Education Qualifications

• 2005 - 2009 Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Nephrology Care – University of Kentucky, USA
• 2002 - 2004 Master of Science (MS) in Critical Care Nursing – The University of Jordan
• 1994 - 1998 Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) – The University of Jordan

Experience

• July 2022 - October 2022: Travel Nurse, Central Desert Health Facility, Albuquerque, NM, USA
• September 2018 - September 2020: Vice Dean, School of Nursing, The University of Jordan
• October 2018 - Present: Professor in Nursing, School of Nursing, The University of Jordan
• 2017 - Present: President, Psi Kappa Chapter, Sigma Theta Tau International for Nursing
• September 2014 - August 2017: Head, Clinical Nursing Department, School of Nursing, The University of Jordan
• 2014 - 2015: Head, Scientific Research Committee, School of Nursing, The University of Jordan
• September 2006 - 2009: Research Assistant, College of Nursing, University of Kentucky, USA
• June 2005 - December 2005: Teaching and Research Assistant, Faculty of Nursing, The University of Jordan
• September 2004 - May 2005: Teaching and Research Assistant, Faculty of Nursing, Hashemite University
• July 1998 - May 2000: Staff Nurse, Intensive Care Unit, Islamic Hospital, Amman, Jordan

Courses Taught

• Quantitative Research Methodology (BSc)
• Physical Assessment Skills (MSN, BSc)
• Introduction to Adult Health Nursing (Undergraduate)
• Fundamental Nursing Course (Undergraduate)
• Adult Health Nursing I & II (Undergraduate)
• Professional Writing (Undergraduate & Doctoral)
• First Aid (Health Faculties Students)
• Professional Ethics (Undergraduate)
• Communication Skills (Undergraduate)
• Critical Care Nursing (MSN)
• Clinical Research in Nursing (PhD)

Publications

• Khalil, A. A., Frazier K, Susan, Lennie Terry. (2010). Depressive Symptoms and Dietary Nonadherence in Patients with End-Stage Renal Disease Receiving Hemodialysis, A Review of Quantitative Evidence. Issues in Mental Health Nursing.31, 324-330.
• Khalil, A. A., Lennie Terry., Frazier K, Susan. (2010). Understanding the negative effects of Depressive Symptoms in Patients with ESRD Receiving Hemodialysis. Nephrology Nursing Journal. 37 (3), 289-296, 308.
• Khalil, A. A., Frazier K, Susan. Terry A. Lennie, B. Peter Sawaya, (2011). Depressive Symptoms and Dietary Adherence in Patients with End-Stage Renal Disease. Journal of Renal Care. 37 (1), 30-39.
• Khalil, A. A., Hall, A, Debra, M, Frazier K., S., Terry A. Lennie, (2011). The Psychometric properties of the Brief Symptom Inventory depression and anxiety subscales among patients with heart failure and renal dysfunction. Achieves in Psychiatric Nursing. 25 (6), 419-429.
• Khalil, A., Darawad, M, Algamal, E., Mansour, A. (2012). Predictors of Dietary and Fluid Nonadherence in Jordanian Patients with End-Stage Renal Disease Receiving Hemodialysis: A cross-sectional study. Journal of Clinical Nursing. 22, 127-136.
• Darawad, M., Khalil, A., (2013). Jordanian Dialysis Patients’ Perceived Exercise Benefits and Barriers: A correlation study. Rehabilitation Nursing, 38, 315-322
• Khalil, A., Darawad, M., (2014). Objectively Measured, and Self-Reported Dietary and Fluid Nonadherence among Jordanian Patients with ESRD Receiving Hemodialysis. Hemodialysis International. 18:95–103.
• Alramly, M. Darawad, M. Khalil, A. (2013). Slowing the Progression of Chronic Kidney Disease: Comparison between Predialysis and Dialysis Jordanian Patients. Renal Failure, 35 (10):1348-1352.
• Khalil, A., Abed, M. (2014). Perceived social support is a partial mediator of the relationship between depressive symptoms and quality of life in patients receiving hemodialysis. Archives of Psychiatric Nursing. 28 (114–118).
• Khalil, A., Abdalrahim, M. (2014). Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices towards Prevention and Early Detection of Chronic Kidney Disease. International Nursing Review, 61 (2): 237-245.
• Abdalrahim, M., Zeilani, R., & Khalil, A. (2013) Nurses’ Perception of Arab Women Needs in Intensive Care Units: Focus Group Study. Life Science Journal, 10 (4): 2488-2495.
• Khalil, A. Modalal, H, Abdalrahim, M. Arabiat, D. Abed, M. &Zeilani, R. (2014). Development and psychometric evaluation of the Chronic Kidney Disease Screening Index. Renal Failure, 36 (8): 1200-1207.
• Alhurrani, A. Dekker, R. Abed, M. Khalil, A et al. (2014). The Association of Co-morbid Symptoms of Depression and Anxiety with Event-Free Survival in Patients with Heart failure. Circulation 130 (Suppl2), A11405-A11405.
• Mohammad Darawad, Amani Khalil, Ayman Hamdan-Mansour, Basema Nofal (2016). Perceived Exercise Self-Efficacy, Benefits and Barriers, and Commitment to a Plan for Exercise among Jordanians with Chronic Illnesses, Rehabilitation Nursing. 41: 342-351.
• Abed, M. Khalil, A. & Moser, D. (2015). The Contribution of Symptom Incongruence to Prehospital Delay for Acute Myocardial Infarction Symptoms among Jordanian Patients. Research in Nursing & Health. DOI: 10.1002/nur.21658
• Abed, M. Khalil, A. & Moser, D. (2015). Awareness of modifiable acute myocardial infarction risk factors has little impact on risk perception for heart attack among vulnerable patients. Heart & Lung, 44: 183-188.
• Abed, M., Ali, R., Abu Ras, M., Hamdallah, F., Khalil, A., & Moser, D. (2015). Symptoms of acute myocardial infarction: A correlational study of the discrepancy between patients’ expectations and experiences. International Journal of Nursing Studies. 52(10): 1591-1599
• Saleh, Z., Lennie, T., Mudd-Martin, G., Bailey, A., Novak, M., Biddle, M., Khalil, A., Darawad, M., & Moser, D. (2015). Decreasing sedentary behavior by 30 minutes per day reduces cardiovascular disease risk factors in rural Americans. Heart & Lung, 44 (5): 382-386
• Jarad, R. & Khalil, A. (2015). Psychometric Properties of the Strength of Commitment to Life Style Self Management Instrument among Jordanians with Diabetes Mellitus Type II: Descriptive Reliability and Agreement study. Journal of American Science. 11
• Darawad, M., Mosleh, S., Khalil, A., Maharmeh, M., Hamdan-Mansour, A., Samarkandi, O. (2016). Investigating physical exercise among Jordanians with diabetes mellitus. Health. DOI: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Darawad, M. Khalil, A., (2017). Psychosocial correlates of diabetes self management practices. Iranian Journal of Public Health. 46 (6): 771-781.
• Darawad, M., Hamdan-Mansour, A., Khalil, A., Arabiat, D., Samarkandi, O., & Alhussami, M. (2017) Exercise self-efficacy scale: validation of the Arabic version among Jordanians with diabetes mellitus. Clinical Nursing Research. DOI: 10.1177/1054773816683504
• Khalil, A. Abed, A., Ahmad, M., & Hamdan-Mansour, A. (2017). Under-diagnosed Chronic Kidney Disease in Jordanian adults: Prevalence and Correlates. Journal of Renal Care, 44 (1): 12-18. Abu Ali, R. Abed, M. Khalil, A. Al-Kloub, M. Ashour, A. & Alnsour, I. (2018). A Survey on Sexual Counseling for Patients with Cardiac Disease Among Nurses in Jordan. Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing. In press. Osama Y. Alshograna, Amani A. Khalil, Ashraf O. Oweis, Shoroq M. Altawalbeh, Mohammad A.Y. Alqudah. (2018). Association of brain-derived neurotrophic factor and interleukin-6 serum levels with depressive and anxiety symptoms in hemodialysis patients. General Hospital Psychiatry, 53: 25–31.
• Mutaz Foad Alradaydeh, Amani Khalil. The association of spiritual well‐being and depression among patients receiving hemodialysis, Perspectives in psychiatric care, 2018, Volume54, Issue3
• Khalil, A, Liali, K., & Awidi, A. Incidence, Risk Factors and Prognosis of Acute Kidney Injury Following Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant: A pilot study. International Journal of Stem cells. In press.
• Alshogran, O., AL-Eitan, L., Altawalbeh, F., Khalil, A., Alqudaha, M., Oweis, A., Amanb,H., & Alhawari, H. Investigating the Contribution of NPSR1, IL-6 and BDNF Polymorphisms to Depressive and Anxiety Symptoms in Hemodialysis Patients. Progress in Neuropsychopharmacology & Biological Psychiatry, 2019, (94). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pnpbp.2019.109657.
• Abdalrahim, M., Khalil, A., Alramly, M., Alshlool, K. & Abed, M. (2020). Pre-existing chronic kidney disease and acute kidney injury among critically ill patients. Heart & Lung, 49:5, 626-629. DOI: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0147956320301473https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0147956320301473
• Alramly MK, Abdalrahim MS, Khalil A. Validation of the modified NUTRIC score on critically ill Jordanian patients: A retrospective study. Nutrition and Health. 2020;26(3):225-229. doi:10.1177/0260106020923832.
• Emleek EMQ, Khalil AA. Disseminated Intravascular Coagulopathy in Critically Ill Patients in Amman, Jordan. Biol Res Nurs. 2021 May 25:10998004211017241. doi: 10.1177/10998004211017241. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34030507.
• Khalil, A., Darawad, M., Abed, M., Hamdan-Mansour, A., Arabiat, D..et al. (2021). The impact of somatic and cognitive depressive symptoms on medical prognosis in patients with end-stage renal disease. Perspective Psychiatric Care. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/ppc.12786
• Khalil, A.A., Khalifeh, A.H., Al-Rawashdeh, S., Darawad, M. and Abed, M. (2021), Depressive Symptoms, Anxiety, and Quality of Life in Hemodialysis Patients and Their Caregivers: A Dyadic Analysis. Jpn Psychol Res. https://doi.org/10.1111/jpr.12339
• Kefah Zaben, Amani Khalil. (2019). Health Literacy, Self-Care Behavior and Quality of Life in Acute Coronary Syndrome Patients: An Integrative Review. Open Journal of Nursing Vol.9 No.4，April 17, DOI: 10.4236/ojn.2019.94035
• Khalil AA, Darawad MW, Abed MA, et al. et al. The impact of somatic and cognitive depressive symptoms on medical prognosis in patients with end-stage renal disease. Perspect Psychiatr Care. 2022; 58: 297–303. https://doi.org/10.1111/ppc.12786
• Badran, A., Bahar, A., Tammam, M. Khalil, A. et al. The relationship between diabetes-related knowledge and kidney disease knowledge, attitudes, and practices: a cross-sectional study. BMC Public Health 23, 480 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-023-15390-8
• Osama Y. Alshogran, Shoroq M. Altawalbeh, Amani A. Khalil, Comparison of two self-report scales to assess anxiety and depressive symptoms in hemodialysis patients, Archives of Psychiatric Nursing, Volume 41, 2022, Pages 208-213, ISSN 0883-9417,https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apnu.2022.08.004
• Eman Mahmoud Qasim Emleek, Amani Anwar Khalil, The International Society of Thrombosis and Hemostasis (ISTH) criteria in intensive care units, Journal of Vascular Nursing, Volume 41, Issue 4, 2023, Pages 158-163, ISSN 1062-0303,https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvn.2023.06.004
• Abed, Mona A. PhD, RN; Khalil, Amani A. PhD, RN; Moser, Debra K. PhD, RN. Patient Denial of Myocardial Infarction in the Prehospital Phase: Prevalence and Correlates. The Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing ():10.1097/JCN.0000000000001042, September 20, 2023. | DOI: 10.1097/JCN.0000000000001042
• Arar MM, Khalil AA. Leveraging electronic health records for detection of acute kidney injury in critical care units. Nursing. 2025 May 1;55(5):49-56. doi: 10.1097/NSG.0000000000000166. Epub 2025 Apr 21. PMID: 40254766.
• Darawad, Muhammad W. PhD, RN; Reinke, Lynn F. PhD, ANP-BC, FPCN, FAAN; Khalil, Amani PhD, RN; Melhem, Ghaith Bani PhD, RN; Alnajar, Malek MSN, CNS, RN. Palliative Care for Patients With End-Stage Renal Disease: An Examination of Unmet Needs and Experiencing Problems. Journal of Hospice & Palliative Nursing 27(3):p E107-E117, June 2025. | DOI: 10.1097/NJH.0000000000001104

Achievements

• President of Psi Kappa chapter, 2017, Sigma International for nursing
• Chapter Key Award – 2021, Sigma Theta Tau International for Nursing
• Fully Funded PhD Scholarship – 2006, The University of Jordan