Professional Values and Self-Reported Clinical Competence of Acute Care Nurses in Saudi Arabia: A Cross-Sectional Study.

Background: Professional values are the foundation of nursing practice. Current research evidence on the influence of professional values on clinical competence among acute care nurses in the clinical area is lacking.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine the professional values and self-reported clinical competence among acute care nurses.

Telehealth Readiness of Healthcare Providers during COVID-19 Pandemic in Saudi Arabia.

Objective: This study aimed to assess and explore the telehealth readiness of healthcare providers in Saudi Arabia.

Methods: This descriptive cross-sectional survey was conducted in a government healthcare facility in Saudi Arabia between August and October 2020. The Telehealth Readiness Assessment (TRA) tool was used.

Barriers to Implementing Evidence-Based Practice among Primary Healthcare Nurses in Saudi Arabia: A Cross-Sectional Study.

Several studies have been conducted to investigate the barriers to implementing evidence-based practice (EBP) worldwide. In Saudi Arabia, a few studies were conducted in hospital and mental health settings, and no study has explored the topic in primary healthcare settings. This study aimed to examine the barriers perceived by primary healthcare nurses in implementing EBP.

Immediate knowledge retention among nursing students in live lecture and video-recorded lecture: A quasi-experimental study.

Aim/objective: To determine if video-recorded lecture provided better immediate knowledge retention than live lecture BACKGROUND: In line with the call to increase nationally graduated nurses as recommended by KSU 2030 Vision, educational institutions in Saudi Arabia are required to increase the enrollment to the Bachelor of Science in Nursing program. As a result, there is increased number of sections or groupings which created a need for additional faculty. However, to mitigate the impact of faculty shortage, the Administration embarked on exploring innovative teaching strategies that would ensure that lecture contents across groups of students are uniform and instructions are similar.

Association of Fear of COVID-19 and Health Literacy Among the General Public in Saudi Arabia: A Cross-Sectional Assessment.

Objective: This study aims to determine the level of fear of coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) among the general public in Saudi Arabia and the association of its scores with their level of health literacy.

Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted among the general population in Saudi Arabia from April 2020 to May 2020. A three-part online self-reported survey was used to assess the participants' demographic characteristics, fear of COVID-19 of the participants, and levels of health literacy.

Fear of Nurses During COVID-19 Pandemic in Saudi Arabia: A Cross-Sectional Assessment.

We aimed to assess the level of fear among nurses in Saudi Arabia during the COVID-19 outbreak. A cross-sectional survey-based study was conducted from June to August 2020. All nurses currently working in public and private hospitals in Saudi Arabia during the COVID-19 pandemic were invited to complete an online survey.

Antibiotic Skin Testing in the Intensive Care Unit: A Systematic Review.

Background: Recent research has shown that a large majority of patients with a history of penicillin allergy are acutely tolerant of penicillins and that there is no clinically significant immunologic cross-reactivity between penicillins and cephalosporins or other β-lactams. The standard test to confirm acute tolerance is challenge with a therapeutic dose. Skin testing is useful only when the culprit antibiotic can haptenate serum proteins and induce an immunoglobulin E-mediated reaction and the clinical history demonstrates such high risk that a direct oral challenge may result in anaphylaxis.

Readiness for self-directed learning: How bridging and traditional nursing students differs?

Background: The dean of the nursing college has an initiative to reform the BSN program in the college to minimize the use of lecturing and maximize interactive and lifelong learning. Appropriate assessment of how our students are prepared to be self-directed learners is crucial.

Objective: To compare traditional and bridging students in regard to their SDLR scores in the nursing college in Saudi Arabia.

Transgender Individuals and Osteoporosis Prevention.

Background: Risk behaviors and hormone use place transgender individuals (TIs) in jeopardy for osteoporosis.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to expand the science about the knowledge, health beliefs, and osteoporosis (OP) preventing behaviors of TIs.

Methods: This was a mixed-methods pilot study of a convenience sample of 31 TIs 30 years and older.

The Learning Preferences among Nursing Students in the King Saud University in Saudi Arabia: A Cross-Sectional Survey.

Objective: The present study aimed to identify the most common learning preferences among the nursing students in Saudi Arabia and to investigate the associations of certain demographic variables with the learning preferences.

Methods: All the undergraduate nursing students in the nursing college were requested to participate in this descriptive cross-sectional study. An Arabic version of the Felder-Silverman learning style model (FSLSM) questionnaire was used to examine the learning preferences among undergraduate nursing students.