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@#Introduction: This study examined the factors that influence healthcare workers’ decisions regarding COVID-19 vaccines’ acceptability in Jordan. It also examined the impact of perceived risks of the vaccine on healthcare workers’ decisions toward accepting it. Methods: Jordanian healthcare workers in governmental and private hospitals completed a cross-sectional online questionnaire. Results: A total of 904 respondents (age, 35.04 ± 9.07 years) completed the survey. The results indicate that most participants (88.9%) were at risk of contracting COVID-19, and many (51.4%) were afraid of contracting it. Moreover, 48.3% of healthcare professionals stated they would get vaccinated against COVID-19. Furthermore, most of the healthcare workers in this study perceived the vaccine as neither safe nor effective and that it could have serious side effects. At last, in terms of afraid of contracting COVID-19, the gender of the healthcare worker and his/her profession was identified to be the most influential factors in the decision to accept the vaccine. Conclusion: Our findings emphasize the ongoing need for government agencies to provide accurate and consistent information that is essential in developing trust in the vaccination program. Nurses can lead campaigns to inform the healthcare workers about the efficacy, safety, and the impact of COVID-19 vaccine in limiting the spread of this pandemic among them. We recommend that nursing council lead these efforts to improve knowledge about the vaccine and its impact on the safety of the healthcare workers and the public.
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Purpose@#The aim of this study was to examine attitudes and knowledge regarding career planning after graduation, as well as the perceived educational environment of a pediatric clinical course, among nursing students at Menoufia University in Egypt. This study also investigated the influence of the perceived educational environment on future career planning among nursing students. @*Methods@#A descriptive cross-sectional study was used, with a structured interview questionnaire that included demographic characteristics, a section that measured students' attitudes and knowledge toward their career planning, and the Dundee Ready Educational Environment Measure Scale (DREEM). @*Results@#The mean total score for the DREEM scale was 109.61, and most students perceived many areas within the program as more positive than negative. However, they had low levels of knowledge regarding career planning. @*Conclusion@#Based on the findings of this study, further efforts should be made to stimulate students' interest in pediatric nursing, to integrate theoretical content with practice, and to improve their planning activities early during their study. It is important to engage students in discussions concerning their ideas and worries about factors they perceive as less enhancing and more threatening in clinical settings.
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This paper is a report of the explorative study that examined the critical thinking [CT] experience of nurse educators from six Jordanian universities. Critical thinking is an educational process and outcome of the Jordanian strategy to develop nursing education and enhance the quality of nursing graduates. A three-part survey questionnaire was used in this study: the California Critical thinking Skill Test, the California Critical Thinking Disposition Inventory, and the experience survey. Both descriptive and inferential statistics were used to achieve the study aim. Data were collected between October and December 2008. The overall response rate was 73% [n-73]. Although nurse educators demonstrated positive dispositions towards critical thinking as well as high expectations of their practice of critical thinking, their scores on the skill test could not reflect these findings. These findings indicated that they require further professional development to support their work in enhancing critical thinking. Furthermore, age, gender, degree and experience of educational concepts were found to affect the result. This study suggests that nurse educators have positive inclination towards and high perceived practices of critical thinking. However, they did not reflect that in their achievement. Further efforts should be directed towards transforming educators' beliefs into practices. The educators need to improve their professional knowledge of CT, and that the organization is responsible for providing professional development opportunities that promote CT among its faculty members
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High stress among nurses is commonly found in clinical settings. Factors affecting stress levels are countless. In Jordan, studies have addressed a limited number of these factors, leaving others unexplored, including different work areas. This study aimed to identify the frequency of work stressors among nurses encountered in different types of hospitals and work settings, and to evaluate the association of stressors with demographic variables. This is a quantitative, cross sectional, descriptive-explorative study conducted in three Jordanian hospitals in Amman: public, private, and training. A convenient sample of 252 Jordanian nurses working in different settings was used. Data were collected using an anonymous, selfreporting, quantitative questionnaire with two main parts. The first was the non-identifying demographic component. The second part was the Nursing Stress Scale [NSS] used to determine the total stress score. The overall score of the participants suggests that stress is significantly higher than the reported levels in the literature. Specialty and marital status were significantly associated with high stress levels among nurses. Nurses in the training hospital had the highest stress amongst all participants. Higher than the other specialties, pediatric nurses reported significant stress levels. Although statistically insignificant, nurses working in training hospitals scored higher scores than the others. Stress levels are associated with the specialty and marital status of the nurses. There is a necessity to introduce stress management course for students and nurses. Further exploration in this area is required to identify sources of stress that can be managed and strategies that can work