Background: Performing physical activity on a regular basis and having proper health behaviors can bring many benefits to staff nurses as improving their job performance with having more energy to complete the work allocated to them which affect positively on the quality of patient care. Aim of this study was to explore the effect of physical activity and health behavior on staff nurses' job performance. Methods: Design: Descriptive -cross sectional research design was used. Subjects: The study included representative sample (35%) from all staff nurses (314) working at Tanta Emergency Hospital and the total sample was (110) of staff nurses. Tools: Three tools for data collection were used. Tool (I): Physical Activity Questionnaire. Tool (II): Health Behavior Assessment Scale. Tool (III): Staff Nurses' Job Performance Observation Checklist. Results: High percent (77.3%) of staff nurses had low level of physical activity and 69.1% and 45.5%of them had moderate level of health behavior and job performance respectively. Conclusion: It was concluded that significant positive correlation between staff nurses' job performance with physical activity and health behavior. Recommendations: Hospital administrators need to hold in service education programs on healthy behaviors and physical activity to promote nurses' health and ensure raising level of their performance.
Background: Cultural intelligence has been described as an essential intelligence for the 21st century that can increase students' adaptability, problem-solving skills, and influence their performance and learning vitality. Aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between cultural intelligence and academic vitality with selfdirected learning among nursing students. Design: Descriptive, correlational study design was adopted. Setting:The study was conducted at Faculty of Nursing, Tanta University. Subjects: All fourth year nursing students (n=295) were included. Tools: Three tools for data collection were used to achieve the aim of this study; Cultural Intelligence Scale, Academic Vitality Questionnaire and Self-Directed Learning Instrument (SDLI). Results: As a result of the conducted study revealed that there is a high level of culture intelligence and academic vitality with moderate level of self-directed learning among nursing students. There were significant positive correlation between self-directed learning (r= 0.33) and its aspects including, self-management (r= 0.72), desire for learning (r= 0.58) and self-monitoring (r=0.52) with cultural intelligence and academic vitality (P<0.01). Conclusion: Selfdirected learning seems to be a phenomenon that is influenced by many factors such as cultural intelligence and academic vitality. Recommendations: this study suggests that academic vitality and culture intelligence should be considered together when self-directed learning is conducted to improve nursing students' academic performance. Workshops should be held in order to promote self-directed learning among students.
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