Introduction: Team-based learning is one of the active learning approaches in which independent learning is combined with small group discussion in the class. This study aimed to determine the impact of team-based learning in nervous system examination knowledge of nursing students. Methods: This quasi-experimental study was conducted on 3rd grade nursing students, including 5th semester (intervention group) and 6th semester (control group). The traditional lecture method and the team-based learning method were used for educating the examination of the nervous system for intervention and control groups, respectively. The data were collected by a test covering 40-questions (multiple choice, matching, gap-filling and descriptive questions) before and after intervention in both groups. Individual Readiness Assurance Test (RAT) and Group Readiness Assurance Test (GRAT) used to collect data in the intervention group. In the end, the collected data were analyzed by SPSS ver. 13 using descriptive and inferential statistical tests. Results: In team-based learning group, mean and standard deviation was 13.39 (4.52) before the intervention, which had been increased to 31.07 (3.20) after the intervention and this increase was statistically significant. Also, there was a statistically significant difference between the scores of RAT and GRAT in team-based learning group. Conclusion: Using team-based learning approach resulted in much better improvement and stability in the nervous system examination knowledge of nursing students compared to traditional lecture method; therefore, this method could be efficiently used as an effective educational approach in nursing education.

Objectives: This study aimed at determining the relationship between religious commitment and moral sensitivity among nurses working in the ICU sections in the west of Iran. The present study was a cross-sectional descriptiveanalytic study carried out on nurses working in ICU wards of two western cities in Iran. The instrument used includes a demographic questionnaire, religious commitment questionnaire and moral sensitivity questionnaire in nurses. First, the researchers referred to the ICU wards of the hospitals in the cities after receiving permission from the relevant authorities by referring to three shifts in the morning, evening and night shifts and holidays. The researchers, while explaining the research goals for the nurses participating in the study, obtained their informed consent to participate in this study. Results: According to the findings, mean (SD) of the overall score of religious commitment was equal to 36.38 (4.58) and mean (SD) of MS score of nurses was 59.21 (12.65). Also, 91 nurses (82.7%) had average MS, 7 (6.4%) had low MS and 12 (10.9%) had high MS.

Introduction and Objective: One of the most common and debilitating cancer-related problems experienced by patients at any stage of the disease is fatigue. The present study aimed at determining the relationship between demographic and clinical factors with cancer-related fatigue in patients referring to oncology clinics of selected hospitals affiliated with Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences in 2018.Methods: The present study is a descriptive-correlational one. As many as 160 cancer patients entered the present study. These patients had already referred to oncology clinics of selected hospitals of Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences in 2018. The participants were selected based convenience sampling. Data collection tools included demographic information and a multidimensional fatigue symptom inventory short form, the validity of which was assessed by ten professors of the School of Nursing and Midwifery, at Shahid Beheshti University. Moreover, for the reliability of the questionnaire by internal consistency method, Cronbach’s alpha coefficient was reported to be 81%. After collecting data, the data obtained from the study were analyzed using SPSS-22.Results: According to the results of the present study in which 160 cancer patients entered, the mean age of patients was 55.51 ± 14.27 years; Most of the patients were married men. The results of independent t-test to compare the mean total score of fatigue in patients with a family history of cancer and patients without a history showed a significant difference (P = 0.016, t = 2.429). However, no significant difference was observed between the mean total score of fatigue in patients with a history of drug use and patients with no history of drug use (P = 0.314, t = -1.010). The results of one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) showed that there was no significant difference between marital status and general level of fatigue (P = 0.122, F = 1.961).Conclusion: In the present study, the type of treatment and family history of cancer were factors that were associated with cancer-related fatigue. Therefore, in addition to providing physical care and nursing interventions, giving due attention to the demographic and clinical components of cancer patients can play an effective role in treating fatigue in these patients.

No abstract