American journal of nursing research, Sep 25, 2019
Background: The Musculoskeletal Disorders (MSDs) have a considerable socio economic impact. First... more Background: The Musculoskeletal Disorders (MSDs) have a considerable socio economic impact. First, they drive up costs for workers, companies, and society in general. This applies to both direct and indirect costs associated with occupational diseases and industrial accidents. Nursing students experienced the MSD with increased cases amongst nursing staff. Nursing students continue to face the problems of MSD due to the misuse of the good technique to protect them self during clinical training hours. The study aimed to assess work-related musculoskeletal disorders among nursing students during clinical training. A cross- sectional study design used to achieve this aim. Convenience sampling technique was used to include all consenting nursing students from fifth level to eighth level (3rd and 4th year) (n=253) student who were having clinical training. The study took place at the Faculty of Nursing, Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University. The first part include demographic data questions. The second part is a self-reported pain using standardized Nordic questionnaire for the analysis of musculoskeletal symptoms that will assess different body parts namely upper limb, lower limb, and trunk sections of the body. The study illustrated that more than half of students reported pain (71.1%) and ankle or feet (43.9%) during the last 12 months. Consistent also with students who reported MSD in the last seven days, 48.2% of them reported lower back problem. There is significant relationship between number of clinical days (p = 0.05) and MSD, and no significant relationship between the MSDs and the number of the clinical hours per day (p =0.973), weight (p = 0.806). The main conclusion drawn from the current study is that the majority of nursing students are high risk for MSDs due to improper body mechanics or wrong posture.
Background: Breast cancer is perceived as being the leading cause of death among women in develop... more Background: Breast cancer is perceived as being the leading cause of death among women in developing countries.Efforts to combat this disease must begin with women at earlier ages, so that perception of breast cancer prevention is a major issue in reducing breast cancer morbidity and mortality. Objective: The study aimed to evaluate the Effects of early education on knowledge and practice of university students in Saudi Arabia Study design: A quasi-experimental design – one group pre-posttest. Subjects and sampling:Convenient sample was used to select the students in Non-health College Princes Nourah University of different academic levels and who were agreeable to join in the study that include (293 students) Setting: The study was conducted in Non-health College Princes Nourah University in Saudi Arabia. Tools: A constructed self-governing questionnaire was established in Arabic by the author after reading the relevant publications. It containsfour tools:1: Demographic data of uni...
Background: Evidence-based practice (EBP) is used worldwide to improve the quality of patient car... more Background: Evidence-based practice (EBP) is used worldwide to improve the quality of patient care to provide cost-effective care. EBP is a mandate for nursing practice combining individual clinical judgment with available expertise to generate a positive outcome for the patient. Objective: The study aimed to describe the self- assessment of undergraduate nursing students about Knowledge, behavior, and attitude in relation to Evidence Based Practice. A Cross- sectional study design. Convenience sampling technique was used to include all consenting nursing students from fifth level to eighth level (3rd and 4th year) (n=255) student. The research was carried out at the Faculty of Nursing, Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University. A self- administered questionnaire. The EBP was done by adopting EBP questionnaire that has been created by Upton et.al (2006) & Ruzafa-Martinez et.al (2017): The results indicated that our respondents generally viewed EBP positively and their attitudes to...
The objective structured clinical examination has been considered a modern type of examination fo... more The objective structured clinical examination has been considered a modern type of examination for assessment of clinical skills within nursing education. The aim of the study was to compare between the performance of students regarding to their scores and grads by using objective structured clinical examination (OSCE) and traditional clinical examination (TCE) and to investigate student's perception about OSCE. A quasi-experimental study was used 100 student's scores and grads firstly as a control group (TCE) then as a study group(OSCE) at nursing college in Princess Nora Bint Abdul Rahman University then the OSCE feedback questionnaire was completed by the student immediately after OSCE exam. The results of the study indicate that there were statistically significant differences between two groups for the practical examination score with accepted normal distribution curve for the student's grads. OSCE was considered as a fair examination method by 65% students and 69%o...
Background: Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) are one of the various widespread infectious dis... more Background: Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) are one of the various widespread infectious diseases throughout the globe and have negative impacts on reproductive health. Objective: To evaluate the effect of an educational intervention on raising awareness of sexually transmitted diseases for University Female Students. Study design: A quasi-experimental design – one group pre-posttest. Subjects and sampling: Through convenient sample, the students in Non-health Colleges Princess Nourah University of different academic levels were selected (1223 students). Setting: The study was conducted at Non-health Colleges in Princess Nourah University in Saudi Arabia. Tool: A selfadministered questionnaire This was done by adapting STDs questionnaire that has been created by Jaworski & Carey (2007) after reading the relevant publications to use for collect data according to the following classification:Part 1: Demographic data of university students such as age, students' grade & marita...
Background: The Musculoskeletal Disorders (MSDs) have a considerable socio economic impact. First... more Background: The Musculoskeletal Disorders (MSDs) have a considerable socio economic impact. First, they drive up costs for workers, companies, and society in general. This applies to both direct and indirect costs associated with occupational diseases and industrial accidents. Nursing students experienced the MSD with increased cases amongst nursing staff. Nursing students continue to face the problems of MSD due to the misuse of the good technique to protect them self during clinical training hours. The study aimed to assess work-related musculoskeletal disorders among nursing students during clinical training. A cross-sectional study design used to achieve this aim. Convenience sampling technique was used to include all consenting nursing students from fifth level to eighth level (3rd and 4th year) (n=253) student who were having clinical training. The study took place at the Faculty of Nursing, Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University. The first part include demographic data questions. The second part is a self-reported pain using standardized Nordic questionnaire for the analysis of musculoskeletal symptoms that will assess different body parts namely upper limb, lower limb, and trunk sections of the body. The study illustrated that more than half of students reported pain (71.1%) and ankle or feet (43.9%) during the last 12 months. Consistent also with students who reported MSD in the last seven days, 48.2% of them reported lower back problem. There is significant relationship between number of clinical days (p = 0.05) and MSD, and no significant relationship between the MSDs and the number of the clinical hours per day (p =0.973), weight (p = 0.806). The main conclusion drawn from the current study is that the majority of nursing students are high risk for MSDs due to improper body mechanics or wrong posture.
Background: Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) are one of the various widespread infectious dis... more Background: Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) are one of the various widespread infectious diseases throughout the globe and have negative impacts on reproductive health. Objective: To evaluate the effect of an educational intervention on raising awareness of sexually transmitted diseases for University Female Students. Study design: A quasi-experimental design-one group pre-posttest. Subjects and sampling: Through convenient sample, the students in Non-health Colleges Princess Nourah University of different academic levels were selected (1223 students). Source of information on STDs as social media, friends, public talker, teacher, health worker, posters, and newspaper. Part III: Questions about awareness of university students about STDs and its symptoms. Results: The finding of this study shown that two-thirds of university female students gain their awareness through social media while only less than half of them get their information from teachers. In addition, the findings revealed that the level of awareness for majority of university students regarding STDs had been raised after implementation of the educational intervention than before with highly statistically significant differences. Conclusion: The applied educational intervention is effective to raise awareness of sexually transmitted diseases for university female students.
Perception of Saudi Female School Students about Nursing as a Career, 2019
The profession of nursing is considered a high and human profession because of its association wi... more The profession of nursing is considered a high and human profession because of its association with human health, preserving its life, alleviating its suffering and sense of pain. Nurses have an essential role in the healthcare system and services provided to patients. The effect of this role affected by the shortage of nurses globally, as well as in Saudi Arabia. The study aimed to explore the high school female student's perspective toward nursing as a career. Design: Cross-sectional design. Setting: in High Schools for female in Riyadh. Sample: Convenience sample consisted of 517 students at the previously mentioned study setting. Tools: data obtained using nursing intent questionnaire 3 parts. Including demographic data with eight questions in which response alternatives was specified to ensure comparability of the response and to facilitate analysis. The other two parts were adopted from a similar research work, including (a) the statements on knowledge with 12 questions, attitude with 10 questions and intention towards nursing with 5 questions and (b) the causes that prevent students from being nurses with 10 questions. Results: The findings of this study shows that although the students have good attitude toward nursing profession, majority of them not considered it as the best future career. Many factors affected their decision mainly the family and friends. In addition to that, society view and apperception of the profession plays in important role in the student's decision toward to purse nursing as a future career. Conclusion: Based on the findings of this study, it was evident that the intention of young female Saudi toward nursing profession still considered as a low. There is an evolving need to lunch a public awareness programs about the correct contemporary image of nursing profession compared with before. Recommendations: Public and practice health sectors are encouraged strongly to reflect the positive image of the profession and act as a role model in a way that improves the image of the nursing profession and encourages others to become a nurse. Solutions are suggested that improvement the imaging of the nursing profession to others through education and outreach community activities to improve public perception and value of the nursing profession.
Prevention of Breast Cancer: Effects of Early Education on Knowledge and Practice of University Students in Saudi Arabia, 2019
Background: Breast cancer is perceived as being the leading cause of death among women in develop... more Background: Breast cancer is perceived as being the leading cause of death among women in developing countries.Efforts to combat this disease must begin with women at earlier ages, so that perception of breast cancer prevention is a major issue in reducing breast cancer morbidity and mortality. Objective: The study aimed to evaluate the Effects of early education on knowledge and practice of university students in Saudi Arabia Study design: A quasi-experimental design-one group pre-posttest. Source of information on breast cancer, for example the press (television, radio set, newsprint), therapeutic personnel, family and friends.III: knowledge of university students about breast cancer as definition, leading factors by means of family medical history, menarchalperiod, symptoms of the disease, by means of lump in breast, nipple discharge, pain and soreness & change in size, pr5eventionandmethods of early detection. V: Subjective preventive practice of breast cancer as perform of breast self examination, intake soybeans & perform exercises Results:About two thirds 62.2% of the The research population aged 20 with less than 22 years old. Half of the 50.2% of the research group does not even have a source of information on breast cancer.The participants in the study had limited knowledge of the nature of breast cancer, possible risk, andpreventive measures in the pre-test which improved later the education implementation. Conclusion: The conclusion of the present study was that most of research group had inadequate information on the symptoms of breast cancer, factors as well as preventive measures and early detection methods.The applicable health education activity had a significant effect on a in participants ' awareness of breast cancer and increased breast self-examination experience.
View of Knowledge, Attitude and Practices about Contraceptive Methods among Female Employees in Riyadh, 2019
The usage of contraceptive has acknowledged as a significantpart in reducing fertility and contro... more The usage of contraceptive has acknowledged as a significantpart in reducing fertility and control of population, which in turn is important for the development of the nation. Aim of the study: The study aimed to assess Knowledge, Attitude and Practices about Contraceptive Methods among Female Employees in Riyadh. Research Design: A cross sectional descriptive study. Subjects and sampling: 294 female employee Setting: The study took place at Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University in Riyadh during the period from January 2017 to June 2017. Tools: a constructed questionnaire to cover research objective was developed and distributed over participant. Results: The results of current study showed (71.4%) were using contraceptive methods, and the most practice between them was oral contraceptive pill 114. With regard to attitude the results showed that only 33.7 % of female thought that there are health benefits of using contraceptive, which indicating to the presence of a negative trend attitude using contraceptive methods among them. While the knowledge regarding to obtaining way to the contraception knowledge among respondents was poor in (65.0%), where they did not know at all about it. On the other hand, (27. 6 %) of respondents indicated that family was their main way of knowledge of contraception. Conclusion: In the light of the above results, there is an urgent need to improve the attitudes and knowledge of Saudi women in age of fertility towards the use of modern contraceptives. Recommendations: More programs needed to emphasize the beneficial impacts of the use of contraception.
American journal of nursing research, Sep 25, 2019
Background: The Musculoskeletal Disorders (MSDs) have a considerable socio economic impact. First... more Background: The Musculoskeletal Disorders (MSDs) have a considerable socio economic impact. First, they drive up costs for workers, companies, and society in general. This applies to both direct and indirect costs associated with occupational diseases and industrial accidents. Nursing students experienced the MSD with increased cases amongst nursing staff. Nursing students continue to face the problems of MSD due to the misuse of the good technique to protect them self during clinical training hours. The study aimed to assess work-related musculoskeletal disorders among nursing students during clinical training. A cross- sectional study design used to achieve this aim. Convenience sampling technique was used to include all consenting nursing students from fifth level to eighth level (3rd and 4th year) (n=253) student who were having clinical training. The study took place at the Faculty of Nursing, Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University. The first part include demographic data questions. The second part is a self-reported pain using standardized Nordic questionnaire for the analysis of musculoskeletal symptoms that will assess different body parts namely upper limb, lower limb, and trunk sections of the body. The study illustrated that more than half of students reported pain (71.1%) and ankle or feet (43.9%) during the last 12 months. Consistent also with students who reported MSD in the last seven days, 48.2% of them reported lower back problem. There is significant relationship between number of clinical days (p = 0.05) and MSD, and no significant relationship between the MSDs and the number of the clinical hours per day (p =0.973), weight (p = 0.806). The main conclusion drawn from the current study is that the majority of nursing students are high risk for MSDs due to improper body mechanics or wrong posture.
Background: Breast cancer is perceived as being the leading cause of death among women in develop... more Background: Breast cancer is perceived as being the leading cause of death among women in developing countries.Efforts to combat this disease must begin with women at earlier ages, so that perception of breast cancer prevention is a major issue in reducing breast cancer morbidity and mortality. Objective: The study aimed to evaluate the Effects of early education on knowledge and practice of university students in Saudi Arabia Study design: A quasi-experimental design – one group pre-posttest. Subjects and sampling:Convenient sample was used to select the students in Non-health College Princes Nourah University of different academic levels and who were agreeable to join in the study that include (293 students) Setting: The study was conducted in Non-health College Princes Nourah University in Saudi Arabia. Tools: A constructed self-governing questionnaire was established in Arabic by the author after reading the relevant publications. It containsfour tools:1: Demographic data of uni...
Background: Evidence-based practice (EBP) is used worldwide to improve the quality of patient car... more Background: Evidence-based practice (EBP) is used worldwide to improve the quality of patient care to provide cost-effective care. EBP is a mandate for nursing practice combining individual clinical judgment with available expertise to generate a positive outcome for the patient. Objective: The study aimed to describe the self- assessment of undergraduate nursing students about Knowledge, behavior, and attitude in relation to Evidence Based Practice. A Cross- sectional study design. Convenience sampling technique was used to include all consenting nursing students from fifth level to eighth level (3rd and 4th year) (n=255) student. The research was carried out at the Faculty of Nursing, Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University. A self- administered questionnaire. The EBP was done by adopting EBP questionnaire that has been created by Upton et.al (2006) & Ruzafa-Martinez et.al (2017): The results indicated that our respondents generally viewed EBP positively and their attitudes to...
The objective structured clinical examination has been considered a modern type of examination fo... more The objective structured clinical examination has been considered a modern type of examination for assessment of clinical skills within nursing education. The aim of the study was to compare between the performance of students regarding to their scores and grads by using objective structured clinical examination (OSCE) and traditional clinical examination (TCE) and to investigate student's perception about OSCE. A quasi-experimental study was used 100 student's scores and grads firstly as a control group (TCE) then as a study group(OSCE) at nursing college in Princess Nora Bint Abdul Rahman University then the OSCE feedback questionnaire was completed by the student immediately after OSCE exam. The results of the study indicate that there were statistically significant differences between two groups for the practical examination score with accepted normal distribution curve for the student's grads. OSCE was considered as a fair examination method by 65% students and 69%o...
Background: Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) are one of the various widespread infectious dis... more Background: Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) are one of the various widespread infectious diseases throughout the globe and have negative impacts on reproductive health. Objective: To evaluate the effect of an educational intervention on raising awareness of sexually transmitted diseases for University Female Students. Study design: A quasi-experimental design – one group pre-posttest. Subjects and sampling: Through convenient sample, the students in Non-health Colleges Princess Nourah University of different academic levels were selected (1223 students). Setting: The study was conducted at Non-health Colleges in Princess Nourah University in Saudi Arabia. Tool: A selfadministered questionnaire This was done by adapting STDs questionnaire that has been created by Jaworski & Carey (2007) after reading the relevant publications to use for collect data according to the following classification:Part 1: Demographic data of university students such as age, students' grade & marita...
Background: The Musculoskeletal Disorders (MSDs) have a considerable socio economic impact. First... more Background: The Musculoskeletal Disorders (MSDs) have a considerable socio economic impact. First, they drive up costs for workers, companies, and society in general. This applies to both direct and indirect costs associated with occupational diseases and industrial accidents. Nursing students experienced the MSD with increased cases amongst nursing staff. Nursing students continue to face the problems of MSD due to the misuse of the good technique to protect them self during clinical training hours. The study aimed to assess work-related musculoskeletal disorders among nursing students during clinical training. A cross-sectional study design used to achieve this aim. Convenience sampling technique was used to include all consenting nursing students from fifth level to eighth level (3rd and 4th year) (n=253) student who were having clinical training. The study took place at the Faculty of Nursing, Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University. The first part include demographic data questions. The second part is a self-reported pain using standardized Nordic questionnaire for the analysis of musculoskeletal symptoms that will assess different body parts namely upper limb, lower limb, and trunk sections of the body. The study illustrated that more than half of students reported pain (71.1%) and ankle or feet (43.9%) during the last 12 months. Consistent also with students who reported MSD in the last seven days, 48.2% of them reported lower back problem. There is significant relationship between number of clinical days (p = 0.05) and MSD, and no significant relationship between the MSDs and the number of the clinical hours per day (p =0.973), weight (p = 0.806). The main conclusion drawn from the current study is that the majority of nursing students are high risk for MSDs due to improper body mechanics or wrong posture.
Background: Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) are one of the various widespread infectious dis... more Background: Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) are one of the various widespread infectious diseases throughout the globe and have negative impacts on reproductive health. Objective: To evaluate the effect of an educational intervention on raising awareness of sexually transmitted diseases for University Female Students. Study design: A quasi-experimental design-one group pre-posttest. Subjects and sampling: Through convenient sample, the students in Non-health Colleges Princess Nourah University of different academic levels were selected (1223 students). Source of information on STDs as social media, friends, public talker, teacher, health worker, posters, and newspaper. Part III: Questions about awareness of university students about STDs and its symptoms. Results: The finding of this study shown that two-thirds of university female students gain their awareness through social media while only less than half of them get their information from teachers. In addition, the findings revealed that the level of awareness for majority of university students regarding STDs had been raised after implementation of the educational intervention than before with highly statistically significant differences. Conclusion: The applied educational intervention is effective to raise awareness of sexually transmitted diseases for university female students.
Perception of Saudi Female School Students about Nursing as a Career, 2019
The profession of nursing is considered a high and human profession because of its association wi... more The profession of nursing is considered a high and human profession because of its association with human health, preserving its life, alleviating its suffering and sense of pain. Nurses have an essential role in the healthcare system and services provided to patients. The effect of this role affected by the shortage of nurses globally, as well as in Saudi Arabia. The study aimed to explore the high school female student's perspective toward nursing as a career. Design: Cross-sectional design. Setting: in High Schools for female in Riyadh. Sample: Convenience sample consisted of 517 students at the previously mentioned study setting. Tools: data obtained using nursing intent questionnaire 3 parts. Including demographic data with eight questions in which response alternatives was specified to ensure comparability of the response and to facilitate analysis. The other two parts were adopted from a similar research work, including (a) the statements on knowledge with 12 questions, attitude with 10 questions and intention towards nursing with 5 questions and (b) the causes that prevent students from being nurses with 10 questions. Results: The findings of this study shows that although the students have good attitude toward nursing profession, majority of them not considered it as the best future career. Many factors affected their decision mainly the family and friends. In addition to that, society view and apperception of the profession plays in important role in the student's decision toward to purse nursing as a future career. Conclusion: Based on the findings of this study, it was evident that the intention of young female Saudi toward nursing profession still considered as a low. There is an evolving need to lunch a public awareness programs about the correct contemporary image of nursing profession compared with before. Recommendations: Public and practice health sectors are encouraged strongly to reflect the positive image of the profession and act as a role model in a way that improves the image of the nursing profession and encourages others to become a nurse. Solutions are suggested that improvement the imaging of the nursing profession to others through education and outreach community activities to improve public perception and value of the nursing profession.
Prevention of Breast Cancer: Effects of Early Education on Knowledge and Practice of University Students in Saudi Arabia, 2019
Background: Breast cancer is perceived as being the leading cause of death among women in develop... more Background: Breast cancer is perceived as being the leading cause of death among women in developing countries.Efforts to combat this disease must begin with women at earlier ages, so that perception of breast cancer prevention is a major issue in reducing breast cancer morbidity and mortality. Objective: The study aimed to evaluate the Effects of early education on knowledge and practice of university students in Saudi Arabia Study design: A quasi-experimental design-one group pre-posttest. Source of information on breast cancer, for example the press (television, radio set, newsprint), therapeutic personnel, family and friends.III: knowledge of university students about breast cancer as definition, leading factors by means of family medical history, menarchalperiod, symptoms of the disease, by means of lump in breast, nipple discharge, pain and soreness & change in size, pr5eventionandmethods of early detection. V: Subjective preventive practice of breast cancer as perform of breast self examination, intake soybeans & perform exercises Results:About two thirds 62.2% of the The research population aged 20 with less than 22 years old. Half of the 50.2% of the research group does not even have a source of information on breast cancer.The participants in the study had limited knowledge of the nature of breast cancer, possible risk, andpreventive measures in the pre-test which improved later the education implementation. Conclusion: The conclusion of the present study was that most of research group had inadequate information on the symptoms of breast cancer, factors as well as preventive measures and early detection methods.The applicable health education activity had a significant effect on a in participants ' awareness of breast cancer and increased breast self-examination experience.
View of Knowledge, Attitude and Practices about Contraceptive Methods among Female Employees in Riyadh, 2019
The usage of contraceptive has acknowledged as a significantpart in reducing fertility and contro... more The usage of contraceptive has acknowledged as a significantpart in reducing fertility and control of population, which in turn is important for the development of the nation. Aim of the study: The study aimed to assess Knowledge, Attitude and Practices about Contraceptive Methods among Female Employees in Riyadh. Research Design: A cross sectional descriptive study. Subjects and sampling: 294 female employee Setting: The study took place at Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University in Riyadh during the period from January 2017 to June 2017. Tools: a constructed questionnaire to cover research objective was developed and distributed over participant. Results: The results of current study showed (71.4%) were using contraceptive methods, and the most practice between them was oral contraceptive pill 114. With regard to attitude the results showed that only 33.7 % of female thought that there are health benefits of using contraceptive, which indicating to the presence of a negative trend attitude using contraceptive methods among them. While the knowledge regarding to obtaining way to the contraception knowledge among respondents was poor in (65.0%), where they did not know at all about it. On the other hand, (27. 6 %) of respondents indicated that family was their main way of knowledge of contraception. Conclusion: In the light of the above results, there is an urgent need to improve the attitudes and knowledge of Saudi women in age of fertility towards the use of modern contraceptives. Recommendations: More programs needed to emphasize the beneficial impacts of the use of contraception.
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