BACKGROUND Providing high-quality diabetes care in nursing homes and home-based care facilities requires suitable instruments to evaluate the level of diabetes knowledge among the health-care providers. Thus, the aim of this study was to examine the psychometric properties of the Michigan Diabetes Knowledge Test adapted for use among nursing personnel. METHODS The study included 127 nursing p...

background: evidence-based practice (ebp) is one of the main professional competencies for health care professionals and a priority for medicine and nursing curriculum as well. ebp leads to improve effective and efficient care and patient outcomes. nurse educators have responsibility to teach the future nurses, and an opportunity to promote patient outcomes. therefore, the aim of this study was...

Objective: The study aimed to assess the effect of self-directed learning on knowledge acquisition (first and second exam) among undergraduate nursing students at Albaha University. Methods: A quasi-experimental design was used to compare two unequal groups of nursing students in Albaha University. A convenience sampling technique was used to select the undergraduate nursing students at Al-Baha...

In today's society, knowledge is recognized as a valuable social asset and the educational system is in search of a new strategy that allows them to construct their knowledge and experience. The purpose of this study was to explore the process of knowledge creation in nursing education. In the present study, the grounded theory approach was used. This method provides a comprehensive approach to...