Knowledge of the state of stress in the Earth’s crust is very important to the safe and efficient... more Knowledge of the state of stress in the Earth’s crust is very important to the safe and efficient development of underground excavations in mining and civil engineering projects. A number of methods have been developed over the past 40 years to assess the stress field in the rock mass. These range from local estimates derived from compilation of regional stress databases to back-analysis of field observations to dedicated in situ measurements. The Geomechanics Research Centre (GRC) at MIRARCO has a long history of undertaking in situ stress characterization and measurement. In this paper, the stress measurement techniques used by the GRC, including overcoring and undercoring in addition to borehole breakout back-analysis, are briefly reviewed. The limitations and application of each technique for different ground conditions and the challenges involved during the field work and in interpretation of the results are discussed. A successful stress measurement campaign is not limited to ...
Introduction Professional ethics is an important issue in every organization. This study was desi... more Introduction Professional ethics is an important issue in every organization. This study was designed to define compliance level to professional codes of ethics and some of its related factors in midwives working at healthcare centers. Methods This cross sectional study was conducted in 2013 Tehran Iran. 125 midwives from the governmental healthcare centers of Tehran were selected through stratified quota sampling method. Data gathering tool was a self-reporting questionnaire which included: demographic characteristics, Iranian version of ethical codes of reproductive health providers, applicability of these ethical codes and awareness about the professional codes of ethical. Data analysis was conducted using SPSS v.16. p level at 0.05. Results Compliance to the professional ethical codes were directly correlated to the income level of the midwives, the applicability of the codes and the midwives' awareness about them. Conclusion It is necessary to pay attention to professional ...
International Journal of Medical Research and Health Sciences, 2016
Open visiting policy in intensive care units is proposed as an essential requirement for patients... more Open visiting policy in intensive care units is proposed as an essential requirement for patients and their families, so this study is aimed to explain open visiting policy obstacles and facilitators from patients, families and health team members’ viewpoint. This qualitative study implemented in intensive care units of a hospital specialized in cardiology in Tehran-Iran. Patients’, families’, nurses’, doctors’ and guards’ viewpoint was determined regarding open visiting policy obstacles and facilitators by semi-structured interviews. Data analysis method was conventional approach of qualitative content analysis with thematic technique. Data analysis was performed using Max QDA10 software. Two main categories of data regarding open visiting obstacles and facilitators were extracted. Factors related to service systems and visitors derived from open visiting obstacles, and factors related to management system and personnel derived from open visiting facilitators. One of the most impor...
International Journal of Medical Research and Health Sciences, 2016
Visiting patients is a positive and effective strategy to help patients and their families to ada... more Visiting patients is a positive and effective strategy to help patients and their families to adapt better with stress and crisis of Intensive Care Units. This study designed with the aim of "exploring the perception of patients, families and staff of Intensive Care Units about visiting hour’s policies”. In this qualitative study, the perspective of 51 participants including patients, their families and staff regarding “Visitation Policies” investigated using semistructured interviews. Conventional content analysis method used. Two categories of restricted and non-restricted visitation obtained from the data. Based on the comments received from participants, fourteen subcategories including advantages and disadvantages of visitations obtained from both restricted and non-restricted visitation categories. Restricted visitation is a policy of visitation that allows the visitor to be present in a specified time while non-restricted visitation is a kind of respect for the wishes an...
Background: Patients’ rights arise from their expectations of the healthcare system, which are ro... more Background: Patients’ rights arise from their expectations of the healthcare system, which are rooted in their needs. Visitation is seen as a necessary need for patients and families in intensive care units. Objectives: The authors attempted to design, implement, and evaluate a new visiting policy in the intensive care units. Research design: This study was an action research, including two qualitative and quantitative approaches. Participants and research context: The viewpoints of 51 participants (patients, families, doctors, nurses, and guards) on how to change the limited visiting policy were explained through semi-structured interviews and focus groups. The new visiting policy (contractual visitation) was designed, implemented, and evaluated with the involvement of participants. Ethical considerations: The hospital ethics committee approval was gained and the informed consent was obtained from all the participants. Findings: The content of interviews was analyzed and classified...
Introduction: The behavior of healthcare providers in a healthcare system constitutes a factor fo... more Introduction: The behavior of healthcare providers in a healthcare system constitutes a factor for patients’ satisfaction with the system. Nurses’ job satisfaction is an important part of their lives which influences patients’ security, as well as the quality and efficiency of healthcare services. Nurses’ dissatisfaction with their vocation, for any reason it might be, will have a direct impact on the quality of services provided for patients. The objective of this study is to determine the relationship between nurses’ job satisfaction and patients’ satisfaction with .nursing service Method: This is a descriptive-analytic study conducted on 200 patients at discharging and (100 nurses from different wards (other than special wards, Emergency, Pediatric and Psychiatric from hospitals of Iran University of Medical Sciences in 2010. The data were processed using descriptive statistics and Chi-Square tests. Data were entered into the statistical package for the .social sciences version 1...
Traditional teaching methods used in medical education couldn't meet the need for keeping pac... more Traditional teaching methods used in medical education couldn't meet the need for keeping pace with up to date information. Present study has conducted in order to compare the effect of lecture and e-learning methods on nursing students' learning outcomes in the context of Iran. A cross-over design was applied. Study sample was consisted of 32 students which were in third semester of nursing bachelor program and were passing Maternal Child nursing course. The first part of the course was taught using lecture method during first four weeks; an e-learning method was the technique used to educate the remained part of the course during the second four weeks. Students' learning outcomes in each method, opinion toward and participation with both educational methods was assessed. No significant difference was found between students exam scores in both methods. Considering students' opinion toward educational methods, no significant difference was found between two methods i...
Knowledge of the state of stress in the Earth’s crust is very important to the safe and efficient... more Knowledge of the state of stress in the Earth’s crust is very important to the safe and efficient development of underground excavations in mining and civil engineering projects. A number of methods have been developed over the past 40 years to assess the stress field in the rock mass. These range from local estimates derived from compilation of regional stress databases to back-analysis of field observations to dedicated in situ measurements. The Geomechanics Research Centre (GRC) at MIRARCO has a long history of undertaking in situ stress characterization and measurement. In this paper, the stress measurement techniques used by the GRC, including overcoring and undercoring in addition to borehole breakout back-analysis, are briefly reviewed. The limitations and application of each technique for different ground conditions and the challenges involved during the field work and in interpretation of the results are discussed. A successful stress measurement campaign is not limited to ...
Introduction Professional ethics is an important issue in every organization. This study was desi... more Introduction Professional ethics is an important issue in every organization. This study was designed to define compliance level to professional codes of ethics and some of its related factors in midwives working at healthcare centers. Methods This cross sectional study was conducted in 2013 Tehran Iran. 125 midwives from the governmental healthcare centers of Tehran were selected through stratified quota sampling method. Data gathering tool was a self-reporting questionnaire which included: demographic characteristics, Iranian version of ethical codes of reproductive health providers, applicability of these ethical codes and awareness about the professional codes of ethical. Data analysis was conducted using SPSS v.16. p level at 0.05. Results Compliance to the professional ethical codes were directly correlated to the income level of the midwives, the applicability of the codes and the midwives' awareness about them. Conclusion It is necessary to pay attention to professional ...
International Journal of Medical Research and Health Sciences, 2016
Open visiting policy in intensive care units is proposed as an essential requirement for patients... more Open visiting policy in intensive care units is proposed as an essential requirement for patients and their families, so this study is aimed to explain open visiting policy obstacles and facilitators from patients, families and health team members’ viewpoint. This qualitative study implemented in intensive care units of a hospital specialized in cardiology in Tehran-Iran. Patients’, families’, nurses’, doctors’ and guards’ viewpoint was determined regarding open visiting policy obstacles and facilitators by semi-structured interviews. Data analysis method was conventional approach of qualitative content analysis with thematic technique. Data analysis was performed using Max QDA10 software. Two main categories of data regarding open visiting obstacles and facilitators were extracted. Factors related to service systems and visitors derived from open visiting obstacles, and factors related to management system and personnel derived from open visiting facilitators. One of the most impor...
International Journal of Medical Research and Health Sciences, 2016
Visiting patients is a positive and effective strategy to help patients and their families to ada... more Visiting patients is a positive and effective strategy to help patients and their families to adapt better with stress and crisis of Intensive Care Units. This study designed with the aim of "exploring the perception of patients, families and staff of Intensive Care Units about visiting hour’s policies”. In this qualitative study, the perspective of 51 participants including patients, their families and staff regarding “Visitation Policies” investigated using semistructured interviews. Conventional content analysis method used. Two categories of restricted and non-restricted visitation obtained from the data. Based on the comments received from participants, fourteen subcategories including advantages and disadvantages of visitations obtained from both restricted and non-restricted visitation categories. Restricted visitation is a policy of visitation that allows the visitor to be present in a specified time while non-restricted visitation is a kind of respect for the wishes an...
Background: Patients’ rights arise from their expectations of the healthcare system, which are ro... more Background: Patients’ rights arise from their expectations of the healthcare system, which are rooted in their needs. Visitation is seen as a necessary need for patients and families in intensive care units. Objectives: The authors attempted to design, implement, and evaluate a new visiting policy in the intensive care units. Research design: This study was an action research, including two qualitative and quantitative approaches. Participants and research context: The viewpoints of 51 participants (patients, families, doctors, nurses, and guards) on how to change the limited visiting policy were explained through semi-structured interviews and focus groups. The new visiting policy (contractual visitation) was designed, implemented, and evaluated with the involvement of participants. Ethical considerations: The hospital ethics committee approval was gained and the informed consent was obtained from all the participants. Findings: The content of interviews was analyzed and classified...
Introduction: The behavior of healthcare providers in a healthcare system constitutes a factor fo... more Introduction: The behavior of healthcare providers in a healthcare system constitutes a factor for patients’ satisfaction with the system. Nurses’ job satisfaction is an important part of their lives which influences patients’ security, as well as the quality and efficiency of healthcare services. Nurses’ dissatisfaction with their vocation, for any reason it might be, will have a direct impact on the quality of services provided for patients. The objective of this study is to determine the relationship between nurses’ job satisfaction and patients’ satisfaction with .nursing service Method: This is a descriptive-analytic study conducted on 200 patients at discharging and (100 nurses from different wards (other than special wards, Emergency, Pediatric and Psychiatric from hospitals of Iran University of Medical Sciences in 2010. The data were processed using descriptive statistics and Chi-Square tests. Data were entered into the statistical package for the .social sciences version 1...
Traditional teaching methods used in medical education couldn't meet the need for keeping pac... more Traditional teaching methods used in medical education couldn't meet the need for keeping pace with up to date information. Present study has conducted in order to compare the effect of lecture and e-learning methods on nursing students' learning outcomes in the context of Iran. A cross-over design was applied. Study sample was consisted of 32 students which were in third semester of nursing bachelor program and were passing Maternal Child nursing course. The first part of the course was taught using lecture method during first four weeks; an e-learning method was the technique used to educate the remained part of the course during the second four weeks. Students' learning outcomes in each method, opinion toward and participation with both educational methods was assessed. No significant difference was found between students exam scores in both methods. Considering students' opinion toward educational methods, no significant difference was found between two methods i...
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