Perceptions of academic staff toward the objective structured clinical examination (OSCE) in clinical nursing: Assessment method.

Background: Clinical competence is critical to evaluating nursing students' capacity to undertake professional nursing practice in a safe and professional environment without any bias of examiners. Objective structured clinical examination (OSCE) is used as an assessment method of students' clinical practice skills.

Aims: The aim of this study is to assess the nursing faculty members' perception toward OSCE to be used as an assessment method of nursing students in their performing of nursing procedures, as well as explore the advantages and disadvantages of OSCE as perceived by study participants.

Critical Care Nurses' Knowledge of Tracheostomy Care.

Background: Tracheostomy care is a standard procedure that nurses perform in Critical Care Units (CCUs) to reduce complications from tracheostomy. The literature indicates a clear variety of care and practice in managing tracheostomy patients within the healthcare system. This study was conducted to assess the knowledge level of tracheostomy care among nurses in CCUs in Jordanian hospitals.

Measuring the psychometric properties of the Arabic version of the spirituality questionnaire among university students in South Jordan.

Spirituality has been recently recognized in many areas around the world as a factor influencing the general health and wellbeing on individuals. There is a scarcity addressing this issue in the Middle East, like many other regions. Perhaps one reason for this is related to the absence of instruments measuring spirituality.

Understanding Jordanian Women's Values and Beliefs Related to Breast Cancer: A Focused Ethnography.

Purpose: To understand Jordanian women's beliefs and values related to breast health and how these beliefs influence their decisions to receive breast cancer screening.

Design: A focused ethnography method was used; 31 key informants were recruited from Ma'an city located in the southern part of Jordan. Data were collected using semistructured interviews.

Prevalence and correlates of substance use among psychiatric inpatients.

Purpose: This study aimed at examining correlates of substance use among patients diagnosed with psychiatric disorders in Jordan.

Methods: This study used a nonexperimental descriptive survey design. Data were collected through using DUSI-R scale obtained through a self-designed questionnaire.

Prevalence of aggressive behaviours among inpatients with psychiatric disorders: A case study analysis from Jordan.

In this study, we investigated the correlates of aggression among consumers with mental illness within two psychiatric hospitals in Jordan. This was a descriptive, cross sectional study carried out by auditing consumers' medical records in regards to incidents of aggression before and during admission. Approval was gained from 203 next of kins to review the consumers' medical records.

The nursing profession in Southern Jordan - Challenges and recommendations for improvement.

Abstract This paper aims to elucidate the current status of nursing in Southern Jordan, and to identify strategies that would enable improvement in nursing within that region. A qualitative study using key informant focussed interviews was conducted in the south of Jordan during the first half of 2010. Purposeful sampling was used until saturation of the data occurred.

The Nursing Profession in Southern Jordan - Challenges & Recommendations for Improvement.

Abstract This paper aims to elucidate the current status of nursing in Southern Jordan, and to identify strategies that would enable improvement in nursing within that region. A qualitative study using key informant focused interviews was conducted in the south of Jordan during the first half of 2010. Purposeful sampling was used until saturation of the data occurred.

The impact of nursing leadership and management on the control of HIV/AIDS: an ethnographic study.

This paper reports on an aspect of a larger ethnographic study that sought to investigate the impact of HIV/AIDS on the practice of primary care nurses in Jordan. Nursing leadership and the style of management adopted by senior nursing and medical administrators at the Ministry of Heath were identified as factors impacting on the practice of the nurses and their capacity to raise community awareness and contribute to the prevention and control of HIV/AIDS. The study was undertaken in three rural and three urban primary health care centres (PHCC).

Smoking patterns among Jordanian health professionals: a study about the impediments to tobacco control in Jordan.

Background: Little is known about Arab health professionals' smoking practices.

Aim: This is the first study to examine smoking practices among Arab health professionals.

Methods: Background: Little is known about Arab nurses and physicians' smoking patterns.

Jordanian nurses' and physicians' learning needs for promoting smoking cessation.

Smoking causes many health problems, including myocardial infarction, stroke, and peripheral vascular disease, and has devastating effects on the cardiovascular system. This study was performed to assess: (1) the prevalence of smoking among Jordanian nurses and physicians, (2) the differences in prevalence of smoking by sex, and 3) nurses' and physicians' learning needs for promoting smoking cessation. A descriptive cross-sectional design was used.

Jordan's vulnerability: a population at risk of HIV/AIDS.

This paper describes the findings of an ethnographic study that sought to explore the influence of HIV/AIDS on the practice of primary care nurses in Jordan. The study was undertaken in three (3) rural and three (3) urban comprehensive primary health care centres. Data collection included participant observation, key informant interviews, field notation and document analysis.

The influence of HIV/AIDS on the practice of primary care nurses in Jordan: rhetoric and reality.

The role of nurses in raising community awareness about HIV/AIDS is well-reported. However, little is known about the practice of Jordanian nurses and the role they play in the prevention and control of HIV/AIDS. This interpretive ethnographic study sought to illuminate the role of primary care nurses and examine the influence of HIV/AIDS on their practice.