Perceived Quality of Postoperative Handover by Saudi Nurses: A Single-Center Cross-Sectional Study.

Background:  Handover is considered a basic nursing practice in which a patient's care information is moved to another nurse. Handover of patients after surgery is critical due to a number of care transitions, the presence of a surgical procedure, and the influence of anesthesia. High-quality postoperative handover is essential to safe patient care.

Investigating Relationship of Perceived Learning Engagement, Motivation, and Academic Performance Among Nursing Students: A Multisite Study.

Background: Learning engagement, motivation and academic achievement are vital growing areas in academic research. Evidence suggests that students' engagement and motivation are positively linked to improved quality of learning. However, limited number of research studies have been conducted within this scope.

Clinical judgment skills among junior-level nursing students enrolled in adult health nursing courses: Errors and risk level classification.

As the acuity of patients increases, so does the requirement for nurses who are capable of making proper clinical judgment for safe and quality patients' care. Assessment of students' clinical judgment at different stages of their nursing program is thus required. This descriptive cross-sectional study assessed the clinical judgment of 55 junior nursing students using a questionnaire that required participants to rate the severity and perceived risk and identify factors leading to errors described in four vignettes.

Investigating Knowledge, Attitude, and Beliefs Regarding Placebo Interventions in Clinical Practice: A Comparative Study of Nursing and Medical University Students.

Background: Placebo interventions are commonly used in medical practice for alleviating symptoms of illnesses. Placebo is considered a pseudo-medication and its use is debatable ethically, professionally, and legally. Despite that there is also a lack of evidence on understanding of placebo interventions among health profession students.