[Exploration of students' perceptions of issues in nursing theoretical courses: a qualitative research]

Ensuring the quality of education is one of the responsibilities of nurse instructors. Understanding the educational issues related to theoretical courses to improve the quality of nursing education. The purpose of this study was to explore students' perceptions of issues in nursing theoretical courses. A qualitative design using a conventional content analysis approach was used to collect and analyze data. Semi structured interviews were conducted with 17 nursing students chosen using purposeful sampling. During data analysis, four main categories were developed: "ineffective instructor", "non-dynamic curriculum", "problems regard to external environment of education", and "factors related to the individual student". It was shown that education issues are caused by different factors. It is suggested that educational administrators should provide educational facilities and help with the improvement of instructors' teaching and communication skills in order to take effective steps in removing educational issues, and enhance students' motivation and confidence

[Managers and nurses function of safe patients' care from the nurses Perspective]

Introduction: Integration of safety science with patients' daily cares decreases events and injuries. Nurses whom are doing patients care, promised patients safety protection. This study aimed to determine managers and nurses function of safe patients' care from the nurses prospective

Materials and methods: This descriptive study was carried out with purposive sampling method on 202 nurses working in Uremia Medical University hospitals. Data were gathered using 'Safe Practice for Better Healthcare' questionnaire with 15 questions about managers' function. In addition, 25 questions were about nurses' function of safe patients' care. Validity of the questionnaire was measured by content validity and reliability was determined by testretest [r=0/85]. Regarding data analysis, SPSS software, descriptive statistical testes, Chisquare test and Pearson correlate coefficient were used

Findings: Findings of study showed that most of the nurses [91.6%, 56.9%] believed theirs function of safe patients' care is good and managers' function is moderate. Results showed that between managers' function and nurses' function of safe patients' care, there is statistically a significant relationship [p=0.000]

Conclusion: Regarding to bilateral effect of managers and nurses on the safe care of patients, attention and emphasis on formal and informal communication in health-related organizations can improve patients' safety

[Parents' worries about life problems of adolescent girls with diabetes: a qualitative study]

Parents participation in management of diabetes has been recognized to be beneficent. Recognizing parents' worries should be addressed to plan effective health promoting programs. This study aimed to explore parents' worries about life problems of adolescent girls with diabetes. In this qualitative study, 26 parents [16 mothers and 10 fathers] of adolescent girls with type 1 diabetes were recruited using purposive sampling from the Diabetes Society in west Azerbaijan. Data were collected using in-depth and semi-structured interviews. Analysis of the transcripts was guided by qualitative content analysis. Qualitative content analysis demonstrated three original categories from parents' worries: 1] worries about the future; 2] worries about the treatments; and 3] worries about the society. Better perception of parents' concerns may promote effective communication between health professionals and parents. Modification of parents' personal control and perceived threat through appropriate educational programs that acknowledge and address their concerns may be a means of empowering parents