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Nurses Knowledge and Performance Toward Physical Restraint at Critical Care Units
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Objective: The study was done to evaluate nurses’ knowledge and practices toward physical restraint at critical care unit

Methodology: Fifty nurses, who were selected by a non-probability (convenient) sampling method, participated in this descriptive study. The instrument of the study was knowledge parts of the questionnaire were initially developed in the U.S.A for nursing homes; in 2006 they were adopted for all hospital units by the original developers. The knowledge section of the questionnaire consisted of 20 items, which were used to measure knowledge of nurses towards the definition, indications and contraindications, proper application and legal and ethical considerations of physical restraint use. A three- point ordinal scale (Agree, Uncertain and Disagree) was applied to determine nurses’ responses to the items; it contained negative and positive sentences. Positive items, if answered with “agree,” were considered correct; if answered with “disagree,” items were considered incorrect. To evaluate the nurse's practices with respect to physical restraint, the researcher observes and checks for correct or incorrect performance. The practices checklist for nurses is composed of (94) items divided into six content domains.

Results: The result of this research showed that 90% of nurses had low knowledge about physical restraint, and 80 % of the participants had unsatisfactory performance.

Recommendation: The study recommended development of local policies for physical restraint use including detailed descriptions of conditions requiring its use is mandatory.

Key words- Knowledge, Performance, Physical Restraint, Critical Care Units

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Publication Date
Mon Jan 01 2018
Journal Name
Al–bahith Al–a'alami
Attitudes of University Students about the Statements of Iraqi Political Elites: A Survey Study of a Sample of University Youth in Baghdad
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Various visual media are becoming an increasingly important and active instrument of communication. This fact has led some political parties and leading personalities in Iraq to make use of them as an accepted forum for the discussion of public affairs usually in a manner that conforms to their declared policy. They have to draw as much popular support as they could for the causes which they fight for. As a result, a state of great confusion has been created from the contradictory statements made by the contending parties and gave left grave consequences on all types of the audience receiving them. The problem of the study can be summarized in one major question: What is the opinions of the audience as regards the statements made by the

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Publication Date
Mon Jul 22 2019
Journal Name
Arab Science Heritage Journal
الاسطوغرفيا العثمانية التركية حول ثيمة محمية الجزائر في الفترة العثمانية ما بين - الموضوعية العلمية والذاتية المؤدلجة
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تضمّنت الاسطوغرافيا العثمانية التركية حول ثيمة محمية الج ا زئر في -
الفترة العثمانية مؤلفات صُبغت بعضيا بطابع الموالاة والتحيّز

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Publication Date
Sun Apr 01 2018
Journal Name
Journal Of Educational And Psychological Researches
Counseling program efficiency in developing emotional competence of intermediate school students
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Emotional competence, is relatively a new concept, stands for the ability of people to perceive their feelings and emotions, and sharing them with others. It also refers to capability in optimizing these feeling and emotions, and managing them over various situations. Thus, this study aims to examine the efficiency of counseling program in developing an emotional competence among intermediate school students in Baghdad city. The sample included group of female students at intermediate stage. The findings revealed none of experimental and control groups have statistically significant differences in pre-posttests of emotional competence efficiency.

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Publication Date
Wed Jun 22 2022
Journal Name
Arab Science Heritage Journal
رسالة في تفسير قوله تعالى ﴿أَفَمَن شَرَحَ اللَّهُ صَدْرَهُ لِلإِسْلاَمِ﴾ للإمام الغزالي رحمه الله (دراسة وتحقيق)
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The research aims to achieve a manuscript of Imam Al-Ghazali, may God have mercy on him, verify the attribution of this manuscript to the author, copy the text and serve it in a manner that suits the principles of scientific research in the investigation of manuscripts

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Publication Date
Thu Jan 25 2018
Journal Name
مجلة كلية الادارة والاقتصاد -الجامعة العراقية
أهميةتحسين ألاداءفي تخفيض تكاليف البحث والتطوير وزيادة رضا الزبون: بحثتطبيقي في وزارةالنقل– مرآبالكرخ الجنوبي للنقل الخاص
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Publication Date
Sat Jan 02 2021
Journal Name
Journal Of The College Of Languages (jcl)
The comparative method in Maupassant’s (A woman’s Life): Le système comparatif dans Une vie de Maupassant
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The comparative method plays a major role in Maupassant’s novel (A woman’s Life).This is due to a good theme choice and smooth writing style characterized by simplicity, spontaneity and brevity.

The author uses the comparative method in the introduction of his novel where he compares the monastery’s closed world to the open world of the countryside of La Normandie, which represents the dream life of the heroine Jeanne.

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Publication Date
Wed Dec 30 2020
Journal Name
Journal Of Accounting And Financial Studies ( Jafs )
The impact of voluntary corporate disclosure on tax planning: An applied analytical research of a sample of Iraqi private joint-stock companies
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In recent years, the attention of researchers, governments and international non-governmental organizations has focused on the aggressive practices adopted by companies with the aim of evading the tax burden or from paying the tax obligations imposed on them by law, as the results of these practices are negatively affected by tax revenues. And that companies are part of the society in which they work, and they have rights and obligations, including paying taxes. The research community is the Iraqi private shareholding companies, and the research sample was 4 companies within the private sector and in the field and finance - banking, insurance, industrial and service, which are Ashur Bank, Al-Ahlia Insurance Company, Baghdad Soft

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Publication Date
Thu Dec 31 2020
Journal Name
Journal Of Accounting And Financial Studies ( Jafs )
The impact of voluntary corporate disclosure on tax planning: An applied analytical research of a sample of Iraqi private joint-stock companies
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In recent years, the attention of researchers, governments and international non-governmental organizations has focused on the aggressive practices adopted by companies with the aim of evading the tax burden or from paying the tax obligations imposed on them by law, as the results of these practices are negatively affected by tax revenues. And that companies are part of the society in which they work, and they have rights and obligations, including paying taxes. The research community is the Iraqi private shareholding companies, and the research sample was 4 companies within the private sector and in the field and finance - banking, insurance, industrial and service, which are Ashur Bank, Al-Ahlia Insurance Company, Baghdad Soft

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Publication Date
Tue Feb 21 2023
Journal Name
مجلة علوم الرياضة
تأثير منهج إرشادي نفسي لتخفيف الضغوط النفسية المصاحبة قبل أداء المباراة للحكام الدوليون في كرة القدم
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Thu Jan 01 2009
Journal Name
مجلة قبس العربية
مشكلة ضعف طلبة اقسام اللغة العربية في كليات التربية الاساسية بالاعراب من وجهة نظر التدريسيين والطلبة
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