en پرستاری Nursing سایر موارد Other <div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="background:white"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times=""><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:9.0pt"><span calibri="" style="font-family:"><span style="color:black">Introduction:</span></span></span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:9.0pt"><span calibri="" style="font-family:"><span style="color:black"> Accreditation is a systematic evaluation process of health services that evaluates health organizations based on approved standards to determine their quality. A qualitative study exploring the experiences of trauma center nursing managers regarding the accreditation program can help in better evaluation. The purpose of this study was to explain the experiences of trauma center nursing managers</span></span></span> <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:9.0pt"><span calibri="" style="font-family:"><span style="color:black">concerning the hospital accreditation process.</span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"></span></span></span></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="background:white"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times=""><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:9.0pt"><span calibri="" style="font-family:"><span style="color:black">Methods:</span></span></span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:9.0pt"><span calibri="" style="font-family:"><span style="color:black"> This research applied the content analysis method to explain the experiences of trauma center nursing managers</span></span></span> <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:9.0pt"><span calibri="" style="font-family:"><span style="color:black">in hospital accreditation. We used Lincoln and Guba&#39;s approach for data analysis. Sampling was done purposefully from November 2021 to January 2022 by voluntary nursing administrators. Finally, sixteen interviews were held with 14 participants.</span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"></span></span></span></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="background:white"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times=""><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:9.0pt"><span calibri="" style="font-family:"><span style="color:black">Results:</span></span></span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:9.0pt"><span calibri="" style="font-family:"><span style="color:black"> After analyzing the interviews, 398 main codes, 5 main categories, and 13 sub-categories were extracted as a hospital accreditation process. The five main categories included a low balance of cooperation in the treatment team, accreditation standards issues, immaturity of treatment systems, management issues in accreditation, and bias in the evaluation.</span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"></span></span></span></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="background:white"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times=""><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:9.0pt"><span calibri="" style="font-family:"><span style="color:black">Conclusion:</span></span></span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:9.0pt"><span calibri="" style="font-family:"><span style="color:black"> The results show that trauma centers need to make significant changes in the use of accreditation as a quality certificate tool. It seems necessary to plan for management processes, evaluation, standards, and structure and infrastructure issues.</span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"></span></span></span></span></span></div> <div> <div> <div class="msocomtxt" id="_com_2" language="JavaScript" on=""><illegal tag=""></illegal></div> </div> </div> <span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></span></span></span></span></span> Accreditation, Nurse Administrators, Qualitative Research, Trauma Center 54 60 http://jsurgery.bums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-157-7&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Gholamhossein Mahmoudirad mahmoudirad@gmail.com 100319475328460011271 100319475328460011271 No Professor of Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Birjand University of Medical Sciences, Birjand, Iran Mohammad Azim Mahmodi mahmoudam055@gmail.com 100319475328460011272 100319475328460011272 No PhD Candidate, Health in Emergency and Disaster Research Centre, Social Health Research Institute, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran Ayob Akbari armin_623@ymail.com 100319475328460011273 100319475328460011273 Yes Assistant Professor of Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Birjand University of Medical Sciences, Birjand, Iran