Mohammed Baqer Abbas Al-Jubouri

University of Baghdad · College of Nursing

Background Artificial intelligence (AI) is becoming increasingly important in healthcare, with a significant impact on nursing practice. As future healthcare practitioners, nursing students must be prepared to incorporate AI technologies into their job. This study aimed to explore the associated factors with nursing students’ intention to use AI....

Background: Epilepsy, a chronic brain disorder causing recurrent seizures, affects over 50 million people globally, leading to significant social challenges due to prevalent misconceptions. Objective: This study aims to evaluate patients' knowledge about epilepsy at Baquba Teaching Hospital's neurological department. Methodology: A pre-experimental...

Epilepsy is a common chronic brain disorder that affects people of all ages, genders, races, income statuses, and geographic locations. Approximately 7.6 out of every 1,000 individuals will experience epilepsy at some belief in their life. The most significant factors contributing to this are negative beliefs about the risks associated with epileps...

Introduction In hemodialysis patients, pain associated with needle insertion into an arteriovenous fistula is a physical and psychological problem. The aim of this study was to assess the effectiveness of pre‐puncture application of an ice pack, EMLA cream, or lidocaine spray to reduce pain associated with access puncture. Methods This was a multi...

Background Unsafe traditional practices are performed in different societies, especially in developing countries, owing to poverty and low levels of education. Traditional practices are usually derived from the relationship between the environment and human attitudes toward nature. Some traditional practices originate from religious beliefs, cultur...

Background: Understanding the challenges facing nurses toward providing care to patients with cerebrovascular accidents is the initial step in developing strategies to address these challenges, thereby ensuring high-quality care. Aim: The study aimed to assess the challenges experienced by nurses in delivering care to patients with CVAs in neurolog...

Background: Blood donation is process obtaining, analyzing, preparing, and preserving blood and its many components essential for life-saving that enhances health and lowers mortality rates. Despite the fact that giving blood is frequently demonstrated to be a voluntary service, certain studies highlight a number of factors that affect blood donati...

Objective: To determine the effectiveness of foot massage for patients who have diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN). Methods: A true experimental study was conducted from November 3, 2022 to May 18, 2023. A probability (simple random) sample of (52) diabetic patients diagnosed with DPN at Al-Hassan Specialized Center for Endocrinology and Diabetes...

Objective Cardiovascular diseases are the first ranked cause of death worldwide. Adhering to health promoting lifestyle behaviors will maintain an individual’s cardiovascular health and decrease the risk of cardiovascular diseases. Methods In this descriptive study, 150 nursing faculty were surveyed via a non-probability (purposive) sampling metho...

Objective(s): The aim of this study is to assess the effect of face mask perception on the duration of wearing mask among nurses during the pandemic of coronavirus, and to find out the relationship between the duration of wearing mask and the nurse demographic characteristic of age, gender, level of education, and marital status. Methodology: A qua...

This study aimed to explore self and public stigma towards mental illness and associated factors among university students from 11 Arabic-speaking countries. This cross-sectional study included 4241 university students recruited from Oman, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Syria, Sudan, Bahrain, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine and Egyp...

The COVID-19 pandemic is posing significant public-health issues. Broad adoption of preventative measures such as masking and vaccination is required to keep the pandemic under control. As nursing faculty play an important role in the future of nursing, their perception regarding wearing mask and taking vaccine can be crucial in preventive measures...

Background:The first COVID-19 vaccine was authorized in the United States in December 2020. It is recognized that vaccination is a preventive and effective measure for limiting the coronavirus pandemic. Nursing students' perspectives on vaccine acceptance may be critical for COVID-19 pandemic prevention as future professionals. The study has focuse...

Background: Huge efforts are being made to control the spread and impacts of the coronavirus pandemic using vaccines. However, willingness to be vaccinated depends on factors beyond the availability of vaccines. The aim of this study was three-folded: to assess children’s rates of COVID-19 Vaccination as reported by parents, to explore parents’ att...

Background: The patient's vital signs must stay stable pre a pulmonary function test since the approach demands the patient to breathe slowly and deeply and exhale quickly. However, events that cause variations in normal vital signs may impact the patient. Many strategies can be utilized to stabilize vital signs, including music treatment. The purp...

Background: The World Health Organization was declared COVID-19 a pandemic on March 11, 2020. As a result, to keep the coronavirus under control, protective technique like face covering is required. Vaccination, on the other hand, is regarded as a preventative and effective measure. As nursing students play an important role in the future of nursin...

Background: professional quality work-life, as one of the most important issues in the nursing profession, can negatively affect the healthcare system. Purpose: To examine the professional quality work life. Method: A descriptive cross-sectional study a non-probability sampling method used and total sample collected was (126) of ICU nurses. Results...

Abstract BACKGROUND:Compassion competence is a nurse's ability to provide patient-centered care and communicate with patients in a sensitive and insightful manner. This descriptive cross-sectional survey study aimed to assess the compassion competence of a multinational group of nursing students. METHOD:A total of 1,158 undergraduate nursing studen...

Background: Moral distress, as one of the most important issues in the nursing profession, can negatively affect the healthcare system Objectives: To examine the effect of moral distress on decision making. Methodology: A descriptive cross-sectional study a non-probability sampling method was used and a total sample collected was (126) ICU nurses...

Background: Medical-surgical nurses are responsible of providing competent care to clients with a wide-array of acute and chronic health problems. This challenging task requires arming nurses with advanced competencies of health literacy to effectively educate their clients. However, evidence about medical-surgical nurse’s health literacy-related k...

Background: Moral distress, as one of the most important issues in the nursing profession, can negatively affect the healthcare system. Purpose: To examine the effect of moral distress on professional quality work life. Method: A descriptive cross-sectional study a non-probability sampling method used and total sample collected was (126) of ICU nur...

Background: Health care providers (HCPs) have always been a common target of stigmatization during widespread infections and COVID-19 is not an exception. Aim: This study aims to investigate the prevalence of stigmatization during the COVID-19 pandemic among HCPs in seven different countries using the Stigma COVID-19 Healthcare Providers tool (S19...

Background: Huge efforts are being made to control the spread and impacts of the coronavirus pandemic using vaccines. However, willingness to be vaccinated depends on factors beyond the availability of vaccines. The aim of this study was three-folded: to assess the prevalence of children’s vaccination against COVID-19, to explore parents’ attitudes...

Objectives: The present study aimed to assess the compulsion among health care providers during the pandemic of COVID-19. Methodology: a descriptive design was used in the present study. This study was conducted from October 10th, 2020 through May 20th, 2021. The study was conducted on a probability (convenient) sample of 248 physicians and nurses...

Background: Academic stress refers to any academic demands (e.g., environmental, social, or internal demands) that effect in student behavior. Learning and examination, performance competition, especially mastering much knowledge in a short time, would lead to different degrees of academic pressure. Although all planned courses have been affected b...

Purpose The S19-HCPs tool evaluates the stigma towards healthcare providers working with patients with COVID-19. Materials and Methods The psychometric properties of the Arabic and English versions of the S19-HCPs were examined. A survey using the S19-HCPs scale was administered online. Two reliability analyses were used in this study to identify...

Background: Health care providers (HCPs) have always been a common target of stigmatization during widespread infections and COVID-19 is not an exception. Aim: This study aims to investigate the prevalence of stigma during the COVID-19 pandemic among HCPs in 7 different countries using the Stigma COVID-19 Healthcare Providers tool (S19-HCPs). De...

Objectives Civil environment in nursing education enhances achieving learning outcomes. Addressing incivility can be crucial to improve academic achievements. The purpose of this study was examining the psychometric properties of the Arabic version of the Incivility in Nursing Education-Revised scale regarding nursing faculty. Methods This cross-s...

Objectives: The present study aims to assess the obsession among health care providers during the pandemic of COVID-19.

Background: The competence exam is an action to develop nursing students' competencies before graduation to be prepared for clinical settings. Many nursing schools around the world require passing standardized tests in terms of graduation in a nursing program. However, there is no such an exam in Iraq. Method: Rogers Diffusion of Innovation Theory...

Debate is a teaching strategy in nursing education that enhances students' critical thinking. Although debate can be an effective teaching strategy, it is not without limitations. This article discusses the advantages and disadvantages of debate as a teaching strategy in nursing. Also, evaluating debates and choosing topics are highlighted. [J Cont...

Learning communication skills is very important for people who want to be successful in their life. Successes in crucial conversations can improve many aspects like education, health, administration, leadership, relationships, etc. Nurses can improve the quality of care through maintaining a safe environment and assisting students, patients, and st...

Aim: The aim of this study was to assess the effectiveness of listening to music or Quran in reducing cancer patients' anxiety before chemotherapy administration. Reducing anxiety in people with cancer, prior to chemotherapy administration, is a crucial goal in nursing care. Design: An experimental comparative study was conducted. Methods: A s...

Background: Eye care in intensive care units is crucial to avoid eye problems associated with infections, use of medications, effect of mechanical ventilators, and patient position. Indeed, there is no specific guideline or protocols use in eye care in Iraqi intensive care units, so the study focused on nurses to assess their knowledge regarding ev...

Background In nursing programs, incivility can be a main issue affecting future registered nurses, and this may threaten patient safety. Nursing faculty play an important role in this scenario to reduce incivility. Purpose The aim of this study was to assess incivility among nursing faculty in different countries. Method This descriptive (cross-s...

Compassionate care is the wish of every patient, health professionals, the public and loved ones (John, 2016). Interestingly, the presence or absence of compassion leaves an indelible impression that patients and their relatives have about their experiences of care in the health facilities. Compassion is the main factor which adds to patient satisf...

Background Incivility in nursing education can negatively affect the academic achievement. As there is no tool in Arabic to assess incivility among nursing students, there is a need for a valid and reliable tool. Purpose This study aimed to investigate the psychometric properties of the Arabic version of the Incivility in Nursing Education- Revise...

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to assess Iraqi nurses’ knowledge and practice toward oral care for intubated patients. Method: A purposive sampling method was used to survey 143 Iraqi nurses who met the sampling criteria in this cross-sectional study. Results: The results showed that the average percentages representing nurses’ knowledge an...

Statement of the Problem: Iraq has been in a war status since 2003. Falling of the Saddam regime in 2003, almost daily terrorist attaches from 2003-2014 and the occupation of some Iraqi cities by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) from 2014-2017; put Iraq under the war condition. Iraqi nurses have played an important role, in that thre...

Ischemic heart disease (IHD) is considered a serious danger for human beings' health, and it is the main cause of death in many developed and developing countries around the world. Many factors may cause IHD and one of them is stress. Iraqi immigrants in the United States may face many stressors that may increase their risk of developing IHD. A cro...

Objective: To assess nurses' knowledge about nosocomial infection at hospital in Baghdad city. Methodology: A descriptive study was carried out at hospitals in the city of Baghdad and included (Baghdad teaching hospital, Gazi al-hariri hospital, Al-karama hospital, Al-yarmok hospital, and al-kadhmia hospital). Starting from 5 of August 2012 to 20...

Aim: To evaluate the leukemic patient`s compliance with oral chemotherapy in Baghdad city. Methodology A descriptive study was carried out at Baghdad hospitals (Baghdad teaching hospital, and nursing home hospital). Starting from 11 of December 2012 to 27 of June 2013. A non-probability (purposive) sample of 60 patients with leukemia and they were...

Objectives: 1-To find out the relationship between stressful life events and socio-demographical characteristics (age, gender, marital status, and socioeconomic status) of adult patients with ischemic heart disease. 2-To assess the stressful life events of adult patients with ischemic heart disease (IHD) in Baghdad city. Methodology: A descriptive...