TY - JOUR JF - RJMS JO - RJMS VL - 21 IS - 125 PY - 2014 Y1 - 2014/11/01 TI - Evaluation and presentation of solution to nurses problems TT - تبیین مشکلات ارتقاء سبک زندگی سالم پرستاران و ارائه راهکار N2 - Background: The concept of lifestyle as an important variable has been found in text books of nursing and has been closely associated with public health. This study was performed to explan the problems in order to promot their life style and peresent practical solution. Methods: This is a descriptive and analytical study with problem solving procedure.We studied 116 nurses who were working in public hospitals. Instruments for gathering information included demographic data , lifestyle & nurses problems questionnaire and analyzed by using SPSS software (16 ver.). Results: In regard to lifestyle 9.5% of nurses were in adverse condition, 52.6% were in moderately good, 37.9% were in good condition. Most undesirable behaviors were in the health responsibility dimension and the most desirable behavior was in smoking dimension. Most nurses problems in promoting healthy lifestyle were related to executive and managerial scope "excessive working hours" with a score of 1.72, environmental equipmental scope "inappropriate workplace conditions" with a score of 1.47, in educational scope "Lack of access to educational counsel regarding personal health issues" with an average of 1.37 and in individual & motivational scope" inadequate salary" with an average 1.77 . Conclusion: According to the most identifed problems, the best solutions were presented based on data, text study, view of nurses and the thinking of research team. Among these solutions conducting "Training courses as workshop and seminar for nurses in regard to the importance of promoting a healthy lifestyle" scored the highest. However to cover the rest of the solutions, forming "The promoting healthy lifestyle committee for nurses" was proposed SP - 1 EP - 10 AU - Seyed Nematollah Roshan, Fatemeh Sadat AU - Alhani, Fatemeh AD - Tarbiat Modraes University, Tehran KW - Nurses KW - Health promotion KW - Lifestyle UR - http://rjms.iums.ac.ir/article-1-3399-en.html ER -