Faranak Shafiei; Farzaneh Farhadieh; Sayed Ali Taheri; Raheleh Samouei; Arsalan Pirasteh
Volume 9, Issue 7 , December 2012, , Pages 1152-1157
Abstract
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.
