Zahra Omrani; Elnaz Talebi
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Background and aims: A high number of healthcare team members are nurses. Nurses’ quality of lifelevel is an important issue because it affects their level of care delivered to their patients. Knowledgeabout nurses’ level of quality of life is useful for planning. The present study was conducted ...
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Background and aims: A high number of healthcare team members are nurses. Nurses’ quality of lifelevel is an important issue because it affects their level of care delivered to their patients. Knowledgeabout nurses’ level of quality of life is useful for planning. The present study was conducted to examinethe quality of life of nurses and related factors.Methods: This cross-sectional descriptive study was performed during 2015-2016. Samples wererecruited from single nurses who worked in teaching hospitals in Tehran. To this end, 200 nurses wereselected by using simple random sampling method. Data collection was performed by researchersusing a researcher’s self-designed checklist for demographic characteristics and a 36-Item Short FormSurvey (SF-36). After data collection, data analysis was performed using SPSS 19.0 software.Results: Of 200 nurses, 118 (59%) were female, and 82 (41%) were male. Of 200 nurses, 192 (96%)were registered nurses and the rest had Master of Science degree in nursing. The mean score of qualityof life was 71.44 ± 10.12. Among subscales of quality of life, higher and lower scores were relatedto the subscale ‘social role functioning’ and ‘physical functioning’, respectively. Nurses’ sex was asignificant factor that affected their quality of life (P < 0.05).Conclusion: According to the findings of the present study, nurses’ quality of life was at moderatelevel totally; however in some subscales they had some problems. Nurses’ quality of life needs moreattention. Further study in this regard is recommended.
Leili Yekefallah; Tahereh Ashktorab; Hooman Manoochehri; Hamid Alavi Majd
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Background and aims: The concept and meaning of futile care depends on the existing culture, values,religion, beliefs, medical achievements, and emotional status of a country. In Iran, futile care hasbecome a challenge for nurses working in intensive care units (ICUs). Considering the differencesobserved ...
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Background and aims: The concept and meaning of futile care depends on the existing culture, values,religion, beliefs, medical achievements, and emotional status of a country. In Iran, futile care hasbecome a challenge for nurses working in intensive care units (ICUs). Considering the differencesobserved in defining futile care based on the patients’ conditions and the nurses’ personal values,we aimed to define the dimensions of futility at the end of life from the viewpoints of nurses workingin ICUs. This qualitative phenomenological study was done to understand the experiences of nursesworking in ICUs with respect to the dimensions of futility.Methods: this research was a qualitative phenomenological study. The statistical population of thisstudy included nurses working in the ICUs of 11 teaching hospitals and hospitals affiliated to the SocialSecurity Organization in Qazvin province, northwest of Iran. Personal interviews and observations of25 nurses working in the ICUs of 11 hospitals were collected. All interviews were recorded and codesand themes were extracted using Van Manen’s analysis method.Results: Initially 80 codes were extracted. During data analysis and comparison, the codes werereduced to 65. Ultimately, one theme and 2 sub-themes, and 5 categories were emerged: “futilemedical orders, futile diagnostic procedures, and category of nursing which included futile nursinginterventions and irrelevant duties to nursing”.Conclusion: Considering that nurses play a key role in managing futile care, being aware of theirexperiences in this regard could be the initial operational step for compiling useful care andeducational programs in ICUs.
Nursing
Molouk Jaafarpour; Ali Khani; Mohmad Reza Mahmodian
Volume 2, Issue 1 , March 2015, , Pages 30-39
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Background and aims: Nurses are particularly susceptible to burnout. Nursing staffs are in face to a relatively stressful work environment, high mental and physical pressure, irregular scheduling or shifting, limited job promotion, and socio-emotional pressures in connection with the patients and partners. ...
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Background and aims: Nurses are particularly susceptible to burnout. Nursing staffs are in face to a relatively stressful work environment, high mental and physical pressure, irregular scheduling or shifting, limited job promotion, and socio-emotional pressures in connection with the patients and partners. This study aimed to assess the quality of work life (QWL) and its association with "job burnout" of the nurses in an Iranian province. Methods: This is a descriptive-correlation survey which included 120 nurses of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences in Iran in 2008. Data were collected using a questionnaire and subjects were selected by stratified random sampling from the hospitals related to Isfahan University of Medial Sciences. Results: According to the findings, dimension of quality of nursing working life was moderate. Nurses reported moderate levels of burnout in their workplaces. There was a significant relationship between job burnout subscale and quality of working life in all aspects. Conclusions: This study evaluated the QWL in some Iranian nurses using a valid instrument. Higher levels of quality of working life were associated with lower levels of burnout. These findings suggest that if quality of working life is effective. Then, nurses are likely to report lower levels of burnout.