Huthaifah Khrais

Zarqa University · Faculty of Nursing

Objective: This study aimed to evaluate the Jordanians' compliance rates in terms of personal hygiene habits in response to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional design was utilized to collect data from 651 Jordanians via an electronic self-report questionnaire. Data was analyzed using Statistic...

Aim: This study aimed to evaluate the quality of the nursing doctoral program features as perceived by students, alumni, and faculty, and to test for significant differences among them. The study was guided by Wulff’s Alignment Model. Methods: A cross-sectional design was used. Data were collected from 96 participants using an online survey, which...

Aim This survey aimed to investigate nursing students’ satisfaction and self-confidence in simulation in education during the COVID-19 pandemic. Along with comparing these levels based on selected students’ characteristics. Design A cross-sectional survey. Methods The survey was conducted at the faculty of nursing of a private university in Jorda...

Introduction: Bullying is a widespread problem in healthcare organizations, resulting in nurses' poor mental health. Effective leadership, such as authentic leadership, may help to overcome this problem. Objective: To examine the relationship between authentic leadership, workplace bullying, and nurses' mental health, controlling for demographic...

Background: Patient safety is a priority for all healthcare organisations. Enhancing patient safety incident reporting practices requires effective leadership behaviours at all levels in healthcare organisations. Aim: To explore nurses' perceptions of the influence of nurse managers' leadership behaviours and organisational culture on patient sa...

Aim: This study sought to assess the quality of the nursing PhD program as viewed by students, alumni, and faculty utilizing an alignment model as a framework. Design: Cross-sectional study. Methods: Data were collected from 96 participants using a global, formative assessment measure, the Quality of Nursing Doctoral Education questionnaire. Con...

Aim: The study aims to examine the relationships between organizational justice, corporate social responsibility, and job satisfaction among nurses in Jordan. Methods: A quantitative, cross-sectional design was utilized the study utilized a descriptive cross-sectional research design. The study was performed in a single hospital site in Jordan. A t...

Abstract Aim: This study aimed to examine the relationship between perceived unit practice councils' functionality and nurses' accountability in Saudi Arabia. Design: A descriptive, correlational and cross-sectional design was used. Methods: Convenience sampling of 160 nurses working in multiple sites of a large, tertiary medical centre in Saudi Ar...

Aim: This survey aimed to investigate nursing students’ satisfaction and self-confidence in simulation in education during the COVID-19 pandemic. Design: A cross-sectional survey. Methods: The survey was conducted at the faculty of nursing of a private university in Jordan. Students’ satisfaction and self-confidence levels in simulation learning we...

Aim: This study explores the relationship between Jordanian nurses' work motivation, engagement, and intention to stay among Jordanian nurses. Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional correlational design was performed. Data were collected from nurses by convenience sampling from three major public hospitals in Jordan. The data were collected using...

Aim: The aim of the study was to examine the effect of perceived organizational support, accountability and nurses' characteristics on missed nursing care under the impact of COVID-19. Design: A cross-sectional design was used to describe and predict nurses' characteristics. Methods: A sample of 536 Registered Nurses participated in the study from...

Background: To the best of our knowledge, no studies have explored leadership practices in relation to structural and psychological empowerment among nurses during COVID-19. Therefore, this study aimed to examine those relationships among Jordanian nurses working in Emergency Departments (ED) during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: A descriptive cor...

Background: In 2000, 189 countries' leaders established the 'Millennium Development Goals'; 2015 was set as the due date for achieving them. Approaching 2015, they were reformed and renamed to be 'Sustainable Development Goals' and were given another 15 years to work on them, up to 2030. Healthcare-related goals were among the top priority to achie...

This report describes a case of a 60-year-old male patient who received the first dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine and presented to the emergency department complaining of left hand pain and paresthesia. Investigations revealed upper limb ischemia; he was hospitalized for further management.

Exploration of factors associated with adolescents’ substance use disorder and risk evaluation using their narratives are not adequately addressed in the literature. The purpose of this study was to explore the adolescent’s lived experiences regarding factors associated with substance use disorder. A descriptive phenomenological approach was used....

Objective(s): To explore the perceived threats of COVID-19 and how it changed the personal hygienic precautionary behaviors across multiple countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. Design: A cross-sectional descriptive design was used to survey the four targeted MENA countries: Jordan, Palestinian territories, Saudi Arabia, a...

Background/Aims In the complex healthcare industry, transformational leadership and emotional intelligence in managers can achieve better outcomes. However, there is a lack of knowledge about the interaction between these two features. This study explored the traits of transformational leadership among the nurse managers in Jordan, focusing on the...

Background: Evidence-based nursing practice (EBNP) is considered a major and very important global paradigm shift. Unfortunately, most healthcare providers and researchers embrace the concept of evidence-based practice (EBP) without integrating this concept in clinical settings. The current situation of EBP and new practice guidelines utilization i...

This study was aimed to investigate the effect of quality of healthcare on patient satisfaction and their loyalty towards a private hospital in Jordan. In total, 130 outpatients participated in a questionnaire survey at one of the biggest private hospitals in Jordan. These data were analysed using SPSS and applying approaches that involved frequenc...

Aim The aim of this study was to explore the effectiveness of concept maps in improving the critical thinking of nursing students. Method This quasi-experimental study was conducted using a pretest–posttest design among two groups of a total of 115 nursing students. Participants were either exposed to concept mapping sessions or taught with tradit...

Purpose: To examine the presence and appropriate usage of the statistical assumptions in nursing journals that have an impact factor. Methods: Using a retrospective exploratory design, 90 studies were examined. All the selected papers are classified by the Institute for Scientific Information and have an impact factor. The reviewed papers were dist...

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to assess stresslevel and organizational support in nurses working inJordan and Egypt and to identify the relationship betweenperceived stress and organizational support among nursesin both countries.Methods: A descriptive comparative design utilizing self-administered questionnaire was utilized to evaluate th...

Objective This study aims to determine the attitude of Jordanian physicians toward disclosure of cancer information, comfort and use of different decision-making approaches, and treatment decision making. Methods A descriptive, comparative research design was used. A convenience sample of 86 Jordanian medical and radiation oncologists and surgeons...

The self-care practices of children with cancer and the dependent-care practices of their parents are important. These practices were systematic based on Orem’s theory of self-care. The notion of this question was to mark the abilities of participants when self-care deficits occurred. In this paper, a critique for a qualitative study was conducted....

To determine Jordanian women's attitudes toward disclosure of breast cancer information and their information needs. A descriptive comparative research design was used in this study. A convenience sample of 156 Jordanian women who had a confirmed first time diagnosis of breast cancer within 18 months prior to the study and had treatment at three ho...