Perception of nursing students from the Middle East about caring: A descriptive, comparative, cross‐sectional study

Abstract

Nursing is a profession that requires a unique body of knowledge, as well as a great deal of concern and attentiveness. Nursing entails performing specific tasks and duties, combined with skills in caring for patients (Adams, 2016;Thomas & Newcomb, 2018). Since caring is the core of the nursing profession, nurses often display higher levels of care than their peers in other professions (Godsey et al., 2020;Sim et al., 2019).Caring for patients can be defined as 'nursing activities that create a compassionate, supportive and therapeutic environment for patients and staff, to promote comfort and healing and prevent unnecessary suffering' (The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses' synergy model, 2013). That is, caring is a combination of

The relationship between personality traits and happiness: the mediating role of emotional regulation

“…This result is supported by the finding that the nursing profession was initially started by Americans in both countries; therefore, it was based on the same American nursing guidelines and perspectives [ 35 ]. Additionally, both Saudi Arabian and Jordanian nursing students have been found to share the same perception of care provided to patients [ 36 ]. Additionally, there is a considerable proportion of Jordanian university faculty and nurses working in Saudi Arabia, which allows nursing students to share the same life and job perspectives and, therefore, a level of life satisfaction and happiness.…”