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The migration of nurses is a widespread phenomenon that impacts the stability of the nursing workforce in healthcare systems worldwide. This is often used to address labor shortages in the destination country. However, this phenomenon caused significant challenges, including a shortage of nursing staff and limitations in providing health services in the countries of origin. This study aims to review the factors that contribute to the migration of nurses globally.

This study is a narrative review study. In the first stage and based on the purpose of the research, searching for articles using Boolean operators in the time range of 2011 to 2023 in English and Farsi with the keywords "Migration, Immigrant, nurse" in the national information databases SID, Magiran and also Science Direct, PubMed, Scopus, and Web of Science was done. In this study, 13 articles were examined based on the entry and exit criteria and the appropriateness of the content with the purpose of the study.

The migration of nurses involves four main categories of psychosocial, organizational, economic, and individual-family factors. At the global level, organizational factors were the most effective and economic factors were the least effective factors.

Nurses' migration is a multidimensional issue requiring policymakers to pay special attention to it. Nursing managers should take steps to increase nurses' job satisfaction to prevent them from leaving.

Stress is an inevitable reality in life that can have a significant impact on one's physical and mental health and can suppress the immune system.The imperative need to examine the well-being of the elderly is that they are exposed to a lot of risks in the effects of events such as the end of employment and retirement, loss of spouses and friends, separation of children from their families, loneliness, rejection, and the pressures resulting from the industrialization of societies that leads to emotional detachment and psychological problems. Stress depends on the cultural and social aspects that vary from country to country. Nationality is one of the indicators of cultural difference. Culture includes ethnicity, race, religion, age, gender, family values, area in which a country is located and many other features that can affect psychopathology. This study aimed to determine the level of stress and related factors during the COVID-19 pandemic in the elderly and adults of the Zoroastrian community residing in Tehran.

This descriptive-analytical cross-sectional study was conducted on 123 elderly and 201 adult Zoroastrians residing in Tehran, using data collection through online questionnaires. The study gathered data through a two-part questionnaire comprising a demographic questionnaire and the Covid Stress Scale (CSS). The data were analyzed using the SPSS version 25 statistical software.

Findings indicate that the level of COVID-19 stress in the elderly, with a mean of 16.59 ± 47.16, is lower than in adults with a mean of 16.93 ± 56.93, showing a significant difference (t(322) = -4.908, p < 0.001). In both elderly and adults, stress is mild.

The study results suggest that in general, the elderly experience less stress compared to adults. Additionally, being female, married, having children, having a chronic illness, and exposure of relatives to COVID-19 or their death due to it contribute to increased COVID-19 stress.

Embryo quality may affect birth weight among neonates born through assisted reproductive technology. There are very limited studies assessing the adverse effect of transferring a poor-quality embryo with a good-quality one on neonatal outcomes.

The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of double embryo transfer (DET) with one good-quality embryo (GQE) plus a poor-quality one on the birth weight of newborns conceived by in vitro fertilization in both fresh and frozen-thawed embryo transfer cycles.

This study was conducted at Yazd Reproductive Sciences Institute, Yazd, Iran. A total of 626 women were classified into three groups according to the embryo quality: single embryo transfer with a GQE (group A); DET using two GQEs (group B); and DET using one good-quality and one poor-quality embryo (group C). The primary outcome was singleton birth weight which was compared between the three groups among fresh and frozen-embryo transfer cycles. A comparative analysis was also performed regarding the effect of vitrification procedures on neonatal birth weight within each of the three embryo quality-based groups.

The mean birth weight and the rate of preterm birth were similar between the three groups (p = 0.45, and 0.32 respectively). There were also no significant differences found in the vitrification comparative analysis between and within the groups with regard to birth weight.

Our results showed that a poor-quality embryo did not have a significant influence on a good-quality one regarding neonatal birth weight when transferred together.

The most recent pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has challenged the health systems around the world. Currently, there is no definite treatment for COVID-19 and researchers are exploring herbal plant species. Withania Somnifera (WS) and its active ingredients may have potential benefits against COVID-19 activity and related cytokine storm. COVID-19 manifestations are not limited to the respiratory system and extend to vital body organs, a syndrome called multiple organ failure. WS also showed protective effects in different organs such as the lung, heart, liver, and kidneys. In this review, we aimed to summarize the pharmacological effects and underlying mechanisms of WS against COVID-19 and related complications. WS showed anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, hepatoprotective, cardioprotective, antifibrotic, anticancer, and immunomodulatory effects, mainly by downregulating NF-κB and related pathways. The suggested clinical benefits of WS for COVID-19 were investigated by clarifying their underlying mechanisms in this review.

Today, aging and related issues are of particular importance and to achieve active elderly must pay attention to all physical, psychological, social and spiritual aspects of life of this group. Ageing anxiety is one of the components that affect physical and mental health as well as quality of life in old age and even before that. The aim of this study was Investigating the prevalence of ageing anxiety and the factors affecting it among students of selected universities Yazd in 2020.

This cross-sectional study was performed in selected universities Yazd in 2020. 210 students of Yazd University of Medical Sciences (fields of medicine, nursing and public health engineering) and students of Yazd University (fields of electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, management and law) were selected by stratified sampling method with equal volume. Data collection instruments were Demographic questionnaire and Ageing anxiety scale(AAS) that its validity and reliability was established. Data were analyzed using SPSS software version 24. Mean, standard deviation or quarters were used to describe quantitative variables commensurate with the data distribution. Frequency and percentage tables were used for qualitative variables of classification .Pearson and Chi-square tests were used to analyze the data and determine the correlation between the variables. Finally, the variables that were significant in univariate analysis entered the final multivariate regression model.

It examines the level of Ageing anxiety based on the four components of fear of elderly, psychological anxiety, physical appearance and fear of loss. The average Ageing anxiety among medical students in the field of medicine was 67.51 with a standard deviation of 13.02, in the field of nursing 60.9 with a standard deviation of 9.8 and in the field of public health engineering 47.33 with a standard deviation of 9.86. The average Ageing anxiety among the field of electrical engineering 63.8 with a standard deviation of 9.46, in the field of mechanical engineering 66.18 with a standard deviation of 10.56, in the field of management 62.45 with a standard deviation of 9.06 and in the field of law 63.5 with a standard deviation of 12.43. By comparing the two groups, the results of the amount of Ageing anxiety can be analyzed as follows: the rate of this type of Ageing anxiety among the non-medical group with a total average of 64.19 with a standard deviation of 10.24, higher than the medical group with a total average of 62.80 with a deviation The criterion was 11.68.

The findings of this study indicate that the incidence of Ageing anxiety among students of non-medical sciences is higher than medical sciences. Identifying, modifying and controlling the factors affecting it, as well as providing solutions to deal with it can help build a healthy and dynamic society and increase life expectancy among young adults.