Nathira Abdelqader Al Hmaimat

• Doctor of Philosophy
• Professor (Assistant) at Fatima College of Health Sciences - Abu Dhabi

Background: Delaying seeking health care for patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) causes high mortality and morbidity with variations among men and women regarding reasons for this delay. Objectives: This study explored factors associated with prehospital delay among men and women experiencing acute coronary syndrome for the first time in...

Background The Dedicated Education Unit is a clinical learning model designated to deliver more targeted learning opportunities and enhance student nurses learning capacity. It provides students with more opportunities to develop their skills, experience different learning events, consolidate their knowledge, and build their professional nursing id...

Background The burden of COPD is growing, and it is one of the leading disease burdens worldwide. Studies on symptom burden as a multidimensional concept in COPD and functional performance are lacking, and little is known about the effect of multiple symptoms and symptom burden on functional performance. Methods A descriptive, cross-sectional corr...

Objectives: Improvement of symptoms and activities is one of the major treatment goals for patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). The COPD guidelines recognise the need to address the effect of the disease on the patient's daily life and reduce the risk of future exacerbations. This study aimed to explore the level of functiona...

The purpose of this paper is to describe the development process of evidence based recommendations about weight lifting (WL) on breast cancer survivors with lymphedema related to surgical interruption of axillary lymph nodes. It provides an overview of the incidence of breast cancer, and breast cancer related-lymphedema (BCRL). Also it describes th...

Background The World Health Organization estimated a need for around 6 million nurses by 2030 to meet the healthcare demand. The International Council of Nurses reported that, the impact of COVID-19 pandemic, the aging nursing workforce, and the high turnover of nurses were some of the factors that contributed to the anticipated 13 million nursing...

Background: Nursing education that moved online during the COVID19 pandemic was a technical success. However, nurses may have suffered increased anxiety in the months following the initial rollout of the courses. Faculty that want to best prepare nurses for the clinical setting could prepare nurses for the increased anxiety that accompanies an onli...

Background: Higher education in field of Nursing in the United Arab Emirates faces many challenges regarding the increasing number of nursing students at the Baccalaureate level in nursing programs, which in fact, is a similar situation in all parts of the world (Saifan et al., 2021; Wollin & Fairweather, 2012 & Torregosa et al., 2015). Method: Thi...

Background: Excellence in teaching and the quality of outcomes are the targeted goals of higher education, specifically the higher education of Nursing, and is a requirement of the accreditation commissions. To achieve these tasks, regular evaluations of the program curricula is required. Purpose: This study aims to provide an innovative way of mea...

Background: Lymphedema is a serious complication after breast cancer treatment, which characterized by accumulation of the lymphatic fluid and proteins in the interstitial spaces, leading to persistent swelling of the arm at the side of the surgery. This complication resulted from axillary lymphnode dissection as a surgical intervention, however; s...