An exploration of patient safety culture in NICUs: a convergent parallel mixed-method study.

Background: Safety culture, as a component that improves the quality of safety and health care for neonates, serves as foundation for providing professional and high-quality care by creating positive insight among employees. This study aimed to explore the safety culture concept in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs).

Methods: This convergent parallel mixed-method study included Quantitative, Qualitative, and Integrated parts.

Psychometric evaluation of the Persian version of the Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture Questionnaire (HSOPSC) in neonatal intensive care units: a methodological study.

Background: A valid and reliable tool compatible with the culture is needed to evaluate the safety culture as one of the vital and promotional components in improving the quality of safety and health care. This study aimed to investigate the psychometric properties of the Persian version of the "Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture (HSOPSC)" in physicians and nurses working in Neonatal Intensive Care Units.

Methods: In this methodological research, the qualitative face, content validity, and construct validity were performed by Confirmatory Factor Analysis to the psychometric evaluation of the HSOPSC questionnaire.

Needs of Family Members of Intensive Care Patients.

This article reports the results of a research project designed to identify the needs of family members and others who are coping with hospitalization of loved one in the intensive care unit, thus alleviating stress. The health care provider's viewpoints were also considered. Study participants were 9 family members of intensive care unit patients and 24 health care providers working in intensive care units.

Patient safety culture in neonatal intensive care units: A qualitative content analysis.

Background: Safety culture, as an important and influential component of neonatal safety, can lay the ground for the provision of professional and quality care by creating a positive insight among workers. The present study aimed to explain the concept of safety culture and its dimensions from the perspective of the nurses and the physicians working in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs).

Methods: This qualitative directed content analysis study was carried out with 24 NICU physicians and nurses working in Tehran, Iran.

Consequences of Presence of Forensic Nurses in Health Care System: A Qualitative Study.

Background: Nursing is a vital element in providing safe and effective care. Forensic nursing is one of the specialties in this discipline which, in addition to creating more satisfaction in nurses, is considered essential in holistic, quality, and safe care. This study aimed to describe the consequences of the presence of forensic nurses in the health system.

How is family involved in clinical care and decision-making in intensive care units? A qualitative study.

Involving family members in patient care is considered as a significant dimension of family-centered care in intensive care units (ICUs). To describe family members' perceptions and experiences regarding involvement in clinical care delivery and decision-making in ICUs in Iran. A qualitative research method using conventional content analysis.

Stigma and Related Factors in Iranian People with Cancer.

Introduction: Stigma is one of the psychosocial and intercultural issues that can be found in chronic diseases, including cancer. Stigma may reduce communication due to social isolation, feeling shame and others’ judgment, and these factors make far from professional services and poor health outcomes in individuals with cancer. Assessment of stigma can help determine and recognize the overall levels of stigma in the community and identify situations that need intervention.

Effect of electronic report writing on the quality of nursing report recording.

Background And Aim: Recording performed nursery actions is one of the main chores of nurses. The findings have shown that recorded reports are not qualitatively valid. Since electronic reports can be regarded as a base to write reports, this study aims at determining the effect of utilizing electronic nursing reports on the quality of the records.

Nurses' Perception of Challenges in the Use of an Electronic Nursing Documentation System.

This qualitative study was based on the Technology Acceptance Model and conducted through directed content analysis to explore perceptions of nurses in Iran of the challenges of using an electronic documentation system. Participants were selected through purposive sampling via interview from a teaching hospital in western Iran. Data were analyzed using MAXQDA 10.

Nurses' experiences of futile care at intensive care units: a phenomenological study.

The concept and meaning of futile care depends on the existing culture, values, religion, beliefs, medical achievements and emotional status of a country. We aimed to define the concept of futile care in the viewpoints of nurses working in intensive care units (ICUs). In this phenomenological study, the experiences of 25 nurses were explored in 11 teaching hospitals affiliated to Social Security Organization in Ghazvin province in the northwest of Iran.

Iranian senior nursing managers' experiences and understanding of social capital in the nursing profession.

Background: This study aimed to explore the role of social capital within the context of the nursing profession in Iran, based on the experience and perspectives of senior nursing managers.

Materials And Methods: The study was conducted using the Graneheim and Lundman content analysis method. Using purposive sampling, 26 senior nursing managers from the Ministry of Health and Medical Education, the College of Nursing and Midwifery, the Iranian Nursing Organization, nursing associations and hospitals were selected, who participated in semi-structured in-depth interviews.