Omar Hasan Almahmoud

Birzeit University · pharmacy,nursing,and health professions college

Problem Hypertension (HTN) is one of the non-communicable whose prevalence is rising in both developed and developing countries. There is a scarcity of data on the prevalence of HTN in Arab countries. This review outlines what is currently known about prevalence and risk factors of HTN in adolescence in Arab world. Eligibility criteria A systemati...

Background Resilience has emerged as a concept that could explain and predict good academic and well-being of students in stressful and traumatic situations. This study was conducted to assess resilience and identify predictors of high resilience scores among nursing students in Palestine. Methods This cross-sectional study adhered to the Strength...

Background Resilience has emerged as a concept that could explain and predict good academic and well-being of students in stressful and traumatic situations. This study was conducted to assess resilience and identify predictors of high resilience scores among nursing students in Palestine. Methods This cross-sectional study adhered to the Strengthe...

Read about how a son, who's also a nurse, cared for his mother after she was infected with COVID-19 and the universal lessons they learned.

المقدمة …………………………………………………………… 9 الوحدة الاولى اهداف الوحدة …………………………………………………. 13 مقدمة في الاسعاف الاولي ………………………………………… 14 صندوق الاسعاف الاولي ………………………………………… 17 نقل المريض الى الموسسات الصحية ……………………………… 20 سلسلة النجاة …………………………………………………… 21 التقييم الاولي والثانوي………………………………………… 24 الفرز الاسعافي ………………………………………………….. 31 حالات دراسية…...

Florence Nightingale is usually the first name that comes to mind when nursing is discussed anywhere in the world. This great and inspirational woman was born on May 12, 1820. She played a wide range of roles in nursing, including practitioner, educator, and researcher. As a tribute to her incredible contributions, I created this NURSING acronym fo...

The aim of this exploratory essay is to explore the communication style between newborns and neonatal intensive care nurses. An in-depth literature reviewing was used to explore newborn behavior and communication, various neonatal assessment scales were analyzed. It is concluded that newborn used both verbal and non-verbal ways to express themselve...

The management of critically ill patients is complicated and often involves complex devices including mechanical ventilators (MVs), which may be associated with many complications. Protective lung strategies (PLSs) are used to prevent complications associated with MVs, but nurses may not possess adequate knowledge to optimize the efficacy of PLSs....

Although many studies discussed evidence-based practice among general nurses, few studies were found by the researchers among intensive care unit nurses. Also, no study has been conducted to investigate the predictors of evidence-based practice among intensive care unit nurses in Jordan. Therefore, this study aims to identify the predictors of evid...

Objectives: The study aimed at assessing the stressors among hemodialysis (HD) patients and finding out whether there is any relation between these stressors and patients' characteristics in the North of the West Bank. Methods: A quantitative, cross-sectional, descriptive–analytical study was carried out. Data collection took place at three governm...

Background: Severe Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP) is a serious vasoproliferative disorder that can affect extremely premature infants. It continues to be one of the most important preventable causes of blindness in children. Our study is aimed at finding the incidence of ROP and its association with some risk factors in Palestine. Methods: Fro...

Aim To determine the prevalence rate and the potential risk factors of pressure ulcers (PUs) among patients in the intensive care unit (ICU) departments of the government hospitals in Palestine. Methods A quantitative, cross-sectional, descriptive analytical study was carried out in five government hospital intensive care units in four different P...

The aim of this study is to measure the pressure ulcers (PUs) incidence and its related variables among adult intensive care patients. A prospective descriptive study was conducted among 140 patients admitted to an Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of governmental hospitals in Palestine to determine the incidence of PUs and to evaluate PU risk factors. Res...

Resilience is defined as an individual's capability to bounce back from hardship. Nurses face adversity every day that is not a characteristic of other professions. Not only do nurses carry an emotional burden from dealing with patients and their families who are, in turn, going through difficult and traumatic events, but they also often suffer fro...

Overview: Different studies have examined the prevalence of pressure ulcers in acute care settings, but few have provided information on features of pressure ulcers that develop in the hospital stay. This issue is important to hospital care providers because it has implications for the timing of preventive interventions. Aim:Determine the prevalen...