Raheleh Samouei,; Tayebeh Tayebani; Mohsen Moslehi
Volume 9, Issue 7 , December 2012, , Pages 951-957
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Introduction: Research is one of the major indicators of success of societies in various scientific,technological, and economic domains. University faculty members, in general, are of the most importantgroups with scientific and administrative responsibilities in this field. Therefore, addressing their ...
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Introduction: Research is one of the major indicators of success of societies in various scientific,technological, and economic domains. University faculty members, in general, are of the most importantgroups with scientific and administrative responsibilities in this field. Therefore, addressing their researchneeds and requirements is considered as a major aim.Methods: In this cross-sectional, analytical and prospective study, 119 faculty members of IsfahanUniversity of Medical Sciences, Iran, using a researcher-made questionnaire (α = 0.95) were participated.They were selected in proportion to their population and were invited individually to complete thequestionnaire. The data were reported based on descriptive statistics.Results: The obtained mean scores were 3.91 for social needs, 3.9 for organizational needs, 3.81 foreducational needs, and 3.93 for supportive needs. The highest reported needs were defining an appropriatebudget and providing enough free time for researching.Conclusion: The faculty members had various needs in the research field; however, they emphasizedmore on financial supports. Generally, universities should have regular and targeted programs for activerole of instructors in the research field.
Mahmoud Keyvanara; Nahid Tavakoli; Raheleh Samouei; Fatemeh Tavakoli
Volume 9, Issue 7 , December 2012, , Pages 1058-1065
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Introduction: The focus on social capital in recent years has been based on the effect of this capital onproducing and increasing the human capital and also improving the level of general health in the society.The social capital is discussed as a potential in successful social welfare programs and general ...
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Introduction: The focus on social capital in recent years has been based on the effect of this capital onproducing and increasing the human capital and also improving the level of general health in the society.The social capital is discussed as a potential in successful social welfare programs and general health; andfor the same reason, a specific place has been assigned to investigate and codify the social, physical andmental health indices. The purpose of this study was to identify the relationship between social capital andmental health among the social sciences students in University of Isfahan, Iran.Methods: The investigation was conducted using descriptive and correlation studies. Initially, theconcepts of social capital and mental health were identified using script studies and then the data werecollected and expressed. The relationship between students’ social capital and mental health wereanalyzed using SPSS software.Results: The findings showed an inverse statistically significant correlation between confidence,belongingness, affection, and trustworthiness with mental health. Based on the findings of the study, therewas a relationship between students’ social capital and mental health.Conclusion: One of the significant indices was the low level of communion, confidence, belongingness,affection and trustworthiness among students which is an indication of lower social capital among them
Faranak Shafiei; Farzaneh Farhadieh; Sayed Ali Taheri; Raheleh Samouei; Arsalan Pirasteh
Volume 9, Issue 7 , December 2012, , Pages 1152-1157
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Introduction: With expansion of vocational role of nurses, they are responsible for the whole aspects ofhealth cares from legal and moral viewpoints. Therefore, they must be responsible for their actions andobserve the law as the main element of their duty. This study aimed to survey the level of staff ...
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Introduction: With expansion of vocational role of nurses, they are responsible for the whole aspects ofhealth cares from legal and moral viewpoints. Therefore, they must be responsible for their actions andobserve the law as the main element of their duty. This study aimed to survey the level of staff awarenessabout regulations for considering guild and vocational violations of staff affiliated to Medical Sciences inNour and Ali Asghar Hospital in Isfahan, Iran.Methods: In this cross-sectional study, the whole nursing staffs of Nour and Ali Asghar Hospital wereasked to complete the questionnaire, after measuring and analyzing the validity and reliability ofquestionnaire. Its data were analyzed using Pearson's correlation coefficient and Student’s t-test. Datawere processed by SPSS software.Results: In this survey, most of the responders were female (82.7%) married, (74%) bachelors (BScholders), were nurses (97.3%), had nurse organizational position (88.7%) and, were contractualemployment position holders (31.3%). Furthermore, the results showed that there was no significantassociation between the awareness of nursing staff to mentioned regulations and sex, material status,education level, organizational position and employment status; however, there was a direct correlationbetween the staff awareness and their record of services (P < 0.05).Conclusion: In present conditions, health care staff must be sensitive to their vulnerable profession.Nurses, while should obtain information from nursing advances, must render the best and safer care forpatients. In principle, the holding of in-service continuous instruction, with obtaining effective privilegesin promoting job position and gaining motive factors of different classes of personnel can be effective.
Solmaz Salami; Raheleh Samouei
Volume 8, Issue 8 , January 2012, , Pages 1097-1103
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Introduction: Patient satisfaction has a key role in reducing side effects and patient complaints. It also increases the efficiency of treatment. This study was performed to investigate patient satisfaction from health services provided by educational hospitals in Isfahan, Iran.Methods: In a descriptive ...
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Introduction: Patient satisfaction has a key role in reducing side effects and patient complaints. It also increases the efficiency of treatment. This study was performed to investigate patient satisfaction from health services provided by educational hospitals in Isfahan, Iran.Methods: In a descriptive study, 350 outpatients in educational hospitals of Isfahan were non-randomly evaluated in 2009. Data was collected by a researcher-made questionnaire with confirmed validity (predicted by content validity) and reliability (predicted by a Cronbach's alpha of 0.95. Data was analyzed using SPSS to calculate descriptive statistics such as mean, variance, and standard deviation.Results: Patient satisfaction was 91.6% form preclinical services, 89.2% from nursing services, 88.6% from the reception, 87.8% from medicinal services, 87.5% from the services unit, 86.5% form financial services, 86% from medical services, 78.4% from the provided comfort, and 74.2% from nutrition.Conclusion: Patients were more satisfied with the wards and centers that had direct relation with them and were continuously offering them services.
Mohammad Hossein Yarmohamadian; Raheleh Samooie; Rahim Khodayari Zarnagh; Ali Ayoobian; Hossein Bagherian Mahmoodabadi
Volume 8, Issue 8 , January 2012, , Pages 1122-1128
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Introduction: Agility means ability to respond and react quickly and successfully toenvironmental changes. Agility is an important factor for hospital effectiveness. Agility in ahospital indicates the hospital's responsiveness when faced with internal and external changes. Ifhospitals are designed to ...
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Introduction: Agility means ability to respond and react quickly and successfully toenvironmental changes. Agility is an important factor for hospital effectiveness. Agility in ahospital indicates the hospital's responsiveness when faced with internal and external changes. Ifhospitals are designed to be agile, they should have the ability to compete with other hospitalsand provide appropriate services to their patients. This study compared agility in public andprivate hospitals in Isfahan, Iran in 2009.Methods: This descriptive, analytical, cross-sectional study was conducted in 2009. The studypopulation included the executives of administrative and financial sectors, health sector, andparaclinics, as well as supervisors in Khorshid, Chamran, Khanevadeh and Sina Hospitals. A totalnumber of 130 individuals (calculated according to Cochran formula) were selected from the fourmentioned hospitals. Data collection tool was the 42-item Likert-scale questionnaire of agility.The maximum and minimum scores of the questionnaire were 168 and zero, respectively. Thequestionnaire was valid and reliable based on the experts in the field and a Cronbach's alpha of0.96, respectively. Data was analyzed by descriptive and inferential statistical methods in SPSS16 .Results: Mean agility scores public and private hospitals were 103.7 and 113.9, respectively.Although a significant difference was observed between mean agility scores of selected hospitalsin Isfahan (P < 0.0001), public and private hospitals were not significantly different in terms ofagility (P > 0.05).Conclusion: Agility in both public and private hospitals was higher than moderate. In order toimprove agility in hospitals, using strategies and solutions such as flexible organizationalstructure, outsourcing of supplies and services, professional development of staff and preparationto face the environmental changes are required.
Asadollah Shams; Rahelehe Samooei; Habibehe Porriahi
Volume 7, Issue 0 , December 2011
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Introduction: Management is one of the most important factors for life, development, growth or death of any organizations including hospitals. The power is of one of the main concepts that by focusing on the fundamental and theoretical efforts considered as an important factor at all levels of management ...
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Introduction: Management is one of the most important factors for life, development, growth or death of any organizations including hospitals. The power is of one of the main concepts that by focusing on the fundamental and theoretical efforts considered as an important factor at all levels of management and human resources. Managers who know the sources of power and are using them, have more effective management and better performance. By using manager's power sources, participation of employees can increase. The main objective of this study was to survey the relation between cooperation of employees and managers power sources (reward, obligation, legal, specialty and being reference power) in selected general hospitals of Isfahan city in 2009.Methods: In this descriptive- analytical and practical study 140 employees from four hospitals (Al Zahra, Amin, Kashani, Esabne Maryam, Noor) were studied in 2009. Sample and hospitals were selected randomly. Two questionnaires of power resource and employee's cooperation were used in this study. For analyzing the relation between cooperation score of employees and manageress' power resources score, T-test and Pearson correlation were also used.Result: “Power of specialty” by mean score of 60.89 was the most effective factor on employee's cooperation. Next ranks were respectively legal, being reference, obligation and reward power. Employee's cooperation with a mean score of 62.99 was higher than the average. But in test of hypothesis, these differences did not show any significant.Conclusion: In this study the effect of power sources on employee’s cooperation was related to expertise resources, law, authority, obligation and reward, respectively. Despite dramatic differences in the results of descriptive research, there were no significant differences between employee's cooperation and manager's power sources.Key words: Health; Hospitals, Public; Legal Power; Hospital Administration.
Morteza Amraei; Hasan Ashrafi Rizi; Ahmad Papi; Susan Bahrami; Rahele Samuei
Volume 8, Issue 5 , November and December 2011
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Introduction: In recent decades, abilities related to emotional intelligence attracted the attention of many organizations and researchers. Emotional intelligence provides a favorable environment for effective communication. It is a means by which users can express their needs and expectations to receive ...
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Introduction: In recent decades, abilities related to emotional intelligence attracted the attention of many organizations and researchers. Emotional intelligence provides a favorable environment for effective communication. It is a means by which users can express their needs and expectations to receive support from librarians. This study determined the relationship between emotional intelligence and communication skills of librarians in Isfahan University and Isfahan University of Medical Sciences in 2011. Methods: In this descriptive-correlational study, data was collected by standardized questionnaires of Queendom Communication Skills and Shrink Emotional Intelligence. Statistical community included 117 librarians of academic libraries in Isfahan University and Isfahan University of Medical Sciences in 2011. Subjects were selected by census sampling. Validity and reliability of the questionnaires were confirmed by face and content validity and coefficient of Cronbach's alpha (r = 0.86, r = 0.92). Data was collected by interviews. Data was analyzed by SPSS16 and two levels of descriptive (mean ± SD) and inferential statistics (Pearson correlation coefficient and t-test). Results: Our results showed that mean of emotional intelligence and its components in librarians of Isfahan University and Isfahan University of Medical Sciences were less than average. However, self motivation component of emotional intelligence in Isfahan University was more than average. All aspects of communication skills among librarians of Isfahan University and Isfahan University of Medical Sciences were higher than average. There was a significant and positive relationship between emotional intelligence and communication skills of librarians of Isfahan University (r = 0.525, P < 0.001) and Isfahan University of Medical Sciences (r = 0.515, P < 0.001). Conclusion: This research showed a significant positive relationship between emotional intelligence and communication skills. Therefore, high level of emotional intelligence among librarians leads to favorable communication between librarian and users. Librarians with abilities necessary for emotional intelligence offer services which satisfy most users. It can be concluded that having a desired level of emotional intelligence is the necessary factor for librarians to have favorable communication with users. Emotional intelligence can be improved by specialized courses. Keywords: Universities; Libraries; Librarians; Emotional Intelligence.
