[Comparison the viewpoint of nursing students and their trainers regarding preventing and facilitating factors of effective clinical teaching in Islamic Azad university, Marageh branch]

There is few studies in Iran investigated the viewpoint of nursing students and their trainers regarding preventing and facilitating factors of effective clinical teaching in Islamic Azad University. The aim of the present study was to compare the viewpoint of nursing students and their trainers regarding preventing and facilitating factors of effective clinical teaching. In a descriptive-comparative study, all nursing students [n= 121] and clinical trainers [n= 21] of Islamic Azad University, Maragheh Branch were participated. Data were gathered by a questionnaire. Validity and reliability of questionnaire was determined by content validity and internal consistency [Cronbach's alpha], respectively. Questionnaires were completed with self-report method. Data analysis was conducted with SPSS,13 software by Mann- Whitney U test. 21 trainer and 121 students considered facilitating and preventing factors as important factors for effective clinical teaching. There were statistical differences between nursing students and nursing trainers viewpoints regarding facilitating factors of effective clinical teaching [p= 0.003]. In other hand, there were no statistical differences between nursing students and nursing trainers viewpoints regarding preventing factors of effective clinical teaching [p= 0.08]. These findings demonstrate the importance of facilitating and preventing factors of effective clinical teaching from the viewpoints of nursing students and trainers of Islamic Azad University. Attention to this factors have important role in improvement of clinical education of nursing students

[Association of life style and self-esteem among adolescent girls of daily public high schools of Tehran]

Necessity of self-esteem is one of the natural human needs that achieves by following social norms and standards, development, success, right activities and right lifestyle. This study evaluated relationship between lifestyle and self-esteem of adolescent girls. This descriptive-correlation study was perfomed on 400 girls who had been eligible to participate in this study. They were selected by multi-stages sampling method. Required information was gathered by three questionnaires, including demographics, lifestyle [diet, sleep-rest, physical activity, sport, smoking and methods of prevention from stress] and coopersmith's self-esteem. Self-esteem had significant association with consumption of dairy-products [p<0.0001], vegetables and fruits [p=0.008], sleep and rest [p=0.009], smoking [p=0.009] and prevention from stress [p=0.000], while it had not significant association with consuming meat [p=0.58], bread and cereals [p=0.060], confections [p=0.130], sport [p=0.124] and hookah [p=0.560]. This study showed that there is a relationship between lifestyle [unsuitable diet, inadequate rest and sleep, smoking and unsuitable methods for preventing from stress] and self-esteem