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There is an acute shortage of nurses worldwide, including in Jordan. The nursing shortage is considered to be a crucial and complex challenge across healthcare systems and has stretched to a warning threshold. High turnover among nurses in Jordan is an enduring problem and is believed to be the foremost cause of the nurse shortage. The purpose of this study was to investigate the multidimensional impact of the person-environment (P-E) fit on the job satisfaction (JS) and turnover intention (TI) of registered nurses. The moderating effect of psychological empowerment (PE) on the relationship between JS and TI was also investigated. Based on a quantitative research design, data were collected purposively from 383 registered nurses working at private Jordanian hospitals through self-administered structured questionnaires. Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) 25 and Smart Partial Least Squares (PLS) 3.2.8 were used to analyze the statistical data. The results showed that there is a significant relationship between person-job fit (P-J fit), person-supervisor fit (P-S fit), and JS. However, this study found an insignificant relationship between person-organization fit (P-O fit) and JS. Moreover, PE was also significantly moderate between JS and TI of nurses. This study offers an important policy intervention that helps healthcare organizations to understand the enduring issue of nurse turnover. Additionally, policy recommendations to mitigate nurse turnover in Jordan are outlined.

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Support for tourism development is a novel idea that is regarded as one of the most current trends in tourism literature; it is still a developing research subject in various regions of the world. Saudi Arabia is an appropriate emerging economy to explore tourism development. This study contributes to the literature by investigating the support for tourism development and its determinants in Saudi Arabia after the Kingdom opened its doors to tourism in late 2018. By combining the social exchange theory and stakeholder theory, this article proposes a conceptual model to explore the moderating effect of destination social responsibility on the relationship between tourism impacts and support for tourism development. The study proposes distributing a self-administered questionnaire to the respondent residents in order to acquire data on support for tourist development and other variables. The proposed conceptual model could be very useful; it can help tourism development organizations adopt tourism planning and sustainable tourism policies, destination management and social responsibility policies, or develop strategies and policies for more sustainable tourism, as well as create benefits for residents.

BackgroundPrescribing, dispensing and associated errors may cause serious consequences for patients, occasionally fatal. Reporting errors has significant educational benefits and is a part of risk management. We have found few examples of educational tools being used to increase reporting rates. It was also felt that the present rate of error reporting is inaccurate.PurposeTo increase the reporting rate of errors by the introduction of educational tools and to improve standards in prescribing.Material and methodsReporting data were collected over an initial 10 week period to create a baseline.There were three areas of reporting:internal pharmacy,pharmacy reporting on departments anddepartmental reports on the pharmacy.Three educational tools were then introduced: o project explanation (all areas); o prescription writing standards (physicians only); o anonymous reporting forms (all areas).Data were re-collected after a second 10 week period.ResultsInternal pharmacy reporting increased by almost 300%, mainly in two areas, ‘cytotoxics’ and ‘others’; the latter identified as mainly the incorrect use of equipment.Pharmacy reports on departments increased by 100% plus. The number of reports was also high.Departmental reports on the pharmacy increased by 30%. The majority were identified as basic administrative errors. The number of reports was low.Script errors increased by 140% from the first to the second period, but the total prescription numbers dispensed during the two periods did not significantly change.ConclusionThere has been a significant improvement in error reporting rates. All educational tools have contributed; anonymity and an increased awareness being considered as major contributors.The acceptance of the explanatory and education tools by some departmental staff was found to be difficult, and this may in part explain their low rate of reporting.A review of practice initiatives and improving the different methods of communication between departments are under way in order to improve standards and increase patient benefit.The increase in prescription errors may be due to three possibilities: (1) an increase in reporting; (2) an increase in errors; or (3) a combination of the two. Further investigation is required to explain the possibility of a decrease in prescribing standards.No conflict of interest.