Preceptoring of Graduate Nursing Students in Iraq.

Purpose: The objective of this study is to explore and examine the approaches utilized by preceptors in guiding graduate nursing students toward developing critical thinking skills within governmental nursing colleges in Iraq.

Methods: The study involved 215 preceptors employed in Al governmental nursing colleges in Iraq. Purposive sampling was used to select participants who had at least two years of nursing preceptorship experience.

Exploring the relationship between insomnia and depression: a cross-sectional prospective study.

Unlabelled: This is a cross-sectional prospective study aimed to examine the association between insomnia and depression among individuals attending an outpatient psychiatric clinic.

Methods: A total of 416 participants were recruited from the psychiatric and mental health outpatient clinic using a cross-sectional design. The participants completed the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) and the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) to measure sleep disturbances and depressive symptoms, respectively.