Challenges Facing the Nursing Profession in Saudi Arabia: An Integrative Review.

There is a paucity of recent literature identifying the issues facing the nursing profession in Saudi Arabia. The aim of this integrative review is to highlight the ongoing challenges facing the nursing profession in Saudi Arabia despite attempts to make a difference and suggests recommendations for the future. Literature published from 2000 to 2020, inclusive, relevant for nursing challenges in Saudi Arabia was accessed and reviewed from multiple sources.

Nurses' attitudes towards diabetes in tertiary care: A cross-sectional study.

Aim: To evaluate the attitude and training of nurses in Saudi Arabia towards the care of patients with diabetes.

Design: A cross-sectional study.

Methods: Data were collected in 2016 from 1,695 participants at the King Fahad Medical City using the Diabetes Attitude Scale version 3.

Systematic review of acupuncture placebo devices with a focus on the credibility of blinding of healthy participants and/or acupuncturists.

Background: An ideal placebo design in clinical research should resemble the intervention under investigation to facilitate blinding, yet remain clinically inert. With regard to physical interventions such as acupuncture, a true placebo device has not been developed and validated. Since 1998, researchers have designed several placebo acupuncture devices (PADs).

Psychometric Evaluation of the Revised Michigan Diabetes Knowledge Test (V.2016) in Arabic: Translation and Validation.

. To translate the revised Michigan Diabetes Knowledge Test into the Arabic language and examine its psychometric properties. .

Acupuncture for seasonal allergic rhinitis: a randomized controlled trial.

Background: Seasonal allergic rhinitis (SAR) is a common condition with relatively high prevalence in Australia. It causes a significant impact on sufferers' quality of life (QoL). Meta-analysis has shown that the efficacy of acupuncture for SAR is uncertain.

Ear acupressure for perennial allergic rhinitis: A multicenter randomized controlled trial.

Background: Perennial allergic rhinitis (PAR) has a high and increasing prevalence worldwide. Ear acupressure (EAP) is a noninvasive semi-self-administered form of acupuncture. Previous studies indicated that EAP could be effective and safe for AR symptom management.