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Purpose: Play therapy is a nursing intervention employed in multidisciplinary approaches to develop the social, emotional, and behavioral skills of children. In this study, we aim to determine the effects of play therapy on the social, emotional, and behavioral skills of pre-school children through the nursing process. Design: A single-blind, prospective, randomized controlled study was undertaken. The design, conduct, and reporting of this study adhere to the Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials (CONSORT) guidelines. Methods: The participants included 4- to 5-year-old kindergarten children with no oral or aural disabilities and parents who agreed to participate in the study. The Pre-school Child and Family Identification Form and Social Competence and the Behavior Evaluation Scale were used to gather data. Games in the play therapy literature about nursing diagnoses (fear, social disturbance, impaired social interactions, ineffective coping, anxiety), which were determined after the preliminary test, constituted the application of the study. Findings: There was no difference in the average scores of the children in the experimental and control groups in their Anger-Aggression (AA), Social Competence (SC), and Anxiety-Withdrawal (AW) scores beforehand (t = 0.015, p =.988; t = 0.084, p =.933; t = 0.214, p =.831, respectively). The difference between the average AA and SC scores in the post-test (t = 2.041, p =.045; t = 2.692, p =.009, respectively), and the retests were statistically significant in AA and SC average scores in the experimental and control groups (t = 4.538, p =.000; t = 4.693; p =.000, respectively). In AW average scores, no statistical difference was found in the post-test (t = 0.700, p =.486), whereas in the retest, a significant difference was identified (t = 5.839, p =.000). Conclusions: Play therapy helped pre-school children to improve their social, emotional, and behavioral skills. It also provided benefits for the children to decrease their fear and anxiety levels, to improve their communication and coping skills, and to increase their self-esteem. Clinical Relevance: The study concluded that play therapy helps develop the social, emotional, and behavioral skills of pre-school children. It has also helped children lower their fear and anxiety levels, improve their communication and coping skills, and promote their self-esteem. Pediatric nurses are recommended to include play therapy in their profession and in the nursing process. © 2017 Sigma Theta Tau International

Esin, Melek Nihal/0000-0002-5476-9419; Kadioglu, hasibe/0000-0003-4965-0277 WOS: 000330234200017 PubMed: 24251944 Aim: To investigate public health nursing content in undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in Turkey. Methods: This study included all of the nursing schools in Turkey that provide university level education. The data were collected through a self-administered questionnaire designed to identify the existing status of undergraduate and postgraduate public health nursing education between February 2011 and June 2011. The questionnaire was completed only by the head of the department of public health nursing in each school. Data were analysed with descriptive statistics using SPSS for Windows 17.0 software. Results: The study achieved a response rate of 72.5%. All participants reported offering a course in public health nursing in their undergraduate programmes. Fourteen (24.1%) participants reported offering Master of Science degrees in public health nursing. Seven (12.1%) participants reported offering doctorate degrees in public health nursing. In the responding schools, the public health nursing course was given in one semester (14 weeks) for an average of 5.54 +/- 1.43 h/week for theory and an average of 13.48 +/- 5.11 h/week for clinical practice. Of the participants, 43 (74%) reported problems related to public health nursing education. Conclusion: There are problems in Turkey with regard to public health nursing education. The nursing school curriculum must be revised on a national level if public health nursing is to be revived and strengthened.

WOS: 000308569300011, In this study, research was made on the production of white and translucent ceramics with a low water absorption and high resistance using waste dolomitic sepiolite, cullet and calcite through fast firing under operational conditions. For this purpose, 4 different recipes were prepared. The recipes were first dry ground and shaped with a dry pressing method. The shaped samples were then fired in a fast firing kiln at 1140 degrees C for 70 minutes. Strength, water absorption, porosity and color measurements were made on the fired samples as well as mineralogical and microstructural examinations. Consequently, diopside and amorphous phases and diopside and akermanite based ceramic structures were produced using the waste materials through fast firing at 1140 degrees C. L* values of the fired samples were found to be between 92.30 and 95.40. In the samples with the akermanite and diopside phases, the ratio of dissolution was found to be higher in acids than samples containing the diopside and amorphous phases. Consequently, highly white and translucent ceramics with a low water absorption capacity were obtained using the waste materials used through fast firing.

Marjolin's ulcer, which was first described more than 1.5 centuries ago, involves a rare malignant transformation of chronic scar tissue or ulcer. Marjolin's ulcer invading the skull, dura mater and the brain is quite exceptional. A case is presented of a patient with a massive Marjolin's ulcer arising in chronic scarring of the scalp following a fire burn 57 years previously. The tumour had invaded the skull, dura mater and the brain. The patient was treated surgically but died after 20 days. This report aims to highlight the importance of appropriate and expeditious initial wound management of scar ulcers of the scalp. La úlcera de Marjolin, que se describió por vez primera hace más de siglo y medio, se refiere a la rara transformación maligna de una vieja cicatriz o de una úlcera crónica. La úlcera de Marjolin, que invada el cráneo y el cerebro es bastante excepcional. Se presenta el caso de un paciente con una extensa úlcera de Marjolin, que aparece en una cicatriz secundaria a una quemadura ocurrida 50 años antes. El tumor había invadido el cráneo, la duramadre y el cerebro. Se enfermo murió 20 días después de la intervención quirúrgica. Este trabajo tiene como fin destacar la importancia de un tratamiento, rápido y apropiado, de las cicatrices ulceradas del cuero cabelludo.