Personal Data
Name: Ahmad Tubaishat
Date of birth: 13 April 1981
Place of birth: Jordan-Irbid
Gender: male
Marital status: married
Religion: Islam
Email:
Tel: 0777325165
Education
• PhD in Nursing, 2011, UK, De Montfort University, Faculty of Health and life sciences, school of nursing, Leicester.
-Title: Nursing informatics.
• Master of Science in Nursing (MSN), 2006, Jordan, Jordan University of Science & Technology, Faculty of Graduate Studies.
- Critical Nursing Care - cardiopulmonary: Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS).
- Accumulative GPA: 85.0 (excellent).
• Bachelor of Nursing (BSN), 2003, Jordan, Jordan University of Science & Technology, Faculty of Nursing.
- Accumulative GPA: 86 (excellent)
- Class Rank: 3rd among 198
- Dean’s List: 5 times out of 8 semesters
• High School (Tawjehi), 1999, Jordan, Irbid Secondary School, Scientific Branch.
- Overall GPA: 85.2 (very good).
- Percentage rank: 86%.
Experiences
• Assistant professor: from 11/9/2011 till now, Al-alBayt University, Faculty of Nursing , Jordan, Mafraq
• Lecturer: from 3/10/2006 till 5/10/2008, Al-alBayt University, Faculty of Nursing , Jordan, Mafraq
- Work as a lecturer in the Faculty of Nursing in Al-alBayt University
- Teaching of critical care clinical course
- Teaching of adult health nursing courses (clinical and theory)
• Staff Nurse: From 22/7/2003- 29/11/2006, King Abdullah University Hospital, (KAUH), Jordan-Irbid
- KAUH: one of the leading hospitals in the Middle East, it is a referral hospital for the north Jordanian area that serves about 1 million people, with bed capacity of 640 beds, it earn ISO 9001 in 2006.
- Cardiovascular Telemetry Unit (CVT), From 22/7/2003 to 25/2/2004
- The units consist of 24 beds.
- Receiving cases of pre and post-cardiac catheterization, pre and post Cardiac surgery, pre and post coronary stenting.
- Intermediate ICU, From 26/2/2004 – 29/11/2006,
- The capacity of the unit is 8 cases, the nurse-to-patients ratio is 1:2
- Dealing with neuorosurgical patient, post general surgery, orthopedics cases, medical cases, respiratory cases, general trauma cases.
- Equipment used: Ventilators (T-bird), Monitors (S&W ,Athena), Infusion Pumps (B-Braun, Abbott), Feeding Machine (Kangaroo), Defibrillators (Artema Cardiac-Aid), ICU bed (Stryker).
Special Skills
• Languages:
- Arabic: Excellent in writing, reading and speaking.
- English: Excellent in writing, reading and speaking.
• Computer:
- Dealing of computer programs like office, Internet, and electronic resources.
- Dealing of highly developed computerized patients record system in delivering the care and services for the patients (Medicom System).
Association
- Member of Jordanian nurses and midwives association from July 2003 till now.
- Member of the British Tissue Viability Society, UK.
Research Interest:
· Nursing informatics: using of information systems to enhance patient care, and using the information technology to facilitate and advance the learning process for nursing students
· Wound care: assessment and prevention of pressure ulcers and chronic wound care.
Publications:
- TUBAISHAT, A., ANTHONY, D. & SALEH, M. (2011) Pressure ulcers in Jordan: A point prevalence study. Journal of tissue viability, 20, 14-19.
- TUBAISHAT, A. & ANTHONY, D. (2010) Pressure ulcer Prevalence in Jordan: A Cross Sectional Survey in 2009. Looking at things differently: collaboration, evidence and innovation for practice. Telford, UK.
- TUBAISHAT, A. (2011) Recording and utilising patient-based data in clinical settings: The pressure ulcer case. Nursing. Leicester, De Montfort University, UK.
Ongoing projects:
A systematic review of the worldwide PrU epidemiology in the acute setting between 2000-11. The way forward.
An Investigation into the Use and Attitude toward Technology among Jordanian Nursing Students
Prevalence, Risk Factors and Prevention of Pressure Ulcers in Jordan: A National Study
Using Pretest-Posttest Design to Evaluate Jordanian Nurses knowledge and Practice Regarding Pressure Ulcer Care
Prevalence and risk factors of chronic diseases in children aged 6-12: An epidemiological study
Jordanian Nursing Students’ Knowledge of and compliance with Standard Isolation Precautions: A Quasi-Experimental Study.
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