No abstract

For nursing students, coping with stress is a dynamic and continuous process. Students are affected by different kinds of stressors such as the pressure to achieve academically. It is important for students to develop coping strategies in order to succeed. The aims of this study are assessing nursing students' perceived level of university coursework stress and their coping strategies, describing the difference between male and female nursing students in that respect, and identifying coping strategies that can predict coursework stress levels. A descriptive, predictive study was conducted utilizing a sample of 96 nursing students. The participants were asked to fill a self-administered questionnaire about coping strategies. The conclusion of this study is that nursing students have moderate stress levels related to their academic coursework. Problem-solving strategies have the highest mean of the eight subscales; however, wishful thinking and tension reduction were the only significant coping mechanisms that worked as predictors of coursework stress.

Nursing practice environment excellence is crucial for the enhancement of health care system performance.Nurses need a work environment that makes them use the full expression of their skills and knowledge. The aim of this study was to assess the perception of nurses' work environment in tertiary care hospital in Saudi Arabia. A descriptive cross-sectional correlation research design and a convenient sampling technique was used to recruit 541 bedside nurses and nursing administrators working in the hospital with a response rate of 98.5%. A self-report questionnaire consists of demographic Characteristics and the Nursing Practice Environment scale. The results indicated that the mean score of nurse participants in hospital affairs was 3.0 (SD 0.47), nursing foundation for quality of care was 3.1 (SD 0.45), nurse manager ability, leadership and support of nurse was 2.9 (SD 0.60), staffing and resources adequacy was 2.6 (SD 0.70) while the mean score of collegial nurse-physician relations was 2.9 (SD 0.57). The overall mean score of the Nursing Practice Environment scale was 2.9 (SD 0.47). This study can guide policy makers, administrators, nurse leaders and educators, to identify areas to improve nurses' work environment; which could translate into significant improvement in patient outcomes.

The findings of the current study support a significant relationship between PR dose and activity level (maximum MET level achieved). Physical and mental QOL improved clinically after PR. Optimal program outcomes were related to greater patient participation in supervised PR.

Background and objective: There is not enough evidence linking attitudes toward using the Internet to gather health information and adolescents' lifestyles. The objective of this study is to assess the effect of Internet use for gathering health information and Internet addiction on adolescents' health lifestyles in Saudi Arabia. Methods: A descriptive correlational cross-sectional design was utilized to collect data from a convenience sample of 456 high-school-aged female adolescents, who completed self-administered questionnaires consisting of demographic data, attitudes toward Internet use, Internet use for seeking health information, Internet use to communicate about health, Internet addiction, and adolescent health lifestyles. Results: The adolescent female high school students' average age was 16.88 years (SD = 1.05); Regression analyses revealed that the main effects of students' attitudes toward the Internet, along with how using the Internet to seek health information and to communicate about health, and Internet addiction significantly (p < .001) affected these female high school students' lifestyles subscales. However, some predictors had varied effects on lifestyle subscales. Conclusions: The general consensus of the research about Internet use among young people to date shows that adolescents use the Internet to communicate about their own health problems, but they do not address all of the dimensions of healthy lifestyle. This study will help identify lifestyle risk factors among adolescent female high school students, such as malnutrition, physical inactivity, not taking full responsibility for one's health and not communicating enough about one's health.