Jonas Preposi Cruz's research while affiliated with Nazarbayev University and other places
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Publications (92)
This multi-disciplinary, cross-sectional, and descriptive study investigated health care students’ face mask use knowledge, attitude, and practices (KAP) and social distancing attitudes. The study was carried out from October to December 2021 and surveyed 543 health care students selected via convenience sampling from the three Shaqra University ca...
Aims. This study assessed the nurses’ knowledge of, skills on and attitudes toward health education among nurses working at the University Medical Center Corporate Fund (UMC) in Kazakhstan. The personal and professional factors influencing the nurses’ knowledge of, skills on and attitudes toward health education were also investigated.
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Background:
The learning process for nurses, including internships, was affected during the COVID-19 pandemic, which may have made the nurse internship program more challenging and stressful for participants. Therefore, it is significant to explore the experiences of nurse interns during COVID-19.
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This study aimed to explore Saudi nurse int...
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The study tested the validity and reliability of the “Disaster Response Self-Efficacy Scale” Arabic version (DRSES-A) among Saudi nursing students.
Background
Disaster self-efficacy is one such factor of increasing interest. Little research has explored disaster response self-efficacy despite growing evidence on disaster response preparedness...
We investigated the influence of nursing students' sleep quality on their patient safety (PS) competence (i.e., knowledge of the dimensions of PS). The investigation surveyed 242 nursing students in a Saudi university. The majority of the surveyed students were characterized as having poor sleep quality. Notably, more male students experienced poor...
Introduction:
Infection is a key challenge in healthcare settings around the world. Healthcare professionals (HCPs), including medical laboratory technologists (MLTs) and nurses, are at risk of infection because they are in close contact with infected patients. This investigation was conducted to evaluate the awareness, attitude, and practices of...
Background
This study explored the empowerment of nursing students to contribute to nursing education and recommend ways of increasing the engagement of nursing students in their training. The development of empowerment among nursing students leads to the maximum achievement of learning competencies and enables them to eventually become competent n...
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This study examines how nursing students in Saudi Arabia view their holistic development during university study and the association between their perceptions and academic performance.
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Holistic nursing education fosters broad development and emphasizes students' cognitive, emotional, social, physical, and spiritual potentials....
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This study examined the predictors of student nurses’ intention to vaccinate against COVID-19. We measured the nursing students’ risk perceptions, anxiety, fears and beliefs on COVID-19 vaccine; attitudes towards it and vaccine literacy (VL).
Design
This study is a multi-university study utilizing the quantitative, cross-sectional and predict...
Background:
It is crucial to evaluate student academic motivation and self-directed learning (SDL) readiness while teaching online or flexibly. During the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic, there were few investigations on the link between academic motivation and SDL readiness.
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This study investigated the connection between academic motivat...
Background: Addressing nursing students' lack of interest in providing care for the aged population is a global challenge for nursing educators. Despite global interest in student nurses' readiness for older people care, almost all the literature has been identified from single countries, predominantly with high income per capita. At present, no st...
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This study explores nurses’ perceived spiritual well-being in the workplace during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Background
Nurses have been working heavy shifts under challenging workplace conditions during the COVID-19 pandemic, leading to anxiety and psychological stress. These various challenges at work place their spiritual well-being at risk....
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This study investigated the influence of structural empowerment and work ethics on work engagement among millennial Saudi clinical nurses.
Background
No extensive research has been conducted on the structural empowerment, work ethics, and work engagement of millennial nurses, especially in Arab countries such as Saudi Arabia.
Design
Correlati...
Background
Every person has a persona (or mask) which is the façade that every person shows to the world. Thus, males use façade to reveal or conceal their true feelings and emotions. Also, the male uses mental health façade to protect themselves from prejudice and judgment. Thus, the study aimed to explore the experiences of male Saudi nursing stu...
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This investigation was endeavored to study the influence of the hospital's spiritual climate on nurse's work engagement in Saudi Arabia.
Background:
Creating a safe clinical environment for nurses to express their spirituality despite preferences or religiosity is essential to increase work productivity, satisfaction, and commitment.
Metho...
In a country such as Saudi Arabia where gender equality-related challenges continue to be social issues, measuring the health empowerment of Saudi working women is critical in understanding the real picture of women empowerment in the country during this era of great transformation. Therefore, we conducted this research to evaluate psychometric pro...
Disaster can lead to stressful crises and life stress among individuals. One of the most vulnerable age groups to post-traumatic stress are older adults. As such, this study explored older Filipino adults’ living experiences pertaining to disaster during Typhoon Haiyan, highlighting the problems they encounter after the disaster and identifying fac...
Introduction:
Antibiotic resistance is a threat to public health and safety globally. The inadequate undergraduate education on antibiotic stewardship may contribute to the clinical malpractice of antibiotics, causing serious consequences toward patient health. Thus, this study aimed to evaluate the knowledge of future healthcare workers in Saudi...
Purpose
To determine whether nurses’ workaholic tendencies and demographic variables predict their professional quality of life.
Design
A cross-sectional design was utilized among 427 Saudi nurses which conveniently selected in four tertiary public hospitals in Saudi Arabia.
Findings
Nurses’ have higher workaholic tendencies level and moderate pr...
Aims and Objectives
To investigate the professional quality of life and caring behaviours among clinical nurses in Saudi Arabia during the COVID-19 pandemic. We also examined the influence of the nurses’ socio-demographic and professional characteristics on the professional quality of life. Moreover, the study examined the influence of professional...
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The aim of this study is to assess the validity and reliability of the Compassion Competence Scale Arabic version for Saudi nursing students and interns.
Background
Compassion is an essential element of quality health care in which training nursing students to deliver compassionate care is important. Assessment of compassion competence of Arab...
Objective
Measuring Saudi women's subjective happiness during the present period that has brought great transformations in gender equality in KSA is essential to gather reliable information about the present situation of women in KSA. This study intends to test the validity and reliability of the ‘Subjective Happiness Scale’ Arabic version (SHS-A)...
Background
The COVID-19 pandemic has seriously impacted various aspects of the society on a global scale. Schools and universities provide rich resources for adolescents and young adults to develop significant coping mechanisms.
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This study assessed the perceptions of risk, fear, mental health status, and coping strategies among Saudi student n...
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This research investigated the perceptions of Saudi nursing students regarding self‐compassion and examined its influence on their caring behaviour and compassion competence.
Design
This is a quantitative and cross‐sectional study.
Methods
This multiuniversity study surveyed a convenience sample of 961 nursing using the Self‐compassion Scale,...
Background: Knowledge, perception, and preventive behavior should be considered in the planning of effective educational interventions for the coronavirus disease of 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and in increasing awareness about the health risks brought about by this disease. This research aimed to assess knowledge, perceptions, and preventive behavior...
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This study assessed the perceived knowledge and competence, and the attitude of Saudi nursing students towards vital signs monitoring for detecting patient deterioration during clinical rotation. It also examined the predictors of students' attitudes.
Background:
One of the most important uses of vital signs monitoring is the...
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The number of older adults with depression has increased in recent years. In relation to this, conducting a narrative review helps provide a better understanding of the adaptive functioning of depressed older adults and the significance of interventions in reducing depression. This narrative review investigates the nurses' management o...
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We assessed nurses’ perceptions of spiritual climate of their hospital and examined how it influences their professional quality of life (ProQOL).
Background
Despite the advantages of positive spiritual organizational climate on the personal and professional lives of nurses, no study has attempted to investigate the influence of spiritual cli...
Background:
The abundance of easy and accessible information and the rapid development of social networking sites (SNSs) have proven that the world is small and within reach. The great implication of this interconnectivity is attributable to the change in the learning and sharing environment, which for the most part is something that classrooms ar...
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It is known that job satisfaction and quality of life influence nurses' intention to resign from their jobs. However, health-care systems should examine all the possible factors that contribute to nurse turnover to retain them for the long term. To this purpose, this study further explores the aspects that affect the intention of nurses...
Background
The Self-Compassion Scale is an extensively used tool to measure self-compassion among different groups of population, including nurses. The tool has been translated and tested for its psychometric properties in previous studies. Assessing self-compassion among Saudi nursing students is critical as self-compassion is suggested to create...
Background
While family-centered care is considered a vital part of nursing care, nursing students seem to struggle in incorporating family-centered care in the clinical setting. Several factors such as minimal exposure in family interactions throughout their clinical practice, lack of experience in organizing family-centered clinical experiences,...
Background: The abundance of easy and accessible information and fast developing social networking sites (SNS) have proven the world is small and within reach. The great implication of this interconnectedness can be somehow attributed to the change in the learning and sharing environment, for the most part, something a classroom is lacking, and con...
There has been high interest in religious and spirituality practices among college students due to positive benefits to university life. However, no studies have been conducted examining nursing students’ religiosity and use of spiritual coping and its impact on their QOL. This cross-sectional, descriptive study measured the QOL and examined the pr...
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This investigation examined the influence of workplace incivility (WPI) on the quality of nursing care (QNC).
Background:
Recent evidence describes WPI as a serious concern in the health care setting worldwide. Exposure to WPI can alter a nurse's behaviour, thought process and perspective towards the nursing profession. Howeve...
Aims and objectives:
This study aimed to assess the perceptions of clinical practitioners (CPs) regarding the different dimensions of patient safety (PS) culture in their respective hospitals and examine the work-related predictors of PS culture perceptions.
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PS is seen as a progressively critical focus in healthcare areas worldwide....
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The risk of acquiring and spreading infection must be minimized in nursing students because they are exposed to healthcare-associated infections during clinical training. To achieve this goal, students should be knowledgeable and competent in infection control practice before proceeding to their training hospitals.
Objectives:
This s...
Understanding resilience involved in the capability of older adult disaster survivors in coping and dealing with one natural disaster to another has been the focal point of several studies. However, there has been little discussion on older adult survivors’ coping strategies following a disaster. This qualitative study explored the coping strategie...
Background
Successful implementation of KMC depends on the attitudes and practices of maternity‐ward nurses. This study assessed the attitudes and practices of kangaroo mother care (KMC) by maternity‐ward nurses in the Eastern Philippines.
Methods
A cross‐sectional survey design was used in the study. A convenience sample of 138 maternity‐ward nur...
Aim
This study examined the influence of the training hospital's infection prevention climate on the nursing students’ compliance with standard precautions during clinical training.
Background
The concept of infection prevention climate has emerged in healthcare facilities due to the acknowledged influence of organizational culture on the complian...
Background: Falling is the leading cause of physical disability, mortality and social
exclusion in older adults. In Brazil and Portugal, falls cause thousands of hospitalisa‐
tions every year. Fear of falling (FOF) causes loss of confidence in accomplishing daily
tasks, restriction in social activities and increased dependence.
Aim: To compare the...
Aims and objectives:
To investigate the workplace incivility of nurses working in two Saudi hospitals and analyse its influence on the nurses' professional quality of life (ProQOL).
Background:
The prevalence and economic impact of workplace incivility cannot be overstated and disregarded. To the current authors' knowledge, no extensive study on...
Background: Spiritual care is a growing field of interest in the healthcare industry in Saudi Arabia, one that is largely defined by the religious and cultural context of the country that has a rich and strong backdrop. Workplace spiritual climate may have a significant impact on nurses’ ability and willingness to provide spiritual care. This study...
Aims and Objectives
This study assessed the perceived patient safety competence during clinical training of Saudi nursing students.
Background
Ensuring safety in healthcare settings requires improvements in the educational and clinical practice of professionals. Experts stressed that shared patient safety culture must be of primary importance; the...
BACKGROUND: With the steadily increasing size of its elderly popu.lation, Saudi Arabia is currently trying to meet the demands for com.petent care for older people. However, the lack of a valid and reliable measurement instrument in the Arab Peninsula hinders related studies among nursing students in this part of the globe. Given the importance of...
Introduction:
Nursing students are susceptible to healthcare-associated infections because of their direct patient interactions during their clinical training. Hence, compliance with standard precautions (SPs) is paramount during their clinical exposure and training. This study investigated the compliance with SPs and its predictors among Saudi nu...
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The unrelenting migration trend of Filipino nurses to other countries has threatened the quality of patient care services in the country. This study explored the extent of nurses' organizational commitment and turnover intention in the Philippines. Furthermore, predictors of nurses' organizational commitment and turnover intention were...
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This study investigated the spiritual climate of a hospital in Saudi Arabia as perceived by nurses.
Background
A spiritually conducive environment improves patient, nurse and organizational outcomes. Despite being important, no studies have investigated this area in the Muslim‐dominated Middle Eastern countries.
Introduction
A snapshot on the...
The authors regret that the following error occurred in the original publication of the article. The corrected text has been presented with this erratum. In the Ethical Consideration section, the first statement, "The hospital's research ethics committee granted permission to conduct the study" should read "The hospital's administration granted per...
Purpose:
This study investigated the quality of life (QOL) and its predictors among nursing students in a university in Saudi Arabia.
Design:
A descriptive, cross-sectional design.
Method:
A convenience sample of 175 baccalaureate nursing students from a university in Saudi Arabia was surveyed in this study. Using the WHOQOL-BREF and a sociode...
Purpose:
To assess the present patient safety culture of three general hospitals in Saudi Arabia, as perceived by nurses.
Design:
This study utilized a descriptive, cross-sectional design.
Methods:
A convenience sample of 351 nurses working in three general hospitals in the central region of Saudi Arabia was surveyed in this study using the Ho...
Reported natural disasters are steadily increasing, yet there is limited previous research explicitly exploring the predictors of disaster resiliency among older people from typhoon-hit provinces. This study examined the relationships between life satisfaction, attitude, spirituality and locus of control towards resiliency among older adult Typhoon...
Objective
To assess the factors influencing the attitudes of Bachelor of Science in Nursing students toward climate change and environmental sustainability and the inclusion of these concepts in the nursing curricula of four Arab countries.
Method
A convenience sample of 1,059 students from four Arab countries was surveyed using the Environmental...
Background: Nursing student life is stressful as a result of the work they exert to learn concepts ranging from basic to complicated issues and health concerns for maintaining overall human health. Hence, assessing the quality of life (QOL) of nursing students is important to determine if they have excellent well-being levels as they go through the...
Aims and Objectives
This study assessed the optimism and proactive coping utilization of nurses and examined their influence on quality of life (QOL).
Background
Nurses are often exposed to challenging situations in the clinical area, which may negatively impact the QOL of nurses. Hence, being optimistic and proactive may assist nurses to develop...
In recent years, non-communicable diseases (NCDs) have become epidemic in Bangladesh. Behaviour changing interventions are key to prevention and management of NCDs. A great majority of people in Bangladesh have low health literacy, are less receptive to health information, and are unlikely to embrace positive health behaviours. Mass media campaigns...
Aim:
To assess the psychometric properties of the Spiritual Climate Scale Arabic version for Saudi nurses.
Background:
Evidence showed that a high level of spiritual climate in the workplace is associated with increased productivity and performance, enhanced emotional intelligence, organisational commitment and job satisfaction among nurses.
Me...
Purpose:
This study investigated the staff nurses' perception of the infection prevention climate and its predictors in two hospitals.
Design:
This is a cross-sectional study employing a convenience sample of 224 staff nurses at two general hospitals in Riyadh province.
Methods:
The study utilized a two-part questionnaire that captures respond...
Purpose: This study was conducted to compare perceptions of stress and quality of life (QoL)
among nursing students from three countries (the Philippines, Greece, and Nigeria) and to examine
the impact of stress on theirQoL.
Design andmethods: A comparative, cross-sectional research design was used in this study. Data
were collected from 547 nursin...
Purpose:
To assess cultural competence among nursing students from nine countries to provide an international perspective on cultural competence.
Design:
A descriptive, cross-sectional design.
Methods:
A convenience sample of 2,163 nursing students from nine countries was surveyed using the Cultural Capacity Scale from April to November 2016....
Background:
Climate change and its impact on health continues to receive inadequate attention in the nursing literature, especially in the Arab region. This study explored the knowledge of and attitudes toward climate change and its effect on health among nursing students from four Arab countries.
Method:
A cross-sectional study was conducted am...
Background:
Studies have shown that spiritual/religious beliefs are associated with mental health and health-related quality of life (HRQoL). However, few studies evaluated how spiritual/religious coping (SRC) could affect hemodialysis patients.
Objectives:
The present study investigated the role of SRC behaviors on HRQoL and depressive symptoms...
Background: Schistosomiasis is one of the most widespread parasitic infections in the world. Although there were several studies about the effect of health education against schistosomiasis, no empirical data was established concerning to its knowledge and preventive practices of rural residents in this disease among its rural residents.
Aim: To a...
This study evaluated the psychometric properties of the Filipino versions of the Duke University Religion Index (DUREL-F) and the Spiritual Coping Strategies scale (SCS-F) for hemodialysis (HD) patients in the Philippines. A convenient sample of 162 HD patients was included in this descriptive, cross-sectional study. The DUREL-F and SCS-F exhibited...
Cultural Competence Among Nursing Students in Three Countries: A Cross-Sectional Study
Purpose: Mental health problems continue to contribute a significant fraction of the global disease burden (Whiteford, Ferrari, Degenhardt, Feigin & Vos, 2015). Globally, approximately 20 percent of children and adolescents experience mental health problems, while up to 50 percent of adult mental disorders begin in adolescents (Belfer, 2008). The P...
Mental disorders are a major public health challenge globally, contributing to 40% of the global burden of disease. Nevertheless, it remains highly neglected by health planners and policy makers, particularly in low and middle income countries (LMIC). Bangladesh, one of the low-income countries, suffers from a severe shortage of appropriately train...
Aim:
To assess the psychometric properties of the Cultural Capacity Scale Spanish version in Chilean nursing students.
Background:
The increased diversity in healthcare facilities and the current shortage of local nursing workforce in Chile present a significant challenge to the nursing education to train future competent local nurses. To facili...
Background:
Faculty continue to observe students struggling as they adapt their study strategies to learn nursing core content.
Objectives:
This study described the study habits of Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) students prior to admission to the program.
Design:
This study used a descriptive qualitative research design.
Settings and pa...
Aim: This study assessed the cultural competence of nursing students in a Saudi University.
Background: With the current situation of immigration in Saudi Arabia, the cultural diversity in healthcare
facilities is anticipated to grow. This presents a great challenge to the members of the healthcare team.
Methods: A cross-sectional study was conduct...
Background: No study has been undertaken to understand how spirituality and spiritual care is perceived and implemented by Saudi nursing students undergoing training for their future professional roles as nurses.
Objectives: This study was conducted to investigate the perception of Baccalaureate nursing students toward spirituality and spiritual c...
Mental disorders are a major public health challenge globally, contributing to 40% of the global burden of disease. Nevertheless, it remains highly neglected by health planners and policy makers, particularly in low and middle income countries (LMIC). Bangladesh, one of the low-income countries, suffers from a severe shortage of appropriately train...
Background: With the rising influx of migrants into Saudi Arabia, it becomes necessary to develop a valid and reliable tool that can accurately measure the cultural competence of the Saudi nursing students.
Aim: This study evaluated the psychometric properties of the Cultural Capacity Scale Arabic version (CCS-A) for nursing students.
Methods: A...
Across the globe, evaluating the initiatives and planning strategies of the modern workforce has become increasingly imperative. By developing professional competencies, various sectors can achieve better quality skill development.
Workforce Development Theory and Practice in the Mental Health Sector is an essential reference source on the underst...
Background: With the continued emigration of Filipino nurses and increasing globalization, there is a need for globally competent nurses. Thus, the development of cultural competence among nursing students is critical in their preparation to assume their future responsibilities in the profession.
Objectives: This study investigated the predictors...
Meticulous observance of standard infection control precautions by health care providers is strongly recommended for every patient encounter. Assessment of nursing students’ compliance should be carried out regularly in order to ensure adherence to protocols. Thus, this study was conducted to assess self-reported compliance with standard precaution...
Objectives: This study aimed to measure the evidence-based practice (EBP) beliefs and implementation among Saudi nursing students enrolled in the bridge program. It also sought to identify the factors that influence EBP beliefs and implementation. Methods: A convenience sample of 188 nursing bridge program students at a university in Saudi Arabia w...
Introduction:
Patients undergoing haemodialysis (HD) are frequently troubled by psychiatric disorders and coping problems, which can pose a serious threat to their physical and mental well-being. Using religious and spiritual interventions as a means of coping with physical and mental challenges is widely recognized. Although this topic has been w...
Aim:
To evaluate the psychometric properties of the Spiritual Coping Strategies scale Arabic version (SCS-A) in a sample of nursing students in Saudi Arabia.
Method:
This study had a cross-sectional design with a convenience sample of 100 nursing students in Saudi Arabia. Using the SCS-A and the Muslim Religiosity Scale for data collection, data...
Aim:
To evaluate the psychometric properties of an Arabic version of the Spiritual Care-Giving Scale (SCGS) in a sample of Saudi nursing students.
Method:
A convenience sample of 202 Saudi nursing students was included in this descriptive cross-sectional study. The 35-item Arabic version of the SCGS (SCGS-A) was tested for internal consistency,...
Background:
Patients often resort to religious and spiritual activities to cope with physical and mental challenges. The effect of spiritual coping on overall health, adaptation and health-related quality of life among patients undergoing haemodialysis (HD) is well documented. Thus, it is essential to establish a valid and reliable instrument that...
Strict compliance with standard precautions (SPs) is warranted to ensure the safety of patients in healthcare facilities. Nursing students (NSs), who are regarded as nurses in training, potentially play a role in cross-contamination in the hospital. NSs are also at high risk of acquiring infections in cases of ineffective compliance with SPs. Thus,...
Objective:
With the growing recognition of the significance of patient safety (PS) in educational institutions and health organizations, it is essential to understand the perspective of nursing students on their own PS competence. This study analyzed the self-reported PS competence of nursing students at a government university in Saudi Arabia.
M...
Hand hygiene is an important component of infection control, which is critical to ensuring patients’ safety in hospitals. Nursing students are regarded as healthcare workers in training and can also be vehicles of cross-contamination within the hospital. Thus, this study aimed to identify the predictors of hand hygiene practice among Saudi nursing...
Hand hygiene is a very simple set of procedure but has a great impact to health. It is the most common method of infection control in any health care setting and is a fundamental element of patient safety. Student nurses have direct contact to patients and other members of the healthcare team during their tour of duty. Thus, it is essential to eval...