Objective: To assess the compliance with hand hygiene guidelines among nursing staff in secondary care hospitals in Kuwait. Subjects and Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted through direct observation using the Lewisham observation tool and self-administered questionnaire in six major public secondary care hospitals in Kuwait. Only patient care activities that are described as ‘dirty ...

BACKGROUND Multi-morbidity, poly-pharmacy and cognitive impairment leave many old patients in a frail condition with a high risk of adverse outcomes if proper health care is not provided. Knowledge about available competence is necessary to evaluate whether we are able to offer equitable and balanced health care to older persons with acute and/or complex health care needs. This study investigat...

conclusions with regard to significant relation between mental health, job satisfaction, and economic satisfaction, a system for educating and stress reduction counseling should be established to help nurses effectively coping with stress. also, improving the work environment, increasing staff, increasing salary, and decreasing working hours may reduce the nurses' exposure to stressful risk fac...

Nursing professionals are at the forefront of pandemic management COVID-19 all over world. Egypt almost suffers from a severe shortage nursing staff. Thus, Egyptian educators obligated to edivorp students with essential competencies for approaching work, mainly in such difficult situations. Therefore, Competency-based education (CBNE) is an inevitable as educational delivery option colleges req...

background and purpose: the hidden curriculum has great impact on students’ learning. the present study was conducted on nursing and midwifery students to determine their experience with the hidden curriculum. methods: it was a combined survey achieved in two stages on nursing and midwifery students. during the first stage, a free interview was carried out to determine their attitudes towards, ...

BACKGROUND Co-curricular experiences provide an opportunity for learning outside of a university classroom. A co-curricular retreat was developed to engage students, faculty, and staff in learning about social justice. Through guided activities and deep discussions, participants explored privileged and oppressed identities in a safe environment. METHOD Pre- and postsurveys were collected. Qua...

An online epidemiology course was developed, implemented, and evaluated for graduate nursing students through the collaborative efforts of nursing faculty and information, education, and instructional design staff of the library at a health sciences university. This epidemiology course is a core curriculum course for graduate nursing students. The course was piloted with 14 students (one studen...