Publications by authors named "Khaldoun M Aldiabat"

Aim: The study aimed to assess the level of practice of nursing leadership characteristics during the implementation of electronic health records as perceived by nurses.

Method: A cross-sectional survey design was used in this study. The study recruited 213 nurses from five hospitals which had recently implemented electronic health solution.

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Aim: This study aimed to explore the barriers that hinder nursing students from providing comprehensive smoking cessation interventions for their clients.

Method: A mixed method study combining a self-administered questionnaire and one open-ended question were used to collect data from 152 nursing students at the university in Canada. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and thematic analysis.

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Background: The incidence of needle stick injuries is higher among nurses with a low level of knowledge on the prevention of needle stick injury, and who have not received the relevant training during their undergraduate study. The aim of this study was to determine the level of knowledge of the prevention guidelines and the prevalence of needle stick injury among students in Oman.

Methods: An online cross-sectional survey using a questionnaire and involving 167 students from a governmental university was conducted.

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Objectives: This study was conducted to explore symptom clusters among women with breast cancer in Jordan.

Data Sources: A cross-sectional survey of 516 women with breast cancer who were recruited from three hospitals.

Conclusion: This study demonstrated that women with breast cancer experienced several symptoms at the same time.

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Background: Health professionals must be knowledgeable and skilled in providing palliative care. This short report reviews the literature that has assessed student nurses' knowledge of palliative care.

Method: The following databases were searched: CINHAL, ScienceDirect, Medline, PubMed and Google Scholar for manuscripts published from 2014 to 2020.

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Purpose. Smoking is prevalent in psychiatric facilities among staff and patients. However, there have been few studies of how contextual factors in specific cultures influence rates of smoking and the health promotion role of psychiatric nurses.

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