فهرست مطالب maryam zeighami

The education and training of nursing PhD students is of great importance because they are expected to act as factors for the advancement of nursing science, professional counselors and future nursing researchers. In order to achieve more success in PhD course Nursing in Iran and identify its weaknesses and strengths, comparative studies and utilization of successful universities’ strategies and experiences are necessary. This study aimed to compare the curricula of nursing PhD programs in Pennsylvania University and Iran.

The present descriptive-comparative study was performed in 2019. This study compared the Iranian Nursing Education PhD system with the American University of Pennsylvania using the Brady Model in four stages of description, interpretation, matching, and comparison.

The program of both universities is based on the principles of strategic planning with values and mission, vision. The philosophy of the Pennsylvania School of Nursing has included cultural and ethnic differences, while nursing care in Iran has not been given due attention to different cultures and ethnicities. Courses are presented in both in-person and virtual classes in Pennsylvania University. Educational plans are more various and Some of the units are optional and they are selected by the appropriateness of student's need, thesis title and supervisor's recommendation.

According to the results of this study, while considering the role and duties of nursing graduates and taking into account the complex and changing needs of society, it is suggested to make reviews in the content and methods of presentation and evaluation of this course.

 Humans always have faced with the phenomenon of anxiety and have tried to find solutions to overcome this problem by various methods. The aim of this study was to determine the effect of echium amoenum on the anxiety of college students.

This is a clinical trial study. Participants were 40 nursing students in Kerman, Iran who were randomly assigned into two groups of intervention (n=20) and control (n=20). The data collection tools were a demographic form and Cattle’s anxiety questionnaire. First, the baseline assessment was conducted in both groups. Then, the intervention group received 1 g echium amoenum powder in 250cc boiling water daily. After a month, both groups were assessed again. Data analysis was performed in SPSS v.20 software using descriptive and inferential statistics (mean, standard deviation, chi-square test, paired t-test, independent t-test, Mann-Witney U test).

 At baseline, there was no significant difference between the two groups. After consumption of echium amoenum, the overall anxiety score decreased from 40.4±6.31 to 38.65±3.39 in the intervention group and increased from 39.7±9.29 to 41.75±9.91 in the control group; however, these differences were not statistically significant. 

 Echium amoenum could reduce anxiety in the students, but its effect was not significant maybe due to the short duration of its use or small sample size. Hence, further studies with a larger sample size are recommended.

Xenotransplantation is a Greek phrase and is referred to the process in which an organ or living cell is transplanted from an animal into the human body.The reasons for transmission of an organ from an animal to a human include: Limitation of transplantable human organs, Long term waiting list to receive organ transplants, irreversible damages or death due to postponement of receiving transplant organs or not receiving it and illimitable animal organs. The reasons for rejection of animal-human transmission include: The risk of possible transmission of unknown diseases from animals to human and benign lack of controlling the patients to avoid transferring the disease to other people, rejection of patients by the community, possibility of psychological problems in patient who has animal organs in his/her body and as result decreasing patients’ quality of life and religious beliefs of purity and impurity of some animals.Therefore, inadvertency and inattention to ethical, legal and social consequences as a result of xenotransplantation may leave irrecoverable damages.

The development of each community is highly dependent on its educated individuals. Therefore، recognition of factors influencing academic achievement of students and attention to these factors are essential for success. The aim of the present study was to determine the relationship between academic achievement and two factors of general health and coping styles among undergraduate students. In this descriptive cross-sectional study، 302 Nursing، Midwifery and Health students of Kerman Azad University were studied. Grade point average was considered as an indicator of academic achievement and all participants were asked to complete Goldberg general health questionnaire (GHQ28) and Endler &Parker questionnaire of coping inventory for stressful situation (CISS). The Most Frequent average total score was 14-16. 99 (out of 20). In 63. 3% of students total score of General Health was not in the normal range. Students used task-oriented coping style more frequently than other styles (% 49). There was a significant negative relationship between academic achievement and two studied factors of general health and emotion-oriented coping style. Since general health and copying style can have significant effects on students’ academic achievement، the presence of active counseling centers in universities for improving general health level of students and teaching effective copying styles is highly necessary.