Factors associated with chronic kidney disease knowledge and preventive practices: An analytical cross-sectional study among patients with hypertension at Amana Regional Referral Hospital in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

Background: Globally, Chronic kidney Disease (CKD) has become a significant public health concern, with sub-Saharan Africa being among the populations experiencing the highest rates. Managing CKD poses a significant challenge due to its health complications and associated high cost of care. Hypertension is one of the leading causes of CKD, responsible for the decline in kidney function in patients.

Effectiveness of Focus Group Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in Ameliorating Risk of Depression in Mental Health Nurses.

Mental health nurses care for patients with mental health and addiction problems. The particular nature of their job makes them prone to increased risk of depression. Timely use of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) in a focus group of nurses yields significant results when it comes to minimizing vulnerability to depression risk.

Spirituality in Managing Perceived Stress and Promoting Self-Care: A Descriptive Study on Nursing Students in Spain.

The relationship between spirituality, perceived stress, and self-care was examined in a sample of 515 nursing students in Spain. Using the perceived stress scale (PSS), the professional self-care scale (PSCS), and the spirituality questionnaire (MiLS-sp/sf), the findings indicated that higher spirituality, particularly through inner peace and faith, was linked to reduced stress and enhanced self-care across physical, inner, and social dimensions. However, the inner self-care dimension was the least developed, suggesting that essential emotional, spiritual, and psychological needs were neglected.

The association of artificial intelligence ethical awareness, attitudes, anxiety, and intention-to-use artificial intelligence technology among nursing students.

Background: As artificial intelligence (AI) continues to permeate various sectors including healthcare, understanding its impact on nursing students' attitudes and intentions to use is crucial. To examine the association of AI ethical awareness, attitudes, anxiety, and intention-to-use AI technology among Jordanian nursing students.

Method: A descriptive, cross-sectional design was used.

Validation of Spanish Version of the Spirituality and Spiritual Care Rating Scale (SSCRS-Sp) in Nursing Professionals.

Aim: To examine the reliability and construct validity of the Spanish adaptation of the Spirituality and Spiritual Care Rating Scale (SSCRS) within the nursing professionals' context.

Design: Observational and descriptive cross-sectional study.

Methods: The sample consisted of N = 325 nursing professionals from various healthcare settings, including hospitals, clinics and community healthcare centres.

Preoperative anxiety and depressive symptoms predicted higher incidence of delirium post coronary artery bypass graft surgery.

Background: Anxiety, depressive symptoms and delirium are common among patients undergoing coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG). Postoperative delirium is associated with diverse negative outcomes among those patients, including delayed extubation and prolonged length of stay (LoS). Existing literature has recorded the incidence and associated risk factors with delirium among patients undergoing CABG, but limited studies have checked the particular impacts of preoperative anxiety and depressive symptoms (ADS) on the incidence of postoperative delirium.

Self-Efficacy of Nurses and Physicians in the Emergency Department and Its Influence on the Outcomes of Trauma Patients.

The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of self-efficacy on the implementation of the adult trauma clinical practice guidelines (ATCPGs) on improving trauma patient outcomes, including missed injuries, and ED LOS. Nurses' and physicians' self-efficacy in performing ATCPGs skills were evaluated three months prior to and three months after the intervention's implementation. Multiple strategies of ATCPGs implementation improved the length of stay (LOS) in the ED for multiple trauma patients.

Health Attitudes of Women Living in Religious Communities-A Preliminary Study.

Introduction: Members of consecrated life communities exhibit homogeneity with regard to factors that are relevant to health, including diet, daily activities, religiosity, and housing. This may be indicative of the manner in which the community influences the formation of the health-seeking attitudes of its members.

Purpose Of The Study: The objective of this study was to validate a survey about health awareness and health-seeking attitudes among consecrated people and to identify potential issues to be improved.

An Evidence-Based Measure to Assess Self-Efficacy Among Adolescents With Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus in Jordan.

Purpose: The purpose of the study was to assess self-efficacy among adolescents with type 1 diabetes mellitus and to identify its contributing factors using a new measure based on the International Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Diabetes Guidelines: the Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus Self-Efficacy Scale (T1DM-SES).

Method: A descriptive, cross-sectional design was used to collect data from 161 adolescents ages between 12 and 18 via an online questionnaire survey, including demographic and management-related variables and the 21 items of T1DM-SES.

Results: Results demonstrated that adolescents had high self-efficacy levels regarding the basic needs to manage their diabetes and relatively moderate and low levels regarding more sophisticated needs, such as adjusting insulin dose to correct fluctuated glucose levels, covering carbohydrates, and managing ketoacidosis at home.

The relationship between emotional intelligence and readiness for organizational change among nurses.

Organizational change is a complex process that often faces high failure rates due to challenges in managing transition issues. The role of emotional intelligence in fostering readiness for organizational change among nurses remains understudied, especially in the context of Jordan. The study aimed to investigate the relationship between emotional intelligence and readiness for organizational change among Jordanian nurses working in governmental hospitals.

Predicting mortality amongst Jordanian men with heart attacks using the chi-square automatic interaction detection model.

One of the most complicated cardiovascular diseases in the world is heart attack. Since men are the most likely to develop cardiac diseases, accurate prediction of these conditions can help save lives in this population. This study proposed the Chi-Squared Automated Interactive Detection (CHAID) model as a prediction algorithm to forecast death versus life among men who might experience heart attacks.

Exploration of Nursing Care for Individuals With Bipolar Disorder in a Manic Episode: A Qualitative Study.

Background: Bipolar disorder is a mental illness that is chronic and has frequent relapses.

Objectives: The purpose of the research was to study the nursing care of patients with bipolar disorder in the mania phase.

Methods: A qualitative study was employed in this study.

Nurses Lived Experiences, Burdens and Coping Strategies During COVID-19 Pandemic.

This is a qualitative phenomenological study that was designed to navigate through nurses' lived experiences, burdens, and coping strategies while working with COVID-19 patients. The sample included 20 nurses who had worked with COVID-19 patients for more than or equal to 6 months. The interviews were conducted between October 1, 2021, and April 15, 2022.

Symptom Clusters and Their Impact on Spiritual Well-Being Among Women with Breast Cancer.

Purpose: To explore symptom experience and symptom clusters among Jordanian women with breast cancer and investigate whether these clusters predict patients' spiritual well-being.

Patients And Methods: A sample of 142 Jordanian women with breast cancer were asked to complete the Memorial Symptom Assessment Scale (MSAS), Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy- Spiritual Well-being (FACIT-Sp) scale, and socio-demographic questionnaire. Exploratory factor analysis was used to group symptoms into clusters, and multiple linear regression was used to explore the symptom clusters that predict spiritual well-being.

A randomized clinical trial: timing of indwelling urethral catheter removal following transurethral resection of prostate.

We aimed to evaluate early versus delayed removal of the indwelling urethral catheter (IUC) following transurethral resection of prostate (TURP). In this clinical trial conducted between July 2016 and June 2020, 90 patients underwent TURP were randomized equally into: group A, early IUC removal (24 h), and group B, delayed IUC removal (72 h). The mean length of hospital stay was longer among the patients in group B.

Humanisation in paediatric intensive care units: A narrative review.

Objective: To identify findings in the scientific literature relevant to the strategic lines proposed by the Humanising Intensive Care Project in the context of paediatric intensive care units.

Design: Narrative review.

Methods: A literature search was conducted in the databases PubMed, Scopus, CINHAL, and Cochrane Library.

Efficacy of Benson's Relaxation Technique on Stress and Pain Among Patients Undergoing Maintenance Hemodialysis: A Systematic Review.

Introduction: Stress and pain are high among patients undergoing hemodialysis. Benson's Relaxation technique affected a wide range of physical and psychological signs and symptoms among patients undergoing hemodialysis.

Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of Benson's Relaxation Technique in reducing stress and pain among patients undergoing maintenance hemodialysis.

A multi-country mixed-method study identifying the association between perceived ethical work climate and problems among critical care nurses.

Background: Given the grave ethical tension and dilemmas posed continuously which are aggravated in the intensive care unit context and its related caregiving provision, combined with their impact on critical care nurses' job satisfaction and work-related risks, exploring and analyzing these tensions and conflicts is crucial. This study was conducted to examine the relationship between perceived ethical work climate and problems among critical care nurses in addition to exploring their perspectives on the ethical work climates while caring for patients with infectious diseases.

Design And Method: A mixed-method research design was used to conduct this study among 635 participants, comprising 170 from Egypt, 144 from Jordan, 161 from Saudi Arabia, and 160 from the United Arab Emirates.

Insights into pressure injury prevention: Assessing the knowledge, attitudes, and practices of Palestinian nursing students.

Aim: To assess the knowledge, attitudes, and practices of Palestinian nursing students towards pressure injury prevention.

Materials And Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted with 455 nursing students recruited from Arab American University-Palestine, employing a total population sample. Data collection forms include socio-demographic information, the Pressure Ulcer Knowledge Assessment Tool, Attitude towards Pressure Ulcer Prevention Instrument and Pressure Injury Preventive Practices scale.