Background and Objectives The growing prevalence of musculoskeletal disorders among employed population has raised significant health and economic concerns. 1,2 Studies have shown that musculoskeletal disorders are responsible for more than half
Introduction: Nursing has always been developing as a clinical field. Nurses are the first staff who came to the scene during the crisis.Objective: This study aimed to evaluate the clinical skills of military nurses in critical circumstances in selected military hospital in Mashhad. Materials and Methods:This descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted on 150 military nurses in 2017 using convenience sampling. Data were collected from military nurses with questionnaire, the questionnaire included 30 skills and three levels including poor (rated lower than 79), moderate (rated 80 to 125) and good (rated higher than 125), then data were analyzed using SPSS 16.Results: According to the results, 56.6% of the samples were female and 43.4% male, the mean of age was 38.7 years old. 75.83% with bachelor degree and 71.67% were nurses. Clinical skill of nurses were moderate in critical circumstances. Those who were 41-50 years old and had been working for 10-25 years were more skillful compared to the other groups. So, no significant relationship was found between the other demographic variables. They were the best at collecting data and recording the clinical information (nursing record) during the crisis (31.6%) and the poorest in nursing care skills from NBC injured (63.1%). Discussion and Conclusion:Military personnel, including the treatment staff during the crisis, have a significant role in reducing injuries and casualties. It seems that passing the related training courses and practical exercises could increase the skills of military personnel facing the crisis.
Background: Several factors are involved in occupational accidents such as individual and environmental factors. Organizational citizenship behaviors (OCBs) and optimism are useful in the prediction of organizational behaviors as well as in the prediction of organizational virtuousness and job performance. Objectives: The present study aimed to evaluate the relationship among optimism, extra role behaviors or OCB, and occupational accident in working nurses and nursing aids at two hospitals in Qom, Iran, 2017. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted in two hospitals and was carried out among 177 nurses and nursing aids (response rate = 88.5%). The instruments used included demographic, optimism and OCB questionnaires. A forward-backward technique was applied for OCB face validity assessment. SPSS V. 20 software was used to analyze data by Mann-Whitney, Kruskal-Wallis, t-test, ANOVA, and Poisson regression. Results: A total of 40.6% of participants have experienced cases of occupational accidents. OCB's mean score was 62.15 (± 12.61). Average score of optimism was 10.51 (± 2.60). Based on Mann-Whitney results, optimism was different between men and women (P = 0.004) and men had a higher level of optimism. Nursing aids experienced lower occupational accident (52.4%) than nurses with the BSc degree. Shift workers had experienced lower occupational accident (34.3%) than day workers. In addition, each unit increasing in optimism score was led to 6% increasing in the occupational accidents rate. Conclusions: According to the obtained results, the implementation of adjustment programs and reducing the load of mental and physical work as well as improving the nurse's organizational behaviors would be necessary. In addition, sufficient training to improve the nurses' attitude toward safety is recommended.
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