Experience of Workplace Violence Toward Nursing Students in Iran: A Qualitative Study

Background and Aims: This study explores the dimensions of violence experienced by student nurses in Iran, during their nurse education. The incidence of violence toward students has become a major concern and strategies are needed to reduce the incidence. Methods: A qualitative study was conducted. Participants were 7 male and 9 female third-year undergraduates nursing student. Purposive sampling was used and qualitative data from semi-structured interviews were analyzed using thematic content analysis. Results: From the qualitative data, five categories emerged including, instances of violence, causes of violence, feelings after the violence, reaction after violence and violence prevention strategies. Conclusion: Nursing students need to be taught preventive measures and to receive appropriate support from nurses, instructors, and educational managers, in order to reduce the incidence and provide safer learning environments. Forensic nurses should be active stakeholders in monitoring, supporting and referring nursing students who experience workplace violence. Keywords: Violence, Nursing, Students, Qualitative, Forensic

Exploration of the barriers of reporting nursing errors in intensive care units: A qualitative study

Aim: The aim of this study was to explore the barriers to reporting nursing errors in intensive care units in Iranian hospitals. Methods: A descriptive qualitative analysis design was used. The data were collected through in-depth semi-structured interviews with a purposive sample of 16 nurses working in four general intensive care units in Kurdistan province, Iran. Interviews were transcribed and finally analysed through conventional content analysis. Results: There are four major barriers to the reporting of errors by nurses working in Iranian critical care units: (a) saving professional reputation and preventing stigma; (b) fear of consequences � punishment, legal problems and organisational misconduct; (c) feelings of insecurity � pointing a finger at nurses and lack of managerial support and (d) not investigating the root cause of error. Conclusions: The findings revealed the need to support and provide security to nurses and to consider and find the cause of error occurrence. Managers must provide the required personal, professional and legal support for nurses to encourage them to effectively report errors, discover the root cause of errors and take measures to prevent them. © 2016, © The Intensive Care Society 2016

Effectiveness of a psychoeducation program on the quality of life in patients with coronary heart disease: A clinical trial

Aim The present study was conducted to evaluate effectiveness of a psychoeducation program (PEP) on the quality of life in patients with coronary heart disease (CHD). Background CHD affects patients' quality of life. PEPs may be useful to help patients reach maximum functional health. Methods A pretest�posttest controlled clinical trial was conducted on a study population of 70 CHD patients, who were selected through convenience sampling and randomly allocated to either the intervention or the control group. The MacNew Quality of Life Questionnaire in heart disease was completed by participants twice: first as a pretest, and then in a follow-up posttest. Results After the intervention, the quality of life (QOL) score was 157.97 ± 25.51 in the intervention group and 105.03 ± 8.38 in the control group, making for a significant difference (p < 0. 05). Conclusion Based on the findings, PEPs helped CHD patients improve their quality of life through reducing tension, relieving their negative emotions, and improving their social relationships. © 2016 Elsevier Inc

Risky Behaviors and Sensation-Seeking in Adolescence: A Descriptive Correlational Study

Risky behaviors are common in developing countries, especially in adolescence. Moreover, sensation seeking is an important factor in personality. This study was conducted to evaluate the relationship between risky behaviors and sensation-seeking in a sample of Iranian adolescents. This study used a cross-sectional method with 400 high school adolescents (age between 15 and 21 years old) in Kashan city from multistage random sampling. The research instrument consisted of three parts: a socio-demographic questionnaire, the Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS) and the Zuckerman Sensation-Seeking Scale-V (SSS-V). Data analysis was performed using the t-test, ANOVA, chi-square, regression and Spearman correlation coefficient in SPSS v 11.5. Risky behaviors were found in 51.2 of students, and a significant difference was found between the male and female students in this regard (p <.021). The overall sensation-seeking score and the scores in the dimensions of experience seeking, disinhibition, and boredom susceptibility were higher in males than females (p <.0001). All dimensions of sensation-seeking other than disinhibition dimension could significantly predict risky behavior. Sensation seeking can be used as an indicator for screening risky behaviors. Detailed planning on the part of the health care system and public authorities is recommended for appropriate screening and counseling adolescents with risky behaviors. © 2019, © 2019 Taylor & Francis

Barriers of medication adherence in patients with type-2 diabetes: a pilot qualitative study

Mehdi Rezaei,1 Sina Valiee,2 Mohammad Tahan,3 Fariba Ebtekar,4 Reza Ghanei Gheshlagh21Department of Social Sciences, Payame Noor University (PNU), Tehran, Iran; 2Clinical Care Research Center, Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences, Sanandaj, Iran; 3Young Researchers and Elite Club, Birjand Branch, Islamic Azad University, Birjand, Iran; 4Department of Midwifery, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences, Sanandaj, IranBackground: Patients with type-2 diabetes have poor adherence to the therapeutic regime. It can result in various complications in body systems associated with undesirable metabolic control.Purpose: The present study aimed to explore the inhibitors of medication adherence in patients with type-2 diabetes.Patients and methods: This was a qualitative study using a conventional content analysis method. Participants were 12 patients with type-2 diabetes referred to the diabetes unit in Saghez, Kurdistan Province in 2015. The purposive sampling method was used with a maximum variation in sampling, and data collection was continued until data saturation was achieved. Semi-structured interviews were used for data collection. Interviews were recorded and immediately transcribed verbatim.Results: Data analysis led to the development of four main categories including disbelief in medical explanatory/prescriptive knowledge, lived experiences of the disease, challenges of everyday life, and interactive/economic challenges. The main inhibitors were the patient&rsquo;s understanding of his/her own physical status and strategies used for maintaining the internal balance. Healthcare providers need to take patients&rsquo; perceptions into account when they are prescribing medicinal diets. Another inhibitor was the incidents of everyday life, including economic and social challenges, and interactions to receive education and skills for living with the disease.Conclusion: Beliefs of the medical team and patients should be brought closer to each other, and patients&rsquo; trust in the medical team should be increased. Nurses should consider the unique experience of every patient when giving healthcare recommendations, and try to limit the existing challenges as much as possible.Keywords: medication adherence, diabetes mellitus, content analysi