Nursing students' perception of the clinical learning environment and its impact on academic adjustment: a cross-sectional descriptive study.

Background: Academic adjustment significantly influences the progress of nursing students. Understanding clinical education environments can profoundly affect students' academic adjustment. This study aims to determine nursing students' perception of the clinical learning environment and its relationship to academic adjustment.

Challenges Faced by Cancer Patients during the COVID-19 Pandemic, a Vision for the Future: A Qualitative Study.

Objective: Cancer is a disease that affects various aspects of patients' lives. The COVID-19 pandemic has presented numerous challenges and difficulties for cancer patients, exacerbating their already vulnerable conditions. Identifying the challenges these patients face can be a practical step toward improving their quality of care in future pandemics.

Impact of integrated teaching-learning method on oncology clinical decision-making ability and cognitive learning of nursing students.

Background: Innovative and student-centered teaching methods are required to improve critical thinking and clinical reasoning skills. The objective of this study was to determine the impact of an oncology internship training on learning outcomes of nursing students using an integrated teaching-learning method.

Methods: A pre- and post-test quasi-experimental study was conducted among 107 undergraduate nursing students in fourth year who were allocated to two groups (intervention group = 51 and control group = 55) to receive an integrated teaching-learning method and routine method respectively.

Evaluation of a self-care education program for older adults in Iran using a lifestyle improvement model.

Background: Older adults and their caregivers often believe it is either too late or too difficult to make health-focused lifestyle changes. However, this is inaccurate, as older adults can make health promotion focused lifestyle changes thereby improving their health. This study developed and evaluated a self-care education program using Pender's Health Promotion Model and its influence on health-focused behaviour changes among older Iranians.

Patient-centred communication for women with breast cancer: Relation to body image perception.

Aims And Objectives: This study aimed to determine the predictive values of patient-centred communication (PCC) and patient's characteristics on the body image (BI) perception in postmastectomy patients.

Background: Patient-centred communication has been touted as a means of addressing BI issues, especially for postmastectomy patients.

Design And Methods: This predictive correlational study was conducted on 275 surgically treated breast cancer patients admitted to the Oncology Departments of two hospitals in Tabriz, Iran.

The effect of an oral care protocol and honey mouthwash on mucositis in acute myeloid leukemia patients undergoing chemotherapy: a single-blind clinical trial.

Objectives: The purpose of the study is to evaluate and compare the effectiveness of honey mouthwash and an oral care protocol on mucositis and weight loss in patients with acute myeloid leukemia receiving chemotherapy.

Materials And Methods: In this single-blind clinical trial, 53 acute myeloid leukemia (AML) patients receiving chemotherapy were randomly assigned into three groups: honey mouthwash (n = 17), oral care (n = 17), and control (n = 19). The severity of mucositis and weights was examined blindly at the baseline and 4-week follow-up.

The Unmet Needs of the Family Caregivers of Patients with Cancer Visiting a Referral Hospital in Iran.

Objective: The complex process of taking care of patients with cancer can affect various aspects of the needs and health of their family caregivers. The present study aims to determine the unmet needs of the family caregivers of patients with cancer and to compare it according to background variables.

Methods: The present descriptive study recruited 200 family caregivers of patients with cancer visiting a referral hospital in Iran.

Spiritual Needs of Patients with Cancer Referred to Alinasab and Shahid Ghazi Tabatabaie Hospitals of Tabriz, Iran.

Background: Patients' spiritual needs increase drastically after a diagnosis of cancer because of its threatening nature. It is very important to recognize any spiritual crisis. This study aimed to determine needs among Iranian patients with cancer.

Effects of a self-care education program on quality of life of patients with gastric cancer after gastrectomy.

Background: Gastrectomy affects different aspects of functionality and impacts on the quality of life (QoL) of patients with gastric cancer. The importance of appropriate assessment of QoL in cancer patients is well established, yet strategies that help improve this important patient outcome are relatively scarce.

Objective: To examine the effectiveness of a brief self-care education program to improve QoL of gastric cancer patients after gastrectomy.

Spiritual wellbeing, Attitude toward Spiritual Care and its Relationship with Spiritual Care Competence among Critical Care Nurses.

Introduction: Nurses' spiritual wellbeing and their attitude toward spirituality and competence of nurses in providing of spiritual care can affect the quality of care in nursing. The aim of this study was to evaluate spiritual wellbeing, attitude toward spiritual care and its relationship with the spiritual care competence among nurses.

Methods: This was a correlational descriptive study conducted on 109 nurses working in the Intensive Care Units of Imam Reza and Madani hospitals in 2015, Tabriz, Iran.

Return to work and its relation to financial distress among Iranian cancer survivors.

Background: Return to work after treatment completion is important for both cancer survivors and society. Financial distress is one of the factors that may influence the return to work in cancer survivors. However, this relationship has not been well investigated.

Effectiveness of the clinical teaching associate model to improve clinical learning outcomes: a randomized controlled trial.

This study examined the effectiveness of the clinical teaching associate (CTA) model to improve clinical learning outcomes in nursing students. Students were randomly allocated to either the CTA (n = 28) or traditional training group (n = 32), and their clinical knowledge, skills, and satisfaction with the learning experience were assessed and compared. The results showed that the CTA model was equally effective in improving clinical knowledge, skills, and satisfaction of nursing students.