Name
Email
Extension
Designation
Education
Omar Mohammed Ali Al-Rawajfah rawajfah@squ.edu.om
5423
Associate professor
• Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN): Jordan University of Science and
Technology, Irbid, Jordan, 1997
•
Master of Science in Nursing (MSN): Jordan University of Science and
Technology, Irbid, Jordan, 2001
• Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing (PhD): University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee:
Wisconsin, USA, 2007
Specialization
Teaching Interest Critical care nursing, nursing research
Research Interest Infection control, acute care nursing, nursing informatics
Selected
Publications
Infection control, Acute care nursing
AL-Rawajfah, O. M., & Tubaishat, A. (2015). Nursing students' knowledge and practices of standard precautions: A Jordanian web-based survey. Nurse
Education Today .
doi: 10.1016/j.nedt.2015.05.011
Al-Rawajfah, O. M., Aloush, S., & Hewitt, J. B. (2014). Use of Electronic
Health-Related Datasets in Nursing and Health-Related Research . Western Journal of Nursing Research . doi: 10.1177/0193945914558426
Al-Rawajfah, O. M. (2014). Infection control practices among intensive care unit registered nurses: a Jordanian national study. Nursing in Critical Care . doi: 10.1111/nicc.12078
Al-Rawajfah, O. M., Hweidi, I. M., Alkhalaileh, M., Khader, Y. S., &
Alshboul, S. A. (2013). Compliance of Jordanian registered nurses with infection control guidelines: A national population-based study. American Journal of
Infection Control, 41 (11), 1065- 8.
Al-Rawajfah, O. M., Cheema, J., Hewitt, J. B., Hweidi, I. M., & Musallam, E.
(2013). Laboratory-confirmed, health care-associated bloodstream infections in
Jordan: a matched cost and length of stay study . American Journal of Infection
Control, 41 (7), 607-611.
AL-Rawajfah, O.M., Hewitt, J.B. Stetzer, F., & Cheema, J. (2012). Length of
Stay and Charges Associated with Health Care Acquired Bloodstream Infections.
American Journal of Infection Control, 40(3), 227- 32.
AL-Rawajfah, O.M., Stetzer, F., & Hewitt, J.B. (2009). Incidence of and risk factors for nosocomial bloodstream infections in adults in the United States,
2003. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology , 30 (11),1036-44.