Aims: This study evaluated changes in colonoscopy-related knowledge and clinical competence among perioperative nurses after a Structured Endoscopy Training Program and explored participants’ explanations of these changes. Study Design: A sequential explanatory mixed-methods stud...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrnh/2026/v9i1419
Aim: Anaesthesiophobia, an excessive fear of anaesthesia, is an important component of preoperative anxiety and may adversely affect perioperative outcomes. Evidence on anaesthesiophobia among patients undergoing elective surgery in Nigeria is limited. This study assessed the pre...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrnh/2026/v9i1421
Background: Burnout is an occupational health concern worldwide, particularly in resource-constrained settings, where increasing healthcare demands, workforce shortages and inadequate resources contribute to work-related stress. Intensive care unit (ICU) nurses care for criticall...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrnh/2026/v9i1422
Background: Improving quality in healthcare is important for improving patient care, service efficiency and health outcomes. Staff nurses have good knowledge of what needs to be improved. However, barriers may limit their engagement in quality improvement (QI) activities. Aim: Th...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrnh/2026/v9i1415
Background: Antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) requires the active engagement of nurses in promoting the appropriate use of antimicrobial agents and reducing antimicrobial resistance. Aim: This study aimed to determine the levels of nurses’ AMS knowledge, perceived institutional pol...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrnh/2026/v9i1416
Aims: To describe perceived nurse leaders’ conflict-resolution management, structural empowerment, and intention to stay, and to examine the indirect association between conflict-resolution management and intention to stay through structural empowerment among staff nurses in sele...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrnh/2026/v9i1417
Aim: Just culture promotes fairness, trust, and shared accountability, which may encourage adverse event reporting. This study examined the role of Just Culture in adverse event reporting attitudes among nurses in four general hospitals in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Methodology: Using...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrnh/2026/v9i1414
Background: Effective bag valve mask (BVM) ventilation is the single most important intervention for a non-breathing newborn, and the nurse who delivers it must possess both sound knowledge and consistent practice. Evidence on these competencies among nurses in Nigerian secondary...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrnh/2026/v9i1413
Riquee Izza T. Umali, Mary Angelique B. Angeles, Carl Adam M. Catacutan, Chlea Kim E. Escoto, Enrico R. Formacion, Juvilyn S. Montañez, John Paul C. Wah & John Paulo G. Calma·Asian Journal of Research in Nursing and Health·2026
Background: Cultural competence is an important component of nursing education, particularly among nursing clinical instructors who prepare students to provide culturally responsive care in diverse community settings. Community-based exposure may provide opportunities for clinica...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrnh/2026/v9i1411
Lymphatic filariasis remains a preventable cause of chronic lymphoedema, hydrocele, disability and stigma in endemic settings, yet successful elimination depends on adults repeatedly converting preventive knowledge into action. In southeastern Nigeria, the behavioural problem is...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrnh/2026/v9i1410