Innovation is crucial to an effective healthcare system, and nurses are key figures in the innovation process. A potential factor behind innovation in nursing is the creative style of nurses. Creativity is an essential component of innovation.
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September 2020
This paper describes the validation process of the Persian version of the Women Workplace Culture Scale and provides information about the perception of this culture in an Iranian working environment. A 30-item Persian version of the Women Workplace Culture (WWC) Questionnaire was administered to women working in public departments of the city of Bojnord, Iran (N = 200). As a result of a theory- and data-driven bottom-up empirical approach, a reduced 10-item three-dimensional scale was achieved entailing (I) perceived societal barriers for career development, (II) perceived organizational barriers, and (III) sexual harassment.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFLifestyle is one factor that forms the nurses' health, particularly those who work in shiftwork schedules. The aim of this study was to design and test a model for health promotion of Iranian nurses. In this model, nurses' lifestyle was considered as the precedent, physical and mental health as the outcomes, and sleep disturbance and chronic fatigue as the mediators.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThere is limited information on the specific psychosocial risks at work that can impact sexual function. The general aim of this study was to investigate the effects of multiple dimensions of psychosocial work stressors on the male sexual function. This was a cross-sectional study conducted among 153 male nurses working in two hospitals in Iran.
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February 2017
Background: Morningness-eveningness preference is commonly measured by questionnaires such as the Composite Scale of Morningness (CSM). The purpose of this study is to assess the Persian translation of the CSM and explore its psychometric properties.
Method: Participants consisted of 288 students at the University of Bojnord, Iran.