Camellia Torabizadeh

• Ph.D.
• Professor at Shiraz University of Medical Sciences

Background Burnout is a state of physical and emotional exhaustion that can have serious negative consequences for healthcare professionals. Nursing and midwifery faculty members are particularly vulnerable to burnout due to the unique challenges they face, such as heavy workloads, competing demands, and limited institutional support. This study ai...

Background An optimal quality of working life (QWL) is crucial for the preservation and maintenance of employees. Organizational justice, as a significant organizational factor, leads to the improvement and enhancement of QWL in organizations, promoting organizational commitment, job satisfaction, and ultimately increased productivity. A variable t...

Background By the beginning of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, emergency medical services (EMSs) played a key first-line role in patients affected by this disease care. In Iran, EMSs is a main part of health system that has a substantial role in managing emerging crisis and disasters. This study aimed to investigate the experience...

Background Social anxiety is one of the most prevalent anxiety-related disorders among adolescents with many adverse effects on the social and academic lives of this population. In addition, poor social problem-solving skills can aggravate anxiety in individuals suffering from anxiety. Emotion regulation can help adolescents control and moderate th...

Background Biological hazards are one of the most common threats that operating room personnel face. The present study was conducted to develop and test the psychometric properties of a scale for measuring operating room nurses’ exposure to biological hazards. Methods This study is a methodological research that was conducted in two stages. In the...

Introduction Community Health Workers (CHW) play a very important role in health promotion. Therefore, in order to strengthen the communities, it is imperative that CHWs be strengthened. This systematic review examined various interventions conducted in different parts of the world on the empowerment of CHWs. Methods In this study, after defining t...

Background: An optimal quality of working life (QWL) is crucial for the preservation and maintenance of employees. Organizational justice, as a significant organizational factor, leads to the improvement and enhancement of QWL in organizations, which can in turn promote organizational commitment, job satisfaction, and ultimately increased productiv...

Objective Pneumatic tourniquets are among the most essential equipment for controlling bleeding in orthopedic surgeries. However, incorrect application of pneumatic tourniquets is accompanied by many hazards and complications for patients. Evaluation of surgical teams’ use of pneumatic tourniquets and establishment of protocols can play an importan...

Moral distress has emerged as a significant concern for critical care nurses, particularly due to the complex and demanding care provided to critically ill patients in critical care units. The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has introduced new ethical challenges and changes in clinical practice, further exacerbating the experience of moral distress among...

Background and Aim It is essential that healthcare providers display ethical behavior toward their patients. Despite development of codes of ethics for clinical practice, the occurrence of unethical behaviors toward patients is alarmingly high. The present study was conducted to identify the barriers to ethical treatment of patients in clinical env...

Introduction During the COVID‐19 pandemic, there was a remarkable increase in public volunteering for the care of hospitalized patients. They faced challenges during their voluntary care provision. This study aimed at exploring public volunteers' experiences of the challenges of the voluntary care provision to hospitalized patients with COVID‐19....

Background Recent advancements in medicine and the increasingly complex healthcare environment have led to various challenging ethical dilemmas. Nursing students must be prepared to navigate these ethical issues in their future roles. Ethical sensitivity plays a crucial role in the ethical decision-making process, making it necessary to develop a v...

Background One of the basic necessities for fostering innovation in nursing students is to study the level of individual innovation using an appropriate tool. This study was conducted with the aim of translation and psychometric analysis of 20-item individual innovativeness scale (IIS) developed by Hurt et al., among Iranian nursing students. Meth...

Background: Exercise stress test (EST) is commonly performed to diagnose cardiovascular diseases. Patients undergoing EST usually experience anxiety and stress mainly because they lack knowledge about the test. Objectives: The present double-blinded randomized controlled trial aimed to compare the effects of education via face-to-face, interactive...

Background The outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused an increase in the incidence of physical and psychological problems, particularly in the older adult. Considering the special physical and mental health conditions of the older adult, they were more exposed to psychological problems associated with the pandemic, such as death anx...

Background One of the necessities of today’s world that prepares nursing students for their future professional roles is the concept of individual innovation. However, there is no clear definition of individual innovation in nursing. This study was designed and implemented with the aim of investigating the concept of individual innovation from the...

Background: Adherence to ethical codes is a major pillar of nursing care that is affected by various factors. Identifying these factors can lead to better ethical performance. The present study was conducted to determine critical care nurses' adherence to ethical codes and its association with spiritual well-being (SWB) and moral sensitivity (MS)....

Background The Covid-19 pandemic has affected the clinical education of nursing students all over the world. Considering the importance of clinical education and clinical learning environment (CLE) in the education of nursing students, identifying the challenges and problems faced by these students during the covid-19 pandemic helps to plan more ef...

Background It has been found that the new coronavirus can affect various parts of the cardiovascular system. Cardiovascular complications caused by coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) are often serious and can increase the mortality rate among infected patients. This study aimed to investigate the prevalence of cardiovascular complications in COVID...

When providing healthcare services, healthcare students face a variety of ethical issues and conflicts daily. Such characteristics as ethical sensitivity and emotional intelligence are influential in determining an individual’s performance and can prove useful in coping with challenges in life. Given the significance of these two variables in the c...

Background: COVID-19 causes many physical and mental complications. The elderly, as one of the vulnerable groups, were more exposed to the problems caused by this pandemic. The aim of this study was to compare the quality of life and depression in the elderly with and without a history of COVID-19 infection. Method: This is a cross-sectional des...

Introduction: During the current COVID-19 pandemic, nurses, as guardians of public health, have been fighting in the frontline of caring for the infected patients. Nurses' personal and psychological capacities, including resilience and professional commitment, which enable them to cope with difficult conditions and continue providing quality care,...

Purpose: The current study aimed to identify the prevalence of burnout and related factors in nursing faculty members through a systematic review of the literature. Methods: A comprehensive search of electronic databases, including Scopus, PubMed, Web of Science, Iranmedex, and Scientific Information Database was conducted via keywords extracted...

Background: Operating rooms are among the most complex clinical environments in hospitals where teamwork and professional communication play a very important part. Professional commitment is an influential factor in the personnel's professional communication and can affect the outcomes of healthcare services. Objective: The present study aims to...

Background Discrimination and injustice are big obstacles in nurses’ way to socialization and are among the major clinical challenges faced by nurses. Workplace discrimination is associated with such negative consequences as stress, fatigue, demoralization, loss of professional commitment, tension and conflicts at work, and resignation. A review of...

As an important professional value, dignity has always been an ethical concern in nursing education and practice. However, the dignity of nursing students in clinical environments has remained a little-discussed topic. This study aims to explore and describe nursing students’ dignity in clinical learning environments. This study is a qualitative de...

Aim: Use of mobile phones in health care centres can distract care providers and consequently disrupt the care procedure and risk patient safety. This study aims to develop and evaluate the psychometric properties of a questionnaire for measuring distraction caused by mobile phone use in operating rooms. Sample and setting: 208 operating room nurse...

Background Game-based training is increasingly implemented in different nursing fields, as it allows students to learn experientially, with the flexibility to regulate their training based on their personal progresses and abilities. This study aimed to compare the effects of virtual training by the “Playing with Surgical Instruments (PlaSurIn)” gam...

Background & Objective: Every operating room has been associated with a variety of occupational hazards, but not many studies have been conducted to assess and address these hazards. We used a qualitative approach to explore operating room personnel’s experiences of workplace hazards and how these hazards threaten their occupational safety and heal...

Background Electrosurgical units are used in over 80% of operations worldwide. The consequences of incorrect use of electrosurgical units for patients and the surgical team include skin burns, inhalation of electrosurgical smoke, fire, and disruption to the functioning of cardiac pacemakers. Training operating room personnel in the correct use of e...

Background: Caring has been introduced as the essence and central value of nursing. One of the factors influencing holistic care is organizational commitment. Objectives: This study aimed to investigate the relationship between organizational commitment and perceptions of caring behavior from the perspective of nurses. Methods: This descriptive co...

Purpose Professional communication and professional values are two basic concepts in operating rooms and should be studied more closely in view of the nature of work and the high circulation of patients in operating rooms. Methods The present work is a descriptive-analytic study with a cross-sectional design. The sample was 603 operating room phys...

Background Relationships are the key to coordination between members within medical teams. Several studies have previously addressed the professional relationships in nursing; however, a review of literature showed that there has been little research on factors affecting the professional relationships from operating room nurses’ perspective. The pr...

After publication of this article [1], the authors reported that in the pdf-version of the article the statement in the Funding-section was incorrect. It should have read “Shiraz University of Medical Sciences provided funding for the research. The funding body had no role in the design of the study, collection, analysis, or interpretation of data....

Plain language summary Human papillomavirus (HPV) is the most common cause of sexually transmitted diseases. Almost all men and women get the infection at least once throughout their lives. The high-risk types of HPV account for about 5% of cancer cases globally. HPV can cause anogenital cancers and warts in both genders. In this grounded theory st...

Background As an ethical principle, showing respect for human dignity is a professional duty of all nurses. The aggressive nature of severe burn injuries makes it hard to respect the existential values and dignity of burn patients. However, only a few studies have been conducted on the preservation of the dignity of burn patients. The purpose of th...

Background Compassionate care is emphasized within professional ethics codes for nursing and is a key indicator of care quality. The purpose of the present study is to develop and assess the psychometric properties of a compassionate care instrument for nurses. Methods This methodological study was carried out in two phases -qualitative and quanti...

The concept of posttraumatic growth appears frequently in the psychology literature. However, there is no clear definition of it. The purpose of this study was to determine its attributes, antecedents, and consequents. Rodgers’ evolutionary concept analysis method was used. Data analysis was implemented using thematic analysis. The results showed t...

Background Game-based training has been considered as an alternative modality to traditional training in different perioperative nursing fields. Objectives To describe the adaptation and validation process of “Playing with Tweezers”, a Portuguese game developed for novices to set up basic surgical instruments on the Mayo stand or a back table. De...

Background: Adherence to treatment plays an important role in the effectiveness of treatment in patients with Behcet's Syndrome (BS). An in-depth understanding of the experiences of patients with BS will help to improve the patients' management. The present qualitative study aimed to explore the experiences of patients with BS from adherence to tre...

Background: Adherence to treatment plays an important role in the effectiveness of treatment in patients with Behcet's Syndrome (BS). An in-depth understanding of the experiences of patients with BS will help to improve the patients' management. The present qualitative study aimed to explore the experiences of patients with BS from adherence to tr...

Purpose: Professional communication and professional values are two basic concepts in operating rooms and should be studied more closely in view of the nature of work, the high circulation of patients in operating rooms. Methods: The present work is a descriptive-analytic study with a cross-sectional design. The sample was 603 operating room doctor...

Objectives: To evaluate the effects of application of a manual on the improvement of alarms management in Intensive Care Units (ICU). Methods: This quasi-experimental study evaluated the effectiveness of the introduction into of a manual for alarm management and control in the ICU of a hospital in southeastern Iran. The intervention was a 4-hour...

Background: The necessity of nurses’ cultural awareness in the caring process has been emphasized; however, there is a need to define this concept clearly; so the aim of this study was to clarify the cultural awareness concept in the nursing context. Methods: in this qualitative study, a concept analysis using 6-steps Rodgers’s evolutionary method...

Introduction: The existence of an effective relationship between teachers and students plays a pivotal role in the improvement of the education process, learning, and students’ growth. Objectives: The present study aimed to determine the experiences of students and professors of medical sciences from the effective factors in the student-teacher rel...

Much of the available research on perceptions of patient dignity either is qualitative in type or explores them in specific patient groups, such as elderly patients, cancer patients, terminally-ill patients, and adolescent patients. The present study addresses nurses’ and adult patients’ views on patient dignity. A total of 400 individuals (200 nur...

Background: Human papillomavirus (HPV) is the most globally-prevalent sexually-transmitted disease. Many stresses experienced by the patients after their disease is diagnosed affect the disease progression, and these problems and consequences demonstrate the importance of the support for the patients. The present research was conducted to explore...

Psoriasis skin disease affects the patients’ health and quality of life to a great extent. Given the chronic nature of the disease, identifying the factors affecting adaptation to the disease can provide guidelines required for helping these patients deal with their problems. This study was conducted with the purpose of investigating the relationsh...

Background: An electrosurgical unit is one of the most essential pieces of equipment in operating rooms. Over 80% of operations today make use of electrosurgical units. Training operating room nurses in correct application of electrosurgical units and evaluation of their application play a key role in making optimal use of the units and extending t...

Abstract Background Angiography is a highly effective invasive method for diagnosing coronary artery diseases but can lead to certain psychological problems such as stress, anxiety, and depression. This study aimed to compare the effects of education delivery through multimedia DVD content or text messaging in comparison with conventional printed p...

Nurses' professional and ethical performances are influenced by the health organizations' environment, and high quality and holistic care can only be provided by observing the principles of professional ethics and organizational commitment. Therefore, this study aimed at investigating the relationship between professional ethics and organizational...

Introduction All over the world, healthcare team members are recommended to respect patients’ human dignity. However, the dignity of hospitalized patients is not preserved in many cases. Due to the abstract, complex, and cultural nature of the concept of human dignity, further studies are required to precisely determine the different aspects of thi...

Background: Evaluation of triage nurses' professional capability is integral to identifying potentials for professional development and nurses' educational needs, thus, there is a need for valid instruments to assess their professional capability. The present study was conducted to develop and measure the reliability and validity of a triage nurse...

Background: Compassionate care is emphasized within professional ethics codes for nursing and is a key indicator of care quality. The purpose of this study was to design and assess the psychometric properties of a compassionate care instrument for nurses. Methods: This methodological study was carried out in two qualitative and quantitative phases...

Background: Some nursing students might experience lower and median levels of happiness; hence, providing some interventions would be crucial for them. Objective: This study aimed to compare the effects of Progressive Muscle Relaxation (PMR) exercise and support group therapy on happiness amongst nursing students. Design: This was a randomized cont...

Objective To explore the relationship between nursing professional values and ethical climate and nurses' professional quality of life. Methods The present study is a descriptive, cross-sectional work in which 400 nurses from various wards of hospitals in the south-east of Iran were studied. Data were collected using a questionnaire consisting of...

Background and purpose: Caring is a central concept in nursing. It is essential that nurses adhere to ethics toward improving the quality of their performance as nurses. This study aims to explore the relationship between nurses' perceptions of caring behaviors and of nursing professional ethics. Methods: 210 nurses from hospitals in Shiraz, Iran,...

Background: Evaluation of triage nurses' professional capability is integral to identifying areas of professional development and nurses' educational needs, thus the need for valid instruments for assessment of professional capability. The present study aims to develop and measure the reliability and validity of a triage nurses' professional capabi...

Background: A focus of nursing care is the preservation of patients' human dignity. The aggressive nature of burn injuries is a threat to the integration of the patient's existential dimensions and dignity, however, previous studies have not examined the experience of dignity about this client group. The present study was aimed to define and explai...

Background: The essence of nursing care is preservation of patients' human dignity. The aggressive nature of severe burn injuries is a threat to the integration of burn patient's existential dimensions and dignity. However, not much research has been conducted on respect for the dignity of burn patients. Purpose: The present study aims to determine...

Background: The essence of nursing care is preservation of patients' human dignity. The aggressive nature of severe burn injuries makes it hard to respect burn patient's existential dimensions and dignity. However, not much research has been conducted on respect for the dignity of burn patients. Purpose: The present study aims to outline the concep...

Background: As an ethical principle, showing respect to human dignity is considered as a professional duty of all nurses. The aggressive nature of severe burn injuries makes it hard to respect existential values and dignity of burn patients. However, only a few studies have been conducted on the preservation of the dignity of burn patients. Purpose...

Background Since “dignity” is one of the fundamental rights of every patient, consideration for patients’ dignity is essential. Unfortunately, in many cases, especially in cancer patients, dignity is not fully respected. Dignity is an abstract concept, and there are only a few comprehensive studies on the dignity of cancer patients in Iran. Resear...

Professional discrimination is one of the most important challenges of inter-professional interaction. To understand and describe this concept from the viewpoints of health team members, a scientific tool is required to measure professional discrimination based on which planning and decision-making will be possible. Materials and Methods : The pres...

Abstract Background: Today, electrosurgical units are an indispensable part of surgeries. Yet, inappropriate application of this equipment can result in dire consequences for both the patient and the surgical team. Objectives: The present study aimed at developing the psychometric properties of a checklist to evaluate the application of electrosurg...

Background Compassion is the core of nursing care and the basis of ethical codes. Due to the complex and abstract nature of this concept, there is a need for further investigations to explore the meaning and identify compassionate nursing care. Objectives The purpose of this study was to identify and describe compassionate nursing care based on th...

Background and significance of research Nurses’ awareness of professional values and how those values affect their behaviors is an integral part of nursing care. There is a large body of research on nursing professional values, however, a careful survey of the available literature did not yield any studies investigating the status of professional v...

Background: In view of the effect of self-efficacy on empowerment of patients and the role of resilience in the psychological adjustment and physical health of patients, the present study was conducted to examine the effect of resilience training on the self-efficacy of patients with type 2 diabetes. Methods: This double-blinded controlled clini...

Introduction On entry into the clinical environment, nursing students are confronted with many challenges. It is a common problem throughout the world, including Iran. Although many studies have been conducted on the problems of nursing students in the clinical environment, limited information is available on nursing students’ experiences of the cl...

Background In order to prove their commitment to the nursing profession, nurses need to base their professional activities on certain acknowledged values. Although a large number of studies have addressed professional values in nursing, only a few studies are available on the identification and comparison of nurses’, nursing students’, and nursing...

Background: In spite of emphasis on patient-centered cares and promotion of their quality, shortcomings have been seen in health systems due to lack of compassion. Purpose: The aim of the present study was to determine the definition, fields, facilitating and inhibiting factors of compassionate care in healthcare systems and the interventions de...

Professional capability in nursing is seen as essential to patients' safety and satisfaction and the quality of care. Capability is a broad concept and is not limited to one domain, but includes a wide range of individual abilities and characteristics. Capability is the combination of knowledge, skills, personal qualities and understanding employed...

Background Numerous studies have emphasized the use of new approaches in clinical evaluation. However, there are some challenges and barriers to applying these new approaches. The aim of the present study was to investigate the barriers and challenges of applying new strategies in the clinical evaluation of nursing students from the viewpoints of c...

Background Diabetes mellitus is a common metabolic disorder, one of the lesser known of whose consequences is cognitive disorder. This study aimed to evaluate the effects of problem-solving technique in type 2 diabetic patients with cognitive impairment. Methods This randomized clinical trial was conducted in the south of Iran between December 201...

Effective communications play a significant role in environments where health care is provided. A review of the available literature did not yield a valid scale for evaluation of operating room nurse–doctor communication. Accordingly, the present study is an attempt at development and psychometric evaluation of a professional communication question...

p> Objective : Communicating with patients is not only among the principles of care, but it is considered as one of the key roles of nurses. As nurses are skilled in other clinical skills, their communication skills should also be adequate. The aim of this study is to determine nurses’ communication skills. Materials and Methods : This descriptive...

Background: Teamwork in operating room is necessary to ensure patient’s safety and medical practices outcomes. Owing to the importance of teamwork training to nursing students, the current study aimed at investigating the effect of training on the attitude and knowledge of anesthesia and operating room nursing students to teamwork. Methods: The cur...

Background Nurses are often faced with complex situations that made them to make ethical decisions; and to make such decisions, they need to possess the power of moral reasoning. Studies in Iran show that the majority of nursing students lack proper ethical development. Socratic teaching is a student-centered method which is strongly opposed to the...

In Emergency Department, triage nurses play a key role in the prioritization of the needs of patients who are in critical conditions. Accordingly, it is essential that the concept of professional capability and its aspects be explored in these nurses. The present study aims to identify Iranian triage nurses’ perception of professional capability. T...

Background & Aims: Clinical education is the heart of nursing profession. The available clinical educations do not empower students for gaining clinical competency and skills. Because educator’s performance and behavior is one of the main determinants of effective clinical education, the present study aimed to determine the relationship between edu...

Background Patients’ aggression in the mental care setting is a global health problem with major psychological, physical, and economic consequences; nurse empowerment to manage this aggressive behavior is an important step in psychiatric nursing. The aim of this study was to explore psychiatric nurses’ experiences of the challenges of empowerment i...

The recognition of learning styles and teaching based on that recognition will help lecturers use suitable methods of teaching. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of education based on dominant learning styles on the academic achievement of nursing students. The population of this quasi-experimental research consisted of 40 third-seme...

Alarm fatigue can adversely affect nurses’ efficiency and concentration on their tasks, which is a threat to patients’ safety. The purpose of the present study was to develop and test the psychometric accuracy of an alarm fatigue questionnaire for nurses. This study was conducted in two stages: in stage one, in order to establish the different aspe...

Background Ethical codes are guidelines that orient nurses and ensure that their decisions are in accordance with the values of the professional system. These codes show that there is a connection among values, patients’ rights, and nurses’ duties. Objectives This study aimed to compare the viewpoints of patients, nurses, and nurse managers regard...

Health management systems play a key role in prevention and reduction of hazards and improving the efficiency of staff in the medical centers. 1 Medical centers are considered to be a pivotal component of a country's health-care system where many of the problems and concerns surface, therefore, we cannot reform a health care system without studying...

Aim . Clinical learning is a main part of nursing education. Students’ exposure to clinical learning environment is one of the most important factors affecting the teaching-learning process in clinical settings. Identifying challenges of nursing students in the clinical learning environment could improve training and enhance the quality of its plan...

Background: Addiction is a serious social problem that can effect on the future of the youth as the most valuable asset for every nation. It threatens not only the lives of millions of people of the world, but also ruins many social values and norms. The best way to confront with addiction is prevention and teenagers should be educated about compli...

Dignity is the most fundamental right of every human being, patients in particular. Despite being a fairly disputed concept, dignity is a multidimensional issue, the interpretation of which is affected by a multitude of factors. Semistructured interviews and observation data from 35 patients, their companions, and nurses were performed to highlight...

Purpose: The importance of recognising patient dignity has been realised in recent years. Despite being a central phenomenon in medicine, dignity is a controversial concept, the definition of which in healthcare centres is influenced by a multitude of factors. The aim of this study was to explore the perspective of Iranian patients on respect for...