Ethics is a core concept in nursing practice. However, traditional approaches to teaching ethics are not sufficient and ethicists have to devise creative new approaches for the new generation of students.
Introduction: Resilience refers to the capability of returning to normal life from a sustained difficulty and the ability of self-repair, which despite being exposed to extreme stresses, leads to the success against events and accidents. The current study aimed at determining the resilience of family caregivers of patients with mental disorders. Methods: The current descriptive-analytical study was conducted on 220 individuals. The data collection tools were the forms and questionnaires of resilience developed by Kannor and Davidson. The obtained data were analyzed with SPSS version 16 using the Spearman correlation test, t test, and analysis of variance (ANOVA). Results: In the current study, the mean ± standard deviation (SD) of resilience of the family caregivers of patients with mental disorders was 16.38±69.93, while 51% of the participants had high resilience. There were no significant relationship between the resilience of caregivers and their demographic characteristics (age, gender, socioeconomic status, and level of education). Conclusions: The findings of the current study can help nurses and other healthcare providers to use the resilience or similar models for health promotion, capacity building, and sustainable recovery from the ongoing difficulties in order to repair themselves, and enhance the socioeconomic and welfare status, and promote the level of tolerance and education in the family caregivers of patients with mental disorders.
Introduction: Loss of life meaning, hopelessness and pessimism, can be the cause of many problems dialysis patients facing.Objective: Considering the importance of self-efficacy role in self-care, this study aimed to investigate the hope and self-efficacy of hemodialysis patients.
Material and Methods:The present study is a descriptive-analytical study performed on 100 patients. Demographic questionnaires, Snyder Hope Questionnaire and Sherer Self-efficacy Questionnaire were used in this study. After data collection, the data were analyzed by SPSS 23. Significance was considered 0.05 Results: In this study, 52 males and 48 females were included. The mean and standard deviation of age were 51 and 9.51, respectively; 17% of them were single and 81% were married and 2% were widowed. The results showed that the mean score and standard deviation of hope for patients were 37.84 and 0.73, and of selfefficacy were 50.76 and 2.76, respectively. Given that the low score on the Snyder Hope tool indicates lower hope, of the score of hope in = hemodialysis patients was considered low and the self-efficacy score was moderate. There was a significant relationship between self-efficacy and patients' hope, ie, self-efficacy increases as hope increases (P= 0.00).
Discussion and Conclusion:Based on results of this study, patients undergoing hemodialysis have a low mean score of self-efficacy and low hope, so the researchers propose strategies for accurate and holistic evaluation of these patients by nurses.
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