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Background: because of long communication between nurses and patients, nurses have the great opportunity to decrease anxiety level in patients and educate them. The purpose of this study was to evaluate performance of patient's education in nurses and patients' view.
Methods and Materials: This descriptive study was conducted on 110 nurses and 110 hospitalized patients who were being discharged in the summer of 2013 in the three educational hospitals in Sabzevar. Data were collected through a questionnaire for nurses and patients and analyzed using spss software, version of 15, and descriptive tests.
Results: Nurses' performance results showed that patients illustrated the highest level of training in time of admission was the way of using needed equipment [15%], during the hospitalization was time of drug usage [41%] and in discharge time was follow-up and the next visit the doctor. [30%].Also, Nurses mentioned the further level of education in admission, during hospitalization and discharge time were how to use of the equipment [38%], different methods of pain relief [66%], subsequent follow-up and going to the doctor [41%].
Conclusion: This study indicated that level of patients education has not been efficient in all of three times in nurses and patients point of view. Therefore, health care managers should take some measure to enhance nurses' awareness about the importance of patient education.
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Background and aims: Many patients with chronic renal failure are fatigue due to disease process and long-term treatment with hemodialysis. Because of very different side effects of medication, using complementary methods seems to be reasonable way to reduce fatigue in hemodialysis patients. This study aimed to effect of Benson relaxation on fatigue in hemodialysis patients.
Materials and methods: The present research is an experimental controlled trial study conducted on 65 hemodialysis patients selected from Vasei Sabzevar Educational hospital in 2013. Patients were selected using convenience sampling method according to inclusion and exclusion criteria and then were divided randomly into two groups[33 patients] in experimental and [32 patients] in control group. The experimental group received Benson relaxation for 15 minute, twice a day during one month. control group received no intervention. Datacollecting instruments included demographic information form and Brief Fatigue Inventory [BFI] questionnaire were completed before, 2 and 4 weeks after intervention. Data were analyzed by means of SPSS-11/5 and SAS 9.1 statistical software using descriptive statistics, T test, Chi-square, Mann-Whitney Test and generalized estimation equations.
Results: Mean score of fatigue in the experimental group was 6/97 +/- 0/84, 5/25 +/- 1/07and 3/92 +/- 1/11 before intervention, after two weeks and four weeks later, respectively. Analysis of the data revealed a significant difference between the mean score of fatigue of before and after intervention in the experimental group[P<0/01].
Conclusion: Benson relaxation can be considered as a costeffective, simple and secure way to decrease the fatigue in the Hemodialysis patients.
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Background and Aims: Therapists and especially nurses -who spend lots of their time with patients, frequently need to communicate with them. However, many nurses don't use these skills in clinical practice and in communication with patients because of some barriers. Recognition of the barriers to effective nurse-patient communication from their point of view could facilitate the actions need to be taken in order to removing them. This study aimed to evaluate barriers to effective nurse-patient's communication from nurses and patients' viewpoints
Materials and methods: This is a descriptive analytic study and total participants of 08nurses and 80 patients participated from two educational hospitals of Sabzevar city in 2011. Study participants were selected by convenience sampling. Data were collected through a researcher made questionnaire. Total of 23 benchmarks in three main parts, with general titles of: barriers related to nurses, patients and environment were determined
Result: Barriers to communication related to nurses such as "overload of nursing works in wards", "lesser number of nurses than patients", "correct duties not to be done by other hospital staff", "being uninterested in learning communication skills", "lack of nursing information and skills about effective nursing - patient communication", were the main barriers to effective communication. Important barriers to communication related to patients were such as "Anxiety", "physically concerns", "interventions" and the most important barriers related to environment were "a crowded environment" and "unsanitary patient's room "
Conclusion: This study showed that barriers to effective nurse-patient communication include barriers to nurses, patients and environment. Thus, health managers should put their attempts on eliminating or modifying the most important barriers announced in these three fields [nurses, patients and environment]
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Background and Aims: Hospital infection is on of the most important problems which is considered by health care centers. In one hand interventioal methods saved people's lives in recent years but on the other hand a lot of resistent nosocomial infections caused numerous deaths.The purpose of this study was to Evaluate of the level of infection control among nurses in Vasei Hospital of Sabzevar
Materials and methods: This cross-sectional study includes 78 nurses working in surgical wards in teaching hospitals in Sabzevar in 2012. Conduct and practice of infection prevention workers investigated through questionnaires and ckecklists by self-reported method. Data analysis was performed using descriptive statistics
Results: The average age of nurses was 89/4 +/- 43/30 years old. 7/50% of the performance of standard precautions and proper hand washing and the performance was good
Conclusion: According to research findings based on limited performance and training needs, more attention is necessary to provide conditions to promote nurse's knowledge about infection control