Dena M. Attallah
Fakeeh College for Medical Sciences, Jeddah 23323, KSA
Biography
Dena has completed her PhD from the University of Southampton, UK. She is the Head of Nursing School and Assistant Professor at Fakeeh College for Medical Sciences. Dena has been an oncology nurse specialist since October 2002. She is a nurse with clinical and research interests.
Working in the ambulatory chemotherapy setting, inspired her research interests in the impact of the nursing workforce on both patient and staff outcomes.
The central themes underpinning Dena’s research interests include: understanding the experiences of patients undergoing chemotherapy and developing nurse interventions that would respond to the issues and problems that patient and their family have to face as part of their day-to-day lives; and development of patient-reported outcome and experience measures. Also, the assessment of the quality of nursing care for patients with cancer.