Publications by authors named "Bahaaeddin M Hammad"

Patients requiring continuous mechanical ventilation benefit from easier airway management through tracheostomy, a standard treatment in critical care. However, gaps in nurses' comprehension of tracheostomy car can lead to complications such as infections and airway blockages. Therefore, understanding nurses' competency in tracheostomy care is essential for enhancing patient outcomes in intensive care units (ICUs).

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  • * The study assessed the understanding of QI and experiences with patient safety among 147 nursing students from two Jordanian universities, finding moderate overall QI knowledge and significant discrepancies between private and public university students' scores.
  • * Results indicated a correlation between QI knowledge and additional information sources outside the nursing curriculum, highlighting a need for better integration of QI in nursing education to better equip future nurses.
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Clinical learning environment play a vital role in bridging theory with practice, equipping nursing students with essential skills for patient care and support their smooth transition into the nursing workforce. To assess Palestinian nursing students' perceptions of clinical learning environment and supervision. A total of 308 undergraduate nursing students were conveniently recruited from Arab American University-Palestine for this descriptive cross-sectional study.

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Aim: To assess the knowledge, attitudes, and practices of Palestinian nursing students towards pressure injury prevention.

Materials And Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted with 455 nursing students recruited from Arab American University-Palestine, employing a total population sample. Data collection forms include socio-demographic information, the Pressure Ulcer Knowledge Assessment Tool, Attitude towards Pressure Ulcer Prevention Instrument and Pressure Injury Preventive Practices scale.

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Introduction: Nurses are responsible for providing primary care to millions of patients, and emergency nurses serve on the frontline in providing care for mildly to severely critically ill patients.

Objectives: This study aims to assess and evaluate the clinical competence and its related factors among emergency nurses in Palestinian hospitals.

Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted among 170 nurses working in the emergency units of hospitals in the West Bank, Palestine.

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Introduction: Clinical training allows nursing students to acquire and strengthen their psychomotor abilities, which is an important component of nursing education. The clinical components of nursing training programs were much more demanding than the academic ones.

Purposes: The purpose of this study was to examine sources of stress-related and coping behaviors during first clinical training among nursing students in the Arab American University.

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