Medication Administration Errors: Perceptions of Jordanian Nurses.

Background: Medication administration errors (MAEs) have short- and long-term implications on patients' health as well as on hospitals' accreditation and financial status.

Purpose: The purpose was to explore Jordanian nurses' perceptions about MAEs.

Methods: A cross-sectional design was used with a convenience sample of 470 nurses.

Perceptions related to cardiovascular disease and physical activity behavior in Arab men: A qualitative study.

Objectives: To describe the daily physical activity of Arab men living in the United States and to understand how perceptions of cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk influence their inclusion of physical activity into their daily routine.

Methods: A qualitative descriptive method using a semi-structured face-to-face interview with each participant was conducted. Twenty young college males (age 26 ± 4 years) were recruited from Arab American community centers.

Patient Satisfaction With Nursing Care: Measuring Outcomes in an International Setting.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to assess patient satisfaction with nursing care.

Background: Patients' satisfaction with nursing care is considered an important factor in explaining patients' perceptions of service quality.

Methods: The study was conducted in a major tertiary hospital in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Patients' experience of being in intensive care units.

Purpose: The aim of the study was to describe the Jordanian patients' experience during their stay in intensive care units (ICUs) and to explore factors that contribute to positive and negative experiences.

Materials And Methods: A descriptive, exploratory design was used. The study was conducted at 3 hospitals in Jordan.

Jordanian nurses' perceptions of their preparedness for disaster management.

Aim: To assess Jordanian RNs' perceptions regarding their knowledge, skills, and preparedness for disaster management.

Background: Current disaster knowledge, skills, and preparedness levels need to be evaluated to guide plans for effective educational programs. There is also a need to know where RNs received their knowledge, skills, and preparation, to enhance or improve future educational opportunities.

Patients' preferences for nurses' gender in Jordan.

The purpose of the study was to examine patients' preferences for nurses' gender in Jordan. The public, private and university hospitals are represented by selecting one major hospital from each health sector. The sample size was 919 participants.

Communication with critically ill patients.

Aim: This paper reports a study that investigated the experiences of a group of critical care Jordanian nurses concerning verbal communication with critically ill patients.

Background: There is evidence that communication in critical care settings is not sufficiently implemented in practice. Inadequate nurse-patient communication results in increased levels of stress and anxiety.

Predictors of patients' experiences of nursing care in medical-surgical wards.

The purposes of this study were to explore patients' opinions of nursing care and to identify predictors of patients' experiences of nursing care in medical-surgical wards. The sample of the study was 225 adult patients in medical-surgical wards in a major teaching hospital in Jordan. The experiences of nursing care total score in this study was relatively high.

Managing technology in the intensive care unit: the nurses' experience.

This study investigates the experiences of a group of critical care nurses regarding the use of technology in the intensive care unit. The study is grounded in the phenomenological hermeneutics of Martin Heidegger and argues that this methodology is compatible with the humanistic values of nursing. Data were generated from in-depth interviews and overt participant observation.