Introduction: Nursing is as a clinical profession that is improving day to day. One of the important problem at hospitals is that nursing management are not aware of the competency of new entrance nurses. So, this study was done to assess competency of new nurses Emam Hasan hospital at Bojnurd. Methods: This study was the first stage of an action research. Nurses with under 10 working years were selected by census sampling. Task-based checklists based on profession nursing task, 13 clinical competencies were chosen for OSCE stations with Checklists for every competency. Content validity and inter-rater reliability were done. The data was analysis with Spss20 and doing descriptive (Frequency, mean, standard deviation) and inferential statistics (Pearson Correlation Coefficient), and considering levels of significance (P < 0.05). Results: This study showed that clinical competency was in moderate level. It was significant relationship between clinical competency and sex, the college in which they have graduated while there are any significant relationship between clinical ward. Conclusions: The program in order to enhancing clinical competency should be done for new nurses to figuring out good quality of delivery nursing care. Also, it's needed to assess periodically clinical competency in nurses with any working year and wards. Applying retraining program systematically and according to nurses' needs can improve nurses' clinical competency and clinical practices.

The purpose of the present study was estimation of genetic parameters and genetic trends of early growth traits using Bayesian approach by Gibbs3f90 software in Iranian Afshari sheep. The data set [birth weight (BW), weaning weight (WW) and pre-weaning daily weight gain (PWDG)] were collected during the period 1999 to 2010 from Agriculture Jahad of Zanjan province, Iran. The fitted fixed effects were herd-year-season as interactions, sex (male, female), birth type (single, multiple) and age of dam. Based on Derivative Information Criteria (DIC), for studied traits the most appropriate model was determined. Therefore, based on the most appropriate fitted model, the direct additive heritabilities estimate for BW, WW and PWDG were 0.32±0.02, 0.05±0.01 and 0.24±0.02, respectively. The estimates of maternal heritabilities were 0.17±0.04, 0.07±0.02 and 0.12±0.05 and total heritabilities 0.11±0.05, 0.08±0.02 and 0.08±0.03 for BW, WW and PWDG, respectively. Direct genetic trends were positive for all traits but only significant for BW 0.75±0.31 g/year (P <0.05). Also, maternal genetic trends were for all traits negative and was significant for BW-0.63±0.27 g/year (P <0.05). The moderate estimates of heritabilities for early growth traits indicate that in Afshari sheep faster genetic improvement through selection is possible for these traits. Furthermore, the results genetic trends in this current study indicated that genetic improvement through selection is suitable only for BW in Afshari sheep.

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The objective of this study was to determine the genetic parameters of autosomal and sexlinked effects for birth weight (BW), weaning weight (WW), average daily gain from birth to weaning (ADG) and kleiber ratio (KR) of Makuie sheep. The data set used in this study was collected at Makuie sheep breeding station in West Azerbaijan province, Iran, between 1994 and 2011. The fixed effects included herd-year, sex (male or female), birth type (single or twin), and age of dam (five classes, 2-6 years old). The three multivariate linear animal models including direct (autosomal and sex-linked) and maternal effects were used to analyze data. The 2 nd model (including direct additive genetic effects of animal (autosomal and sex-linked) and permanent environmental effects), with the lowest AIC value was considered as the most appropriate model. Based on the most appropriate fitted model, direct autosomal and sex-linked heritabilities of BW, WW, ADG and KR were 0.12±0.