Organizational Commitment among Critical Care Unit Nurses of Mazandaran Heart Center

@#Introduction: Organizational commitment is manifested in the forms of taking pride in organization, enhanced motivation for engaging in organizational duties, staying at organization for a longer time and knowing organization as a valuable organization. So decreased organizational commitment among medical staff led researchers to investigate the organizational commitment of CCUs in Mazandaran Heart Center. Methods: This is a descriptive-analytical study carried out in teaching hospitals of Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Heart Center. Allen and Meyer's organizational commitment questionnaire was used to collect data from 90 nurses selected by census from CCU nurses. Data was analyzed using SPSS 21. Results: Of studied cases, 19 (18.9%) were male and 73 (81.1%) were female with a mean age of 7.25±34.4. Among age, job experience and work hour variables, only age and job experience were considered to be significant. Conclusions: Supervisors and managers should promote nurses' organizational commitment through giving facilities and rewards.

Social problem solving ability predicts mental health among undergraduate students

The main objective of this study was predicting student's mental health using social problem solving ability. In this correlational descriptive study, 369 [208 female and 161 male] from, Mazandaran University of Medical Science were selected through stratified random sampling method. In order to collect the data, the social problem solving inventory revised and general health questionnaire were used. Data were analyzed through SPSS 19, Pearson's correlation, t test, and stepwise regression analysis. Data analysis showed significant relationship between social problem solving ability and mental health [P < 0.01]. Social problem solving ability was significantly associated with the somatic symptoms, anxiety and insomnia, social dysfunction and severe depression [P < 0.01]. The results of our study demonstrated that there is a significant correlation between social problem solving ability and mental health.

Determination of malaria epidemiological status in Iran's malarious areas as baseline information for implementation of malaria elimination program in Iran

According to willingness of the Ministry of Health, Iran and presence of appropriate conditions for disease elimination, national malaria control program decided to conduct a research to clarify malaria status in 2007 and to provide required information to perform the elimination program. This review is comprised of the basis of national malaria elimination program in vision of 2025, which was started in 2010. In this descriptive study, data were analyzed by applications of different variables at district level. All districts in the three south eastern provinces, in which malaria has local transmission, were considered. Malaria cases has been determined and studied based on the national malaria surveillance system. Since vivax malaria is predominant in Sistan and Baluchestan Province, number of vivax cases is equal to malaria positive cases approximately. The important point is that Nikshahr contains the maximum number of local vivax cases in this province and the maximum number of falciparum cases is reported from Sarbaz district. Among all districts of Hormozgan Province, no case of autochthonous falciparum was detected except in Bandar Jask and one case in Minab. There was no case of autochthonous falciparum in Kerman Province, except in Kahnoj and Ghale Ganj that each of them had one case in 2007. It appears that the report of locally transmitted cases in Iran is increasing over the past few years, before starting malaria elimination plan. Since the Afghan refugees started to return to their own country so the main source of reporting of imported malaria cases reduced and local cases would be demonstrated more clearly

[ effect of early clinical experience on attitude of medical students toward basic sciences courses]

Background and Objective: Nowadays early clinical experience [ECE] in Medical education has been developed with the aim of establishing efficient relationship between basic sciences courses and clinical education. This study was done to evaluate the effect of early clinical experience on the attitudes of students in Sari School of Medicine toward basic sciences courses

Methods: This interventional study [before and after] was done on all Sari Medical students in the 4 th semester of basic sciences program. An ECE program in 8 sessions was designed and developed during the 4th academic semester. Attitudes of the students toward clinical importance of basic sciences courses were asked before and after the program by a valid and reliable questionnaire. Data were analyzed using Wilcoxon, Chi-square and McNemar tests and through SPSS 13 software package

Results: From 47 students, 42 ones were participated in the study [response rate= 89%] of whom, 25 ones were female [60%]. Early clinical experience could only affect the attitude of students in neuroanatomy course [P<0.01] Although this program was efficient in increasing students' motivation in some aspects such as voluntary attendance in hospitals during vacations, various methods of integration and using more clinical-based teaching pathways are required for enhancing students' attitudes toward basic sciences courses

Conclusion: ECE program, by itself, can not improve attitude of students toward basic sciences courses, but can enhance students' academic motivation during the basic sciences program of Medicine