Nursing experience and leadership skills among staff nurses and intern nursing students in Saudi Arabia: a mixed methods study.

Background: Nurse leaders have a crucial impact in healthcare settings. Hospitals require qualified nurses with leadership skills to provide healthy work environments and enhance the outcomes related to staff nurses and patients. This study aimed to investigate the effect of nursing experience on leadership skills among staff nurses and intern nursing students.

Outcome of desensitization in human leukocyte antigen- and ABO-incompatible living donor kidney transplantation: a single-center experience in more than 100 patients.

Background: Antibody-mediated rejection (AMR) and inferior graft outcome remain the 2 most important obstacles to successful kidney transplantation in human leukocyte antigen (HLA)- and ABO-incompatible recipients. We report a single-center experience in the outcome of desensitized living donor HLA- and ABO-incompatible kidney transplantation.

Methods: Since 2007 we included 2 groups in our desensitization program.

The Kidney Transplant Program at King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center.

More than 1,000 kidney transplants were performed at King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center (KFSH&RC) between 1981-2005. The majority were from living donors. The renal transplant program at KFSH&RC was fundamentally transformed in 2001 with the introduction of renal transplant physicians and the emphasis on multidisciplinary teamwork.