This qualitative study aimed to investigate and explain clinical experiences of nursing students in a psychiatric unit in an Iranian hospital. The researcher performed a Heideggerian hermeneutic phenomenological study by conducting in-depth interviews of 13 participants. An analysis based on Diekelmann's method helped to interpret the data and uncover common themes. The following four correlated themes were obtained: anxiety, maturation, dissatisfaction and enthusiasm. These results present distinctive insights on contextualizing, developing and implementing clinical education in Iran, especially in psychiatric units. The exploration and description of students' experiences will help nurse educators to plan the clinical learning opportunities such that they are less stressful, thus ensuring that nursing students are equipped to act as therapeutic professionals.

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BackgroundMajor life changes are among factors that cause anxiety, and one of these changes is surgery. Emotional reactions to surgery have specific effects on the intensity and velocity as well as the process of physical disease. In addition, they can cause delay in patients recovery. This study is aimed at determining the relationship between religious beliefs and preoperative anxiety.MethodsThis survey is a correlational study to assess the relationship between religious beliefs and preoperative anxiety of patients undergoing abdominal, orthopaedic, and gynaecologic surgery in educational hospitals. We used the convenience sampling method. The data collection instruments included a questionnaire containing the Spielberger State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI), and another questionnaire formulated by the researcher with queries on religious beliefs and demographic characteristics as well as disease-related information. Analysis of the data was carried out with SPSS software using descriptive and inferential statistics. Results were arranged in three tables.ResultsThe findings showed that almost all the subjects had high level of religiosity and moderate level of anxiety. In addition, there was an inverse relationship between religiosity and intensity of anxiety, though this was not statistically significant.ConclusionThe results of this study can be used as evidence for presenting religious counselling and spiritual interventions for individuals undergoing stress. Finally, based on the results of this study, the researcher suggested some recommendations for applying results and conducting further research.

Background:Primary dysmenorrhea is the most common complaint in adolescents and adult young women that disturbs their daily life performance.Aim:The current study investigated the effect of lavender aromatherapy on pain severity in primary dysmenorrhea.Subjects and Methods:This triple-blind randomized clinical trial was conducted on 200 students of Ardabil University of Medical Sciences, Iran. Subjects were allocated randomly into intervention (lavender) and control (placebo) groups. The researcher assistant asked the participants to smell the lavender in the first 3 days of menstruation, 30 min in a day in two menstrual cycles. Control group was also administered placebo (diluted milk) to be used as lavender in treatment group. Pain severity was scored by visual analog scale in the first 3 days of menstruation before intervention and 2 months after intervention. Data were analyzed through descriptive statistics and independent and paired samples t-tests.Results:There was a significant difference in average pain severity between treatment and control groups after intervention. However, students in the treatment group reported significantly less pain severity 2 months after intervention (P < 0.01).Conclusion:Using lavender aromatherapy for 2 months may be effective in decreasing the pain severity of primary dysmenorrhea.

Background Quality of care is one of the most critical issues in nursing care today. Moreover, all health care employees are responsible for providing support and high‐quality, safe care. However, nurses caring for COVID‐19 patients face problems such as unfamiliar work environments, exposure to the disease, lack of experience in their new positions, and close public and media attention. This study aimed to investigate missed nursing care and the reasons for missed nursing care during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) pandemic in Iran. Methods This cross‐sectional study included 135 nurses working in COVID‐19 units. Data were collected using the MISSCARE Survey. The significance level for the statistical tests was set at p < 0.05. Results Most of the participants were women and had a bachelor's degree in nursing. There was a lack of supportive and necessary care more than any other form of care. According to nurses, the most common reasons for missed care were urgent patient situations, inadequate staff, and an unexpected rise in patient volume and/or patient acuity on the unit. Conclusion Generally, the results showed that being positioned in a new situation and unfamiliarity with the disease had a significant impact—among nurses—on the amount of care provided. Managers can use this information to solve existing missed‐nursing‐care problems and contribute to improving the quality of care. These results can be helpful in controlling missed nursing care and finding a more optimal solution for this problem; thus, we can improve the quality of care delivery and increase the satisfaction of nurses and patients. Additionally, an understanding of the kind of missing nursing care during a pandemic can positively enhance the management of similar situations in the future.

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ObjectivesNursing care is one of the most important tasks of nursing. Providing safe and high-quality nursing care will improve the patient as soon as possible and reduces the complications of the disease. Due to the corona epidemic in the last year, nurses cannot provide all the necessary care for patients; a series of care is eliminated or delayed or reduced, which is called missed nursing care. So, this study aimed to investigate the missed nursing care and the reasons affecting it in the corona wards in Ardabil.Study designThe research is conducted in a cross-sectional manner. The research included 135 nurses who worked in Ardabil's corona wards.Data collection/extraction methodsThe Missed Nursing Care Questionnaire, was used to collect data. The significance level of statistical tests set at 0.05.Principal findingsMost of whom were women, 135 nurses participated in the study and had a bachelor's degree in nursing. Supportive and necessary care is missed more than other care; According to nurses, the most common reasons for the missed care were emergencies, low staffing, and an increase in the number of patients.ConclusionsAs a result of the findings, being in a fresh and uncertain situation, as well as an increase in the number of patients, has resulted in a loss of nursing care. By controlling these factors, the missed care in the ward can be controlled, and increase the satisfaction of patients and nurses.

This study explores the meaning of health among Iranian women with diabetes using hermeneutic phenomenology based on Van Manen's approach. A total of 19 women with diabetes who were referred to the Diabetes Center of Imam Khomeini hospital in Ardabil, Iran were recruited using a purposive sampling method. Data were gathered through semi-structured interviews. Each interview was transcribed verbatim and analyzed simultaneously. Data analysis led to the emergence of five main themes: a God-centered life, health as a precious possession, health as wellbeing, independence, and acceptance. Patients often described coping with their illnesses and pursuing lifestyle changes by applying their spiritual and religious beliefs. The findings of this study can be used by healthcare teams to revise their opinions about patients with diabetes according to the culture of their patients.