=4.28, p= 0.000], But in Tehran Universities, there was only a significant difference between critical thinking skills scores of Yl and Y4 students [t=-2.77, p=0.007]. Bachelor nursing students of Semnan University had a higher score of critical thinking skills compared to their counterparts in Tehran. There was also a significant difference between junior and senior nursing students. Results from this study and of similar works suggest that more attention should be paid to the process of education based on nurturing of critical thinking skills
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Humans , Test Taking Skills , Students, NursingABSTRACT
High quality of work life is known as basic prerequisite of empowering human resources in healthcare system. Nurses' productivity plays an important role in organizations' success. Knowing the correlation between quality of work life and productivity, managers can improve staffs' productivity by promoting nurses' quality of work life. This study aimed at assessing relationships between quality of work life and productivity of nurses. This cross-sectional correlation study was conducted with a random sample of 360 nurses drawn from hospitals affiliated to Tehran University of Medical Sciences. Data were gathered through self-administered questionnaires containing work quality of life questionnaire [45 questions on a likert rating scale] and productivity questionnaire [25 questions on a likert rating scale]. Both questionnaires were developed by the researchers. All statistics were computed using the SPSS software [version 13] with pearson and K square tests. Findings revealed that 31.9% of the nurses considered their productivity level, moderate. 41.9% of them reported their work quality of life at moderate level. Only 10% of them believed that their work quality of life is good. The results demonstrated statistically significant correlation between work quality of life and productivity level of nurses [r=0.357, P<0.001]. Since just 0.1 of nurses reported their productivity and quality of work life good, managers should apply the appropriate strategies to promote nurses' quality of work life and provide the ground for improving the quality of care and productivity of nurses
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Patient education, one of the most important nurses responsibilities, depend on their motivation therefore, this study was performed and the purpose of the study was for determining the nurses motivating factors related to the patients education. A descriptive cross sectional research was carried out among the nurses in the hospitals affiliated to Tehran University of medical science. Sample population was 214 nurses selected by stratified and cluster sampling. Data was collected by questioner through self reporting. The data were analyzed by SPSS computer software. Descriptive statistic and chi[2] Test, Fisher Exact Test, Exact Test Mont Carlo were used. Data of motivating factors categorized in 3 levels, high, moderate, low with Lickrate scale showed that in nurses' opinion salary and payment [48%], facilities [49.5%], supervision [57.5%], have average effect on their motivation related to the patient education. Job security [68%], respect and appreciation [76%], career development [74%], work-interest [81.5%], knowledge [85.5%], professional responsibilities [90%] have much effect on their motivation related to the patient education. Statistical test showed a meaningful relation between demographic variables and motivating factors. According to the findings, Job security, respect and appreciation, career development, work-interest, knowledge, professional responsibility have much effect on the motivation for patient education