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Dhillon, Hardip Kaur, Gurmeet Kaur, Jasminder Kaur, and Anuar Zaini Md Zain. "Vital Bridge Transforming Postgraduate Nurse Education And Employability To Employment." International Journal for Innovation Education and Research 3, no. 2 (February 28, 2015): 17–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.31686/ijier.vol3.iss2.309.
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Today’s universities are constantly looking for a competitive edge in delivering a postgraduate nurse curriculum with a positive outcome of future employability and employment. In this respect, Monash University Malaysia is no different since market differentiation is important for the survival of Private Institutions of Higher Learning in Malaysia. Currently, some Malaysian public and private universities do offer specific postgraduate courses in advanced clinical skills nurse practice which have been accredited by Malaysia Qualifications Agency and recognized by both Ministry of Higher Education as well as Ministry of Health. In addition to that, the Nurses Board Malaysia, also consider the postgraduate courses that are currently offered to be too generic with very little application of theory to practice in the clinical healthcare settings. In view of the gap that exists in the present postgraduate courses, this paper would critically examine the preliminary market information gathered on the requirements of higher educational needs of nurses in Malaysia. The future development of an appropriate higher education course, “the vital bridge”, is in the planning stage. It is expected to be both vigor and relevant to today’s Malaysian nurses’ employability and employment.
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Wan Ismail, Wan Marina, Norhaini Majid, and Ariani Fatmawati. "Nurses’ Attitudes and Preferences towards usage of Electronic Medical Records." Environment-Behaviour Proceedings Journal 7, no. 21 (September 30, 2022): 481–87. http://dx.doi.org/10.21834/ebpj.v7i21.3579.
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Electronic Medical records document the treatment plan and patient care. This study intends to identify trained nurses' reception toward using EMR in the wards. A non-experimental cross-sectional survey covered the multi-discipline area. A stratified random sampling method in which the population in this research consisted of n= 138 trained nurses. Results found that the trained nurses tended to document the data at the nurse's station compared to the bedside entry. It's also shown that the demographics variable significantly correlated with attitude domains. Hence with the research results, it is envisaged to benefit the nurses and organization and hopefully can become the catalyst for the Ministry of Health in further improving and elevating the system throughout all hospitals in Malaysia. Keywords: Attitude, Electronic medical record, Nurses, Preferences eISSN: 2398-4287 © 2022. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA cE-Bs by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open access article under the CC BYNC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer–review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians/Africans/Arabians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia. DOI: https://doi.org/10.21834/ebpj.v7i21.3579
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Ludin, Salizar Mohamed. "Intensive Care Unit Nurses’ Perceptions of the Necessity for ICU Outreach Services in Malaysia." INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CARE SCHOLARS 1, no. 1 (February 2, 2018): 5–9. http://dx.doi.org/10.31436/ijcs.v1i1.37.
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Objective: International studies show that ICU outreach services help to improve patients' condition and reduce both the length of hospital stays and mortality rates. However, Malaysian nurses’ perceptions of ICU outreach services and their implementation have previously remained uninvestigated. This study thus aims to uncover Malaysian nurses’ perceptions of implementing Intensive Care Unit (ICU) outreach services. Method: An exploratory mixed method was used, focusing on 47 Malaysian hospital ICU nurses, using surveys and interviews over a 2-month period in 2015. All those who met the inclusion criteria were purposively recruited into the study. Results: A total of 47 respondents completed the questionnaires. The mean years of employment was 9.72 and mean age was 33.6 years. Only seven respondents had undertaken an intensive care course and had knowledge of ICU outreach services. Years of employment and highest education level were not significantly related to awareness of ICU outreach services. Major themes emerging from the interviews included ICU outreach service benefits, ICU readmission events, and nurses’ readiness for ICU outreach services. Interview data supported the survey results consistently. Conclusion: Nurses are aware of the advantages of ICU outreach services for both nurses and patients, despite the fact that there is no official implementation of such services in Malaysia. Their appreciation of the importance of ICU outreach services, and enthusiasm to participate in a new program to improve ICU survivors’ condition and care in general wards, indicates the potential for better care in the future.
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Rahimi, Aisyah Mohd, Intan Nurdin, Shahrina Ismail, and Azira Khalil. "Malaysian Nurses’ Knowledge of Radiation Protection: A Cross-Sectional Study." Radiology Research and Practice 2021 (August 4, 2021): 1–8. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/5566654.
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Radiology is a vital diagnostic tool for multiple disorders that plays an essential role in the healthcare sector. Nurses are majorly involved in a healthcare setting by accompanying patients during the examination. Thus, nurses tend to be exposed during inward X-ray examination, requiring them to keep up with radiation use safety. However, nurses’ competence in radiation is still a concept that has not been well studied in Malaysia. The study aimed to define the level of usage understanding and radiation protection among Malaysian nurses. In this research, a cross-sectional survey was conducted among 395 nurses working in hospitals, clinics, and other healthcare sectors in Malaysia. The survey is based on the developed Healthcare Professional Knowledge of Radiation Protection (HPKRP) scale, distributed via the online Google Forms. SPSS version 25.0 (IBM Corporation) was used to analyze the data in this study. Malaysian nurses reported the highest knowledge level in radiation protection with a mean of 6.03 ± 2.59. The second highest is safe ionizing radiation guidelines with 5.83 ± 2.77, but low knowledge levels in radiation physics and radiation usage principle (4.69 ± 2.49). Therefore, healthcare facilities should strengthen the training standards for all nurses working with or exposed to radiation.
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Mohd Noor, Noor Haslina, Noor Hafiza Saad, Mohammad Khan, Mohd Nazri Hassan, Marini Ramli, Rosnah Bahar, Shafini Mohamed Yusoff, et al. "Blood Transfusion Knowledge among Nurses in Malaysia: A University Hospital Experience." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18, no. 21 (October 25, 2021): 11194. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182111194.
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Blood transfusion is a fundamental and life-saving procedure where the consequence of errors can be fatal. Nurses’ knowledge plays an essential role in ensuring quality and safety in blood transfusion. The objective of this study was to assess blood transfusion-associated knowledge of tertiary hospital nurses on the east coast of Malaysia. This was a cross-sectional study with 200 registered nurses involved in blood transfusion procedures at Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia. The knowledge of the nurses was evaluated by using the routine blood transfusion knowledge questionnaire based on five parts, and <50%, 50–74%, or ≥75% of the knowledge was considered as poor, moderate, or high, respectively. Based on the scoring system, the overall knowledge of blood transfusion among Malaysian nurses (33.2 ± 8.4 years) was estimated to be 54.9 ± 7.6%. In individual items, the scoring was 81.0%, 45.4%, 49.2%, 63.0%, and 90.0% in knowledge prior to blood transfusion, on pre-transfusion, on post-transfusion, on complications, and on transfusion policy, respectively. The findings of this study indicated that most of the nurses’ overall knowledge of blood transfusion was at a moderate level; therefore, training courses and continuous medical education are warranted to improve knowledge and skills of the nurses to ensure good practices of blood transfusion.
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Chong, Mei Chan, Karen Francis, Simon Cooper, and Khatijah Lim Abdullah. "Current Continuing Professional Education Practice among Malaysian Nurses." Nursing Research and Practice 2014 (2014): 1–6. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/126748.
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Nurses need to participate in CPE to update their knowledge and increase their competencies. This research was carried out to explore their current practice and the future general needs for CPE. This cross-sectional descriptive study involved registered nurses from government hospitals and health clinics from Peninsular Malaysia. Multistage cluster sampling was used to recruit 1000 nurses from four states of Malaysia. Self-explanatory questionnaires were used to collect the data, which were analyzed using SPSS version 16. Seven hundred and ninety-two nurses participated in this survey. Only 80% (562) of the nurses had engaged in CPE activities during the past 12 months. All attendance for the various activities was below 50%. Workshops were the most popular CPE activity (345, 43.6%) and tertiary education was the most unpopular activity (10, 1.3%). The respondents did perceive the importance of future CPE activities for career development. Mandatory continuing professional education (MCPE) is a key measure to ensure that nurses upgrade their knowledge and skills; however, it is recommended that policy makers and nurse leaders in the continuing professional development unit of health service facilities plan CPE activities to meet registered nurses’ (RNs) needs and not simply organizational requirements.
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Abusafia, Ali H., Zakira Mamat, Nur Syahmina Rasudin, Mujahid Bakar, and Rohani Ismail. "Spiritual Care Competence among Malaysian Staff Nurses." Nurse Media Journal of Nursing 11, no. 1 (February 22, 2021): 1–9. http://dx.doi.org/10.14710/nmjn.v11i1.34757.
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Background: Perceptions and levels of understanding of spiritual care vary among nurses, which may affect their competency to meet the patient’s spiritual needs. Therefore, determining nurses' perception of spiritual care is the first important step in addressing the spiritual needs of patients, and may also help nursing management in developing spiritual care education and training programs.Purpose: This study aimed to assess the competence of Malaysian nurses toward providing spiritual care and identify the relationship between nurses’ spiritual care competence and their sociodemographic factors. Methods: This study employed a cross-sectional design to assess nurses' competence in spiritual care by using a simple random sampling method which involved 271 staff nurses from a public hospital in Northeast of Peninsular Malaysia. Spiritual care competence scale in Bahasa Malaysia version was used for data collection. Data analysis was performed using descriptive (frequency, percent, mean, standard deviation) and inferential (Chi-square and Pearson’s correlation test) statistics.Results: This study showed that 69.7% of staff nurses had an average level of competence toward providing spiritual care for the patients (M=95.44, SD=4.34). The highest mean difference among the domains was personal support and patients counseling (MD=5.789), while the lowest mean difference was assessment and implementation of spiritual care (MD=1.258). Furthermore, there was no significant relationship between spiritual care competence and sociodemographic factors (gender, age, marital status, educational level, nurses' experience, race, religion, and previous participation in training spiritual care programs).Conclusion: The majority of nurses have an average level of competence toward providing spiritual care. There is no significant relationship between nurses’ spiritual care competence and sociodemographic factors.
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Mbambe, Ikome Otto, and Radha Maniam. "NURSE-PATIENT COMMUNICATION BARRIERS AS PERCEIVED BY ADULT IN-PATIENTS AND NURSES IN A PRIVATE HOSPITAL IN MALAYSIA." Volume-10 : Issue 1, July, 2018 10, no. 1 (July 15, 2018): 71–76. http://dx.doi.org/10.31674/mjn.2018.v10i01.010.
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Background: Effective and skilful communication is crucial and an important element in the quality of nursing care. This enables nurses to assess patients' needs and provide them with the appropriate physical care, emotional support, knowledge transfer and exchange of information. However, nurses find it difficult to communicate effectively and therapeutically with their patients. Aim: To identify the nurses’ and adult inpatients’ perceptions of barriers to effective nurse-patient communication. Methodology: A descriptive study was used to collect data from nurses (n=40) and adult inpatient (n=63) in multidisciplinary wards in a private hospital in Malaysia. Two sets of self-administered questionnaire for the two different groups of participants, the patients and nurses were used. Data were analysed using the SPSS version 20.0. Results: Nurses and adult in patient perceived heavy workload, dialect and negative attitudes towards nurses as main barriers that hinders effective communication among nurses and patients. Conclusion: Communication places an important part in patients’ satisfaction of care and the ability of the nurse to provided patient centred care. Nurses should take in to account those communication barriers that affect the patients and be confident enough to take the first step to initiate communication and be able to handle patients’ dynamic emotions.
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Arunasalam, Nirmala Devi. "Malaysian nurses’ views: Local versus Transnational Higher Education." BORDER CROSSING 6, no. 1 (June 17, 2017): 188–205. http://dx.doi.org/10.33182/bc.v7i1.485.
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This paper reports the findings of a study undertaken with Malaysian nurses who studied for a locally provided part-time post-registration top-up Nursing Degree versus those who studied on a Transnational Higher Education (TNHE) programme. Both types of programmes are bridging courses that allow registered nurses to upgrade their Diploma qualifications to Degree level. What is not sufficiently explored in available literature is nurses’ rationales for choosing a local programme over TNHE programme. Using hermeneutic phenomenology, six Malaysian nurses (chosen by snowball sampling method) were interviewed, in English and Bahasa Malaysia (Malaysian language). Thematic analysis was used to analyse data. The structure of the course and taught theory influenced the nurses’ choice to study on a local programme: the deciding factor was the practice component that ensured a theory-practice connection. The findings principally provide insights to TNHE providers and may guide them to enhance their teaching delivery, support and courses.
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Wan Ismail, Wan Marina, Norhaini Majid, and Suryanto Suryanto. "Motivation and Hygiene Factors of Work Satisfaction among Intensive Care Nurses in Selangor." Environment-Behaviour Proceedings Journal 6, no. 18 (December 12, 2021): 133–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.21834/ebpj.v6i18.3090.
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The work satisfaction among nurses is essential in a healthcare system. Nurse satisfaction may refer to the motivation to stay in the nursing profession and the organization in which they are satisfied with. The study aims to determine the level of work satisfaction among Intensive Care nurses and examined the relationship between Herzberg’s motivation and hygiene factors. The study used a quantitative design with a theoretical framework based on Herzberg’s theory. A total of 218 nurses from the Intensive Care Unit were selected. The results showed that overall, of the nurses had a moderate level of work satisfaction. Keywords: Work satisfaction, motivation, hygiene, nurses eISSN: 2398-4287© 2021. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA cE-Bs by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open access article under the CC BYNC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer–review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians/Africans/Arabians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia. DOI: https://doi.org/10.21834/ebpj.v6i18.3090
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Mansor, Maslina, Rashidah Mohd Ibrahim, Asyraf Afthanorhan, and Ahmad Munir Mohd Salleh. "The mechanism of anger and negative affectivity on the occurrence of deviant workplace behavior: An empirical evidence among Malaysian nurses in public hospitals." Belitung Nursing Journal 8, no. 2 (April 26, 2022): 115–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.33546/bnj.1994.
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Background: Employees’ work experience significantly impacts their cognition and workplace actions. Anger and negative affectivity are two personality traits that have been linked to workplace deviant behavior conduct. Objective: This study aimed to empirically analyze the deviant workplace behavior and its antecedents among Malaysian nurses in public hospitals. Methods: A cross-sectional design was employed in this study. The survey questionnaires were distributed proportionately to staff nurses in six government hospitals in 2020, with a total of 387 nurses selected using a simple random sampling. Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM) was used for data analysis. Results: Trait anger triggered deviant workplace behavior in Malaysian nurses, thus supporting the argument that the personality trait could increase deviant behavior (β = 0.245, p = 0.000). At the same time, there was no evidence that negative affectivity could influence deviant behavior in the workplace among nurses in selected public hospitals in Malaysia (β = 0.074, p = 0.064). Conclusion: The Malaysian nurses had positive affectivity, related to positive emotions like happiness, work interest, and attentiveness. On the other hand, the nurses were suffering from high levels of emotional tiredness. Further research should highlight a deeper understanding of Malaysian nurses’ work experiences and workplace stress affecting their physical and mental health.
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Mansor, Maslina, Rashidah Mohd Ibrahim, Asyraf Afthanorhan, and Ahmad Munir Mohd Salleh. "The mechanism of anger and negative affectivity on the occurrence of deviant workplace behavior: An empirical evidence among Malaysian nurses in public hospitals." Belitung Nursing Journal 8, no. 2 (April 26, 2022): 115–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.33546/bnj.1994.
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Background: Employees’ work experience significantly impacts their cognition and workplace actions. Anger and negative affectivity are two personality traits that have been linked to workplace deviant behavior conduct. Objective: This study aimed to empirically analyze the deviant workplace behavior and its antecedents among Malaysian nurses in public hospitals. Methods: A cross-sectional design was employed in this study. The survey questionnaires were distributed proportionately to staff nurses in six government hospitals in 2020, with a total of 387 nurses selected using a simple random sampling. Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM) was used for data analysis. Results: Trait anger triggered deviant workplace behavior in Malaysian nurses, thus supporting the argument that the personality trait could increase deviant behavior (β = 0.245, p = 0.000). At the same time, there was no evidence that negative affectivity could influence deviant behavior in the workplace among nurses in selected public hospitals in Malaysia (β = 0.074, p = 0.064). Conclusion: The Malaysian nurses had positive affectivity, related to positive emotions like happiness, work interest, and attentiveness. On the other hand, the nurses were suffering from high levels of emotional tiredness. Further research should highlight a deeper understanding of Malaysian nurses’ work experiences and workplace stress affecting their physical and mental health.
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Mohamad, Norfidah, Zamzaliza Abdul Mulud, Siti Faziratul Hanim Abd Rahman, and Aries Abiyoga. "Differences in Critical Thinking and Decision Making among Critical Care and Non-Critical Care Nurses." Environment-Behaviour Proceedings Journal 7, no. 21 (September 30, 2022): 181–86. http://dx.doi.org/10.21834/ebpj.v7i21.3733.
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Critical thinking and decision-making are essential for nurses to identify and analyze judgments for nursing care. Hence, this study aims to determine critical thinking and clinical decision-making among critical and non-critical care nurses. A cross-sectional study was conducted among 237 nurses using a self-administered questionnaire. This study discovered that critical and non-critical care nurses had a modest level of critical thinking and clinical decision-making. The findings of this study can serve as a guide for nursing administration employees in implementing effective techniques to enhance the critical thinking skills of nurses in on-the-job training and orientation programs for nursing staff. Keywords: critical thinking; clinical decision making; critical care nurse, non-critical care nurses eISSN: 2398-4287 © 2022. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA cE-Bs by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open access article under the CC BYNC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer–review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians/Africans/Arabians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia. DOI: https://doi.org/10.21834/ebpj.v7i21.3733
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Maskor, Nor Aida, Steven Eric Krauss, Mazanah Muhamad, and Nik Hasnaa Nik Mahmood. "Communication Competencies of Oncology Nurses in Malaysia." Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention 14, no. 1 (January 31, 2013): 153–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.7314/apjcp.2013.14.1.153.
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Nurumal, Mohd, Sachiko Makabe, Farah Ilyani Che Jamaludin, Hairil Fahmi Mohd Yusof, Khin Thandar Aung, and Yanika Kowitlawakul. "Work-Life Balance among Teaching Hospital Nurses in Malaysia." Global Journal of Health Science 9, no. 9 (July 10, 2017): 81. http://dx.doi.org/10.5539/gjhs.v9n9p81.
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Extreme workload and poor working environment have a negative impact on the emotional and physical statuses among nurses. The study has contributed to evaluate work-life balance and its related factors among teaching hospital nurses. It was aimed to examine the work-life balance and its related factors among teaching hospital nurses. A cross-sectional study using a universal sampling technique was conducted. 1002 nurses were included from the Teaching hospital of Klang Valley, Malaysia. The instrument was adapted from NIOSH Generic Job Stress Questionnaire and QoL questionnaire from WHO, and it was used to measure the quality of work-life balance. Non-work activities, job requirement, supervisor support, job satisfaction, manageability, social and environmental variables have independently influenced work-life balance among nurses. Furthermore, quality of life variables has positively influenced the work-life balance (P<0.050). Work life balance and organizational commitment can have a positive relationship. Whereas, Nurses working in fixed shifts were observed with greater work-life balance as compared to the nurses working in multiple shifts. A friendly environment in the professional sector plays a major role for developing motivation and enthusiasm among workers.
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Chang, Woan Ching, Eewern Eh Jun, Evelyn Sharmini Souriappan, Nagani Kanagasundram, and Sangeetha Mani. "Self-directed learning readiness among nurses in Malaysia." REAL in Nursing Journal 5, no. 1 (April 25, 2022): 1. http://dx.doi.org/10.32883/rnj.v5i1.1651.
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<p class="Abstractandkeywords"><span lang="EN-US">Self-directed learning is one of the important skills for nurses. The readiness to be self-directed in learning enhances nursing professional development and life-long learning. This study aims to determine the level of self-directed learning readiness among nurses at a selected hospital in Malaysia. The conceptual framework for the study is based on the concepts of self-directed learning readiness. This is a cross-sectional quantitative study using descriptive and correlational method for data analysis. A simple random sampling technique was employed to recruit 145 nurses. The Self-Directed Learning Readiness Scale (SDLRS) was adopted to measure the variables of the study. The findings of the study revealed a high level of self-directed learning readiness among nurses (M = 161.71, SD = 12.60). The highest subscale of SDLR was self-control (M=58.22, SD= 4.78) followed by self-management (M=53.99, SD= 4.92) and desire for learning (M=49.51, SD= 4.63). There is a statistically significant difference between age, academic qualification, and self-directed learning readiness (p< 0.05). This study highlights the important concepts of self-directed learning for nurses. The role of educators and administrators is essential to support nurses for self-direction in higher education. Future studies to explore barriers from self-directed learning are recommended.</span></p>
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Mohd Nasurdin, Aizzat, Cheng Ling Tan, and Sabrina Nazeer Khan. "EMPATHY AND COMPETENCY AS PREDICTORS OF NURSES' JOB PERFORMANCE: AN EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE FROM MALAYSIAN PUBLIC HOSPITALS." Malaysian Journal of Public Health Medicine 22, no. 1 (April 28, 2022): 173–81. http://dx.doi.org/10.37268/mjphm/vol.22/no.1/art.1320.
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Nurses act as customer-contact employees who are responsible for providing round-the-clock service to patients. Their empathy and competency skills have a significant impact on the quality of services provided to patients. The purpose of this study is to examine the role of empathy and competency in determining task performance and contextual performance of public hospital nurses in Malaysia. A survey using self-administered questionnaires was used to collect data from a sample of 354 staff nurses working in Malaysian public hospitals. Hypotheses were tested using the partial least square technique. Findings indicated that empathy has a positive relationship with task performance but not with contextual performance. Competency, however, has a positive relationship with task performance and contextual performance respectively. Empathy and competency are essential elements in predicting both task performance and contextual performance. The findings of this study highlighted the importance of empathy and competency in improving job performance among nurses in Malaysian public hospitals.
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Kamalzadeh takhti, Hesamaddin, Azizah Binti Abdul Rahman, and Samireh Abedini. "Factors Determining Nurses Hospital Information System Usage." INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY 3, no. 3 (May 31, 2013): 37–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.24297/ijmit.v3i3.1721.
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This study employs the combined technology acceptance model (TAM) and theory of planned behavior (TPB) (i.e., C-TAM-TPB) that extended with self-efficacy and knowledge of information technology to examine HIS acceptance by Malaysian nurses. A cross-sectional survey was conducted in three public hospitals in Malaysia to gather data from practicing nurses with experience of using HIS. Structural equation modeling using the partial least squares (PLS) method was utilized to evaluate measurements and structural models. The results stress that a nurses intention was significantly influenced by three factors, including his or her attitude, the subjective norm, and perceived behavioral control. The results also indicate that the model can explain over half of the variance in the intention to use HIS.
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Vincent Balang, Rekaya, Rob Burton, and Nichola Barlow. "The Existence of Advocacy among Nurses Within Nursing Documentation in Malaysia: An Exploratory Study." INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CARE SCHOLARS 3, no. 1 (January 31, 2020): 11–16. http://dx.doi.org/10.31436/ijcs.v3i1.135.
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Nursing documentation is vital to nursing care in hospitals. Literature suggests nursing documentation that contains evidence nursing care which has been planned and implemented have a significant relationship with nurses’ practice, particularly regarding the existence of advocacy. Despite the significance of nursing documentation in nursing practice, no study has been conducted and published on this crucial aspect of nursing practice, particularly in Malaysia. Hence, a qualitative design is utilised to explore how nurses in Malaysia demonstrate the element of advocacy in the context of their nursing documentation. A total of forty semi-structured interviews were conducted with nurses involved in completing the nursing documentation. Thematic analysis was used to identify categories and themes in nurses’ perceptions about the existence of advocacy in their documentation. Findings highlight that the nurses could comprehend and acknowledge the existence of advocacy within their documentation. These findings are likely to suggest to highlight the advocative roles of nursing documentation in nursing practice, besides the significance of education to improve advocacy among nurses in Malaysia.
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Dousin, Oscar, Ngan Collins, and Balvinder Kaur Kler. "Work-Life Balance, Employee Job Performance and Satisfaction Among Doctors and Nurses in Malaysia." International Journal of Human Resource Studies 9, no. 4 (November 21, 2019): 306. http://dx.doi.org/10.5296/ijhrs.v9i4.15697.
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In this era, the concepts of human resource management (HRM) practices have evolved to the implementation of work-life balance (WLB) practices, such as: flexible working hours and supportive supervision. WLB practices have shown a great influence on employee attraction, retention, motivation and development. This study examines the relationship between WLB practices on employee job performance as well as the mediating effect of job satisfaction in the relationship between work-life balance practices and employee job performance among doctors and nurses in East Malaysia. The study surveys 491 doctors and nurses in the East Malaysia states of Sabah and Sarawak in 2016-2017. Four hypotheses were tested with validated measures of WLB practices (flexible working hours and supportive supervision), job satisfaction and job performance. Findings revealed that flexible working hours and supportive supervision has a significant and positive impact to job performance. Job satisfaction positively mediates the relationship between flexible working hours and supportive supervision towards job performance. An effective WLB practices will improve employees’ job satisfaction which eventually increase their job performance and productivity. This study’s findings aim to assist the Malaysian healthcare industry in improving doctors’ and nurses’ attraction, retention and motivation.
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Habil, Hadina, Rohani Othman, and Rohayah Kahar. "Nursing as a Global Career." International Journal of Knowledge-Based Organizations 6, no. 4 (October 2016): 62–74. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/ijkbo.2016100106.
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In today's global environment, the nursing profession is regarded as a noble, challenging and competitive profession. Malaysian trained nurses are highly in demand due to their training and on-going efforts are made to ensure that the standards are well-maintained. This paper describes a part of a larger study. It reports the findings of a study pertaining to the needs of English language communication skills for nurses in a private hospital in Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia. The study focused on the needs of English language communication skills at the workplace. These skills were written and spoken English communication, reading, listening, and interpersonal communication. By identifying these communicative competency needs, the study has given insights into helping the nurses to increase their work performance, meet their work demands and help the employability of the nurses globally.
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Majid, Norhaini. "The Practice of Patient Education among Public Hospital Nurses in Malaysia." Environment-Behaviour Proceedings Journal 5, no. 15 (December 25, 2020): 131–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.21834/ebpj.v5i15.2476.
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Patient education is the process of influencing patient behaviour with using a combination method such as teaching, counselling and behaviour modification techniques to increasing the knowledge and maintain or improve health. Patient education is one way of communication between patient and nurses, which provides the necessary knowledge for enhancing patient care and potentially affecting their health outcomes. By doing the exploration on the current patient education practice, the study perhaps to overcome the issue of hospital readmission and patient able to manage their activities of daily living after receiving effective patient education. The study aims to investigate the perception and practice of patient education among nurses in one of the public hospital in Malaysia. The objective of this study was to identify the perception and factors influencing the practice of patient education among public hospital nurses. Stratified Random Sampling was used for the sampling technique. A total of 246 staff nurses were involved in this study. A self-administered questionnaire was used in this study for obtained data. Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) for Windows, version 21 was used to analyse the data. The study revealed that most of the nurses perceived patient education as a high priority in nursing care and it was nursing responsibility to provide patient education. Findings indicated that lack of time, inadequate staffing and lack of knowledge were significant factors that influenced the practice of patient education. Years of working experience among the nurses was found to be significantly associated with priority for patient teaching. In conclusion, public hospital nurses were having a positive attitude towards patient education but could not practice completely. In order to enhance patient education, a more strategy is required to address inadequate staffing, lack of time, and lack of knowledge. This study needs to be extended into further research in order to enhance the nurses’ roles as patient educators. Keywords: Patient education, nurses, practice eISSN: 2398-4287© 2020. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA cE-Bs by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open access article under the CC BYNC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer–review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia. DOI: https://doi.org/10.21834/ebpj.v5i15.2476.
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Wei Chern, Ang. "Healthcare Professionals’ Experiences on Interdisciplinary Collaboration in a Medical Department of a Malaysian General Hospital." Medicine & Health 16, no. 1 (June 28, 2021): 246–55. http://dx.doi.org/10.17576/mh.2021.1601.20.
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Healthcare professionals (HCPs) in all healthcare facilities including public hospitals in Malaysia need to cooperate to meet the diverse healthcare demands. To date, there has yet detailed research on this collaboration in Malaysia. This study aimed to explore interdisciplinary collaboration in the Medical Department (wards and clinics) of a state hospital. Four focus group discussions (FGDs) were held. A medical specialist, medical officer, nurse manager/charge nurse, staff nurse, senior and junior clinical pharmacists were all present at each FGD. Purposive sampling was used to recruit participants (nomination by heads of department). FGDs were performed in English, but responses in Malay were accepted and translated into English. All FGDs were audio-recorded, transcribed, and analysed thematically. In the theme of role clarity, most participants opined that the doctors led in patient management, while the nurses were in charge of monitoring, ambulating and drug administration. However, some participants were unfamiliar with the role of pharmacists. The majority believed that effective collaboration did exist, but insufficient. Weak communication skills, lack of communication, personnel and time were obstacles to effective collaboration. Regular discussions between different disciplines can encourage interprofessional collaboration. Despite doctors acknowledging pharmacists' Medication Therapy Adherence Clinic (MTAC) services, and nurses' human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) counselling and diabetic education services, some nurses and pharmacists were unaware of each other's services. To avoid conflicting tasks and human resource wastage, each HCP's services should be actively promoted among other HCPs.
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Choong, Yuen-Onn, Thiam-Yong Kuek ., and Eng-Keong Lee . "Job Satisfaction of Malaysian Nurses: A Causal Model." Journal of Economics and Behavioral Studies 4, no. 12 (December 15, 2012): 723–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.22610/jebs.v4i12.372.
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Turnover intention is a challenging issue for most of the developed and developing countries. Past studies revealed that there were two common approaches to enhance nurses’ retention. The first approach is focus on recruitment and selection activities as well as establishes more schools and colleges of nursing that will produce more nursing graduate. The second approach is to attract and retain more dedicated and quality professional nursing staff. Substantial studies have confirmed that job satisfaction as a major predictor of turnover intention. Therefore, this paper is mainly focus on identifying significant predictors of job satisfaction which will subsequently reduce turnover intention among staff nurses in Malaysia healthcare industry.
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Chong, Elizabeth G. M., Roslawati Ramli, Fadhilah Ramli, Weng Keong Yau, and Che Ku Mohd Fairuz Che Ku Abdullah. "99 What is the Attitude and Knowledge of Malaysian Nurses Towards Falls in the Hospital?" Age and Ageing 48, Supplement_4 (December 2019): iv18—iv27. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afz164.99.
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Abstract Background Fall prevention programs are multidisciplinary, but nursing care plays a central and important role. However, management of falls are not addressed in the nursing clinical training curriculum in Malaysia. Methodology This study was conducted in Hospital Kuala Lumpur in the month of April and May 2019. A structured questionnaire with 10 questions on attitudes of a nurse in the management of falls and 10 questions on knowledge of falls in the hospital were distributed randomly to nurses of the Medical and Oncology departments. Results There were 260 participants: Medical (73%) and Oncology (27%). Among all the subjects, 84% were female. 17% of the subjects were junior nurses (less than 1 year of service) and 15.2% were seniors (>10 years of service). Majority only had a basic diploma in nursing (97%). The average score of the nurses’ attitude towards falls was 9 points, where 85.4% had a score of 8 or more, representing a good attitude towards the understanding of their role as a nurse in the management of falls. In view to knowledge, the average score was 8 and 19% scored full marks. Those who had worked for longer for the organisation and nurses from the medical department had more respondents scoring full marks. The nurses with poorer attitude are reflected by their lower average knowledge score of 6, 2 marks lower than those with a good attitude. Conclusion The study showed that the Malaysian nurses have a very good attitude towards the management and prevention of falls. This study showed that attitude of the nurse in the prevention of falls is correlated to their knowledge about falls. Therefore, nursing management of falls should be routinely introduced into the nursing curriculum. References 1. MH Kim, HW Jeon, MY Chon, Study on the Knowledge and Attitudes of Falls and Awareness of Fall Risk Factors Among Nursing Students, Indian Journal of Science and Technology, Vol 8(S1), 74-80, 2015 2. M Ganabathi. Knowledge, Attitude and Practices (KAP) on fall prevention among nurses at King Abdulaziz Hospital, Saudi Arabia, J Nurs Care 2017, 6:5 (Suppl)
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Ling, Kui Siang, and Azlina Yusuf. "Work-Related Stress and Turnover Intention during Covid-19 among Nurses in Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia." Asian Journal of Medicine and Biomedicine 6, S1 (November 12, 2022): 119–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.37231/ajmb.2022.6.s1.554.
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The outbreak of COVID-19 had significantly impacted the healthcare system, placing it under tremendous strain. Nurses were shown to have suffered the impact of the pandemic, suggested traumatization and estimated a mass turnover intention among nurses globally due to the pandemic [1]. The objective of this cross-sectional study is to assess the prevalence of work-related stress and turnover intention among nurses in the Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia (Hospital USM). This hospital is a teaching hospital with 830 beds that offers various specialties recognized as Hybrid COVID Hospital in managing patients.
This study utilized multi-stage sampling. The population was stratified into three strata which were, Medical-Surgical wards, Specialty wards (Pediatric, Obstetrics and Gynecology), and Critical Care wards. Next, the wards were selected through a simple random method. The nurses from the selected wards who follow inclusion criteria; nurses with grade U29 or U32 (KUP) with at least one year of working experience [2] were invited to join the study. A total of 365 nurses participated in this study by answering a self-administered questionnaire through Google Forms sent to them. The questionnaire included three parts; Part A sociodemographic data, Part B Nurse Stress Index (NSI) with scoring ranging from 30-150 and Part C Turnover Intention Scale (TIS-6) with a scoring of 9-18[3]. The NSI is categorized into four categories: 30-60= no pressure, 61-90= very little pressure, 91-120= moderate pressure and 121-150=extreme pressure[3]. As for TIS-6, a score <18 indicates a desire to stay whereas ≥18 indicates a desire to leave [3].
The collected data were analyzed using SPSS version 26.0. Sociodemographic characteristics, the prevalence of work-related stress and turnover intention were analyzed descriptively. Pearson correlation test was used to analyze the correlation between work-related stress and turnover intention. Nearly half of the nurses experienced little (40.8%) to moderate (42.5%) level of work-related stress however 73.3% of the nurses reported that they did not have the intention to leave (Table 1 and Table 2). The mean score of work-related stress and turnover intention showed that the nurses were in a moderate level of stress (90.78), with low turnover intention (16.42). Next, the findings showed a significant and positive correlation between work-related stress and turnover intention (r= 0.559, p< 0.001) (Table 3).
This study found that work-related stress was significant among nurses although the data were collected towards the end of the pandemic approaching endemic phase. This could be explained by the uncertainty of the disease which was among the factors that could contribute to stress among frontliners [4]. Although the stress level is significant, the nurses in this study have low intention to leave. This could be possibly due to the job security working in government sector as this study was done in a semi-government hospital where the nurses receives benefits and securities such as salary remuneration and pension scheme[5]. Findings of the study shows a positive correlation between work-related stress and turnover intention. It is known that prolonged stress causes negative impact towards the physical and mental health of nurses, subsequently being the contributing factor towards turnover intention[6].
Nevertheless, this study implies that healthcare personnel should be alert regarding the issues and consequences related to work-related stress and turnover intention. Appropriate strategies or recommendations should be done to improve nurses’ satisfaction and addressing issues related that surround the nursing practice environment to improve the quality of work life among nurses and thus, improve the quality of care delivered and patient safety, thus retaining highly skilled nurses.
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Mary Beth, Mini Rani, and Suzisurainie Binti Yaacob. "Relationship between nurse to patient ratio and nurses’ satisfaction among registered nurses working in a selected private hospital, malaysia." International Journal of Current Advanced Research 6, no. 3 (March 28, 2017): 2741–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.24327/ijcar.2017.2744.0094.
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Arifin, Wan Nor. "Validity of backs tool in assessing low back pain among Nurses in Malaysia." New Trends and Issues Proceedings on Humanities and Social Sciences 4, no. 1 (August 26, 2017): 226–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.18844/prosoc.v4i1.2259.
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Abdullah, Madihah Binti, Titih Huriah, Arianti Arianti, and Rosnani Binti Sarkasi. "Nurse’s Roles in Patient-Family Decision Making for Palliative Patients in Indonesia and Malaysia." Open Access Macedonian Journal of Medical Sciences 9, T4 (February 20, 2021): 6–17. http://dx.doi.org/10.3889/oamjms.2021.5594.
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BACKGROUND: The limited palliative care services can affect the late in palliative care management, such as late in decision making. Decision making is one of the crucial processes that every patient with life-threatening health life-limiting illness needs to overcome. Nurses can be the third party between the patients and physicians in helping them with decision making.
AIM: The aim of this study was to explore the differences perspectives of palliative care decision making for palliative patients and families in Indonesia and Malaysia.
METHODOLOGY: The study design used qualitative method with the phenomenology approach. The sample size of this study was 12 participants from two different study settings. They were three palliative nurses and three physicians from each country, selected by purposive sampling. The study was carried out at PKU Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta Hospital and Tuanku Fauziah Hospital Kangar, Perlis, Malaysia. Data collection used in-depth interview. The interpretative phenomenology analysis was used to analyze the data.
RESULTS: There were differences in the perspectives of palliative care services in Indonesia and Malaysia based on the culture form each of the countries. Nurses played a supportive role in ensuring that the care delivered to the patients and families were effective and efficient. Lack of staff was one of the challenges for Indonesia and Malaysia palliative care services need to face.
CONCLUSION: Three themes emerged from the collected data; there were views on palliative care, nurses’ supportive roles, and limited resources. To encounter the challenges and difficulties that interrupt the care delivery to the patients, nurses need to improve knowledge about palliative and their skills.
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Kragelund Nielsen, Karoline, Michael Calopietro, Toh Peng Yeow, Tahir bin Aris, and Ulla Bjerre-Christensen. "PERCEPTIONS AND ABILITIES RELATED TO PATIENT ENGAGEMENT IN DIABETES CARE AMONG PRIMARY HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS IN MALAYSIA: A QUALITATIVE STUDY." Malaysian Journal of Public Health Medicine 20, no. 2 (October 1, 2020): 207–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.37268/mjphm/vol.20/no.2/art.280.
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Malaysia seeks to transform its public healthcare sector to manage the growing number of people with diabetes. Patient engagement is a critical clinical competency for healthcare providers treating people with diabetes. In this study, we investigate the perceptions of and ability to practice patient engagement among doctors and nurses working in Malaysia’s primary healthcare system. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with nine non-specialist doctors and ten nurses working in primary healthcare clinics. Further, 12 key informants with specialist knowledge about diabetes care and the healthcare system in Malaysia were interviewed. The interviews were analyzed using qualitative content analysis. Three main themes emerged: 1) understanding barriers to self-care and treatment, 2) perceived training needs and skills within patient engagement and empowerment, and 3) challenges to the practice of patient engagement. A range of barriers was identified in healthcare providers’ ability to practice patient engagement. Future efforts should seek to improve competencies within patient engagement, identification of especially psychosocial barriers to self-care and empowerment. Yet, available manpower and time also influence whether patient engagement is practiced.
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Rajandiran, Surekha, Nor Wahiza Abdul Wahat, and Anusuiya Subramaniam. "Safety Workaround of Registered Nurses in Malaysian Public Hospitals: A Pilot Study." International Journal of Human Resource Studies 11, no. 4S (November 9, 2021): 1. http://dx.doi.org/10.5296/ijhrs.v11i4s.19168.
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Safety workarounds stay a crucial concern for employers, significantly within the healthcare industry wherever hospital nurses' safety has deteriorated throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. This pilot study used descriptive and correlational analyses to explore and analyse the reliability of the constructs of communication barriers, work engagement, and burnout on safety workarounds, and also their relationship. This study was conducted with 30 registered nurses in public hospitals in the State of Perak, Malaysia. The results showed that all scales to measure burnout, work engagement, communication barriers, and safety workaround had moderate to excellent feasibility and had sufficient test-retest reliability. The results also indicate that all two independent factors, namely burnout and communication barrier, were shown to be negatively and significantly correlated with safety workaround, whereas work engagement was found to be positively and significantly correlated with safety workaround. This study is anticipated to fill a spot within the literature as a result of there hasn't been a lot of analysis on nurses' safety workarounds within the Malaysian setting. These results may contribute to a stronger understanding of the constructs of communication barriers, work engagement, and burnout and how to deal with safety workaround of registered nurses in Malaysian public hospitals.
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Dong, Ke, Rao Faizan Ali, P. D. D. Dominic, and Syed Emad Azhar Ali. "The Effect of Organizational Information Security Climate on Information Security Policy Compliance: The Mediating Effect of Social Bonding towards Healthcare Nurses." Sustainability 13, no. 5 (March 5, 2021): 2800. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su13052800.
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The advancement of information communication technology in healthcare institutions has increased information security breaches. Scholars and industry practitioners have reported that most security breaches are due to negligence towards organizational information security policy compliance (ISPC) by healthcare employees such as nurses. There is, however, a lack of understanding of the factors that ensure ISPC among nurses, especially in developing countries such as Malaysia. This paper develops and examines a research framework that draws upon the factors of organizational climate of information security (OCIS) and social bond theory to enhance ISPC among nurses. A questionnaire was adopted in which responses were obtained from 241 nurses employed in 30 hospitals in Malaysia. The findings from the study demonstrated that the ISPC among nurses is enhanced through OCIS factors. The influence on ISPC was even more significant when examined by the mediating effect of the social bond. It implies that influential OCIS factors reinforce social bonds among nurses and eventually increase the ISPC. For information security practitioners, the study findings emphasize the prevalence of socio-active information security culture in healthcare organizations to enhance ISP compliance among nurses.
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Chui, Ping Lei, Mei Chan Chong, Khatijah Lim Abdullah, Vimala Ramoo, Li Yoong Tang, Wan Ling Lee, Chong Chin Che, et al. "The COVID-19 Global Pandemic and Its Impact on the Mental Health of Nurses in Malaysia." Healthcare 9, no. 10 (September 24, 2021): 1259. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare9101259.
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The Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) global pandemic since its onset has had a dramatic and often devastating impact, both physical and psychological, on all healthcare workers. This study aimed to assess the impact of psychological distress that COVID-19 has on nurses, as well as the coping strategies that they employed. This is a cross-sectional national online survey. A total of 859 nurses actively involved in caring for patients with suspected or confirmed COVID-19 in Malaysia participated in the study. More than three-quarters of the nurses experienced stress (77.2%). A total of 88.7% and 7.2% of nurses revealed a moderate and high stress level, respectively. Approximately one in eight (12.1%) nurses reported feeling depressed. Nurses working in the outpatient departments reported significantly higher stress levels than nurses working in inpatient care departments. Nurses having chronic health problems reported significantly higher depression levels than nurses with no chronic health problem. Highly stressed or depressed nurses tend to adopt avoidance coping strategies while religion and emotional support were used regardless of the stress or depression levels experienced. The findings of the study provide insight into the mental health and coping strategies of nurses actively involved in caring for patients with suspected or confirmed COVID-19 in Malaysia. This would be of tremendous help to nursing administrators in implementing mental health services for nurses during and following the COVID-19 global pandemic.
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Tahir, Nurazuwin Kursiah Mat, Norashikin Hussein, and Sarminah Samad. "Workload and Subjective Well-Being Among Nurses in Malaysia." Advanced Science Letters 23, no. 8 (August 1, 2017): 7853–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.1166/asl.2017.9593.
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Mustapha, Feisul, Michael Calopietro, Karoline Kragelund Nielsen, Jens Aagaard-Hansen, Shiang Cheng Lim, and Ulla Bjerre-Christensen. "Impact evaluation of the Steno REACH Certificate Course in Clinical Diabetes Care for health care providers in Malaysia: protocol for a quasi-experimental, mixed-methods research study." F1000Research 9 (February 10, 2020): 98. http://dx.doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.21127.1.
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The burden of diabetes continues to increase in Malaysia, and the public primary health sector has an insufficient number of health care providers well-trained in diabetes care. The Ministry of Health Malaysia collaborated with Steno Diabetes Center to educate primary care doctors and nurses on the fundamentals of clinical diabetes care using a competency-based approach that blends e-learning, classroom-based learning, and clinic-based group work. This programme is called Steno REACH Certificate Course in Clinical Diabetes Care (SRCC). The aim of this study was to assess the effectiveness of the SRCC intervention in improving diabetes-related knowledge, attitudes, skills and clinical practices among non-specialised doctors and general nurses working in public health clinics in Malaysia. This paper presents the study protocol. A quasi-experimental, mixed-methods study based on Solomon’s Four Group Design was applied. Non-specialist doctors and general nurses from ten health clinics were randomly selected to receive the educational intervention. Comparison clinics were purposive selected matching on proxy indicators for quality of diabetes care. The intervention consisted of 50 hours of e-learning, 48 hours of classroom-based learning and approximately 25 hours of work-based learning that covered all main aspects of clinical diabetes care and delivered over a six-month period. Primary outcomes were changes in diabetes-related knowledge, attitudes, skills, and clinical practice. Patients’ perceptions regarding the quality of care provided were classified as a secondary outcome. Other outcome measures included patients' assessment of their chronic disease care and providers' perceptions, attitudes and perceived barriers in care delivery. Results from this study will inform future educational approaches within the Malaysian health system. The study is unique because it evaluated a pertinent public health topic using a very robust methodology.
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Isa, Roslinda, Noor Hafazieran Hamzah, Norzanni Sharmila Jaffar, and Dwi Priyantini. "Knowledge, Attitude, And Practice Towards Handling Covid-19 Among Nurses in a teaching hospital." Environment-Behaviour Proceedings Journal 7, no. 20 (July 5, 2022): 239–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.21834/ebpj.v7i20.3492.
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A new coronavirus was discovered in China that causes serious respiratory diseases. Nurses play an important role in handling patients with COVID-19. This study aims to assess the level of knowledge, attitude, and practice towards handling COVID-19 among nurses. A descriptive cross-sectional study was done, with questionnaires on nurses' knowledge, attitude, and practice regarding handling COVID-19. The majority of nurses (99.2%) have good knowledge, while 39.0% had a positive attitude, and 65.9% of nurses had good practice in handling patients with COVID-19. There is a significant relationship with weak correlation between attitude and practice (p= 0.024, r= 0.204). Keywords: Knowledge, attitude, practice, COVID-19. eISSN: 2398-4287 © 2022. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA cE-Bs by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open access article under the CC BYNC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer–review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians/Africans/Arabians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia. DOI: https://doi.org/10.21834/ebpj.v7i20.3492
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Mohamad, Norfidah, Zamzaliza Abdul Mulud, Ira Nadhira Ruzli, and Nur Ain Farhah Mohd Zainun Zaman. "Socio-demographic Factors and Eating Behaviours among Nurses in a Teaching Hospital." Environment-Behaviour Proceedings Journal 6, no. 18 (December 31, 2021): 79–84. http://dx.doi.org/10.21834/ebpj.v6i18.3071.
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Nurses are known as shift workers. Shift work can disrupt regular meal habits resulting in abnormal eating behaviour. Hence, this study aims to determine the relationship between socio-demographic factors and eating behaviour. A cross-sectional study was conducted among 135 nurses using a self-administered questionnaire. This study found that the shift duties factor was significantly associated with emotional and external eating behaviour. This might be caused by how nurses cope with the burden of shift works. Health promotion strategies from both individuals and organisations should be intensified for these nurses to enhance healthy eating habits and promote healthy lifestyles. Keywords: eating behaviour; shift duty; nurses eISSN: 2398-4287© 2021. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA cE-Bs by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open access article under the CC BYNC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer–review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians/Africans/Arabians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia. DOI: https://doi.org/10.21834/ebpj.v6i18.3071
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Hui Li, Teh, and Azlina Yusuf. "Beliefs about the Benefits and Barriers to Physical Activity Promotion for Cancer Patients among Nurses in Malaysia." JULY ISSUE 18, no. 4 (July 1, 2022): 128–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.47836//mjmhs18.4.18.
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Introduction: Physical activity (PA) can improve survival and quality of life in chronic diseases including cancer. Given the scarcity of research on nurses’ beliefs that used a psychology perspective, the purpose of this study was to determine nurses’ beliefs about the benefits and barriers to physical activity promotion for cancer patients at a tertiary teaching hospital in Malaysia. Methods: A cross-sectional study was performed on nurses (n=104) at one Malaysian tertiary teaching hospital, using a simple random sampling method. A self-administered online questionnaire was surveyed from January until March 2021. The data was analysed using Pearson correlation analysis and an independent T-test with a significant level of p ≤.0.05. Results: 80.8% of nurses perceived the benefits of physical activity promotion for improving mental health in cancer patients. Lack of time (30.8%), patients appearing tired or unwilling to cooperate (20.2%), and a lack of knowledge (16.3%) were the barriers to physical activity. There was no correlation between beliefs about the benefits of physical activity promotion and age (p=0.908), working experience (p=0.982), ward type (p=0.666) or the average number of cancer patients cared (p=0.144). Conclusion: Nurses’ perspectives on the benefits of physical activity promotion for cancer patients support the use of planned behaviour theory for evidence-based nursing practice. There were, however, barriers to encouraging cancer patients to engage in physical activity. As a result, as a setting for health promotion, the tertiary teaching hospital must raise awareness, facilitate, and encourage nurses to engage in physical activity promotion behaviours.
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Chew, Chii-Chii, Arvinder-Singh HS, Nor Ros Hanidah Abd Manak, Nurmunirah Azlan, Akthirah Baina Raida Haron, Sabariah Husin, Suzila Abdullah, et al. "Medication administration errors reporting by Neonatal Intensive Care Nurses in Malaysia: A nationwide study." Malaysian Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health 28, no. 2 (December 4, 2022): 5–12. http://dx.doi.org/10.51407/mjpch.v28i2.179.
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Aim: To determine the willingness and barriers of Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)-based nurses in Malaysian hospitals in reporting medication errors. Background: Reporting incidents is important in improving patients’ safety and developing a healthy culture of learning from mistakes. Method: Three self-developed scenarios, ranging from mild, moderate to severe medication administration errors, were used to identify nurses’ willingness to report an error. A validated questionnaire assessing barriers to reporting errors was adapted. The sample size calculated was 139. All 22 NICUs in government-funded hospitals were approached. Nurses were randomly recruited and given a URL to access the online questionnaire. Results: Of 182 nurses from 15 hospitals who participated, 91.2% (n=166) were willing to report medication errors and patient safety was the main concern to report it. Among the nurses (n=16, 8.8%) who chose not to report medication errors, they were worried about getting into trouble (87.5%), information being shared with managers (56.3%), disciplinary actions and medico-legal issues (50.0%). Conclusion: Most NICU nurses were willing to report a medication error, and the barriers to the minority of them not reporting should be given attention. Implications: Reassurance by the managers for not penalizing the nurses who report an error should be emphasized in the incident reporting policy.
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Haladin, Nur’ain Balqis, Noor Aireen Ibrahim, and Yasmin Hanafi Zaid. "Patient-Friendly Information Giving in HIV Counselling through the Use of Metaphors." LSP International Journal 9, no. 2 (December 26, 2022): 27–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.11113/lspi.v9.19138.
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HIV counselling is a method of communication between patients and certified HIV nurse counsellors to discuss and help patients deal with HIV-related issues. Despite the training received by these nurses, communicating HIV-related issues remains a difficult task in Malaysia. Due to lack of research examining information giving in HIV counselling in Malaysia, this study investigated both the challenges and the strategies in providing information to HIV patients. Twenty-four audio recordings of actual HIV counselling sessions were gathered and six focus group discussions with HIV nurse counsellors from three government hospitals in Malaysia were recorded. The discourse analysis of revealed a prominent use of metaphors as part of information giving strategies to overcome the challenges faced by HIV nurse counsellors when communicating with HIV patients. The metaphors were embedded in HIV nurse counsellors’ information giving to HIV patients and their spouse/family as a way to represent some medical jargons pertaining to HIV. Since the HIV patients came from different educational background, it would be much easier for them to understand HIV-related information giving through the use of metaphors. Therefore, the acknowledgement and integration of metaphors can be an amazingly valuable tool for HIV nurse counsellors especially in managing the communication challenges during HIV counselling. It is hoped that the findings provided in this study will serve as a basis for integrating metaphors into counselling practices.
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Yusof, Junaidah, Hashim Fauzy Yaacob, Siti Aisyah Abdul Rahman, Ang Kean Hua, Noor Hafizah Abdul Halim, and Noor Eleena Nordin. "Direct effect of LMX on OCB in Malaysia." Asia Proceedings of Social Sciences 4, no. 2 (April 21, 2019): 34–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.31580/apss.v4i2.712.
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Research Highlights
This study investigates the antecedents of organisational citizenship behaviour (OCB) and its dimensions (i.e. altruism, courtesy, civic virtue, conscientiousness, and sportsmanship) among Malaysia Public Hospital nurses. The operational definition of leader-member exchange (LMX) in this study is the quality of the exchange relationship between the leader and the nurses which are developed based on perceived contribution and affect dimensions. An operational definition of OCB in this study is a personal choice of extra-role behaviour among Malaysia public hospital nurses U29. This behaviour is not stated in job description, it is discretionary, and not directly or explicitly recognised by the formal reward system, but it can promote the organisational effectiveness. OCB compromises five dimensions which are altruism, courtesy, civic virtue, conscientiousness, and sportsmanship.
Research Objectives
The objectives of Wawasan 2020 have forced Malaysia organisations to confront unanticipated challenges. These challenges include changes in technological structure, shocks in economic trends, social changes, and structural transformations (Kim & Hunsaker, 2018). Meeting all these challenges is indispensable for an organisation’s survival but it has become a tough trade to do (Baek-Kyoo & Sung, 2017; Chen & Jin, 2014). One possible way to survive in this unpredictable situation is to make the best use of available resources such as organisational human resources (Baek-Kyoo and Sung, 2017; Bitmis and Ergeneli, 2011). It is believed that the practise of OCB among employees can enable an organisation to cope with these challenges (Bitmis & Ergeneli, 2011; Chen & Jin, 2014; Wu & Lee, 2017). Considering all of the above statements, it is necessary to find out how to increase nurses’ OCB in the workplace. Hence, this study was conducted to determine the direct effect of LMX on OCB as prior to the Social Exchange Theory. It is believed when subordinates have a high quality LMX, they will reciprocate the positive influence and perform OCB in the workplace.
Methodology
The data collection in this study was conducted through distribution of questionnaires. Multi-stage cluster sampling is used in this study because it involves a wide area and large population size which makes it difficult or impossible to list the subjects. There are more than 133 public hospitals all over Malaysia. Applying multi-stage cluster sampling method is useful because the researchers have no access to the entire population and it is geographically convenient. Hence, this study managed to get 539 respondents from four selected government hospitals with the return rate about 35.5 percent. In this study, the researchers adapted the Leader-member Exchange Scale by Bhal and Ansari (Bhal & Ansari, 1996, 2000) to measure LMX. While the Organisational Citizenship Behaviour Scale by Podsakoff et al. (1990) was adapted to measure OCB. Structural Equation Modelling is employed in this research as a statistical approach to measure the comparative strength of the indirect and direct relationship between the variables.
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The result indicated the model has yielded a good fit with RMSEA = 0.05, GFI = 0.90, AGFI = 0.88, CFI = 0.95, TLI = 0.94, NFI = 0.90, and chisq/df = 2.01. Overall, the perceived contribution and affect found to explain 5.1 percent of altruism occurrence, 2.6 percent of courtesy occurrence, 5 percent of civic virtue occurrence, 1 percent of conscientiousness occurrence, and 4 percent on sportsmanship occurrence among Malaysia public hospital nurses. Specifically, perceived contribution was found to significantly give an effect to only sportsmanship (𛽠= 0.242, p < 0.001). That is, high quality of perceived contribution increases the occurrence of sportsmanship among nurses. However, perceived contribution has an insignificant effect on altruism, courtesy, civic virtue, and conscientiousness. The second dimension of LMX which is affect was found to significantly contribute to altruism (𛽠= 0.153, p < 0.05), courtesy (𛽠= 0.102, p < 0.05), civic virtue (𛽠= 0.228, p < 0.001), and sportsmanship (𛽠= -0.164, p < 0.001). That is, high quality affect relationship between the leader and the subordinate increases the occurrence of altruism, courtesy, civic virtue, and sportsmanship among nurses. However, affect was found to have no significant contribution to conscientiousness.
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This study expanded the Social Exchange Theory by providing empirical evidence on the association of LMX on OCB. From the empirical evidence, it was found out that high-quality of work-based relationship has a valid influence on sportsmanship. The findings also revealed high-quality of personal-based relationship between the leader and the subordinate has a significant positive influence on altruism, courtesy, and civic virtue, while the negative influence on sportsmanship. It is suggested that personal-based relationship between the leader and the subordinate needs to be practiced with precaution since high-level personal relationships could manifest the occurrence of negative effect towards sportsmanship.
Acknowledgement
We are grateful for the opportunity provided by Quest International University and Universiti Teknologi Malaysia to publish our research finding.
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Ying, Chong Xue, Azlina Yusuf, and Soon Lean Keng. "Perceptions of risk factors for phlebitis among Malaysian nurses." British Journal of Nursing 29, no. 2 (January 23, 2020): S18—S23. http://dx.doi.org/10.12968/bjon.2020.29.2.s18.
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Background: Intravenous therapy is an integral part of professional nursing practice. Nurses have a responsibility to recognise risk factors for phlebitis. Aims: To investigate nurses' perceptions of risk factors for phlebitis in a tertiary teaching hospital in north-east Peninsular Malaysia. Methods: A cross-sectional study of 199 randomly selected nurses were surveyed for their perceptions of risk factors for phlebitis using a self-administered questionnaire. Findings: More than half of the nurses (56.8%) had a good perception levels of risk factors for phlebitis. There was a significant association between the clinical area and nurses' perceptions of risk factors for phlebitis (p=0.04). Nurses working in medical, orthopaedic, and surgical areas had slightly better perceptions than nurses working in multidisciplinary and oncology areas. Conclusion: These findings suggest that nurses need to continually improve their knowledge about risk factors for phlebitis to ensure safer nursing practice.
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Permarupan, P. Yukthamarani, Abdullah Al Mamun, Naresh Kumar Samy, Roselina Ahmad Saufi, and Naeem Hayat. "Effect of Psychological Empowerment on Nurses Burnout." Open Nursing Journal 13, no. 1 (December 20, 2019): 201–10. http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1874434601913010201.
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Objective: The health industry needs motivated and satisfied nursing staff to provide quality health services to medical tourists, as well as in other sectors. This study aimed to examine the effects of psychological empowerment on the dimensions of burnout among the Malaysian nursing staff, as well as exploring the role of age, gender, experience, and marital status on the perception of burnout dimensions. Methods: This survey used a sample of 432 nursing staff, using measures of the perception of empowerment and comparing variables with another measure of burnout, collected via a self-reported questionnaire. Data were analyzed using PLS-SEM. Moreover, the group analysis in PLS-SEM estimated the differences among the nursing staff’s perception of psychological empowerment on burnout factors. Results: The findings reveal that psychological empowerment reduces the impact of burnout symptoms. Moreover, gender and age are different for depersonalization by the perception of psychological empowerment among the nursing staff in Malaysia. The Malaysian nursing staff’s marital status influences the relationships between psychological empowerment and depersonalization, as well as emotional exhaustion and personal unfulfillment. Moreover, the experience of the nursing staff influences the perception of personal unfulfillment in a significant manner. Conclusion: This study offered important managerial implications, such as considering the nursing staff’s needs according to age, gender, material status, and working experience to address burnout issues of emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and personal unfulfillment. Moreover, it is important to note that the different factors of burnout are perceived differently by the nursing staff based on their attributes. There is a need to utilize the provision of psychological empowerment needs.
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Ismail, Leena, Norimah Ishak, and Normah Othman. "Malaysian Civilian Nurses in Military Hospitals." Malaysian Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities (MJSSH) 7, no. 3 (March 10, 2022): e001402. http://dx.doi.org/10.47405/mjssh.v7i3.1402.
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A job satisfaction study among civilian nurses was conducted in 3 Military Hospitals in Malaysia. A Participant convenient sample of n=172 was selected for statistical analysis and the response rate was 63.7 %. Responsibility, Staff Relation, Opportunity to Develop and Patient Care were domains identified that had high level of job satisfaction. Staff Relation domain was significant with the highest P- value among demographic data. The dataset was not distributed normally as the distribution was skewed left. The findings of the study revealed that there was significant positive relationship that showed general satisfaction among the domains. From the study it could be concluded that there was the influence of general satisfaction with all the reviewed elements. There was correlation with each other by 45% as indicated by the R2 value in the regression test.
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Zakaria, Nursyahda, Nor Haniza Zakaria, Muhammad Nur Amir Bin Abdul Rassip, and Kun Yun Lee. "Burnout and coping strategies among nurses in Malaysia: a national-level cross-sectional study." BMJ Open 12, no. 10 (October 2022): e064687. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2022-064687.
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ObjectiveThis national-level study aimed to determine the prevalence and risk factors of burnout, as well as the coping strategies among nurses in the Ministry of Health (MOH) Malaysia.DesignUsing a complex sampling design, a two-stage stratified cluster sampling was performed to recruit MOH nurses between August and November 2019.Setting and participantsA total of 2428 nurses from 32 hospitals and 28 district health offices answered the questionnaires based on Maslach Burnout Inventory for Human Services and Brief COPE. Complex sampling analysis was applied.Outcome measuresThe outcome of interest was the prevalence of burnout and its three domains of emotional exhaustion (EE), depersonalisation (DP) and low personal accomplishment. ORs using 95% CIs were calculated. Significant factors at the univariate level were entered into the multivariate logistic regression to identify independent predictors of burnout.ResultsOne in four (24.4%) nurses experienced burnout. Younger, single, and childless nurses had a higher prevalence of burnout. Shift working nurses were 1.6 times more likely to develop burnout. Those who performed >6 night shifts per month were 1.5 times more predisposed to burnout (95% CI 1.01 to 2.36; p<0.05). While encountering traumatic events at work led to 4.2 times (95% CI 2.31, 7.63; p<0.05) higher risk of burnout, those who received post-traumatic psychological support were better protected. The use of dysfunctional coping strategies was detrimental as it was positively correlated with EE and DP.ConclusionAddressing modifiable stressors of burnout at individual and institutional levels identified in this study can be potentially beneficial in reducing burnout and its undesirable effects among nurses. Interventions that promote positive coping strategies should be implemented. Organisational-driven efforts must target the improvement of work schedules for nurses and the establishment of a structured debriefing service for post-trauma counselling.
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Mohd Arifin, Siti Roshaidai, Helen Cheyne, and Margaret Maxwell. "THE CONTEXT OF POSTNATAL DEPRESSION IN MALAYSIA: AN OVERVIEW." Volume-10 : Issue 1, July, 2018 10, no. 1 (July 15, 2018): 57–65. http://dx.doi.org/10.31674/mjn.2018.v10i01.008.
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Sociocultural contexts of motherhood have been found to have a link with postnatal depression. Malaysia has a wide-range of cultural and ethnic backgrounds that offers a wonderful chance to understand the different role of cultures and postnatal practices in relation to postnatal depression. The purpose of this paper is to discuss the link between the Malaysian healthcare system, social and cultural context, the existing health policy and postnatal depression. This paper highlights that while there are different levels of nurses who work collaboratively to manage pregnant and postnatal mothers in the maternal and child health clinic, the focus of their care is more on physical health. The international guidelines for diagnosing PND were not commonly used within the clinics, although the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) has been widely used within psychiatric setting in Malaysia. There is no formal mechanism or assessment to detect PND in the clinics. There were no guidelines found that specifically focused on the management of PND. It is questionable whether the current approaches to promote and manage maternal mental health in Malaysia have a sense of cultural-based strategies. These significant gaps call for empirical evidence that explicitly focussed on the experiences and perceptions of PND in Malaysia.
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Ibrahim, Mohd Ismail, Izani Uzair Zubair, Najib Majdi Yaacob, Mohd Izmi Ahmad, and Mohd Nazri Shafei. "Low Back Pain and Its Associated Factors among Nurses in Public Hospitals of Penang, Malaysia." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 16, no. 21 (November 1, 2019): 4254. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16214254.
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Objectives: To determine the prevalence of low back pain (LBP) and its associated factors among the nurses working in the public hospitals of Penang, Malaysia. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted on nurses, aged 25–60 years, who had been working for at least three months at six public hospitals of Penang. A proportionate stratified random sampling method was applied to select 1292 respondents. The Malay-validated BACKS Tool questionnaire using a 5-point Likert scale was used to obtain data. Simple and multiple logistic regression analyses were performed. Results: A total of 989 (76.5%) nurses suffered from LBP at a point of time. The factors significantly associated with LBP among the nurses included working more than seven hours [adjusted odds ratio (AOR) (95% confidence interval (CI)) 1.48 (1.06, 1.98)], twisting of the body while working [AOR (95% CI) 1.60 (1.13, 2.26)], manual handling of patients in wards [AOR (95% CI) 1.44 (1.08, 2.07)], and fatigue [AOR (95% CI) 2.63 (1.94, 3.58)]. Conclusion: The prevalence of LBP among the nurses in the public hospitals of Penang was relatively high. The factors predicting LBP included working more than seven hours a day, twisting of the body while working, manual handling, and fatigue. The findings from this study may better enable policymakers to devote resources to minimize low back pain among nurses. The nurses should be encouraged to comply with safe working procedures.
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Hee, Ong Choon, and Azzizat Binti Zainal Abidin. "The Moderating Effects of Job Satisfaction on the Relationship between Personality Traits and Customer-oriented Behavior in the Malaysian Health Tourism Industry." International Business Research 9, no. 6 (April 7, 2016): 72. http://dx.doi.org/10.5539/ibr.v9n6p72.
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<p>This paper aims to analyze the relationship between personality traits, customer-oriented behavior and job satisfaction. Focusing on the moderating role of job satisfaction in enhancing customer oriented behavior, the research was set in the context of Malaysian health tourism industry. The respondents consisted of nurses in health tourism hospitals in Malaysia. A quantitative cross sectional survey method was adopted, coupled with factor analysis and hierarchical regression analysis to analyze the collected data. The findings of this study revealed that extraversion and agreeableness were positively and significantly related to customer-oriented behaviour. Further, job satisfaction was found to be a quasi-moderator that interacted with extraversion to predict customer-oriented behavior. The findings of this research facilitate health tourism organizations to identify, recruit and train nurses who possess the right personality traits, structure the values of the organization and nurture a conducive work environment in order to maximize nurses’ job satisfaction that effectively improves their behavior towards customers and ultimately the performance of the firms.</p>
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Chiu, L. H. "Motivation for nurses undertaking a post-registration qualification in Malaysia." International Nursing Review 52, no. 1 (March 2005): 46–51. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1466-7657.2004.00415.x.
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Anvari, Roya, Ali Shaemi Barzaki, Leyla Amiri, Sobia Irum, and Sholeh Shapourabadi. "The mediating effect of organizational citizenship behavior on the relationship between workplace spirituality and intention." Intangible Capital 13, no. 3 (July 26, 2017): 615. http://dx.doi.org/10.3926/ic.906.
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Purpose: This study aims to explore the relationships between workplace spirituality, intention to leave and organizational citizenship behaviour (OCB) among nurses and whether OCB mediates the relationship between workplace spirituality and intention to leave.Design/methodology/approach: Due to the shifting paradigm of health policies, administrations in Malaysian hospitals are faced with trials of cost reduction. The high rate of nurses leaving the hospital poses a burden to the human resource department. This study aims to discover how to cope with this problem by utilizing workplace spirituality and organizational citizenship behaviour. In the present correlational study, data were collected using questionnaires. A total of 345 nurses from three public and general hospitals located in Johor Bahru, Malaysia, were chosen as samples using a random sampling method to respond to questionnaires. The measurement and structural model were assessed using SmartPls 2.0.Findings: Workplace spirituality has significant negative influence on nurses’ intention to leave and positive influence on OCB. Amongst nurses, workplace spirituality contributed to 34% of the variation in intention to leave, whereas 36% of the variation was in accordance to OCBI and 45% of the variation was in accordance to OCBO. Furthermore, OCB arbitrated the effect of workplace spirituality on the intention to leave.Originality/value: Workplace spirituality contributes to nurses’ intention to leave and OCB. This study highlights the benefits of the novel idea of workplace spirituality, especially amongst nurses needing motivation in their duties.Social implications: This study has shown the probable advantages of better understanding the positive impact of workplace spirituality on nurses’ tendency to leave and OCB. This is important for the managers of nurses in the effort to improve nurses’ performance and, by extension, the healthcare system.