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Objective: The in-service training aims to maintain nurses' individual and professional development, update their existing knowledge and skills, ensure their adaptation to new tasks, develop their professional identity, develop their creativity, increase the quality/quality of the care they provide, improve individual and institutional productivity, and prevent work accidents and errors. The research aimed to discover nurses' views about in-service distance training. Methods: The study used a qualitative research design. The research was conducted with 45 nurses who volunteered to participate. The data were collected using the information form and semi-structured individual interview form. In the analysis of qualitative data, "content analysis technique" was used. Results: The results of the research were collected under six main themes: In-service distance training's contributions to professional development, in-service distance training's strengths, in-service distance training's weaknesses, in-service distance training's problems, solutions to these problems, and preferred in-service training environment. Nurses indicated that they preferred blended training the most. Conclusion: Determining nurses' views about distance education may provide clues about the structuring of distance in-service training and the effective use of resources. Therefore, it can also improve the quality of nursing care. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Objective: This study investigated the association between coronaphobia, job satisfaction, and languishing levels in intensive care nurses. Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional and correlational study was conducted with 106 intensive care nurses. The coronavirus disease-2019 phobia scale, Mental Health Continuum-Short form, and Nurse Job Satisfaction scale were used for data collection. Results: The total score of coronaphobia was 49.41±12.39, 36.57±13.60 for the mental health continuum, and 94.28±12.82 for nurse job satisfaction. There was a weak correlation between coronaphobia and emotional well-being. There was no relationship between coronaphobia and nurse job satisfaction. However, there was a moderate positive relationship between the mental health continuum and nurse job satisfaction. Conclusion: Intensive care nurses had a moderate mental health continuum in languishing. Psychosocial support and psychological counseling should be provided to intensive care nurses to eliminate feelings of emptiness, improve their concentration and motivation, and increase their working capacity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Objective: The Coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic process that the whole world is facing has revealed the importance of a strong immune systemandsleep in fighting diseases. The aim of this study was to determine the effect of the pandemic process on the sleeping habits of nursing students. Materials and Methods: This descriptive study was conducted online with 203 volunteer undergraduate students studying at the university nursing department between 20-25 May 2021. Data were collected through the Introductory Information Form, Sleep Assessment Form. This form was composed of questions including consecutive periods such as sleep time, sleep and wake-up time, and time to fall asleep, etc. p<0.05 value was accepted for statistical significance. Results: It was determined that 75.9% of nursing students were women, 31.5% were in the third grade, 92.0% were living with their families. It was determined that the average sleep duration of students increased before the pandemic and during the pandemic period, during pre-pandemic and pandemic period and in the last month, they went to bed later in the evening, woke-up later in the morning, spent more time in bed, resting time increased, and their sleep quality decreased. During the COVID-19 pandemic and pandemic processes, female students had higher average sleep times, time to fall asleep, time to wake-up in the morning, and time spent in bed in the last month than male students. Conclusion: Pandemic process caused changes in sleeping habits of nursing students compared the pre-pandemic period; it was determined that average sleep time, time to wake-up in the morning, the time spent in bed after waking up, time to rest while lying down, and time spent with electronic devices within the scope of the lesson and outside lesson. It's important for the health of students to regulate sleep habits that are disrupted during the pandemic process. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objective: Physical activity and sleep are critical for the healthy growth and development of children. This study was conducted to analyze the relationship between physical activity status and sleep problems of primary education students. Materials and Methods: This descriptive and cross-sectional study was conducted with 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th graders attending a primary education school in the east of Turkey and their parents (n=500). "Descriptive Information Form", "Physical Activity Efficacy Scale" and "Sleep Disturbance Scale For Children" were used in the study. The data were evaluated with arithmetic mean, percentage, standard deviation, independent groups t-test, and Pearson correlation test. Results: It was found that 73% of the students included in the study were in the 12-13 age group and average night-time sleep duration was found to be 8.37±1.27 hours. No correlations were found between students' age, gender, and family type and their Sleep Disturbance Scale for Children scores (p>0.05). A correlation was found between students' gender and their physical activity efficacy scale "in transportation" dimension scores and total mean scores (p<0.05). No correlation was found between the sleep disturbance scale for children and the Physical Activity Efficacy Scale (p>0.05). Conclusion: It is thought that primary education students did not experience sleep problems due to their high physical activity levels. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objective: This qualitative study was conducted to evaluate the knowledge and approaches of intensive care nurses to delirium. Materials and Methods: The sample of the study consisted of 15 nurses working in the internal medicine, surgery, neurology and coronary intensive care units. Data were collected through Google Form by preparing a semi-structured interview form between April 15 and June 30, 2019. The content analysis method was used in the analysis of the data. Results: The mean age of the nurses is 37.73±9.43, and all of them are women. Of them, 40% worked in surgery, 26.7% in coronary, 20% in internal medicine, and 13.3% in neurology intensive care. The average of working years in the profession is 17.27±10.40 and the average of working years in intensive care is 8.20±7.42. All of them provided care to the patients with delirium, but only 33.3% received training on delirium. Five main themes are obtained from the content analysis: defining delirium, managing delirium, problems in care, experiencing physical and mental problems, and lack of knowledge and skills. Conclusion: It has been determined that nurses in intensive care need knowledge about delirium. It is recommended to plan regular training on delirium for intensive care nurses. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objective: This study aimed to determine the compliance of intern nurses with isolation precautions in the coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) pandemic period. Methods: This descriptive and cross-sectional study was conducted with 4th-year intern nurses (n=90) receiving education at the vocational school of health of a state university in November 2020. The data were collected by using a Questionnaire Form and the "Isolation Precautions Compliance Scale". In data analysis, percentage, mean, Kruskal-Wallis test and Mann-Whitney U test were used in the SPSS software. Results: The mean age of the intern nurses who participated in the study was 22±1.43 years, 74.4% were female, 51.1% were graduates of Anatolian high schools. Intern nurses 95.6% had received training on isolation precautions, and 81.1% received this training from a course instructor during their undergraduate studies. In was determined that 71.1% of the participants provided nursing care for patients who were under isolation during clinical practice, and 91.1% had knowledge that isolation precautions need to be implemented in the nursing care of patients diagnosed with COVID-19. The mean Isolation Precautions Compliance Scale total score of the participants was 71.92±5.74. There was no significant difference in the mean Isolation Precautions Compliance Scale total scores of the participants based on their sociodemographic characteristics and isolation precautions. Conclusion: It was determined that the compliance of the intern nursing students, whose nursing labor could be needed in the COVID-19 pandemic period, with isolation precautions was on a good level. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objective: In this study, it was aimed to evaluate the knowledge level of the nursing students and clinical nurses who completed the clinical practice related to hemogivigilance. Methods: This research was designed to be comparative and cross-sectional. The measurement tool consists of two parts in the collection of research data. The first part included the demographic variables, and the second part included the "hemovigilance information index" (HII) created by the researcher. The sample included 146 nursing students and 137 clinical nurses working in the hospital for clinical practice, who volunteered to participate in the research. Ethical permissions were obtained from ethics committee to conduct the research. Results: It was concluded that there was a significant relationship between the knowledge about hemovigilance or hemovigilance nursing, thinking that he/she was competent about hemovigilance, the necessity of education related to the subject, the meaning of the term "near miss" related to hemovigilance, knowledge of the transfusion follow-up form, and having knowledge about the reactions that might occur as a result of blood transfusion, and the number of correct answers (p<0.05). Conclusion: It was concluded that the knowledge level increased as the clinical experience increased in nursing students. It was determined that clinical nurses had a high level of knowledge of hemovigilance and students were not at the desired level. In-service trainings were found to be sufficient in this regard. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Objective: Nowadays, the use of computers has become widespread with technological developments, especially among children. Thus, this study aimed to examine the effects of children's computer game addiction on their chronotype sleep states. Materials and Methods: The research was conducted in 109 parents and children between January 1, 2020 and May 31, 2020, using the "child information form", "computer game addiction scale for children", and "children's chronotype questionnaire". Data were evaluated in a computer environment using percentage distribution, mean, t-test, and correlation. Results: Of children included in the study, 50.5% were females and the average age was 9.20±1.45 years. Additionally, 94.4% were in the risk group for computer game addiction; 2.8% had morning, 8.3% had intermediate, and 89% had evening type chronotype. There was a significant difference between mothers' working status and imagining the computer game and associating it with real-life subscale scores of the computer game scale, as well as between children spending time on the computer/tablet and skipping tasks due to computer game subscale scores of the computer game scale (p<0.05). A positive correlation was found between total sleep scores of children and some sub-dimensions and total scores of computer game addiction. Conclusion: Our study determined that most children had the evening type chronotype and they were in the risk group for computer game addiction. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objective: Delivery rooms are places where problems rapidly develop and decisions are quickly taken. Therefore, patient safety practices are among the most important things. This study was conducted to discover patient safety practices of nurses and midwives who work in the delivery room. Methods: This descriptive study was conducted with 140 midwives and nurses working in eight hospitals in Ankara. Data were collected with a questionnaire, which was developed by reviewing the literature. Research data were analyzed by number and percentile distribution. Results: No controlled doors were found in 1/3 of the eight delivery rooms in hospitals, 21.1% of participants did not attach identity wristband while taking mothers to delivery rooms, 34.3% used room/bed numbers in detecting identity, and 63% did not register the given instructions during the emergency-sterile applications. Additionally, 8.6% left mothers and babies alone, 27.9% did not write the date of the birth on the identity wristband, 11.4% did not follow uterus involution. Conclusion: Our study results revealed that most targets for ensuring maternal and neonatal safety are achieved in delivery rooms. However, deficiencies were found in the application, such as identity control, applications registration, and drug administration. The majority of patient safety applications are routine practices of nurses and midwives. Training for midwives and nurses who work in delivery rooms for the safety of mother-newborn is recommended. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objective: This study aimed to evaluate the reliability of the High-Alert Medications (HAM) Questionnaire in Turkish healthcare professionals. Methods: This methodological study was conducted between December 2017 and January 2018 in a private university hospital. The healthcare professionals, including nurses, health service technicians, and pharmacists, who are older than 18 years old were eligible for this study. After following the appropriate translation and cultural adaptation process, the internal consistency of the HAM Questionnaire using the Kuder-Richardson 20 coefficient and test-retest reliability was evaluated. Results: Among 146 healthcare professionals, the mean age was 25.40±5.16 years, wherein 76% were females. Most participants were nurses (69.9%) and other healthcare professionals were health service technicians (28.1%) and pharmacists (2.0%). The mean total score of the HAM Questionnaire was 70.00±19.50. The Kuder-Richardson 20 was 0.815. A statistically significant correlation was found between the scores of the HAM Questionnaire at baseline and after 15 days, which confirmed the test-retest reliability (r=0.527; p<0.01). A statistically significant correlation was found between the HAM Questionnaire score and advanced age (r=0.310; p<0.001) and higher professional year (r=0.445; p<0.001). Conclusion: The Turkish version of the HAM Questionnaire could be used to assess healthcare professionals' knowledge about highalert medications. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Introduction: The purpose of the study is to determine the effect of obesogenic environment and sociodemographic characteristics on children's obesity awareness levels. Materials and Methods: The sample of the study was composed of a total of 540 children studying at the 5th grade (63), 6th grade (73), and 7th grade (79) in the private school and at the 5th grade (131), 6th grade (108), and 7th grade (86) in the public school specified between the dates when the study was conducted. "Descriptive Information Form", "Obesogenic Environmental Evaluation Form (OEEF)" and "Obesity Awareness Scale (OAS)" were used to collect the data. Results: It was determined that OEEF mean score was higher in children studying in the public school (10.50±2.23) than those studying in the private school (7.77±2.36) and the difference between them was significant. OAS "physical activity" subscale mean score was significantly higher in children studying in the public school. Conclusion: When OEEF and OAS mean scores were examined according to sociodemographic variables, it was found that there was a significant difference between the groups in terms of some variables. It was determined in the study that the children studying in the public school were affected more by the obesogenic environmental conditions and gender increased the obesity awareness level of the children. Within the scope of the fight against obesity, it is recommended to conduct consciousness-raising and awareness programs related to obesogenic environment in all educational institutions primarily in public schools. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objective: This study aimed to evaluate the evidence-based acute stroke knowledge level in nurses. Materials and Methods: This descriptive study consisted of 245 nurses who work in Farabi Hospital of Karadeniz Technical University Health Application and Research Center in Trabzon city center. Data are collected using "Introductory Information Form" and "Acute Stroke Knowledge Level Measurement and Awareness Form" created within the scope of "T.R. Ministry of Health Stroke Clinical Protocol". The suitability of data for normal distribution was evaluated with the Shapiro-Wilk and Kolmogorov-Smirnov tests. One-Way analysis of variance and independent samples t-test to were used to compare the data with normal distribution, whereas the Kruskal-Wallis and Mann-Whitney U test to compare data without normal distribution and chi-square test for categorical data. The significance level was taken as p values of <0.05. Results: The average age of the nurses was 32.19±7.76 (minimum: 20, maximum: 60) years, wherein 64.9% had a bachelor's degree and 93.1% were clinical/service nurses. The common correct answers were given to questions about nursing care in acute stroke, whereas wrong answers to questions about stroke scale, tPA dose, and stroke time management. A positive, weak, and statistically significant relationship was found between the knowledge score of the nurses and their ages (r=0.158; p=0.013). Nurses who followed professional publications and attended congresses, courses, and symposium programs answered the questions more accurately. Conclusion: Improving the knowledge level of nurses on acute stroke is necessary to organize postgraduate and in-service training programs to ensure the participation of nurses in scientific meetings and develop stroke care clinical practice guidelines for quality patient care. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objective: In this study, it was aimed to evaluate the knowledge level of the nursing students and clinical nurses who have applied the clinical practice related to hemogivigilance. Methods: This research was comparative and cross-sectional in design. The measurement tool consisted of two parts in the collection of research data. The first part included the demographic variables, and the second part consisted of "hemovigilance information index" created by the researcher. The sample was completed with 146 nursing students and 137 clinical nurses working in the hospital for clinical practice, who volunteered to participate in the research. Ethical permissions were obtained from the Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University Ethics Committee to conduct the research. Results: It was concluded that there was a significant relationship between having knowledge about hemovigilance or hemovigilance nursing, thinking of being competent about hemovigilance, selfsufficiency about blood transfusion, having knowledge about the meaning of the term "near miss" about hemovigilance, knowledge about the transfusion follow-up form, late and early reactions that might occur as a result of blood transfusion, and the number of correct answers (p<0.05). Conclusion: It was concluded that the knowledge level increased as the clinical experience increased in nursing student. It was determined that clinical nurses had a high level of knowledge related to hemovigilance and students did not. In-service trainings were found to be sufficient in this regard. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objective: Nurses spend most of their time with patients. Stories are the formation of experiences that add meaning to life, raise awareness, and guide people. This study aimed to examine the aforementioned concepts from the nurses' narratives. Methods: The researchers undertook an elaborate review of quantitative and qualitative studies. Seven doctoral students in nursing and 10 nurses from different departments in Palestinian hospitals were interviewed about qualitative care. In this study, 17 health stories from Turkey and Palestine were analyzed. Demographic data of all 17 participants were synthesized using a descriptive statistical format. The 17 stories generated 31,657 words for analysis. Results: Seven themes were identified as figural across clinical specialties, including patient's final moments are difficult, cases involving children, violence and troublesome patients, unforgettable events, intricacies, interrogative, individual and teamwork. Conclusion: Nurses' work environments are challenging. Sometimes, they experience unforgettable events that leave permanent marks in their memories. These events create physical distress, which affects how they provide care to patients. If the challenges are solved, then the nurses' quality of life and satisfaction will improve, enabling them to offer optimum care to patients. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Objectives: The aim of the study was to evaluate of awareness about abuse and related situations of parents who have 4–6 age group children with epilepsy. Methods: The study included 204 parents with children diagnosed with epilepsy who applied to Akdeniz University Hospital Pediatric Neurology, Antalya Education-Research Hospital Pediatric Clinics between 15 January 2019 and 10 March 2020. The data were collected through a questionnaire form created in line with the literature, the “Abuse Awareness Scale for Parents” developed by Pekdoğan. High scale scores indicate that parents’ awareness of abuse is high. Written consent from Akdeniz University Faculty of Medicine Clinical Research Ethics Committee, institutions, scale owners, informed consent was obtained from parents. Results: Parents who have children with epilepsy have a moderate awareness of abuse. About 89.2% of the parents are mothers. Abuse awareness scores are 56.911±4.714. Fathers, parents who have girls have higher awareness of abuse. As the child’s mental disability increases (slightly to heavy), parents’ awareness of abuse also increases. Parents with high levels of abuse awareness described risky persons as familiar people, neighbors, foreigners, risky environments as educational institutions, go on a visit to, public transportation, and risky situations as child’s seizure, age, degree of mental disability, and abuser’s alcohol-substance use. Conclusion: It is disappointing that important action-environments in Turkish culture pose a risk of abuse. It is attention getting that the education institutions are found to be risky by parents and the health professionals are not expressed in the prevention of abuse. Health-care professionals should inform children with epilepsy and their parents about child abuse. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objective: Information and recommendations provided by midwives and nurses, who play a vital role in maternal and child health, about safe sleeping environment have an influence on the parents. This study aimed to determine the knowledge and opinions of midwives and nurses about safe sleeping environment. Materials and Methods: This is a descriptive, cross-sectional study conducted on 220 midwives and nurses who worked at 18 family health centres and 2 hospitals. Data were collected using a descriptive characteristics form and safe sleep information form. The collected data were expressed as numbers, percentages, and mean and standard deviation values. Chi-square test was used to analyse the data. Results: The mean age of the participants was 31.83±7.63 years, 58.2% had a bachelor's degree and 56.8% were working at a hospital. Of all the participants, 90% stated that a non-supine position was the safest sleeping position since the supine position involved possible risk of choking. Furthermore, 83.2% of the participants stated that they had heard about Sudden Infant Death syndrome, 75.5% indicated that this syndrome was associated with the sleeping environment of babies and 62.3% specified that they informed families about safe sleep. The number of nurses who informed families about safe sleep was higher than those who had a bachelor's degree (p<0.05). Conclusion: Most midwives and nurses did not recommend the supine position, and they were aware of the risk factors such as bedsharing, placing soft objects on beds and using pillows. We recommend increasing awareness about safe sleep among midwives and nurses and providing them with appropriate training on safe sleeping environment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objective: Sleep safety is an important strategy to reduce sleep-related infant mortality in infants aged 0-12 months. Nurses, who have a role in the education of families, should raise their awareness and practise providing sleep safety recommendations during student years. This study aimed to determine the effect of sleep safety education given to nursing interns on their knowledge level. Materials and Methods: This randomised controlled trial included students attending at the nursing department of a university and enrolled in the intern practice course. Students were randomly divided into experimental and control groups. The experimental group received training on sleep safety in infants, whereas the control group was not trained. Data were collected using the introductory characteristics form and sleep safety information form on infants. Results: Most of the students in both groups did not receive training on sleep safety. Although the majority of the students cared for infants during clinical and field practice courses, very few students imparted sleep safety training to parents. No statistically significant difference was found between the knowledge scores of both groups before training (p<0.05). After sleep safety training, a statistically significant difference was found between the knowledge scores of the students in the two groups (p>0.05). Conclusion: It was found that students did not have adequate knowledge about sleep safety in infants. Sleep safety training increased the knowledge level of students in the experimental group. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objective: This study was carried out to determine the nurses' knowledge of the hemovigilance system and their use of it, within the scope of blood transfusion safety. Methods: The sample of this descriptive and cross-sectional study consisted of all nurses (n=65) working at Gümüşhane State Hospital. The data were collected with "Structured Question Form" Number, percentage, mean, Continuity Correction, Pearson Chi-Square and Fisher Exact tests were used to evaluate the data. Results: Of the nurses, 90.8% were women, the average age was 27.01±5.16 (20-48) years and 86.1% had undergraduate or higher education. Of the nurses, 84.6% knew that they were supervised by a hemovigilance nurse. Nurses (43.1%) who received training on the hemovigilance system had higher levels of knowing that "each unit of blood taken from the donor follows the final destination (100.0%)" than the nurses who did not receive training (p <0.05). The nurses who knew that they were supervised during transfusion related processes performed the following steps at a higher rate than those who did not know that they were inspected (p <0.05): "Wearing gloves before the application (100.0%)", "using appropriate branches in children (87.3%)", "obtaining written consent before blood transfusion (100.0%)", and "completing the blood transfusion within a maximum of four hours (87.3%)" were higher than nurses who did not know that they were supervised (p <0.05). Also; the majority of nurses (90.8%) were determined to use the current procedures for blood transfusions. Conclusion: In line with the findings of the study, it was stated that the nurses who were educated about the hemovigilance system and who knew that they were supervised by the hemovigilance nurse, had high hemovigilance system usage. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objective: To determine the medical errors of nurses and midwives work in gynecology and obstetric services and their opinions about the reasons of medical errors. Methods: The sample of this study consisted of 365 nurses and midwives working in gynecology&obstetrics services of nine hospitals in a city of Turkey. Ethics committee and institution permissions were obtained for the study. Data were collected using a form developed by the researchers according to literature. Results: It was determined that 14.2% of the nurses and midwives did medical errors, the most common errors were medication (54.5%) and communication (18.3%) errors. Nurses and midwives stated that the insufficient number of health care workers, excessive workload, carelessness, neglect and lack of information were very important reasons of medical errors. There was a statistically significant relationship between the status of medical errors of nurses and midwives and their age, working year in profession and the number of patients they were responsible for care (p<0.05). Conclusion: It is important to reduce medical errors that cause significant problems for the health system, patients and health care personnel. For this purpose, it is considered important to include medical errors in the vocational and in-service trainings of nurses and midwives, to provide orientation of the newly graduated nurses to the clinic they work, and to ensure the corporate culture where medical errors are reported without hesitation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objective: This study aimed to determine the knowledge level of intensive care nurses regarding evidence-based practices in the prevention of infections related to the Central Venous Catheter (CVC). Materials and Methods: This descriptive study was conducted in the adult intensive care units of a research and practice hospital and a private hospital in September-November 2018. The written consent of the participants and the approval of the ethics committee and necessary institutions were obtained. In data collection, a "data collection form regarding the demographic features of the participants" and "information form oriented to preventing infections regarding CVC" were used. Results: The study was completed with 126 nurses, 52.4% of whom were aged 19-28 and 50.0% had been working in intensive care units for 1-38 months. Their knowledge regarding the prevention of CVC-related infections was low. The total mean scores of nurses aged 29-43 were statistically significantly higher than those aged 19-28 (p=0.045). The total mean scores of the nurses who had worked as a nurse for 7-24 years were statistically significantly higher than those who had worked for 1-6 years (p=0.003), and the total mean scores of the nurses who had worked as intensive care unit nurses for 40-288 months were statistically significantly higher than those who had worked for 1-38 months (p<0.001). Conclusion: This study found that nurses had a low level of knowledge regarding evidence-based practices in the prevention of CVC-related infections, and as age and experience of working as a nurse in intensive care units increased, knowledge levels also increased. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objective: It is extremely important to provide safe sleep for babies to be protected from sudden infant death syndrome. The aim of this study is to determine the preferences of newborn mothers to sleep their babies. Materials and Methods: The study was conducted with a total of 300 mothers. The data were collected with a questionnaire developed in the light of the literature by researchers. Results: Eighty percent of the mothers put their babies to bed in a nonsupine position in daytime sleep and night sleep, 87% of the mothers put their babies to bed in a non-supine position after nutrition; 51% used a soft mattress, 63% used a pillow when they put their babies to bed and 42% shared their beds with their babies. Conclusion: It was determined that mothers have risky behaviors that may cause sudden infant death syndrome while sleeping their baby. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objective: Sleep is crucial for healthy growth and development of children. Unsuitable television viewing habits are one of the important factors that disturb sleep patterns. This study was conducted to evaluate the sleep and television viewing habits of primary school students. Materials and Methods: The study was conducted as a descriptive study. The data were collected from parents of students aged 6-11 years, who were studying at a primary school between December 2016 and February 2017. The study sample consisted of 299 parents. In order to collect data, a personal information form, an information form to determine television viewing habits and the Children's Sleeping Habits Questionnaire were administered to the study subjects. Percentages, means, standard deviations, frequencies, and analysis of variance were used to evaluate the data. Ethical permission and consent from the parents were taken for conducting the study. Results: The mean age of the children was 8.64±1.16, and the parents' mean age was 35.55±6.23. The mean number of hours spent viewing television was 5.62 hours per day. The mean sleep time of the children was 9.37 hours. The mean total score obtained from Children's Sleeping Habits Questionnaire was determined to be 47.92±8.18. Conclusion: It was found that the child's success at school, the television viewing time during the weekday, the child's preference for viewing time, the response to being asked to turn the television off, and the parents' viewing time significantly affected the total Children's Sleeping Habits Questionnaire score. A significant difference was found between parental income status, educational status, school success, bedtime resistance, and sleep duration. Also, a significant difference was found between television viewing habits and at least one sleep problem, except night wakes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objectives: This study aimed to determine the attitudes and practices of students in the nursing, midwifery, and dietetics departments of the Faculty of Health Sciences concerning complementary and integrative medicine (CIM). Method: A descriptive cross-sectional survey was performed among students of the Faculty of Health Sciences in the academic year 2013-2014. The study used a questionnaire prepared by the researchers as a data collection form. Results: A statistically significant difference was found in the use of CIM practices between the students according to their gender, class, and department. The most commonly known type of CIM among the students was herbal medicine. The participants stated that their main sources of information were their mothers or relatives. Conclusion: The study indicated that students have positive opinions and attitudes about CIM. A great majority of the students agreed that CIM should be included in their school's curriculum. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objective: The purpose of this study is adaptation Nursing Image Scale that developed by Tzeng based on stereotypes toward nursing to Turkish and examine its psychometric properties. The purpose of this study is to adapt the Nursing Image Scale developed by Tzeng based on the stereotypes of the nurses to the Turkish and to test the psychometric properties. Methods: The research has been performed on 194 administrator nurse who is employed in nine hospitals. In the adaptation of the scale to the Turkish language; translation and back translation method is used. In the analysis of data; number, percentage, arithmetic mean, content validity analysis (expert opinion Kendall's W analysis), correlation analysis, explanatory and confirmatory factor analysis, Cronbach alpha coefficient, and t-test analysis are used. Results: Upon factor analysis, it is found that the scale gathers under 4 factors, KMO value is 0.849 and Barlett's χ² value is 1327.248 (p<0.001). It is detected that Cronbach alpha reliability coefficient of the whole sample is 0.742 and for sub aspects of the scale Factor 1 0.779, Factor 2 0.841, Factor 3 0.893 and Factor 4 0.761. These factors were named as angel of mercy, romantic aspects, careerist aspects, obedient aspects. In the confirmatory factor analysis, it is found that χ² = 240.45, df= 113, RMSEA= 0.077, χ²/df= 2.12, p = 000, GF 0.87, AGF is 0.83. Conclusion: It is detected that Tzeng's nursing image scale has sufficient validity and reliability to be used for Turkish administrative nurses. It can be suggested nursing image scale use determining administrative nurses' nursing image perceptions and conduct studies to test its validity and reliability in different groups. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objective: This is a descriptive study conducted to identify visual impairments or eye conditions in students attending a primary school at the city center of Aydın. Methods: Study data were collected in a primary school at the city center of Aydın in the autumn and spring semestres of the academic year of 2015-2016. The population of the study consisted of 2583 students. As there were students who were absent during the days of the study was conducted, we could not access to the entire population. The study sample consisted of 2531 students. For data collection, "Socio-demographic Characteristics Data Form", "Refractive Error Evaluation Form", "Crossed-Eyes Evaluation Form" and "Colour Blindness Evaluation Form" developed by the researchers were used. Data were analysed using the SPSS 15.0 Statistical Software Package Program and evaluated with percentage, arithmetic mean and chi square tests. Results: In this research, 49% of the students were female and 51% of them were male. The students were in pre-school period (10.9%), 1st grade (19.8%), 2nd grade (16.2%), 3rd grade (32.8%), and 4th grade (20.5%). The mean age of the students was 7.9±1.42 (range 4-11) years, while 9.1% of the students had a refractive error, 3.3% had strabismus (crossed-eyes), 3% of them had suspect colour blindness. A small number (0.7%) of the students indicated that they were always squinting their eyes when looking at objects, and 1.1% of them always experienced visual problems when looking at the blackboard, and television. Besides, 9.5% of them used prescription glasses and 77.8% of them had no trouble seeing the whiteboard in the class. Still 65.5% of the students reported that they had no visual problem when they read or did their homework. It was found that as students' ages increased, the percentage of visual impairments among them also increased. There was a statistically significant difference between school years (grades) for colour blindness and refractive error (p<0.05) but no such difference was found for strabismus (p>0.05). There was a statistically significant relationship between the gender of students and colour blindness (p<0.05). Conclusion: according to the results of this study, primary school students with suspect visual impairments such as refractive error, colour blindness and crossed eyes may be detected at an early stage, and referred to the relevant units. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

INTRODUCTION: The aim of this study was to teach the risks of home accidents to preschool children (aged 3-5 years old) using a painting method. METHODS: This study was a semi-experimental, single group, pre-test/post-test model. This study was conducted in an institution of preschool education. A total of 87 students were selected from the 3-, 4-, and 5-year-old age groups in kindergarten using a simple random sampling method. The "Home environment risk determination form" and home environment "Home picture showing risky situations at home" were used to teach the children in the study. RESULTS: After training, children were found to be significantly more likely to recognize accident risk in their home environment (p<0.001). Generally, recognition of accident risks in all rooms was found to be higher after education. DISCUSSION and CONCLUSION: After training, children are more likely to recognize the risk of home accidents. Information may not always lead to behaviour change, but children's ability to recognize the risks of accidents was good. To teach children younger than 6 years about protection from home accidents effectively, educational methods appropriate to their cognitive skills should be used. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Teething is a physiological process that all children experience. Even though this period is a normal part of babies development, interestingly little is known about management of symptoms. Dry cough, crabbing, sleeping disorder, gingival inflammation, and salivation are among the most common symptoms observed during milk dentition. However, even though fever, diarrhea, and several numbers of other complaints are not adequate evidences, teething period is commonly considered responsible. Although pain and discomfort related to baby teething can be managed by using pharmacological and non-pharmacological methods, inadequate evidence regarding these draws attention. The purpose of this study is to determine problems faced by babies during teething period and support approaches of parents. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objective: This study was conducted with the aim of determining knowledge and behavior of nurses about pain management. Material and Method: The study was designed as a cross-sectional study. The study was performed on 560 nurses between February and April 2014. Data were collected by using Nursing Information Form and The Survey Regarding Nurses' Knowledge and Behavior Regarding Pain. Data were evaluated by using descriptive statistical methods, Student's t-test, One-way ANOVA and Kruskal-Wallis tests. Results: Out of total 560 nurses, 45.2% were in the age group of 29-38 years, 88.6% were female, 66.1% had a graduation degree, 69.8% were working in internal diseases units and 91.6% were working as a bedside nurse, 39.5% of nurses had an experience less than 5-year, 56.2% of nurses had no in-service training regarding pain, and 76.6% did not follow the literature about pain. One-third of nurses (35.2%) were not using scales for pain often. In the survey, nurses scored 4.95±2.16 points in knowledge and behavior about pain. The average knowledge and behavior in pain scores of nurses with post graduate degrees (6.31±2.19, p=0.002), of nurses who followed nursing publications (5.30±2.25, p=0.03) and of nurses those always used the pain scales (5.26±2.38, p=0.02) were significantly high. Longer the working times, lower the average knowledge and behavior scores of the nurses (p>0.05). The average knowledge and behavior score of nurses working in internal diseases units were higher than the scores of ones working in surgical units (p>0.05). The nurses who had in-service training in pain had higher average scores (p>0.05). Conclusions: The study indicates that nurses do not have sufficient knowledge about diagnosis and management of pain [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objective: This study was carried out as a descriptive study in order to determine knowledge and thought of nurses about brain death and vegetative state. Materials and Methods: Two hundred nurses who agree to participate were included in the research. In data collection, the questionnaire which included 36 items was used. The results were represented as frequency and percentage. Results: Twenty-four percent of nurses stated that organ transplantation was the main reason for diagnosis of brain death, 58% said they could donate their own organs when they had brain death, and 54% said they could donate their relatives' organs. In the study, it was stated that "brain injury should be widespread and irreversible "(83.5%) as a compulsory condition for brain death detection. Among the brain death criteria, "pupillars were unresponsive to the light, midline, and dilated" (71%), among the characteristics of herbal life "can survive for years in an unaware status of the surroundings as long as the individual is provided with care" (87%) were correctly answered. Conclusion: It has been confirmed that most of the nurses haven't donated organs as well as the lack of knowledge regarding the brain death. It is suggested that the nurses should be educated about vegetative state and brain death and their awareness about organ donation should be increased. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Aim: This descriptive study was conducted to investigate the main reasons for presenting to the emergency department (ED) in a university hospital among cancer patients. Methods: This study was conducted on 243 patients between January 1, 2014 and May 15, 2014. A questionnaire form was used for data collection. Percentage values and mean scores were calculated and a chi-square test was used. Results: The mean age of the patients was 61.33±15.33 years. The most common malignancy was gastrointestinal tract cancers. 64.6% of patients were admitted the emergency department more than once, 34.4% of those were readmitted within 0-1 days after discharge. Pain was the most common cause of admission 69.1% of patients, who were admitted to the emergency department, had recently received chemotherapy before admission. Almost all did not receive home care. Conclusion: The most frequent emergency department admissions were among patients with progressive cancer. The reasons for emergency department visit among cancer patients, such as pain, nausea and vomiting, and high fever, indicate that post-treatment follow-up and palliative care requirements are not adequately met. We recommend that emergency care guidelines should be established to give better care to cancer patients presenting to emergency department. Furthermore, palliative care services, both at homes and in institutions, should be expanded. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Introduction: Vancomycin-resistance in enterococci (VRE) poses a major threat in hospitals. It is well known that patients in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) is especially at risk of nosocomial VRE acquisition. In this study, it was aimed to present the VRE outbreak analysis identified in NICU. Materials and Methods: Patients with VRE colonization and infection were included in the study between 17.10.2016-30.03.2017 in NICU. Results: There are a total of 30 beds in the NICU, including five beds in the level 1 ICU, eight beds in the level 2 ICU and 17 beds in the level 3 ICU. Newborns in the NICU are hospitalised in the same ICU (room) in a mixed form. Enterococci were detected in blood culture samples of four patients in the NICU. Three of these cases were VRE and the other was VSE (vancomycin-sensitive enterococci). The most important problem identified in the NICU was the inability to use the interior architecture effectively. In addition, inadequate nurse both in number and level of education and lack of night observations were identified as other problems. Conclusion: As a result, the outbreak in NICU was controlled thanks to educated nurse support, frequent visits and change in interior architecture. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objective: The aim of this descriptive study was to determine the spirituality and spiritual care related perceptions of nurses working in adult's inpatient units. Methods: The study sample consisted of 132 nurses working in adult's inpatient units of a university hospital. The data were collected between February and September 2015 using the Nurse Information Form and the Spirituality and Spiritual Care Rating Scale (SSCRS). Results: The mean age was 30.65±6.00 (min=19; max=55) years. Females made up 90.2% of the group; married nurses constituted 62.1% while 84.9% were at the undergraduate degree level. Internal medicine nurses constituted 46.2%, inpatient service nurses 91.7% and 34.8% are employed for 4 years or less. We found that 68.9% of the nurses had information on spiritual care and 51.6% finding their current knowledge adequate. 46.2% of the nurses reported that they did not give spiritual care and that lack of time, personnel and information prevented spiritual care. 90.2% of nurses stated that education is necessary to recognize spiritual dimensions. The mean SSCRS scale score was 3.69±0.40 (min=2.76; max=4.59). The mean SSCRS scale score was higher in nurses who found their spiritual care knowledge adequate. As the number of years of work increases, the perception of spiritual and spiritual care related to the subscale of "Religiousity" also increases. Conclusion: These findings indicate that the knowledge of the nurses' spiritual care is inadequate, that training is needed and that increasing the number of staff in the clinic is important for spiritual care. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objective: The study was carried out with the aim of determining the satisfaction of mothers about midwifery and nursing who are lying in postpartum services. Methods: The descriptive study was conducted in two hospitals, one in a university, one in a training and research hospital. In the two hospitals where the research was conducted, the mothers who gave birth within a year created the universe. Pass 2008 program was used to determine the sample of the study. As a result of the calculations made, it was decided that 200 mothers should make the sample of the study. Data were collected with the questionnaire form and Visual Analogue Patient Satisfaction Scale (GAHTS). Because the number of births in the hospitals where the practice is made is different, the weighting method used in determining the number of samples to be taken from each hospital. SPSS for Windows 15.0 program was used for statistical analysis of the data. Numerical variables were evaluated with mean (±), standard deviation or median [min-max], qualitative variables with number and percentage. The data were analyzed by square, t test, Mann Whitney U test, Kruskal Wallis test and spearman correlation coefficient. Results: It has been determined that 90% of mothers were satisfied with the nursing care. The average score of the mothers from the GAHTS scale was 7.1 ± 2.1. It has been determined that while maternal care in postpartum care services was mostly focused on bleeding control, pain prevention, breastfeeding and controls of baby, stitching control, hygiene, perineal and breast care were not done adequately. It has been determined that the care functions related to the topics such as discharge training, baby care, bleeding control, home care, family planning, exercise and mental changes were inadequate. Conclusion: Mothers who participated in the study were found to be satisfied with their care even though they did not receive adequate midwifery / nursing care. Therefore, studies that demonstrate the relationship between satisfaction from nursing care and expectation of mothers in postpartum clinics are suggested. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Objective: The aims of the study were to determine nurses' level of knowledge of pressure sore prevention and treatment on the hospitalized patients and affecting factors. Material and Methods: This descriptive, cross-sectional study was conducted on 523 nurses working in a university and state hospitals in Zonguldak. Data were collected between March and May 2014, using a personal information form, questionnaire which was developed based on European Pressure Ulcers Advisory Panel and National Pressure Ulcers Advisory Panel guidelines. Data were analyzed by Independent samples t test, One way ANOVA, Kruskal-Wallis, and Pearson correlation tests. Results: The mean knowledge score about prevention of pressure sore of the nurses was 15.63±1.82. The mean knowledge score about management of pressure sore of nurses was 15.69±2.01. The knowledge scores about prevention for pressure sore were significantly increased among nurses worked in state hospital and medical department, attended in-service training (p<0.05). The knowledge scores about management for pressure sore were significantly increased among nurses worked in state hospital and emergency department, attended in-service training (p<0.05). The mean age, working years, gender, department, knowledge sources of nurses showed significantly an association with knowledge score of management for pressure sore (p<0.05). Conclusions: Knowledge about pressure sore prevention and management of nurses was moderate level. The knowledge scores were significantly affected by the nurses' characteristics. These results will contribute to studies and education strategies in this area. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objective: This study was conducted as a descriptive study to investigate the problems and expectations of intensive care unit nurses in Turkey. Materials and Methods: The study was conducted with the participation of 207 volunteer nurses working in different hospitals' various intensive care nurses symposium organized in cooperation with İstanbul Health Care Directorate and İstanbul University in 2010. In gathering data; a questionnaire consisting of 39 multiple choice questions was prepared in the light of literature by researchers in order to determine descriptive characteristics, opinions and experiences of intensive care nurses. The necessary permissions were taken before the research and informed consent was taken from all the participants. Statistical analyzes of the research data were made with NCSS (Number Cruncher Statistical System) 2007 package program. Descriptive statistical methods (frequency distributions) were used in evaluation of data. Results: As a result of the research, for intensive care nurses; 78% of them work 40-50 hours per week on average, 52.2% of them should be in the form of post-graduate education for intensive care nursing. 52.5% of nurses said that they found the number of nurses working in their unit insufficient, 74.6% of nurses said that they did not find their salaries adequate and 57.5% of nurses said that employment security was not provided. Conclusion: It is important that the expectations of the intensive care workers in terms of job satisfaction are reflected positively in physical and psychological care of critical patients. Thus effective and productive working environment will be provided in intensive care units. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Aim: Any interruption or distraction during the process of medication administration might cause a medication error. Materials and Methods: This observational study examined frequency and reasons of interruptions during preparation and administration of pediatric medications. Two thousand three hundred forty four medication doses were observed during 200 medication administration round. Data regarding the interruptions that occur during the preparation and administration of medications were collected for one calendar year. Frequencies and percentage distributions were calculated for the interruptions as well as their reasons. Results: An interruption of 36.1% occurred during this process. Most frequent interruption reasons are mothers, physicians and nurses. Sixty-one errors were made on total of interruptions. Conclusion: Findings in this study present importance of establishment of clinical and institutional environment for nurses to safe medication administration, in terms of patient safety. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Introduction: The study was conducted as descriptive research for purpose of comparing the attitudes of nurses working at private and state hospitals with respect to the concept of having parents participate in the care of their children. Materials and Methods: The universe of the descriptive research comprised 70 nurses working at two state hospitals and one private hospital in city center of Istanbul, between the dates May 1-June 30, 2013. As data collection tools, two forms, namely a Nurses Information Form and a Parent Participation Attitude Scale (PPAS) were used in the research. The lowest possible score on the scale is 24; the highest 120. The higher scores on the scale indicate more positive attitudes about having parents participate in the care given to their children. The data were analyzed in terms of numbers, percentages and means. Results: The nurses in the study were found to have similar identifying characteristics (p>0.05). They were asked whether they knew about family-centered care, 64.3% said they were familiar with the subject; when the source of their knowledge was queried, 34.8% stated that they had been informed through scientific publications and courses they took during their professional training. Of the nurses, 54.3% were found to display total parent participation attitude scores of 84 and above. In the evaluation of the PPAS scores of the nurses in terms of the hospital they worked, the scores of nurses working at state hospitals (85.67±6.17) were significantly more positive than the scores of the nurses working at the private hospital (81.88±5.26) (p<0.05). Conclusions: The accepting attitudes of nurses regarding the family-centered care approach indicated that nurses with higher level of education had opportunity to benefit from the focus placed on family-centered care in graduate nursing school programs and that had positive effect on their attitudes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Introduction: Career planning has a significant role for modern organisations in order to increase the efficiency and performance. Placement of nurses to the positions that they can carry, will motivate them to work happily with higher performance and also increase the service quality of nursing care services and hospitals. This study was prepared to examine the assesment of career planning works of nurses operating in the training and research hospital and their differentations according to the descriptive properties of this assesment. Material and Method: Design of the study is descriptive. Universal set of the study constitutes entire population of nurses working on the training and research hospital which is belong to Ministry of Health, sample cluster contitutes 100 volunteer nurses who are chosen by simple random sampling methodology. Results: Nurses examined according to the study indicated that, 87 % (n=87) is female, 47% (n=47) is between the age of 30-39, 65% (n=65) is married, 37% (n=37) is graduated from medical vocational high school, 43% (n=43) have been working in the same hospital between 2-5 years and 82% (n=82) is working as a nurse. Samples also indicate that 56% (n=56) knows the new Nursing Law and 52% (n=52) believes that new Nursing Law will effect their career planning. Addition to this 53% (n=53) is discontent with their current position and 43% (n=43) is considering to have additional certificates for special branches priorly for their careers. Conclusion: The effectiveness of career management application is over the average, their opinions about the effectiveness of the career planning effectiveness don't differentiate according to gender, marital status, working period as a nurse, working period in the current [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Amaç: Aralık 2019 tarihinde ilk kez Çin'in Wuhan kentinde görülen koronavirüs (COVID-19) hastalığı henüz etkeni bilinmeyen bulaşıcı bir solunum yolu hastalığı idi. Tüm dünyayı kısa sürede etkisi altına alan hastalık ile hızla olgular artmakta iken sağlık sistemimizde hemşireler, primer görevleri olan, bakım ile ön plana çıkmışlardır. Ancak mesleğin getirdiği yükler üzerine bir de pandemi dönemi eklenenince hemşireler kilit rollerini yerine getirmekte gün geçtikçe zorlaşan onları tükenmişliğe iten bir girdap içine girmişlerdir. Birey olarak bu süreçte hemşireler çoğu sosyal ve hatta fizyolojik gereksinimlerinden taviz gererek bu zor şartlarda görevlerini tam bir şekilde gerçekleştirmek için çabalamışlardır. Zor şartlar tükenmişliğe, tükenmişlik ise tıbbı hataya yol açan en önemli kavramlardandır. Hemşirelik mesleğinin etik ilkelerinden birincil sırada yer alan "Zarar Vermeme-Yararlılık İlkesi" ile hasta güvenliğinin her koşulda sağlanması gerekmektedir. Tükenmişlik düzeyleri ve tıbbi hata eğilimlerinin belirlenmesi ile tükenmişliğe götüren faktörlerin kontrol altına alınması ya da ortadan kaldırılması önemlidir. Bu araştırma, koronavirüs hastalarına bakım veren hemşirelerin tükenmişlik düzeyleri ve tıbbı hata eğilimlerinin belirlenmesi amacıyla tanımlayıcı ve kesitsel olarak yapılmıştır. Yöntem: Araştırma, Şubat 2021-Şubat 2022 tarihleri arasında Ankara ilinde bir üniversitesi hastanesinde koronavirüs hastalarına bakım veren 235 hemşire ile yürütülmüştür. Araştırmada Google Form üzerinden online anket yöntemi ile "Kişisel Bilgi Formu", "Maslach Tükenmişlik Ölçeği", "Hemşirelikte Tıbbi hataya Eğilim Ölçeği" kullanılarak uygulama yapılmıştır. Bulgular: Araştırmaya katılan hemşirelerin MTÖ toplam puan ortalaması 36,06±12,81, ölçeğin alt boyutlarından olan "duygusal tükenme" alt boyut puan otalaması 20,34±7,52; "duyarsızlaşma" için 5,94±4,23 ve "düşük kişisel başarı duygusu" için 9,77±5,04 olarak hesaplanmıştır. HTHEÖ puan ortalaması ise 227,86±15,74, alt boyutlarından ilaç ve transfüzyon uygulamaları için 84,49±5,26; Düşme için 23,14±2,24; hastane enfeksiyonları için 56,10±4,62; hasta izlemi ve malzeme güvenliği için 40,52±4,12 ve iletişim için 23,61±1,96 olarak hesaplanmıştır. MTÖ ve HTHEÖ arasında istatistiksel olarak anlamlı negatif yönlü ve zayıf düzey bir ilişki vardır (p<0,05: r=-0,303). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]