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  • Evaluating Palliative Care Needs in Middle Eastern Countries 
    Doumit, Myrna; Silbermann, Michael; Fink, Regina M.; Mancuso, Mary P.; Brant, Jeannine; Hajjar, Ramzi; Al-Alfi, Nesreen; Baider, Lea (2016-11-10)
    Background: Cancer incidence in Middle Eastern countries, most categorized as low- and middle-income, is predicted to double in the next 10 years, greater than in any other part of the world. While progress has been made ...
  • Face Validity of the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-Breast Symptom Index (FACT- B) into Formal Arabic 
    Doumit, Myrna; Mohsen, Raed; Abou Saad, Maya; Kobeissi, Loulou; Salem, Ziad; Tfayli, Arafat (2016-10-25)
    Background: Breast cancer affects over one million women annually and is the most common global malignancy among women. Extensive improvements have taken place in the management of breast cancer in recent years and a higher ...
  • “Loving nursing” and “taking responsibility” 
    Clinton, Michael; Ezzeddine, Sawsan; Doumit, Myrna; Rizk, Ursula; Madi, Murielle (2019-10-04)
    Transitioning to practice is challenging for baccalaureate nursing students. In baccalaureate nursing programs, the process typically begins in the junior year. A Successful transition depends on how well students apply ...
  • Missed nursing care, level of staffing, and job satisfaction 
    Doumit, Myrna; Kalisch, Beatrice J.; Lee, Kyung Hee; El Zein, Joanna (2016-10-24)
    Missed nursing care refers to omission of standard required nursing care of patients in acute care hospitals. The objective of this study was to compare the amounts and reasons of missed nursing care, the level of nurse ...
  • “My greatest fear is becoming a robot” 
    Clinton, Michael; Madi, Murielle; Doumit, Myrna; Ezzeddine, Sawsan; Rizk, Ursula (2019-10-04)
    We investigated the challenges final-year nursing students (FYNSs) and first-year registered nurses (FYRNs) face as they transition to nursing practice in Lebanon. Our purpose was to understand the challenges of transition ...
  • Predictors of psychological distress in Lebanese hostages of war 
    Doumit, Myrna; Chaaya, Monique; Saab, Basem Roberto; Farhood, Laila (2016-10-24)
    A cross-sectional study addressed the experience of Lebanese hostages of war in Lebanon. It specifically assessed the prevalence of general distress and its relationship to captivity-related factors and selected psychosocial ...
  • Quality of palliative care. Perspective of Lebanese patients with cancer 
    Doumit, Myrna; Dimassi, Hani; Huijer, Huda Abu-Saad; Abboud, Sarah (2016-11-10)
    The number of cancer patients in Lebanon is increasing, and patients are living longer due to early detection and enhanced methods of treatment. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the quality of life, symptom ...
  • Symptom prevalence and management of cancer patients in Lebanon 
    Doumit, Myrna; Huijer, Huda Abu-Saad; Abboud, Sarah (2016-10-24)
    Context Cancer patients experience a great number of distressing physical and psychological symptoms. In Lebanon, there are no available data on symptom prevalence and symptom management in adults with cancer. Obje ...
  • Training for awareness of one's own spirituality 
    Bar-Sela, Gil; Schultz, Michael J.; Elshamy, Karima; Rassoul, Maryam; Ben-Arye, Eran; Doumit, Myrna (2019-10-04)
    Objective When patients feel spiritually supported by staff, we find increased use of hospice and reduced use of aggressive treatments at end of life, yet substantial barriers to staff spiritual care provision still exist. ...
  • Transitioning to nursing practice in Lebanon 
    Madi, Murielle; Clinton, Michael; Doumit, Myrna; Ezzeddine, Sawsan; Rizk, Ursula (2019-10-04)
    The aim of this study was to identify the challenges graduates from three of Lebanon’s leading universities face as they transition from the role of student to first year registered nurse. Focus group discussions and one ...