Background & Aim: The key to playing role in the nursing profession is the proper communication and is, in fact, the basic part of nurses' careers in looking after the patients. Recognizing the factors related to communication skills of nursing students, including spiritual intelligence, can be used to increase the quality of care. The purpose of this study was to investigate the correlation between spiritual intelligence and communication skills of nursing students in Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences. Materials & Methods: In this descriptive-correlational study, 286 nursing students were selected by stratified sampling method. Data were collected by King's Spiritual Intelligence Questionnaire and Barton's Communication Skills Questionnaire. Data analysis was done by descriptive and inferential statistics using SPSS 21 software. Results: The mean age of the students was 21.37±2.39 years. Most of the students were male (55%) and studying in the fourth year of the university (30%) (Seventh semester (17.1%)). The mean (standard deviation) of spiritual intelligence was 59.71 (12.04) and communication skills was 51.83 (10.10). Based on Pearson correlation coefficient, the correlation between communication skills with spiritual intelligence and its areas was positive (0.414) and was statistically significant (p<0.05). Conclusion: There was a positive and significant correlation between spiritual intelligence and communication skills. Considering this issue in students, along with physical, mental and social dimensions, can increase the communication skills and increase the quality of nursing care in the future.

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Background: Anxiety is a common psychiatric condition in cardio-vascular diseases. Saffron appears to have a wide range of therapeutic effects on psychiatric conditions and cardio-vascular disorders. The aim of this study was to determine the effect of saffron on anxiety in hospitalized patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS). Materials and Methods: In this clinical investigation, we selected 80 patients with ACS from Tohid Medical Center, Sanandaj. Patients were divided randomly into two groups, intervention group ( n = 41), and control group ( n = 39), based on how they received saffron and placebo every 12 hours for 4 days, respectively. The Spielberger Anxiety Inventory was completed before and after the intervention in both groups. Results: There was no significant difference between the intervention and control groups regarding the mean scores of the trait and state anxiety before and after the intervention ( P > 0.05). Conclusion: The present study did not corroborate the therapeutic effects of saffron on reducing anxiety in patients with ACS.