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  • COPE for adolescent Syrian refugees in Lebanon 
    Doumit, Rita; Kazandjian, Chant; Militello, Lisa K. (2018-12-18)
    Lebanon has the highest per-capita concentration of refugees worldwide. There is an urgent need to offer psychosocial interventions to vulnerable groups such as Syrian refugee adolescents. To assess the feasibility, ...
  • Photoactivatable RuII Complex Bearing 2,9‐Diphenyl‐1,10‐phenanthroline: Unusual Photochemistry and Significant Potency on Cisplatin‐Resistant Cell Lines 
    Mansour, Najwa; Mehanna, Stephanie; Mroueh, Mohamad A.; Audi, Hassib; Bodman-Smith, Kikki; Daher, Costantine F.; Taleb, Robin I.; El-Sibai, Mirvat; Khnayzer, Rony S. (2019-10-01)
    The current study investigates [Ru(bipy)2(dpphen)]Cl2 [where bipy = 2,2′‐bipyridine and dpphen = 2,9‐diphenyl‐1,10‐phenanthroline] (complex 1) for photoactivatable chemotherapy (PACT) application on five cancer cell lines. ...
  • Enhanced cellular uptake and photochemotherapeutic potential of a lipophilic strained Ru(II) polypyridyl complex 
    Mehanna, Stephanie; Mansour, Najwa; Audi, Hassib; Bodman-Smith, Kikki; Mroueh, Mohamad A.; Taleb, Robin I.; Daher, Costantine F.; Khnayzer, Rony S. (2019-10-01)
    The use of ruthenium complexes as chemotherapeutic agents has been recently explored as one of the alternatives to conventional treatments. In the present study, two Ru(II) polypyridyl complexes were synthesized and ...
  • Acting in the public interest 
    Benton, David C.; Cleghorn, Jim; Coghlan, Anne; Damgaard, Gloria; Doumit, Myrna A.A. (2019-10-04)
    There is increased interest in reforming the way occupations are licensed. However, most of the current dialogue focuses on the rapid growth in the number of people who need a license to pursue their chosen occupation. ...
  • “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 ...
  • 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. ...
  • Knowledge, practices, and attitudes of women toward breast cancer in Lebanon 
    Doumit, Myrna A.A.; Fares, Suha; Arevian, Mary (2019-10-04)
    Breast cancer is a major public health concern that affects both developed and developing countries. Its annual incidence is rising globally, accounting for 12% of all new cancer cases and 25% of all cancers in women as ...
  • Provision of spiritual care to advanced cancer patients by doctors and nurses in the Middle East 
    Bar_Sela, G.; Schultz, M.; Khader, K.; Rassouli, M.; Doumit, M.; Ghrayeb, R. (2019-10-04)
    Background: In the US, ∼75% of advanced cancer patients want doctors and nurses to provide some spiritual care, and a similar percentage of staff believe they should do so. When patients feel spiritually supported by staff, ...
  • Determinants of nurse absenteeism and intent to leave: An international study 
    Burmeister, Elizabeth A.; Kalisch, Beatrice J.; Xie, Boqin; Doumit, Myrna A.A.; Lee, Eunjoo; Ferraresion, Annamaria; Terzioglu, Fusun; Bragadottir, Helga (2019-10-04)
    Aim To determine factors associated with nurses’ intent to leave their positions and absenteeism. Background There is a recognized global shortage of nurses but limited data describing and determining factors associated ...
  • “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 ...
  • Spirituality among parents of children with cancer in a Middle Eastern country 
    Doumit, Myrna A.A.; Rahi, Amal C.; Saab, Raya; Majdalani, Marianne (2019-10-04)
    Purpose Family caregivers of children with cancer face emotional, psychological, and spiritual challenges coping with their child's illness. For ensuring comprehensive multidisciplinary pediatric care, there is a need to ...
  • Facilitating and hindering factors for coping with the experience of having a child with cancer 
    Doumit, Myrna A.A.; Khoury, May Naifeh (2019-10-04)
    Background: Families with a child with cancer face significant emotional and psychosocial stressors. The frequency of childhood cancer is increasing in Lebanon with more than 282 children diagnosed each year. This condition ...
  • 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 ...
  • Focus groups investigating mental health attitudes and beliefs of parents and teachers in South Lebanon 
    Doumit, Myrna A.A.; Farhood, Laila F.; Hamady, Carmen (2019-10-04)
    Introduction: The wars that Lebanon had endured led to a devastating number of deaths, injuries, and displacements. Such tragedies have detrimentally affected its civilians psychologically. Purpose: To identify knowledge, ...
  • Implementing an interprofessional education programme in Lebanon 
    Farra, Anna; Zeenny, Rony; Nasser, Soumana; Asmar, Nadia; Milane, Aline; Bassil, Maya; Haidar, Mona; Habre, Maha; Zeeni, Nadine; Hoffart, Nancy (2019-10-15)
    Background: The Lebanese American University has a well-functioning inter-professional education (IPE) programme; this is a fundamental pedagogical approach in healthcare education in which students from different professions ...
  • Sex differences on quality of life and mental health outcomes when using a brief cognitive-behavioral skill building intervention with adolescent Syrian refugees 
    Kazandjian, Chant; Militello, Lisa K.; Doumit, Rita (2019-10-17)
    Little is known about how sex as a biological variable may contribute to differences in quality of life (QOL) and mental health outcomes following a brief intervention among adolescent Syrian refugees. This paper explores ...

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