BACKGROUND: When providing high-quality care to patients in a health-care context, therapeutic communication is the most important factor to consider. Therapeutic communication based on information exchange will make patients feel more at ease and secure in their therapy. AIM: to Assess the effect of therapeutic communication educational program for nurses on their nursing care quality. DESIGN: This study was conducted ... Read more

BACKGROUND: Staff nurses working continuously twenty four hours during the day and exposing to workload through achieving their tasks that directly influence on their physical and emotional status. Workload at work setting makes staff nurses not able to apply work design that affect the main goal of hospital. AIM: this study aims to assess the impact of nursing workload on ... Read more

BACKGROUND: Head nurses' supervision practices has direct effect on working condition and the relation between supervisor and staff nurses that finally influence the quality of nurses' work life. THE AIM OF THE STUDY: To assess the impact of supervision practices on quality of work life as perceived by staff nurses. MATERIAL AND METHODS: A descriptive correlational design was used. SETTING: ... Read more