Background and Purpose: University students deal with Internet with a variety of reasons. Internet great applications and attractions may cause increasing addiction to it; on the other hand the family function may affect the tendency to addiction. So, this study was conducted aimed to investigate the correlation between the family function based on Circumplex Model and students' Internet addiction in ShahidBeheshti University of Medical Sciences in 2015. Methods:In this correlational study, 664 students were selected by stratified random sampling method. The study tools included: Demographic Information Questionnaire, Young Internet Addiction Test (α=0.90) and Olson Family Adaptability and Cohesion Evaluation Scale (FACE III) (α=0.91). Data were analyzed by SPSS software Version 22. The results were analyzed using descriptive statistics (mean, standard deviation, percentage and frequency) and analytical statistics (t-test, Mann-Whitney U, Spearman correlation coefficient) methods.Findings: Findings showed, 79.2 percent of students did not have Internet addiction, 20.2 percent were at risk of addiction and 0.6 percent was addicted to the Internet. Female students were the most frequent users of the Internet among students (41.47% and p<0.01) with the purpose of recreation and entertainment (79.5 percent). A significant negative correlation was seen between Internet addiction and cohesion (a family function aspect) (p<0.01), also a positive and significant relationship was seen between average time of using Internet every time, average weekly hours of Internet use and Internet addiction (p>0.01). Conclusion:With regard to the degree of students' dependence to internet and the correlation between the family cohesion and Internet addiction, there is a need to make policy in the field of cohesion balance in the family and preventive and educational measures.
Spirituality is an essential component of health. However, evidence suggests that patients’ spiritual dimension has received less attention, possibly due to the unpreparedness of nurses to provide spiritual care. This study aimed to investigate the context of spiritual care in nursing education and to review the necessary preparations to provide spiritual care, as well as to examine the effective models and methods of spiritual care education in nursing. A comprehensive and in-depth review of the texts was conducted using national and international databases including SID, Magiran, Barakat, PubMed, ProQuest, Scopus, Embase, Web of Science and Google Scholar, spanning the years 2016–2021 and using the keywords “Spiritual care”; “Spiritual Curriculum”; “Spirituality”; “Religion”; “Nursing curriculum”; “Nursing students”; “Nursing educator”; “Nursing education”; “Education”; “Nursing”; and “Curriculum.” Out of 743 obtained articles, 39 were enrolled. The results showed that the basis of spiritual care in nursing education is inappropriate and the necessary preparations for providing proper spiritual care are not well provided. Although various models and variants have been presented to educate spiritual care, they are not organised throughout the students’ curriculum. Using a curriculum includes spirituality, spiritual awareness, and spiritual care, as well as organising it throughout the student curriculum, which can be the first step in providing decent spiritual care. Therefore, it is worthwhile to take effective steps in promoting spiritual care by solving the existing challenges and reducing the gap between theoretical and clinical education.
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