BackgroundThe nursing education in Ghana has only witnessed minimal advancement though one of the earliest in Africa. This study aimed to explore nursing education in Ghana at the bachelor degree level in terms of the program's strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats from the perspectives of nurses and midwives.MethodsA qualitative design based on the content analysis approach was used in this study. We purposefully sampled and interviewed thirty-five nurses and midwives at the Tamale Teaching in Ghana from September 2018 to May 2019.ResultsThe data analysis revealed five main categories; professionally developed, diverse implementation, insufficient resources, applied opportunities, and threatening policies. The findings highligh

Introduction: Nursing is a caring profession and nurses need moral courage to provide safe and professional care to clients.Methods: This descriptive analytical study was conducted among nurses working in the educational hospitals in Tehran in 2016. A sample of 360 nurses was selected by quotas and convenience sampling. Data were collected by self-report method using demographic questionnaire and moral courage questionnaire of nurses. Data analysis was done using SPSS Ver. 16 software and descriptive and analytical statistics at a significance level of p< 0.05.Results: The most of the nurses (76%) have the high level of moral courage (412.42?42.65). Moral selfactualization (230.85?30.74) and risk-taking (139.40?19.97). There were significan

Background:Nursing documentation as a pivotal part of nursing care has many implications for patient care in terms of safety and ethics.Objectives:To explore factors influencing nursing documentation from nurses’ perspectives in the Iranian nursing context.Methods:This qualitative study was carried out using a qualitative content analysis of data collected from 2018 to 2019 in two urban areas of Iran. Semi-structured interviews (n = 15), observations, and reviews of patients’ medical files were used for data collection.Ethical considerations:This study was conducted in accordance with the ethical principles of research and regulations in terms of confidentiality of data, anonymity, and provision of informed consent.Findings:The main the

Background:In order to achieve the goals of the healthcare system, nursing managers are required to comply with ethical principles in decision-making. In complex and challenging healthcare settings, it is shown that the managers’ mere awareness of ethics does not suffice and managers need to be sensitive toward making ethical decisions.Aim:To explore nursing managers and their sensitivity toward ethical decision-making by analyzing their related experiences.Method:The current study has been conducted in Iran in 2017 through a qualitative content analysis approach. Nineteen nurse managers were selected purposefully from different hospitals in Tehran. Data were collected using semi-structured, in-depth, face-to-face interviews, and after tr

Background:Moral courage is one of the most fundamental virtues in the nursing profession, however, little attention has been paid to it. As a result, no exact and clear definition of moral courage has ever been accessible.Objective:This study is carried out for the purposes of defining and clarifying its concept in the nursing profession.Methods:This study used a hybrid model of concept analysis comprising three phases, namely, a theoretical phase, field work phase, and a final analysis phase. To find relevant literature, electronic search of valid databases was utilized using keywords related to the concept of courage. Field work data were collected over an 11 months’ time period from 2013 to 2014. In the field work phase, in-depth inte

Introduction: Nursing is one of the noblest careers in the world. Nurses have a positive attitude towards the nursing profession all around the world. High self-confidence induces a feeling of power, a positive attitude towards one’s job, and a better future prospect in nursing students. The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between self-confidence of nursing students and their attitude to the nursing career.Methods: This work was a descriptive-analytical and cross-sectional study conducted during the academic year of 2016 and 2017. In this regard, 180 subjects were chosen among the students from the nursing and midwifery faculties of Shahid Beheshti University of Tehran and Iran University of Medical Sciences. The r

Background & Aim: Comparison of existing curriculums together helps to identify strengths and weaknesses of the program and provide to improve healthy competition. This study aimed to compare geriatric nursing curriculum in Iran and Ireland.Methods & Materials: This study was carried out in 2015 using Beredy model. Research community was geriatric nursing curriculums in Iran and Ireland. Comparative elements were the mission and objectives, duration and course titles, student admission, working opportunity for graduates, and tui-tion in four steps of description, interpretation, proximity and comparison.Results: In Iran, the main focus of program was on clinic, teaching, and research; and employment opportunities were too general. In additi

Background:Educational Environment (EE) is considered as a key component of educational curriculum.Aim:The aim of this study was to evaluate the EE of Nursing and Midwifery School of Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS) by using Dundee Ready Education Environment Measure (DREEM).Methods:This cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted in 2013. Totally, 500 nursing or midwifery students were recruited to the study by using the quota sampling method. Study data were collected by using a demographic questionnaire and the Persian version of DREEM questionnaire. The reliability of questionnaire was confirmed by Cronbach alpha which was 0.876 and 0.68–0.866 for the whole questionnaire and its domains, respectively. The data were ana

Introduction: The knowledge of nursing is an essential part in nursing practice. Nursing knowledge, over the years influenced by philosophical thought, and has been changed a lot. The main aim of this article is, exploring the development of nursing knowledge in the age of postmodernism.Method: To find relevant sources, library studies and review the books available databases include (CINHAL),(Blackwell),(Proquest),(science direct),(Ovid),(Magiran),(web of science),(pub med) from the Tehran University of Medical Sciences Electronic Library and available book in the faculty of nursing library were searched by keywords (postmodernism)(knowledge development),(science development),(nursing knowledge)(nursing science) separately and in combinati