Academic literature on the topic 'Saudi male nurses'

This study aims to determine the profile of the Saudi male nursing workforce that influences tenure in their job and their intentions in staying on the job or leaving their job. This research used the quantitative-comparative approach employing 361 nurses as participants from the three major government hospitals namely, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, King Abdulaziz Medical City, and King Fahad Medical Center in Riyadh city, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Results showed that nurses in the workforce perceived the lack of promotion opportunities as the main reason for leaving the nursing profession (3.92±.952) and the reason for becoming a nurse wanted to help others cope with illness (4.68). There is a significant difference found in age to reasons (F=11.51; p<001) opinion of becoming a nurse (F=6.73; p<001), highest qualification on their reasons for leaving the nursing profession (F=11.8; p<.001) but not on the opinion of nurses (F=.690; p>.502). Moreover, the years of experience of the nurses were found significant to reasons (F=5.085; p<.002) and opinion (F=4.89; p<.002). Regarding the position held, there found significant differences in reasons for leaving (F=9.05; p<.001) and their opinion about becoming a nurse (F=11.81; p<.001). Concerning marital status there found significant differences in their reasons for leaving the nursing profession (t=5.779; p>.290) and their opinion (t=1.39; p>.573). Meanwhile, the number of dependents found no significant difference in their reasons (t=2.248; p>0.38) and opinion (t=.820; p>.366). Continuous skill development and career progression opportunities for male nurses contribute to job satisfaction and, as a result, it will be the key to gaining greater autonomy for Saudi Arabia's nurses.

Background: Nursing is considered to be a primarily female profession, particularly in Saudi Arabia, despite the fact that male nurses have contributed to the advancement of the nursing profession in various specialties, such as military nursing, mental health, and critical care. Purpose: We explore the factors influencing Saudi male nursing interns to study within the nursing profession in Saudi Arabia. Methods: A descriptive qualitative study was conducted. A convenience sample of 12 Saudi male nursing interns from different nursing colleges were recruited, alongside four hospital internship coordinators. The data were collected by conducting two semi-structured focus group interviews and four individual interviews. All the interviews were analyzed using a comparative analytical approach. Results: Role models and the role of the internship year were identified as factors influencing Saudi male nurses’ decision to study nursing. However, hospital placements, cultural preferences, and the preferences of patients and their families for female nurses were the key challenges encountered. Importantly, this study demonstrated that social media plays a critical role in raising awareness regarding the importance of Saudi male nurses. Conclusion: Awareness needs to be raised of the nursing profession as a gender-diverse field through volunteering programs for the community. It is recommended that Saudi male nurses act as role models for students in the Academic Orientation Forum and on social media.

Context: Male and female nurses face violence in their workplace because of daily exposure to challenging situations as a result of dealing with different types of patients, visitors, and their families. Aim: The study aimed to assess nurses' perceptions toward workplace violence at Dammam Medical Tower, Saudi Arabia. Methods: A quantitative descriptive cross-sectional design was used to conduct this study. The sample size consisted of 300 nurses working at Dammam Medical Tower using a convenient sampling technique from January to March 2019 and using a modified tool obtained from ‘Survey on Workplace Violence’ by Massachusetts Nurse’s Association. Results: The most common workplace violence for the last two years was verbal abuse and threatening. Additionally, sexual assault was less violent in the workplace. Around one-third of nurses reported all incidents to management, and less than half of them stated that the management was supportive and tried to find a solution. However, only 10% of them underwent related training regarding workplace violence prevention. Also, more than a quarter of nurses reported that a clear policy and procedures addressing violence are needed to combat violence in the workplace. There is a significant difference between nurses who work in outpatients or emergency department and total violence incidents. Conclusion: Verbal abuse and threatening are deemed to be the most common violence being occurred in the workplace, while patients and relatives are the commonest offenders. The administration of the workplace should develop a clear policy to address the violent act in work and enhance the violence concept in the orientation courses.

Background: Hand hygiene is a simple and effective practice that reduces the transmission of hospital acquired infections. However, adherence to hand hygiene guidelines among health care professionals is low. The aim of this study is to assess hand hygiene practices among nurses working in hospitals in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Methodology: The standardized version of the World Health Organization (WHO) questionnaire was administered to nurses from six hospitals in the region of Asir. Results: 300 nurses were approached to enroll 243 participants so the response rate was 81%. The study found that 65.4% (159) of the participants followed a good hand hygiene practice while 10.3% (25) showed inadequate hand hygiene practice. Good hand hygiene practice was found to be significantly higher among female participants (88%) than the male participants (44%). The participants from the department of internal medicine (43.5%) showed the highest percentage of inadequate hand hygiene practice while participants from the department of pediatrics reported a 100% good hand hygiene practice. Conclusion: The male nurses and nurses working in the department of internal medicine require in-service educational intervention regarding hand hygiene to increase their compliance with its practice . Posters and other visual aids highlighting the significance of hand hygiene need to be displayed in all the departments to sensitize the importance of hand hygiene among nurses.

Background and Aim: Nurses are the principal oral healthcare providers for hospitalized patients. The purpose of this study was to assess the knowledge, attitudes, and practices of nurses at a mental health hospital in Saudi Arabia regarding oral health care of the hospitalized patients. Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional survey design was used in which 247 nursing staff completed a questionnaire that collected sociodemographic information, knowledge, and practices regarding oral health maintenance of patients and their attitudes toward oral health care of psychiatric patients. The chi-square and Kruskal-Wallis H tests were used to examine group differences. Results: A total of 247 (136 males and 111 females) nursing staff were involved in the survey with the mean age of 26 ± 32 years. Results showed significant gender differences in knowledge and practices, but no gender differences in attitudes. Male nurses were more likely to look at teeth and gums for signs of a healthy mouth (male = 97.8%, female = 95.5%, P = .04), used toothpaste to clean the patient’s teeth (male = 52.9%, female = 50.5%, P = .03), and believed that HIV/AIDS patients are at risk of developing oral health problems (male = 50.7%, female = 43.2%, P = .04). Nurses had more knowledge than nurse technicians regarding gum disease and dental abscesses ( P = .0001). Nursing staff with over five years of experience were more likely to agree about the need for the oral health care of hospitalized patients. Conclusion: The results emphasize the need for training of healthcare workers about the importance of oral health and considering oral health care as a patient’s rights rather than privilege.

Background: The current study aimed to examine the association between hospital nurses’ attitudes about the safety culture and patients’ views about the quality of healthcare services delivered to them during their hospitalization. Methods: This study was cross section study as well as adopted the correlational design. The study used the hospital survey on patient safety culture to assess nurses’ perceptions about the safety culture, and the consumer assessment of healthcare providers and systems survey to assess patients’ experience of care. The current study was conducted in a tertiary healthcare organization in Riyadh city in Saudi Arabia. Results: The response rates for nurses and patients were 79% and 80%, respectively. In nurses’ sample, the majority 92.9% was female and 90.6% was non-Saudi; while 43.5% of patients were male and the majority was Saudi 97.1%. More than half of the nurses 57.2% were married and 35.4% identified themselves as single. On the other hand, the majority of patients 81.5% were married and 48.7% of patients had a diploma or high school or less. Conclusions: The results of canonical correlation analysis showed positive and strong correlations between nurses’ perceptions of safety culture (facilitators and threats to patient safety) and patients’ perceptions of quality of healthcare (interpersonal care communication and technical quality of care). The canonical variates for both root pairs (canonical correlation coefficients = 0.89 and 0.81). This finding clearly proves that in workplaces where staffs have more positive perceptions of patient safety culture, patients have more positive experiences of care.

Background: Nurses have been the frontline fighters during the COVID-19 pandemic. This challenge has placed nurses under huge workload pressure, which has in turn affected many aspects of their lives. During the COVID-19 pandemic in Saudi Arabia, many hospitals and healthcare systems have been adversely affected. However, few studies have examined the impact of workload during the COVID-19 pandemic on nurses’ social lives. Objective: This study aimed to examine the relationship between the workload during the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on the social life of nurses. Methods: A quantitative cross-sectional study was conducted using an online questionnaire. Results: A total of 204 nurses participated in the study. There were 73.53% female and 26.47% male respondents with a mean age of 27.64 ± 10.62 years. The majority of the participants were Saudi (87.25%) and single (52.45%). The mean score of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and work pressure on nurses’ social lives was (7.31 ± 1.84) out of 10. There was found to be a significant relationship between workload during the COVID-19 pandemic and the social life of nurses. Conclusion: The study revealed how the workload in hospital during the pandemic period affected the healthcare workers’ social lives, especially nurses. Therefore, it is necessary to provide support to nurses and to know their needs during the pandemic period, which may motivate them and reduce their workload to improve their work/life balance and their performance.

Despite rapid and successful development in pediatric cancer treatment, many ethical challenges remain. These challenges have been, and continue to be, the subject of much research, but few qualitative studies have explored the views of nurses, especially in the Middle East. This study, therefore, seeks to fill a knowledge gap in this area and to better understand the concerns of nurses—particularly those in Saudi Arabia and the Middle East. Face-to-face, in-depth interviews were conducted with 17 male and female nurses working in pediatric units at 2 hospitals in Saudi Arabia to explore their views on the ethical challenges in caring for children with cancer. All interviews were recorded and transcribed, then line-by-line encoded, merged, and categorized into themes. Our results show that pediatric cancer is perceived as being “different” from other diseases, and from cancer in adults. Nurses are an integral part of the medical care team and are aware of the importance of their role, as well as the special relationships that they develop with the children. Consent is mandatory and necessary and can be signed by any parent. Assent is important when children become able to give it. Pediatric cancer is seen as a different disease by nurses for various reasons. Their roles and relationships with children and families pose many challenges. Though parental consent and child assent are essential, nurses’ collaboration is important for shared decision-making. Our study paves the way for broader studies to understand the concerns of nurses and other health-care providers about treating children with pediatric cancer.

Background: Nurses are frequently involved in different types of patient handling activities in different departments of the hospitals. Mishandling the patients causes accumulative stress on their spine that results in occupational back pain (OBP), substantial morbidity, and incurred cost. Objectives: This study aimed to observe the influence of work-related safety and health guidelines on knowledge and prevalence of occupational back pain among rehabilitation nurses in Saudi Arabia. Methodology: This cohort study was conducted with the inclusion of a total of 116-registered rehabilitation nurses (97-female, 19-male, mean age = 39.6-years) from different regions of Saudi Arabia. After the invitation, these nurses attended an ergonomic workshop focusing on work-related safety and patient handling guidelines, risk assessment, and control of OBP. A self-administered questionnaire was used to assess the knowledge, risk, and prevalence of OBP at baseline and 6-months follow-up. Results: The perceived knowledge score significantly improved (95% CI; t = 4.691; p < 0.001; Cohen’s d = 0.72) at 6-month follow-up (mean ± SD = 81.6 ± 18.2) from its baseline score (mean ± SD = 68.2 ± 19.2). Likewise, the prevalence score of OBP markedly reduced from 71.5% (baseline) to 65.0% (6-month follow-up). Conclusion: The level of knowledge highly improved and the prevalence of OBP markedly reduced within a span of 6-month among rehabilitation nurses in Saudi Arabia after attending an ergonomic workshop. Importantly, the nurses learned and geared up themselves for practicing the safe patient handling guidelines to avoid occupational back pain in the future. Therefore, rehabilitation nurses should update their knowledge and awareness about occupational safety and health guidelines, risk assessments, and control of OBP at a regular interval for increasing the knowledge and reducing the prevalence of OBP among them.

To assess and describe the emotional experience among nurses caring for COVID-19 patients in the Hail region, Saudi Arabia, a qualitative research design using a phenomenological approach in selected hospitals Hail Region was performed. The researcher identified 30 nurses who provided care for COVID-19 patients. The interview was conducted in person by following the precautionary guidelines or by WhatsApp Application system and the analysis done using Colaizzi's 7-step method. In the present study, the demographic data revealed that 87% of the nurses were females and the remaining participants were Saudi male nurses. Most of the participants (50%) were in the age group 24–29 years. About 66% were Indian, 17% were Filipina, and 17% were Saudi nurses. Moreover, 50% of those nurses have 5–9 years of experience and 37% are young nurses who have 1–4 years of experience. Thus, it is obvious that well-experienced staff are involved in this pandemic duty. Regarding the marital status of the nurses, 50% are married and 50% single. Among 63% of the nurses in this study either unmarried or married without children; 24% of them have a single child; and 13% have more than 2 children. For those who were living with family, the hospital administration arranged certain measures for isolating them during duty. The emotional experience among nurses caring for COVID-19 patients which were narrated by the staffs was transliterated, and the findings were shown based on 4 themes with subthemes as follows: enhancing the negative emotions and feelings at an initial phase, managing coping mechanism, changing anxiety to evolution, and developing positive emotions and at the same time gradually diminishing negative ones. The respondents able to recognize two sets of emotions: One positive and the other one negative. Self-coping styles, psychological well-being, and emotional stability has been developed. While comparing to the other studies the health care workers must be mandatory in crisis management and preparedness. These emotions will then form the foundation of the description and assessment of the overall emotional experiences of the nurses when the Ministry of Health (MOH) decides to enforce a mental wellness program for the country’s nurses.

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This research is based on evaluations on the nursing care to orthopedical patients in a school hospital; highlighting the nurses' education in this aspect. Objective: To identify important aspects of the nursing care provided to orthopedical patients assisted in a school hospital of the interior of São Paulo state, to propose and introduce educational actions for these nurses. Casuistics and Method: Accomplishment of a case study on nursing care to the orthopedical patients, and educational activity for the nurses after the Ethics Research Committee has approved the study. Instruments tested previously such as interviews were used to collect data into two hospital units for orthopedical patient hospitalization. Forty nursing professionals performing in the orthopedical units, 12 nurses, 27 auxiliary nursing and 1 nursing technician participated in the study. Results and Discussion: Most of them were female (91.7% of the nurses and 82.1% of the nursing team); mean age group 36.4 years among the nurses and 35.7 years among the nursing team; the nurses ´mean time of nursing graduation was12.3 years, and 1 to 5 years the nursing team; no nurse had specialization related to the orthopedics, while the nursing team had informal orientation on the care from the doctors and nurses. The actions more reported were: dressing work-up, body hygiene and the medical prescription follow-up. Some difficulties were pointed out: these patients' complexity, deficiencies in the building plan and furniture; deficit in the orientation of the team, the patients and companions; reduced number of staff; delay in setting the surgeries; early handle of the dressings; moreover, problems in the interaction with medical team and to introduce the nursing care systemization. Six educational meetings developed in three moments took place: with talkative expository class, practical living and finalization, being discussed important subjects such as: dressings, motion, body hygiene, medical prescription follow-up, physical examination, interview, orientations for the team, patient and companion, daily visits, discharge orientation, pain control, pre and postoperative period, specific cares with traction and external fixators, the patients' motion. Conclusions: Some deficiencies were pointed out in the nursing care regarding the orthopedical patient in this hospital, introducing several recommendations, such as better nurses´education, training of the team in the area, to introduce a system of the patients' classification to provide proper place for the nursing staff necessary to improve systemization of the nursing care to the orthopedical patient and to motivate further research on the work management process in Orthopedics in this hospital.
Esta pesquisa fundamenta-se em avaliações sobre a assistência de enfermagem a pacientes ortopédicos em um hospital de ensino, destacando a educação de enfermeiros. Objetivo: Identificar aspectos relevantes da assistência de enfermagem prestada a pacientes ortopédicos atendidos em um hospital de ensino do interior de São Paulo, para propor e implantar ações educativas para os enfermeiros incluídos no estudo. Casuística e Método: Realização de estudo de caso sobre assistência de enfermagem ao paciente ortopédico e de atividade educativa para os enfermeiros, após aprovação do Comitê de Ética em Pesquisa. Os dados foram coletados com uso de instrumentos previamente testados, aplicados em forma de entrevistas. Quarenta profissionais de enfermagem que atuavam nas unidades ortopédicas consentiram em participar: 12 enfermeiros, 27 auxiliares de enfermagem e 1 técnico de enfermagem. Resultados e Discussão: Maioria do sexo feminino; faixa etária média de 36,4 anos entre enfermeiros e 35,7 anos entre auxiliares e técnico de enfermagem; enfermeiros com tempo médio de formação de 12,3 anos e de 1 a 5 anos entre auxiliares e técnico; nenhum enfermeiro tinha especialização relacionada à área de Ortopedia, enquanto os auxiliares e técnico de enfermagem tiveram orientação informal sobre os cuidados, recebida de médicos e enfermeiros. As ações mais citadas foram: avaliação de curativos, higiene corporal e seguimento da prescrição médica. Foram destacadas dificuldades de atuação pela complexidade dos pacientes, deficiências na planta física e mobiliário; déficit na orientação da equipe, dos pacientes e acompanhantes; número reduzido de pessoal; demora na marcação das cirurgias; manuseio precoce dos curativos, principalmente, além de problemas na interação com equipe médica e para instituir a sistematização da assistência de enfermagem. Aconteceram seis encontros educativos com os enfermeiros, desenvolvidos em três momentos: com aula expositiva dialogada, vivência prática e finalização, discutindo-se questões julgadas importantes, abordando-se principalmente: curativos, movimentação, higiene corporal, seguimento da prescrição médica, exame físico, entrevista, orientações para equipe, paciente e acompanhante, visita diária, orientação de alta, controle da dor, pré e pós-operatório, cuidados específicos com tração e fixadores externos, movimentação dos pacientes. Conclusões: Foram evidenciadas deficiências na assistência de enfermagem prestada ao paciente ortopédico no hospital estudado, surgindo várias recomendações, entre outras, o melhor preparo de enfermeiros, capacitação da equipe na área, instituir um sistema de classificação dos pacientes para adequado dimensionamento do pessoal de enfermagem necessário para promover a sistematização da assistência de enfermagem ao paciente ortopédico e incentivar mais pesquisas sobre gestão do processo de trabalho em ortopedia neste hospital.

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Introduction: Quality food and in sufficient amounts is a right of the Brazilian citizen and to guarantee this right, the concept of Food and Nutritional Security (FNS) in Brazil is ensured by the Federal Food and Nutritional Security Law – n. 11.346, of September 15, 2006. The realization of how important the understanding of this concept of FNS is for nursing professionals can contribute to the implementation of multidisciplinary actions of health promotion and construction of citizenship. Objective: to understand the view of newly-graduated nurses on aspects related to the FNS concept. Method: This was a qualitative, descriptive and exploratory study. Data interpretation was carried out through content analysis, as proposed by Bardin (2009). The project was developed between the years 2017 and 2018. The study participants comprised nurses who had completed academic training in the last three years. The project was approved by REC/ UNIFAL-MG - CAAE nº 69042817400005142 on 08/01/2017. Results: Fifteen nurses participated in the study. The analysis categories according to Bardin (2009), elaborated on the topic were: “fragmented knowledge about food policies/programs”; “Teaching about feeding in the university”; and “feeding in the biomedical context”. Implications for the practice: We consider that evidence indicates that the appropriation of the FNS concept by the nurses can be better structured in the teaching during Nursing Program courses for the better development of food and nutrition actions. Conclusion: We conclude that newly graduated nurses do not recognize the concept of FNS. However, they understand several elements that constitute this concept. We also understand that it is crucial that nurses study the topic, by assimilating the concept of FNS during the graduation course for the effective development of the topic in their professional practice
Introdução: a alimentação de qualidade e em quantidade suficiente é um direito do cidadão brasileiro e, para promover a garantia a esse direito direito o conceito de Segurança Alimentar e Nutricional (SAN) no Brasil é assegurado pela Lei Federal de Segurança Alimentar e Nutricional (Losan) - nº 11.346, de 15 de setembro de 2006. A constatação do quão importante é a compreensão desse conceito de SAN para os profissionais enfermeiros pode contribuir no estabelecimento de ações multidisciplinares de promoção da saúde e construção da cidadania. Objetivo: compreender a visão dos enfermeiros recém-formados sobre os aspectos relacionados ao conceito de SAN. Método: estudo qualitativo, descritivo e exploratório. A interpretação dos dados foi por meio da análise de conteúdo, proposta por Bardin (2009). O projeto foi desenvolvido entre os anos de 2017 e 2018. Tendo como participantes enfermeiros cuja formação acadêmica se completou nos últimos três anos. O projeto foi aprovado pelo CEP/UNIFAL-MG - CAAE n. 69042817400005142 em 01/08/2017. Resultados: participaram do estudo 15 enfermeiros. As categorias de análise, elaboradas sobre o tema, conforme Bardin (2009), foram: “conhecimento fragmentado sobre as políticas/programas voltados para a alimentação”; “ensino sobre alimentação na universidade”; e “alimentação no contexto biomédico”. Implicações para a prática: as evidências apontam que a apropriação do conceito de SAN pelos enfermeiros poderá ser mais bem estruturada no ensino na graduação dos cursos de enfermagem para o melhor desenvolvimento das ações de alimentação e nutrição. Conclusão: constatou-se que os profissionais enfermeiros com formação recente não reconhecem o conceito de SAN. Porém entendem vários elementos que o compõem. Foi possível também compreender com este trabalho que é premente que os enfermeiros se apropriem do tema, assimilando o conceito de SAN já durante a graduação para seu efetivo desenvolvimento em suas práticas profissionais

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Continuing education is an important factor that aims at excellence of care. The aim of this study is to analyze the continuing education for nurses in urological care of people with spinal cord injury. Specific objectives: 1) to discuss the nurses' perception on Continuing Education in urological care of people with spinal cord injury; 2) identify the factors that facilitate and hinder the Continuing Education of accession-related urologic care of people with spinal cord injury. It is a qualitative, descriptive and exploratory research guided by the analysis of Bardin, 2013. Survey participants were nurses from the inpatient unit for rehabilitation. The sample was constituted by 9 nurses. Data collection took place between January and February 2015. This study was approved by the Ethics Committee in Research of the UFG Opinion Research Center and 880,053 diretreizes meets the standards and regulatory standards for research involving human beings, according to Resulação 466 / 12 of the National Health Council. The results were described in three categories, using the speeches of the participants identified impersonally with the numbering E1 to E9. The perception of nurses about the Continuing Education of rehabilitation unit revealed that favors the professional autonomy of the nurse. There is evidence of a strong professional effort to make Continuing Education, at its core, in the daily nursing care. It was shown that nurses do not participate in Congress in the urological area; nurses have not had the opportunity to study on rehabilitation and urologic care of people with spinal cord injury in the academic period. The information enable managers and nursing course Coordinators about actions to be developed and work out a plan to minimize the gaps that hinder the accession of Continuing Education and the knowledge and experience of nurses on the urological care in academic life. This perspectiva, professional multi-mode nurses can plan educational activities aimed at rehabilitation in health.
A Educação Continuada é um fator relevante que visa a excelência do cuidar. Objetivou-se neste estudo analisar a Educação Continuada para os enfermeiros no cuidado urológico da pessoa com lesão medular. Como objetivos específicos: 1) Discutir a percepção dos enfermeiros sobre a Educação Continuada no cuidado urológico da pessoa com lesão medular; 2) identificar os fatores que facilitam e dificultam a adesão da Educação Continuada relacionada ao cuidado urológico da pessoa com lesão medular. Trata-se de uma pesquisa qualitativa, descritivo e de natureza exploratória pautada na analise de Bardin, 2013. Os participantes da pesquisa são enfermeiros da unidade de internação para reabilitação. A amostra se constituiu por 9 enfermeiros. A coleta de dados ocorreu entre janeiro a fevereiro de 2015. Esta pesquisa foi aprovada pelo Comitê de Ética em Pesquisa do Núcleo de Pesquisa da UFG Parecer 880.053 e atende as normas diretrizes e normas regulamentadoras de pesquisa envolvendo seres humanos, de acordo com a Resulação 466/12 do Conselho Nacional de Saúde. Os resultados foram descritos em três categorias, utilizando-se as falas dos participantes, identificados de forma impessoal com a numeração de E1 a E9. A percepção dos enfermeiros acerca da Educação Continuada da unidade de reabilitação revelou que favorece a autonomia profissional do enfermeiro. Evidencia-se um forte esforço profissional para tornar Educação Continuada, em sua essência, no cotidiano do cuidar em enfermagem. Foi evidenciado que os enfermeiros não participam de congresso na área urológica; os enfermeiros não tiveram a oportunidade de estudar sobre reabilitação e cuidado urológico da pessoa com lesão medular no período acadêmico. As informações permitem aos gestores e cordenadores de curso de enfermagem acerca de ações a serem desenvolvidas e elaborar um planejamento para minimizar as lacunas que dificultam a adesão da Educação Continuada e o conhecimento e experiência dos enfermeiros sobre o cuidado urológico na vida acadêmica. Nessa perspectiva, os profissionais enfermeiros de modo multiprofissional podem planejar ações educativas que visem a reabilitação em saúde.

Saudi Arabia has undergone rapid social and economic change in recent years. As one of the largest employers in the country, these changes have had a significant impact on the healthcare sector, in particular on the nursing workforce. In the past, Saudi Arabia relied almost exclusively upon expatriate nurses to meet the healthcare needs of its growing population. However, an increase in the Saudi population, high levels of Saudi unemployment, and a desire to redress the country’s reliance on an expatriate workforce, led the Saudi government to implement a Saudisation program, an initiative to recruit, train and employ Saudi nationals throughout the workforce. As a result, approximately 50% of nurses are now of Saudi nationality. This research is a mixed methods study. A quantitative study was undertaken to gain a description of the Saudi nursing workforce in Riyadh city; in particular their motivations, views of the profession and future plans. The initial aim of the quantitative study was to ascertain why high numbers of Saudi males were entering the nursing workforce in Saudi Arabia; however, female nurses were also surveyed in order to understand if there was a relationship between gender and motivations to undertake nursing, views of the profession and future plans. In this component of the study, a self-administered survey was distributed to all Saudi nurses working as registered nurses in Ministry of Health (MOH) hospitals in Riyadh. The results indicated that the Saudi Arabia nurses surveyed were young and inexperienced with a mean age of 27 years and with 80% having less than five years’ experience in the nursing field. Other important issues emerged in this study, such as the nurses’ desire for educational and professional development; poor working conditions in the sector; the low social status of the profession; difficulties associated with working in a mixed-gender environment; and cultural and communication problems. Significantly, just below half of all respondents intended leaving the profession. These results informed the second, qualitative component of this study which sought to explore in more depth, some of the findings which emerged from the initial component of the study. The second study aimed to explore the lived experience of newly gradated Saudi Nurses. Twelve newly graduate nurses who had been working in Ministry of Health Hospitals in Riyadh five years or less were interviewed. In-depth interviews in the Arabic language were performed with the nurses, who had been working in the profession for five years or less. Themes were identified from the data using van Manen’s hermeneutic phenomenological approach. Six major themes emerged from analysis of the data. Firstly, nurses felt unprepared for nursing. They felt they lacked the educational and training support they required, had little knowledge of the profession before joining, and had rarely chosen the profession themselves. Secondly, nurses in the study felt they were not readily included in nursing teams and were marginalised and discriminated against by management and expatriate nurses. In addition, Saudi nurses suffered from the poor social status associated with the profession and were subject to criticism and poor treatment by family, other health professionals and society at large. Despite this, nurses in general had a positive attitude to their profession. Saudi nurses indicated that they believed Saudi nurses were vital to the profession; both male and female nurses considered male nurses of central importance to the profession to ensure that the cultural and religious needs of Saudi patients were met. Finally, Saudi nurses showed an awareness of social changes occurring in nursing and in society in general and expressed a desire to be part of this change. This study offers important insights into a segment of the Saudi nursing workforce, which has not been the subject of intensive study. This new, emerging nursing workforce is making a mark on the Saudi healthcare sector. In order to prevent attrition in the nursing field, Saudi nurses need to be provided with appropriate education, training, respect and working conditions. This study offers important recommendations and insights for the future of Saudi nursing.
Thesis (Ph.D.) -- University of Adelaide, School of Nursing, 2015