Background and aimsCaring as a multidimensional concept can be occurring according to teaching main values. Thus, the present study was performed to assess the caring behavior educational plan on nursing student with the aim of develop the students' ability to become a health care professional staff.Methodsthese study was quasi-experimental interventional study that performed at academic second semester (2014) in Abadan school of medical sciences. 6 & 8 semesters of nursing student were randomly divided in case and control groups. The educational plan has been designed on Watson's theory was carried out for case group during the course of medical-surgical ward but control group received rotine tutorial. The student's perception was assessed with CDI-35 tool before and after the study in two groups. Data were analyzed by SPSS-21 software.ResultsIn this study, 58 students were divided into two groups of 29. No significant difference was not in demographic variables between two groups.in the scope of inappropriate care was a significant difference between two groups in the pretest. Although the raise of mean was observed in 5 dimension of caring behavior in case group (p=0/0001) and in technical-professional scope in control group (p=0/001).ConclusionAs regards goal of nursing education programs, training nurses to promote the art and science of nursing, Also considering the importance of nursing care in the health system, and the need to design programs to strengthen and empower nurses is inevitable, the results of this study can be helpful in this regard.

Background and objective: Nurses should have an appropriate level of ethical development to perform their daily care. Ethical codes should be understood by nurses and used in each dimension of nursing practice. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate the implementation status of nurses' ethical codes.Methods: This descriptive-analytic study was carried out on 202 nurses working in internal and surgical wards using easy sampling in educational hospitals of the Faculty of Medical Sciences, Abadan. The implementation status of ethical codes was investigated using a researcher-made questionnaire and the obtained data were analyzed using SPSS ver. 16.Results: There was a statistically significant difference between the level of ethical performance of nurses with cases such as organizational positions, work shift, academic education, and ethics retraining courses and work experience (p< 0.005). This difference was not observed in relation to gender, marital status, educational degree, history of presenting complaints and job satisfaction and the workplace (p>0.005).Conclusion: Results of this study showed that nurses should firstly recognize the dimensions and ethical issues in their profession for the ethical performance of professional nursing; therefore, it is recommended to maximize the efficiency and quality of health care by educating the medical staff and raising their awareness of professional ethics.