The Correlation of Head Nurses’ Time Management with Nurses’ Job Satisfaction in Medical & Surgical Wards of Hospitals in Arak Medical Sciences University

AbstractIntroduction:Control of time and prevention from wasting time can improve the ability of managing, retaining human resources, decreasing stress and increasing job satisfaction among personnel. Lack of time management in nursing profession may have effect on quality of care and declining efficiency and productivity which lead to feeling burnout and job dissatisfaction in nurses. The aim of this research is to determine the correlation of the head nurses’ time management behaviors with nurses’ job satisfaction.Materials and methods:This research is a descriptive – correlation study. In this research head nurses and nurses who have had inclusion criteria and were employed in medical & surgical wards of hospitals in Arak Medical Sciences University participated by census method. For data collection, two questionnaires about time management and job satisfaction have been designed according to research goals. Their validity were measured by face and content validity (time management: CVI= and job satisfaction: CVI= ) and their reliability by Kronbach - Alpha coefficient ( . and . ). Analyzing data has performed by SPSS software, version .Results:Analysis of data showed that there was not any correlation between time management behaviors of head nurses (from their view) with nurses’ job satisfaction(r = . , p > . ). But the correlation of time management behaviors of head nurses )from nurses’ view( with job satisfaction of nurses was significant (r= . , p< . ).Conclusion:The findings of this research reveal the importance of using time management skills by the nurse managers as a step to improve nursing effectiveness and nurse’ job satisfaction.Keywords: Time Management, Job Satisfaction, Nurs

Comparison the efficacy of honey mouthwash with hydrogen peroxide mouthwash on oral lesions healing in patients with Pemphigus .Abstract Background Pemphigus is a rare and potentially life-threatening disease. It produces blisters in the skin and mucous m

AbstractBackgroundPemphigus is a rare and potentially life-threatening disease. It produces blisters in the skin andmucous membranes. In more than 81% of cases, pemphigus involves oral mucosa. This studyassessed the efficacy of mouthwash with honey compared with hydrogen peroxide on oral lesionshealing in Pemphigus patients.Materials and methodsA randomized design clinical trial was carried on 49 patients with oral pemphigus lesions. Patientsrandomly divided into experimental and control groups. Patients were assessed for 10 days. Datawere collected by questionnaire, Oral Mucositis Visual Assessment Guide of WHO, visual analogscale of pain intensity and time Diaries.ResultsAge, sex, educational level, marital status, history of crisis in the past 6 months, history ofautoimmune disease and history of pemphigus disease in their family, were not statisticallysignificant differente in experimental (honey mouthwash) and control (hydrogen peroxidemouthwash) groups. Degree of oral lesions faster was improved in experimental (honey mouthwash)group compared with control (hydrogen peroxide mouthwash) group. Reducing pain intensity in theexperimental group was significant from the third day(P = 0.001), while it was not statisticallysignificant in the control group until the tenth day of assessment.ConclusionHoney mouthwash compared with hydrogen peroxide has had faster effect on oral lesions healingand more effective on reducing pain in pemphigus patients. Honey mouthwash has no complicationin this group of patients.Key words: pemphigus, oral lesions, honey, Hydrogen peroxid

Marital satisfaction and therapeutic regimen compliance in hemodialysis patients in hospitals of Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences and Health Services in 1388- 89.

AbstractBackgrounds and aimTherapeutic regimen non compliance is a common problem in hemodialysis patients. It is associated withmany side effects. Marital satisfaction and conflictions in dyadic relationships have an important effect oncompliance of a complex regimen. This study aims to determine the correlation between marital satisfactionand therapeutic regimen compliance in hemodialysis patients in hospitals of Shahid Beheshti University ofMedical Sciences and Health Services in 1388-89.Materials and MethodsIn this descriptive correlatiional study 100 hemodialysis patients were selected through the judgmentalsampling method. Data gathering tool was a questionnaire consisting three parts: demographic data, diseaseand ENRICH Marital Satisfaction Inventory. The latter part is validated by content validity method. Thereliability of ENRICH Marital Satisfaction Inventory was determined by Chronbach’s = method. Thequestionnaires were completed by patients during hemodialysis. In order to determine the compliance oftherapeutic regimen, the researcher recorded the mean of the last three months’ values of P, K, interdialyticweight gain, and the numbers of missed dialysis sessions using patient’s documents. Data were analyzed bySPSS statistical softwareFindingsWhile 56% of patients had compliance in therapeutic regimen. 59% had low and very low and 41 % ofpatients had moderate and high marital satisfaction. There was a significant correlation between maritalsatisfaction and therapeutic regimen compliance and marital satisfaction in patients with therapeutic regimencompliance was high.ConclusionPlanning for counseling and supportive programs concerning marital satisfaction can be beneficial for patientsand their families in order to increase their therapeutic regimen compliance.Keywords: Marital satisfaction, Compliance, Hemodialysis, Chronic renal failur