1. Scope of Nursing Practice as Perceived by Nurses Working in Saudi Arabia
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Khalid A. Aljohani, Majed S. Alamri, Reem AL-Dossary, Hamdan Albaqawi, Khaled Al Hosis, Mohammed S. Aljohani, Noura Almadani, Bader Alrasheadi, Rawaih Falatah, Joseph Almazan, and Jalal Alharbi
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Cross-Sectional Studies ,Surveys and Questionnaires ,Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis ,education ,Saudi Arabia ,Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health ,Humans ,Female ,scope of nursing practice ,nursing needs ,nurses ,ministry of health - Abstract
The absence of scope of practice guidelines may lead to role ambiguity and legal consequences in nursing practice. This study measures the scope of practice of nurses in Saudi Arabia. The study utilized a descriptive cross-sectional design using an electronic version of the Arabic Actual Scope of Nursing Practice (A-ASCOP) questionnaire among 928 nurses. Descriptive analysis was followed by a t-test and an analysis of variance (ANOVA). Significance was assured through the Bonferroni test; the effect size was measured through partial η2 when appropriate. The A-ASCOP mean score of each dimension ranged from 4.29 to 4.72 (overall mean = 4.59). Significant overall ASCOP score variations were evident, with higher ASCOP among expatriate nurses, females, Hospital Operation Program (HOP) nurses, and nurses with postgraduate qualifications. Partial η2 showed a small effect of
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- 2022