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BACKGROUND: Empathy is an essential condition for effective nursing care. An empathetic relationship between the nurse and the patient leads to positive therapeutic outcomes, increases nurses' adjustment in educational and therapeutic environments and influences their ethical sensitivities. AIMS: The current study aimed to determine the effectiveness of empathy training on the empathy skills of nurses working in intensive care units of Shahid Bahonar Hospital in Kerman, Iran. METHODS: This experimental study was conducted on nurses working in intensive care units of Shahid Bahonar Hospital affiliated to Kerman University of Medical Sciences in Iran. All nurses working in intensive care units of Shahid Bahonar Hospital were selected by randomised sampling. Data were collected by the Davis Empathy Scale (possible range 0-105) and analysed using descriptive statistics and analysis of variance. RESULTS: Comparison of the mean empathy scores showed the mean scores of empathy skills in the control group were 63.45 ± 8.102 and 63.54 ± 8.05 in the pre- and post-test, respectively, which was not significantly different. But the mean scores of empathy skills in the Experimental group were 63.40 ± 8.136 and 67.7 ± 9.027 in the pre- and post-test, respectively, which showed a significant increase (p < 0.05). CONCLUSIONS: The present intervention showed the effectiveness of empathy training on the empathy skills of nurses. Empathy can be acquired and learned.
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BACKGROUND: Currently, becoming beautiful is a value among Iranian society, although experts have suggested several complications of cosmetic surgery, but decision to have these surgeries has been dramatically increased in recent years. This increase has imposed high workload and costs on the health care system of the country. This study was conducted to explore the reasons why people perform cosmetic surgery in an Iranian context. METHODS: Twenty-one subjects from both sexes who were 22-52 year-old and had undergone face plastic surgery between 1-5 years ago were enrolled and semi-structured data was collected via open interviews, while qualitative content were analyzed utilizing conventional analysis methods. Data analysis considered the theme "my face, my destiny" which contained 2 subcategories of "obtaining a chance for a better life "and" obtaining acceptance in society". RESULTS: The participants considered cosmetic surgery as a blessing from God that played a major role in their future, so they accepted the risks of the surgery. CONCLUSION: Understanding experiences of these individuals may help health care team particularly nurses to consult them and other individuals who might think about doing cosmetic surgery through education to help them make a better decision for to do cosmetic surgery.