Advanced practice nursing roles in Arab countries in the Eastern Mediterranean region: a scoping review

Perception towards nursing profession: A comparative study between Sudanese, Yemeni and Egyptian communities.. [DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-2119216/v1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0]

Background: Communities’ perception is one of the most important factors in the development of the nursing profession. The purpose of this study is to identify the perception of Arabic communities (Sudan, Yemen, and Egypt) towards the nursing profession. Methods: A descriptive comparative study was used to identify the perception of Arabic communities (Sudan, Yemen, and Egypt) towards the nursing profession. The study was conducted in three Arabic countries (Sudan, Yemen, and Egypt) using an online approach by sending the link of questions to the targeted population using emails, WhatsApp, and social media. There were 529 participants from the three Arabic countries. Results: Almost 75.6% of the participants were less than 40 years, and most respondents (82.9%) were between 21 to 30 years old. There was a generally positive perception towards the nursing profession among these communities: 97.6% of Sudanese, 94.9% of Yemenis, and 96.1% Egyptian. There was a borderline statistical significance between the Sudanese and Egyptians' age and their perception toward their profession. Conclusions: Overall, the perception of Sudanese, Yemeni, and Egyptian communities towards the nursing profession is acceptable. The only influencing factor on the level of perception was Egyptian females who have high positive perception towards the nursing profession and Sudanese males who have high positive perception towards nursing profession We recommend further research to assess the perception towards nursing from different sociocultural backgrounds and on a larger sample size.

Preparedness to self-employed careers: Development, validity, and reliability of an inventory for nursing students

AIMS

To develop and psychometrically validate an inventory based on two scales: awareness regarding factors for determining the prices of freelance activities and knowledge regarding freelance-related norms among nursing undergraduate students in Italy.

BACKGROUND

Although self-employed nursing careers are strategic to enhance employability, no valid scales for assessing nursing students' preparedness to undertake self-employed careers are available.

DESIGN

A multi-method and multi-phase design were employed. Phase one encompassed developmental tasks for generating items and phase two included a cross-sectional data collection for determining the psychometric proprieties of the developed scales and their reliability.

RESULTS

The final inventory encompassed two scales showing adequate validity and reliability after testing it on 882 Italian undergraduate nursing students. The first scale, factors for determining the prices of activities, is based on care complexity and logistic characteristic (two-factor structure). The second scale, knowledge regarding freelance-related characteristics, encompassed two domains: knowledge regarding administrative rules and pensions and retirement issues.

CONCLUSIONS

The developed inventory showed adequate evidence of initial validity and reliability, useful for filling the gap given by the unavailability of valid assessments for educators who pursue measuring the nursing students' preparedness to undertake self-employed careers.