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The food safety matter is an issue that is discussed widely, but cases of food poisoning in particular, are still ongoing. This may be associated with person's level of knowledge and practices on food safety. This current study aimed to evaluate knowledge and practices levels related to food safety and to examine the relationship of some demographic characteristics with knowledge and practices levels related to food safety, as well as the relationship between food safety knowledge and practices among the students and staff members of Zarqa University, Jordan. The study was conducted via a Google form that was set up for this study. 406 subjects participated in the study, where 37.7% were males and 62.3% of the participants were females. Results showed that 90.6% and 75.1% of the participants had a good knowledge and a high level of practices related to food safety, respectively. The findings also showed a significant relationship between age, marital status and the knowledge scores related to food safety, and a significant relationship (P < 0.05) between age, gender, marital status and practices related to food safety (P < 0.05). Further, a small significant positive relationship between food safety knowledge and food safety practices was found (P < 0.05). Overall, it was found that there is a good knowledge level related to food safety and high food safety practice level among the participants. As a result; to achieve an advanced level of knowledge continuing education programs, are required to increase understanding food safety. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Aim: The aim of the study was to examine the effect of perceived organizational support, accountability and nurses' characteristics on missed nursing care under the impact of COVID‐19. Design: A cross‐sectional design was used to describe and predict nurses' characteristics. Methods: A sample of 536 Registered Nurses participated in the study from eight hospitals in different health sectors in Jordan (three public hospitals, three private hospitals and two teaching hospitals). Results: Communication problems had the highest impact on missed nursing care, compared with labour resources and material resources reasons. Higher patient: nurse ratio aggravated by COVID‐19 pandemic, years of experience, satisfaction with the income, perception of accountability and organizational support were among the factors associated with the levels of missed nursing care. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Purpose: To examine the presence and appropriate usage of the statistical assumptions in nursing journals that have an impact factor. Methods: Using a retrospective exploratory design, 90 studies were examined. All the selected papers are classified by the Institute for Scientific Information and have an impact factor. The reviewed papers were distributed equally over the years 2005, 2010, and 2015. Results: More than half of the examined studies did not report any testing for the statistical assumptions. Even more, the percentage of the journals that did not report the statistical assumptions were the ones with the highest impact factor. Conclusion: The findings of this study will contribute in the direction of professional development by increasing the awareness of the importance of explicit reporting the statistical assumptions appropriately and adequately in the published nursing research. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]