Determinants of Disaster Competencies Among Jordanian Nurses in Public Hospitals.

Introduction: In the last decade, disasters increased by 60% worldwide. These occurrences have resulted in approximately two million deaths and 4.2 million injuries and left 33 million people homeless.

Exploring the healthcare needs and experiences of pregnant women with congenital heart disease: A qualitative study.

Problem: Little is known regarding the healthcare needs and experiences of pregnant women with congenital heart disease (CHD) during pregnancy.

Background: Congenital heart diseases are the most common birth anomalies, and they embrace a wide range of defects ranging from mild to complex and life-threatening defects. Pregnancy carries many physiological and psychological changes that affect pregnant woman with CHD and need special attention and consideration.

The experiences of young women living post-stroke in Jordan: a descriptive phenomenological study.

Background: The incidence of stroke in younger adults is rising, particularly among women living with stroke who face multiple physical, psychological, and social challenges that negatively affect their quality of life. Consequently, women's roles in life would be negatively affected at home, work, and in society. This study aimed to explore the lived experience of women suffering from a stroke in Jordan.

Effect of High-Fidelity Simulation on Self-Satisfaction and Self-Confidence Among Nursing Students.

Introduction: Newly graduating nurses should be able to enter clinical practice as safe, accurate, competent, and compassionate professionals in health care settings that necessitate them to be learners who can easily get familiar with a broad diversity of clinical practice settings.

Purposes: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of high-fidelity simulation experiences on self-satisfaction and self-confidence among the pediatric nursing students.

Methods: A quasi-experimental design, post-test, was carried out through the recruitment of a convenience sample of 150 nursing students from Arab American University.

Palliative care needs of Jordanian women's experience of living with stroke: a descriptive phenomenological study.

Background: Stroke is a prevalent neurological disease that can have a profound impact on women's physical, psychosocial, and spiritual well-being. In many cases, women living with stroke may have marginalized palliative care needs that are often not adequately addressed by healthcare providers. Unfortunately, the experience of women with stroke and their specific palliative care needs have been largely overlooked in research conducted in Jordan.

Effect of progressive muscle relaxation exercise on anxiety among nursing students prior to critical care clinical training.

Introduction: Intensive care units are considered stressful and emotionally risky situations by both professionals and patients and their families. The purpose was to assess the effect of progressive muscle relaxation exercise on anxiety among nursing students in intensive care units prior to clinical training.

Method: A randomized, controlled study design was used.

Do nurses participate in end-of-life decision making?

Background: To explore how Jordanian nurses participate in the end-of-life (EoL) decision-making process.

Methods: Interviews with 10 patients and family caregivers, and focus group discussions with seven healthcare professionals (HCPs), were conducted. Interviews were audio-recorded, transcribed and analysed following inductive thematic analysis.

Jordanian nursing students' engagement and satisfaction with e-learning during COVID-19 pandemic.

Background: Nursing education was affected by the COVID-19 pandemic as most institutions shifted to e-learning. The aim of the current study was to examine students' engagement and satisfaction levels with e-learning during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Methods: A descriptive correlation design was used to guide this study.

Exploring the lived experiences of women with congenital heart disease during pregnancy: A phenomenological study.

Objective: Congenital heart diseases (CHDs) are the most common birth anomalies, and they embraced a wide range of defects ranging from mild defects to complex and life-threatening defects. Medical advancement improved children's survival, and more females are reaching childbearing age. The purpose of this study was to explore and describe the lived experience of Jordanian pregnant women with CHD during pregnancy.

Death and Dying Through the Lens of Jordanian Muslim Patients and Caregivers.

The current phenomenological-qualitative study explored the meaning of death and dying from a Jordanian-Muslim perspective. Data were collected through face-to-face interviews with eight patients and five family caregivers, then analyzed following the Braun and Clarke steps. The analysis revealed two main themes; confronting death and preparing for a good death.

Decision Making Near End of Life: A Qualitative Exploration of the Lived Experiences of Jordanian Healthcare Providers.

Background: Discussions related to a patient's prognosis and interventions near end of life are challenging and stressful for healthcare providers. Many reported experiencing emotional distress and discomfort during the decision-making process.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to describe the lived experience of nurses and physicians who participate in decision making near the end of a patient's life.

Effect of High-Fidelity Simulation on Clinical Judgment Among Nursing Students.

Introduction: Nursing education needs to be improved in order to bridge the gap between education and clinical practice. However, clinical placements for nursing students are limited and student nurses often take merely an observer role, especially in critical situations. High-fidelity simulation (HFS) is a teaching method that can bridge the gap between education and clinical practice.

Nursing Faculty Experience With Online Distance Education During COVID-19 Crisis: A Qualitative Study.

Background: COVID-19 pandemic influenced education and forced universities to shift from face-to-face teaching to remote online teaching. This sudden shift in educational pedagogy provoked several challenges to educators.

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to explore the first experience of nursing faculty members with online distant education (ODE) within the context of COVID-19 national curfew.

Involvement of Jordanian Patients and Their Families in Decision Making Near End of Life, Challenges and Recommendations.

This study aims to explore the challenges in involving patients and their families in decision making near end of life and to provide recommendations to overcome these challenges. A qualitative descriptive phenomenological approach was used with a purposive sample of 8 patients, 7 family caregivers, 7 nurses, and 6 physicians from 2 institutions that provide palliative and end-of-life care services in Jordan. Data were collected using interviews with patients and family caregivers and focus group discussions with nurses and physicians.

Experiences of nursing students under the unprecedented abrupt online learning format forced by the national curfew due to COVID-19: A qualitative research study.

Background: The unprecedented abrupt shift to remote online learning (OL) within the context of the national lockdown due to the 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) highlights the importance of addressing students' preparedness in managing their first experiences with OL.

Purpose: To investigate the experiences of undergraduate nursing students during their first uses of OL to increase the understanding of their encountered opportunities and challenges.

Design: A descriptive qualitative design guided by a phenomenological approach was used.

Nurse students' attitudes toward the nursing profession after witnessing workplace violence.

Background Workplace violence is one of the most compelling problems facing health care sectors all over the world. The detrimental impact of workplace violence extends to affect nurse students who receive their training in clinical areas. Objective The study aimed to investigate the impact of witnessing workplace violence during clinical training on the attitudes of Jordanian nursing students toward the nursing profession.

Developing an Understanding of Adolescents' Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices Toward COVID-19.

Adolescents are more likely to engage in risky health practices related to COVID-19. Their compliance with infection control measures is a key factor to mitigate the spread of the disease. The purpose of this study was to explore the knowledge, attitudes, and practices toward COVID-19 and their correlates among Jordanian adolescents.

The effectiveness of age-appropriate pre-operative information session on the anxiety level of school-age children undergoing elective surgery in Jordan.

Background: Undergoing surgery is an anxious experience for children. Applying anxiety reduction age-appropriate programs by nurses would be beneficial in reducing anxiety to children.

Aim: To test the effectiveness of age-appropriate preoperative information session in reducing anxiety levels of school-age children undergoing elective surgery in Jordan.

Jordanian adolescents' health behaviour and school climate.

Aim: This study was conducted to assess the occurrence of physical activity, nutritional habits, tooth brushing and seat belt use behaviour among adolescent school students in Jordan, and to examine the effect of psychosocial aspects of school on these behaviours.

Method: A cross-sectional descriptive correlational design was used to draw a sample of in-school adolescents aged between 11 and 15 years. The final sample included 1166 adolescents from five public and two private schools.

Nurses' Experiences of Grief Following Patient Death: A Qualitative Approach.

Purpose: To explore the lived experiences of nurses' feelings, emotions, grief reactions, and coping mechanisms following their patients' death.

Background: On a daily basis, nurses are experiencing patients' death, which exposes them to grief. Nurses' grief has not been sufficiently addressed in practice settings, although it has been a well-known threat to health and work performance.

Jordanian nurses' perception and interventions related to promoting smoking cessation.

Aims And Objectives: To determine nurses' perceptions related to smoking cessation, health promotion and interventions provided to hospitalised patients.

Background: Smoking is a major health problem in Jordan. The cost for treating smoking-related health conditions is a significant strain on the healthcare system.

Exploring the roles of family members in women's decision to use postpartum healthcare services from the perspectives of women and health care providers.

Although the postpartum period is a significant time in a family's life, few studies have addressed the lack of continuity of care and service use during the postpartum period. The aim of this study was to explore the roles of family members in Jordanian women's decision to use postpartum health care services. An exploratory qualitative design was employed to elicit the perspectives of 24 women and 30 health care providers through six focus groups discussions conducted in April 2006.

Women's help seeking for intimate partner violence in Jordan.

Little is known about Jordanian women's help seeking for intimate partner violence (IPV), despite local and international investment in victim services. Using a clinic based survey (n = 517; response rate 70%) and focus group discussions (FGDs, n = 17) we explored Jordanian women's nonfamily help seeking for physical or sexual IPV. We evaluated survey data using bivariate and multivariate regression and examined FGD transcripts using open coding methodology.

A mixed methods study of participant reaction to domestic violence research in Jordan.

Research on domestic violence against women has increased considerably over the past few decades. Most participants in such studies find the exercise worthwhile and of greater benefit than emotional cost; however, systematic examination of participant reaction to research on violence is considerably lacking, especially in the Middle East region. This study begins to fill this gap by examining women's reactions to domestic violence research in Jordan and whether a personal history of violence is associated with unfavorable experiences.