Research is limited regarding post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and professional quality of life (ProQOL) in Iranian nurses, especially nurses working in psychiatric units. The current study was conducted to determine the relationship between PTSD and ProQOL among psychiatric nurses in Kerman, Iran. This cross-sectional correlational study comprised 160 nurses working in three clinical settings supervised by Kerman University of Medical Sciences. Data were gathered using two questionnaires: PTSD Checklist and ProQOL Scale. Mean total PTSD score was 35.18 ( SD = 10.92, range = 17 to 85), indicating nurses experienced moderate PTSD. Among ProQOL domains, burnout had the highest mean score and compassion fatigue had the lowest mean score. According to the Pearson correlation coefficient, PTSD score had a relationship with compassion satisfaction ( r = −0.29; p < 0.001), compassion fatigue ( r = 0.61; p < 0.001), and burnout ( r = 0.36; p = 0.001). The current study results suggest that examining work-related PTSD, burnout, compassion satisfaction, and compassion fatigue in mental health nurses can help identify strategies to improve working conditions and quality of nursing care. [ Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services, 57 (3), 39–47.]

BACKGROUND: Paramedic and emergency personnel may encounter directly many events that threat their own wellbeing during their daily work. This study was conducted to examine the prevalence rate of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among two groups of paramedic and emergency personnel in southeast Iran. METHODS: The study employed a descriptive design and was conducted in four hospital emergency wards and a pre-hospital emergency base supervised by Kerman Medical University. Using Mississippi PTSD, we assessed the prevalence rate in paramedics (n=150) and emergency personnel (n=250). RESULTS: The two groups had different levels of education, marital status, experience of traumatic events, work hours per month, and gender. Most (94%) of paramedic and hospital emergency personnel reported moderate PTSD. The two groups had significant different levels of PTSD in all subscale. CONCLUSION: The study suggests that health care managers should organize systematic and dynamic policies and procedures in dealing with PTSD to assist both groups of personnel.

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BACKGROUND: This study aimed to determine the relationship among bereavement, depression, and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in organ donor families in Iran. METHODS: This is a correlational study of 96 family members of brain-dead patients whose organs were donated. Using census sampling method, we approached the families through the Kerman University's Organ Donation Center. Data were collected using the Core Bereavement Items, Beck Depression Inventory, and Impact of Event Scale-Revised. RESULTS: The mean (SD) total score of bereavement, depression, and PTSD were 38.44 (9.25), 18.01 (12.92), and 41.90 (12.69), respectively. Among bereavement subscales, the highest mean (SD) score belonged to the “Images and Thoughts” (15.96 [4.16]) and the lowest belonged to “Grief” (10.57 [3.16]). Among different aspects of PTSD, the Intrusion subscale had the highest mean (SD) score (19.25 [6.22]), and the Hyperarousal subscale had the lowest (11.23 [5.34]). The Pearson correlation coefficient showed that bereavement was positively correlated with both depression (r = 0.72, P < .001) and PTSD (r = 0.59, P < .001). CONCLUSION: Donor families experienced bereavement, PTSD, and depression after organ donation. Healthcare professionals should approach and assess these families for potential emotional-psychological consequences, provide emotional and practical support to alleviate their depression and PTSD, and assist them through the bereavement process.

Background: Time management is of particular importance in nursing. One of the most effective variables associated with time management is emotional intelligence (EI). This study assessed the relationship between time management and EI and the level of EI and time management skills in head nurses in emergency and intensive care units. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted on all head nurses in the emergency and intensive care units of nine educational hospitals at Isfahan University of Medical Sciences in Iran in 2015 using Bradberry-Greaves’ EI and Macan’s Time Management Questionnaires. Results: Participants’ total time management score was (104.15 ± 6.98); total EI score was (128 ± 15.80). There was no significant relationship between overall EI and time management skills. There was a significant relationship between age and the emotional self-awareness dimension of EI (p = .027) and the mechanics dimension of time management (p = .037), and between work experience and overall time management skills (p = .049) and the mechanics dimension of time management (p = .038). Conclusions: Specific EI and time management skills may help head nurses to cope with the challenges they face, which may improve the quality of nursing care. Nursing leaders should consider the importance of time management and EI in increasing motivation and satisfaction of nursing staff and improving quality of care.