Iran Journal of Nursing 

About: Iran Journal of Nursing is an academic journal published by Armenian Green Publishing Co.. The journal publishes majorly in the area(s): Critical thinking & Quality of life (healthcare). It has an ISSN identifier of 2008-5923. It is also open access. Over the lifetime, 806 publications have been published receiving 5314 citations.

The relationship between spiritual well-being and quality of life among elderly people residing in kahrizak senior house

Abstract: Background and aim: Regarding the increasing number of elderly people, their quality of life. Becomes more important. Spiritual health is one of the important aspects of health status that is often neglected. This study aims to identify the relationship between spiritual well-being and quality of life among elderly people residing in Kahrizak Senior House. Material and methods: It was a descriptive, correlational study. The sample included 141 elderly people residing in Kahrizak Senior House who recruited by convenience sampling. Data was collected by Spiritual Well-Being Index (SWBI) and Short Form Quality of Life (SF36) and analyzed by Pearson correlation coefficients, ANOVA, and t-test using SPSS-PC (v-16). Results: The mean score of quality of life was (50.36±11.3). Women’s quality of life was Significantly lower than men (P=0.000). The mean score of spiritual well-being was (96.26±17.93). There was a positive correlation between spiritual well-being and quality of life (P=0.008). Conclusion: Regarding the lower levels of quality of life especially in women elderly, more. Attention should be paid to this group of society. Awareness of the importance of spiritual well-being in caring of these people is recommended.

Critical thinking in nursing education

Abstract: According to Richard Paul, critical thinking (C.T.) is a unique kind of purposeful thinking, in which the thinker systematically, and habitually imposes criteria and intellectual standards upon the thinking, taking change of the construction of thinking, guiding the construction of the thinking according to the standards, and assessing the effectiveness of thinking according to the purpose, the criteria, and the standards. Critical thinking is very different from criticism; it is basically a positive activity, and in fact critical appraisal of situations is a positive and necessary process for growth and development within a society or an organization. Critical thinking is not confined solely to learning in higher education, but useful in all adult activities, including the interpersonal relationships and working activities. It is also considered an important aspect of professional practice in health, midwifery and nursing, especially in clinical nursing. Considering that nursing has changed its orientation from a job towards a profession, nurses, consequently, are diverted from task orientation to skill orientation, which requires certain cognitive and communication skills. Along with the expansion of the scope of nursing there is an ever-growing demand for the development of critical thinking skills in problem solving and decision making. In response to the need for independent decision making in the clinical setting, nursing education has placed great emphasis on C.T. Therefore, nurse trainers must equip their students with such essential skills. Brookfield offers a ten-point checklist for teaching C.T.: 1) Affirm critical thinkers’ self-worth 2) listen attentively to critical thinker 3) Show that you support critical thinkers' efforts 4) Reflect and mirror critical thinkers’ ideas and actions. 5) Motivate people to think critically 6) Regularly evaluate progress 7) Help critical thinkers to create networks 8) Be a critical teacher 9) Make people aware of how they learn critical thinking and, 10) Model critical thinking. According to Martin study (2002), “The Theory of Critical Thinking in Nursing” it is shown that C.T, and decision-making abilities increase along with the level of clinical expertise. Thus, the development of C.T. skills is recommend in nursing education.