Background: Nursing students should be well prepared before going to clinical setting as they provide direct care to patient. Simulation gives the learners the opportunity to be active learners who practice, train, and give a reflection on a specific experience. Objective: To obtain an understanding of the human patient simulation experience and nursing students’ perceptions of satisfaction and self-confidence. Method: Cross-sectional, descriptive design was undertaken. Using purposive sampling, 273 nursing students were enrolled in basic adult nursing courses at levels four and five at female nursing college at King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. A questionnaire was used to measure the demographic characteristics, simulation design characteristics, and simulation educational practice context. Student Satisfaction and Self-confidence in Learning Scale was used to measure students’ satisfaction and self-confidence. Bivariate analyses were utilized where needed and multiple linear regression analysis was performed to find the relationship between variables. Results: The current study revealed overall, nursing students were satisfied and self-confident after their human patient simulation experience. A relationship was observed between demographic characteristics, simulation design characteristics, and simulation educational practice context with students’ satisfaction and self-confidence. Conclusion: Simulation is an effective teaching strategy that prepares nursing students for real clinical practice. Findings provided policymakers with information on nursing students’ current levels of satisfaction and self-confidence that can lead to developing future policies.

The Stanford Chronic Disease Self-Management Program (CDSMP) is a valuable educational resource for supporting patients’ self-management behaviors. However, no evidence supporting its effectiveness in the Saudi Arabian population exists. Therefore, this study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of the 6-month CDSMP in individuals with chronic conditions in Saudi Arabia within a primary care context. A quasi-experimental design was conducted in 110 adults living with ≥1 chronic disease in Saudi Arabia. The patients in the experimental group (n = 45) participated in a six-session CDSMP, whereas those in the control group (n = 65) continued their usual care. Baseline and 6-month assessments were conducted using relevant questionnaires to assess outcome measures. Analysis of covariance revealed that the participants who underwent the CDSMP had significantly higher self-efficacy levels in managing their conditions (F = 9.80, p < 0.01) and a greater tendency to adopt healthy behaviors to successfully manage their chronic illnesses (F = 11.17, p < 0.01). The participants who underwent the CDSMP also showed significant improvements in all health-related outcomes compared with those in the control group (p < 0.01). These findings indicated that the program had a positive effectiveness in self-efficacy, self-management behaviors, and health-related outcomes among adults with chronic diseases in Saudi Arabia. The CDSMP may be integrated into primary care settings to help patients successfully manage their chronic conditions.

Nursing turnover has emerged as an urgent concern with a substantial influence on the financial efficiency and quality of care in healthcare frameworks worldwide. This study determined important factors associated with nurses’ intentions to leave and what would bring them back. This was a cross-sectional, multisite study of nurses in three public hospitals. Convenience sampling was used to recruit 205 nurses from the selected hospitals. A questionnaire was used to measure demographic and professional background information, current job satisfaction, and the intention to leave work and return. Bivariate and multivariate analyses were run using SPSS. This study revealed that both job satisfaction (M = 47.26, SD = 11.59, range: 19–76) and intent to leave a current job (M = 14.18, SD = 4.36, range: 4–20) were reported at moderate levels. There were significant differences reported between the scores of nationality and job satisfaction (p < 0.05) and between the means of income level and intention to leave (p < 0.05). There was also a significant, negative association between satisfaction and intention to leave (r = −0.551, p < 0.05). In regression, income level (β = 0.159, p = 0.021), incentives (β = 0.186, p = 0.002), hospital type (β = 0.189, p = 0.005), and intention to leave (β = −0.454, p < 0.001) significantly influenced satisfaction. Gender (β = −0.122, p = 0.037) and nationality (β = −0.210, p = 0.007) were found to influence the intention to leave among participants significantly. In conclusion, this study indicated that job satisfaction and intention to leave are important factors affecting nurses’ enthusiasm. Incentives also had a positive impact on increasing nurses’ satisfaction levels. Future research studies should investigate what factors might lead to improved monthly salaries and provide more incentives among nurses.

Low recruitment of Saudi nationals into the nursing profession, coupled with a growing population, has led to a severe nursing shortage in Saudi Arabia, particularly of nurses with advanced qualifications in clinical nursing. While the role of nurse practitioner has been successfully integrated into the healthcare systems of the U.S., Canada, the UK and Australia for decades, the advanced practice registered nurse (APRN), which includes nurse practitioners and clinical nursing specialists, is still not being implemented effectively in Saudi Arabia due to a variety of regulatory, institutional and cultural barriers. The author looks at some of those barriers and offers recommendations of how they might be overcome. Given that in many parts of the world, nurse practitioners are considered an essential component to meeting healthcare demands, the author considers the question of whether APRNs can find a role in Saudi Arabia’s healthcare system.

Evidence-based practice (EBP) lowers costs, guarantees staying current with new technology and abilities, and enables the provision of high-quality care. Evidence-based practice (EBP) considered the foundation for safe patient care. is to validate and carry out the linguistic-cultural adaptation of the S-EBPQ for the Arabic language. A methodological study design was used. There were two primary stages: translation and validation. Three experts reviewed the contents during the translation and validation in order to ensure their relevancy. 15 nursing students conducted face validation to confirm the produced items' clarity and understandability. Reliability assessment was achieved by conducting a pilot study on 72 nursing students. Ethical approval was taken. For statistical analysis, SPSS software was used. The internal reliability of the questionnaire was evaluated using Cronbach's Alpha. The Pearson Correlation was used to test the relationship between the student's score on the questionnaire and their age and gender. The Scale-Content Validity Index was 0.90; Cronbach's Alpha value was 0.963. Students in face validation phase confirmed that wording, clarity, and understandable language of the items were achieved. The Mean of students total score was 80.2 (SD = 21.5). Pearson test revealed that there was a weak positive correlation between students’ scores and age R = 0.320 (p = 0.001). Also, it demonstrated that there was no correlation between the students’ scores and the gender R =—0,028 (p = 0.817). The Arabic version of the S-EBPQ generally had a solid structure and it demonstrated high validity and reliability. The questionnaire could be used in future studies.

Comfort has increasingly been employed as a key goal in a variety of contexts, including health, justice, the economy, and the environment. Comfort has long been a primary concern in nursing, and it is especially significant in defining the nature of nursing knowledge and the profession. The goal of analysis this is to comprehend the various principles of comfort and to investigate the linked nursing features required for successful patient care. Patient-centered care is a critical indicator of health care quality, and comfort is essential for the patient experience. Katherine Kolcaba introduced the philosophy of comfort in nursing care in the 1990s, when she defined comfort as having three components: relief, ease, and transcendence. Because comfort is a core patient aim and central to the patient experience, maximizing comfort is a universal goal for health care. The design is a concept analysis. Walker and Avant analysis approach was employed to investigate the concept of comfort. Various internet databases were searched extensively for the term “comfort.” A total of 31 papers were analyzed to find comfort attribute common themes. The results of analysis showed that disease process, self-esteem, positioning, approach of staff, and hospital life are considered antecedents of comfort; meanwhile, consequences of comfort include symptom relief, reduced suffering, an increased sense of control, and emotions of belonging. Tools that measure the comfort concept can be subjective or objective. In conclusion, nurses could apply many theories such as Kolcaba’s Comfort Theory to guide their practice.