Introduction:Professional nursing values are the guideline for the actions necessary for the nursing profession and are considered as the basis for decision-making in professional nursing practice. Due to limited studies in this field, this study aimed to investigate the level of compliance with professional values in clinical nurses in Kerman. Materials & Methods:In this descriptive cross-sectional study, 260 nurses working in hospitals affiliated to Kerman University of Medical Sciences were selected by stratified random sampling. Data were collected using a two-part questionnaire including socio-demographic characteristics and the standardized scale of professional values of Shank and Weiss nursing skills with an appropriate validity and reliability of 0.92. Data analysis was performed using descriptive statistics (mean and standard deviation) and analytical (Mann-Whitney U, Kruskal Wallis) by SPSS software version 19. Result:The mean score of nurses' professional norms was 102.77 ± 16.64 and the highest mean score in each dimension of care was (4.21 ± 0.48), justice (4.13 ± 1.37) trust (4.21 ± 0.82), professionalization (3.80 ± 0.95) and pragmatism (3.52 ± 0.70). There was a significant relationship between work area and nurses' service status with respect to professional values, but no significant relationship was found with other variables (meaningful level, p <0.05). Conclusion:Based on the results, nurses' status is relatively favorable with respect to professional values, so the necessary measures to internalize and promote all these values are essential.

Background: Nowadays, the quality of life of hemodialysis patients has decreased, which doubled the need for educational interventions. Objectives: The current study investigated the effect of positive thinking training on different dimensions of quality of life of hemodialysis patients. Methods: This is a controlled clinical trial study conducted on 70 hemodialysis patients in Fasa, Fars province, in 2019. The patients were selected using the simple sampling method. Then, they were divided into two groups of intervention (n = 35) and control (n = 35). After obtaining informed consent, the researchers asked the participants to complete the SF-36 Quality of Life Questionnaire. The intervention group was trained positive thinking skills in 8 workshop sessions; each lasted for 90 minutes. Data were analyzed using SPSS version 20. To analyze the data, statistical tests such as chi-square, Kolmogorov-Smirnov, independent, and t-test were used. Results: The mean and standard deviation of the patients’ quality of life in the intervention group increased from 35.95 ± 10.07 to 55.98 ± 11.71 (P < 0.001). The changes in patients’ quality of life before and after the intervention were also assessed in 8 dimensions, which showed that the quality of life of the patients did not change significantly in terms of physical function (P = 0.42) and physical pain (P = 0.62), but for other dimensions, it was significantly increased (P < 0.001). Conclusions: Positive thinking training improved the quality of life of hemodialysis patients, particularly in the dimensions of the emotional role, emotional health, energy and vitality, social performance, and general health is recommended.