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Aim: The study aims to determine the relationship between professional self-esteem and professional commitment of nurses. Method: The study is a correlational descriptive study. 257 nurses constituted the sample of the study. The data were collected with the information form, the Professional Self-Esteem Scale, and the Nursing Professional Commitment Scale. Data were evaluated with descriptive statistics, independent sample t-test,one-way ANOVA, and Pearson correlation test. Results: The total mean score of the nurses' Professional Self-Esteem Scale was 89.01+-11.97, and the total mean score of the Nursing Professional Commitment Scale was calculated as 63.98+-10.11. It was determined that nurses who chose the profession voluntarily did not choose the profession voluntarily, nurses who were satisfied with their profession had a higher total mean score on Professional Self-Esteem Scale than those who were not satisfied with their profession, and nurses who were satisfied with their profession had a higher total mean score on Nursing Professional Commitment Scale than those who were not satisfied with their profession. A statistically significant difference was found between nurses' total scores of Professional Self-Esteem Scale according to their willingness to choose the profession and their satisfaction with the profession, and between the total score of the Nursing Professional Commitment Scale according to their satisfaction with the profession. A positive and moderately statistically significant relationship was determined between the total scores of Professional Self-Esteem Scale and the Nursing Professional Commitment Scale. Conclusion: The findings of the study revealed that nurses' professional self-esteem and commitment to the profession should be brought to a sufficient level.

INTRODUCTION: This study; It was performed to determine the anxiety levels of patients who received hyperbaric oxygen therapy for the first time. METHODS: Research; It was performed in the Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy unit of a city hospital between May 2018 and February 2020. The sample of the descriptive study consisted of 76 patients who underwent hyperbaric oxygen therapy for the first time. In order to evaluate the subjective parameters of the patients in hyperbaric oxygen treatment process; Visual Comparison Scale and Status-Trait Anxiety Inventory were used. Objective measurements evaluated during the hyperbaric oxygen treatment were recorded in the form of physiological parameters. Study data were evaluated using SPSS 22.0 statistical package program. RESULTS: In the study; When the patients came to the clinic, the state anxiety levels and the Visual Comparison Scale means scores were found to be high and decreased immediately after the treatment. Mean anxiety levels of the patients were determined as 77.22 +- 7.8. In repeated measurement, the mean oxygen saturation levels of the patients increased and their respiratory averages decreases ( p

INTRODUCTION: The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between nursing students' critical thinking disposition and autonomy levels. METHODS: The descriptive-relationship seeking study was conducted with 288 nursing students in the nursing department of a state university. Data were collected by using the Descriptive Characteristics Information Form, which included socio-demographic characteristics, California Critical Thinking Disposition Scale and Sociotropy-Autonomy Scale. Data were analyzed by number, percentage, mean, standard deviation and Pearson correlation tests. RESULTS: It was found that the students' mean autonomy subscale of Sociotropy-Autonomy Scale score was 87.43+-11.27 and the overall mean score of critical thinking disposition was 232.52+-23.30. There was a statistically significant positive correlation between the students› overall mean scores of California Critical Thinking Disposition Scale and autonomy subscale scores of Sociotropy-Autonomy Scale (r = 0.526, p

The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between eating habits and body composition of the university personnels. The sampling of this research consisted of academic and administrative personnels from the university (68 female and 124 male personnels). Body weight and composition were measured with a Tanita instrument. Data were collected by performing a questionnaire including 33 items. For the statistical analysis, frequency and percentage (%) distributions, Chi-Square test and Pearson correlations were used. For females, 38.9% of the university members, 30% of the instructors and 32.5% of the administrative personnels and for men, 31.6% of the university members, 38.5% of the instructors and 27.2% of the administrative personnels had two meals in a day. Both female and male administrative personnels had more junk food consumption than the others. In this study, there was more fat milk/yogurt consumption that was correlated with body composition parameters in the female university members (p lt;0.05). This study showed that the participants generally had unhealthy lifestyles and the critical values in waist circumferences and hip circumferences, waist-height ratio, and waist-hip ratio from body composition parameters. Because of this, healthy lifestyles-associated behaviors (exercises, physical activities, dietary habits and responsibilities of health, e.g.) must be developed among the university faculty members and other employees.