Anxiety of Patients Undergoing Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI): The Effectiveness of Guided Mental Imagery.

Background: Since magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is an extensively used and fundamental diagnostic imaging method and anxiety is one of the most important confounding factors in its performance, using guided imagery is recommended.

Objective: This study aimed to assess the effectiveness of guided imagery on the anxiety of patients undergoing MRI in 2023.

Methods: 88 patients were randomly assigned to intervention and control groups.

The Effect of a Training Program Based on the Theory of Planned Behavior on the Self-Care of Patients with Cerebrovascular Accident: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

Background: Cerebrovascular accident dramatically impacts patients' lives. However, this chronic disease could be managed by boosting self-care and following healthy behaviors. Accordingly, this trial sought to specify the impact of a training program established on the theory of planned behavior on the self-care of clients with this condition.

The effect of a training program on the self-care efficacy of hemodialysis patients with mineral and bone disorders: A quasi-experimental study.

Background And Aims: Patients who have chronic kidney disease (CKD) and mineral and bone disorders (MBD) often do not know much about their diseases. A training program can help them improve their quality of life. This study aimed to assess the effect of a training program on the self-care efficacy of the hemodialysis patients with MBDs in southeastern Iran.

Assessing virtual education on nurses' perception and knowledge of developmental care of preterm infants: a quasi-experimental study.

Background: To implement developmental care accurately, neonatal intensive care unit nurses should have a proper understanding and sufficient knowledge in this field. Applying new approaches in education such as offline and online education help nurses improve their skills and knowledge. This study aimed to investigate the effect of virtual education on the perception and knowledge of neonatal developmental care in nurses working in neonatal intensive care units.

How Do Mothers Take Care of Their Infants with Colic Pain? A Mixed-Method Study.

Background: Colic pain is one of the main reasons for stress and anxiety in infants' parents, especially mothers, and there is still no specific treatment. Thus, mothers always try their best to relieve their infants' pain.The researchers attempted to investigate how mothers take care of their infants with colic.

The effect of a training program on maternal role adaptation and self-esteem of mothers with preterm infants: a quasi-experimental study.

Background: Admission of preterm infants in the neonatal intensive care unit limits the mother's interaction with their infants, delaying accepting and playing the motherhood role. Besides, mothers of preterm infants have low self-esteem due to their infants' condition. Accordingly, the present study explored the effect of implementing the training program on maternal role adaptation and self-esteem of mothers of preterm infants admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit.

How Parents Cope with the Care of a Child with Epilepsy: Based upon Grounded Theory.

Background: Parents of children with seizure face the complicated health issues of their children. Adaptation strategies of parents as major care providers impact not only their handling of stresses on themselves but also children's quality of life. This study investigated the adaptation processes of parents of children with seizure at two educational hospitals affiliated with Kerman University of Medical Sciences in Iran.

Effect of classmate as peer-led education on clinical performance: A mixed-method study.

Background: Achieving an excellent clinical education by nursing students is one of the primary goals of any nursing school. Nursing educators try to use different methods to enhance clinical skills. One of them is a peer-led method that can be used in theoretical and clinical education.

Comparing the effectiveness of mother's live lullaby and recorded lullaby on physiological responses and sleep of preterm infants: a clinical trial study.

Objectives: Environmental stimuli in neonatal intensive care units can disrupt the physiological stability and sleep of infants. It is essential to perform nursing interventions to reduce the adverse effects of such stimuli. This study aimed to compare the effect of recorded lullabies and mothers' live lullabies on physiological responses and sleep duration of preterm infants.

Prodromal symptoms as unfamiliar feelings: Experiences of Iranian myocardial infarction patients.

Background: Patients affected by myocardial infarction (MI) report prodromal symptoms before heart attack. Deep understanding of these symptoms can increase the likelihood of early recognition and treatment of coronary heart disease (CHD). The purpose of this study was to describe the prodromal symptoms of MI experienced by Iranian adults.

Simulation-based mastery improves nursing skills in BSc nursing students: a quasi-experimental study.

Background: Clinical education is an essential part of nursing education. Selected clinical teaching methods influence the quality of education. Simulation-based mastery learning has been used to improve clinical skills among nursing students and may provide a novel way to enhance nursing skills.

Educational challenges of postgraduate neonatal intensive care nursing students: A qualitative study.

Introduction: Despite the progress of health care and the application of new technology in the care of patients, the need to train highly skilled and specialized nurses is inevitable. Given that a master's degree in neonatal intensive care nursing has been recently established in Iran, the aim of the study was to explain the educational challenges of neonatal intensive care postgraduate nursing students in their perspective.

Materials And Methods: This conventional content analysis was performed by conducting semi-structured interviews with 18 students of neonatal intensive care in X University of Medical Sciences from 2018 to 2019.

The relationship between clinical dishonesty and perceived clinical stress among nursing students in southeast of Iran.

Background: Clinical dishonesty is a complex problem that threatens the health and safety of patients. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between clinical dishonesty and perceived clinical stress in nursing students.

Method: This cross-sectional correlational study was conducted on 395 nursing students from 4 nursing colleges.

Self-care status in children with congenital heart disease: A mixed-method study.

Background: Suffering congenital heart disease leads to physical and mental disabilities in children. Children's self-care can result in appropriate care behaviors for limiting disease-induced problems. Given the ability of children to care for themselves, we investigated self-care statues in children who are suffering from congenital heart disease.

The Association between Risk Factors and Prodromal Myocardial Infarction Symptoms: A Cross-Sectional Study in Iran.

Background: Prodromal symptoms in individuals with risk factors remain challenging, even though myocardial infarction has been noted in research. This study determined the association of risk factors with patients' baseline myocardial infarction related prodromal symptoms.

Methods: In a cross-sectional study, 154 Iranian men and women, mean age 59.

Effects of technology on nursing care and caring attributes of a sample of Iranian critical care nurses.

Purpose: To examine the association between attitudes of critical care nurses about influences of technology and their caring attributes.

Study Design And Methodology: In a cross-sectional study, firstly the psychometric properties of caring attributes questionnaire, which was developed to examine caring attributes of a sample of international nurses, was refined in a sample of 200 critical care nurses working in educational hospitals of a city in the southwest of Iran. Results of factor analysis with Varimax rotation decreased 60 items of caring attributes to 47 items which loaded under five subscales of caring negation, caring compassionate, caring advocacy, caring essence and caring communication.