The effectiveness of empathy training on the empathy skills of nurses working in intensive care units.

Background: Empathy is an essential condition for effective nursing care. An empathetic relationship between the nurse and the patient leads to positive therapeutic outcomes, increases nurses' adjustment in educational and therapeutic environments and influences their ethical sensitivities.

Aims: The current study aimed to determine the effectiveness of empathy training on the empathy skills of nurses working in intensive care units of Shahid Bahonar Hospital in Kerman, Iran.

Iranians' Perspective to Cosmetic Surgery: A Thematic Content Analysis for the Reasons.

Background: Currently, becoming beautiful is a value among Iranian society, although experts have suggested several complications of cosmetic surgery, but decision to have these surgeries has been dramatically increased in recent years. This increase has imposed high workload and costs on the health care system of the country. This study was conducted to explore the reasons why people perform cosmetic surgery in an Iranian context.