The relationship between professional values, ethical sensitivities and caring behaviors among nursing students: A structural equation modeling approach.

Aim: To examine the relationship between professional values, ethical sensitivity and caring behaviors among nursing students and determine whether professional values play a moderator role in the relationship between ethical sensitivity and caring behaviors among nursing students.

Background: Developing professional nursing values, ethical sensitivity and caring behaviors is critical in nursing programs from the first year to graduation to prepare students for increasingly complex and diverse work environments.

Design: A cross-sectional study using structural equation modeling.

The precursors's adaptation to pregnancy, prenatal attachment and maternal self-confidence.

We investigated the precursors for prenatal attachment (PA), adaptation to pregnancy and maternal self-confidence, and the relationship of these variables with each other. This cross-sectional study was conducted between July and December 2020. Data were obtained using an online survey from social media groups.

Understanding the essence of care in nurses' lived stories: A phenomenological study.

Background: Caring contains understanding and connecting with the individual and the process of providing the healing effect. Nurses' awareness of the science of care can be improved by analyzing and sharing their care experiences, including their healing power, with members of the profession.

Aim: The aim of this study was to understand the meaning of care from nurses' experiences and the real-life stories told by nurses.

Examining the relationship between perinatal anxiety, COVID-19 phobia and birth type preferences: A cross-sectional study.

Aim: To examine the relationship between the COVID-19 phobia and perinatal anxiety levels and birth type preferences of pregnant women in the third trimester.

Design: This was designed a cross-sectional study using the non-random convenience sampling method following the STROBE checklist.

Methods: The research was conducted with 315 pregnant women from April to May 2021.

"Compassion is the mainstay of nursing care": A qualitative study on the perception of care and compassion in senior nursing students.

Purpose: To describe nursing students' perceptions of care and compassion in the context of the clinical environment.

Design And Methods: This phenomenological study data were collected by focus groups and Giorgi et al. stages used in the data analysis.

Qualitative exploration of nurses' experiences of the COVID-19 pandemic using the Reconceptualized Uncertainty in Illness Theory: An interpretive descriptive study.

Aims: To explore nurses' personal, social and professional experiences in COVID-19 emergency departments and intensive care units based on the Reconceptualized Uncertainty in Illness Theory.

Design: This study used an interpretive qualitative descriptive design.

Methods: Open-ended interviews were conducted between August and November 2020 with 21 nurses using interview questions based on the Reconceptualized Uncertainty in Illness Theory.

Women's experiences about the psychoeducational group programme with caring-healing modalities and peer support on fear of childbirth: A phenomenological study.

Aim: To explore women's experiences on the psychoeducation programme based on Human Caring Theory in decreasing fear of childbirth.

Design And Methods: This Husserlian phenomenological qualitative study was conducted with 11 women.

Results: Four themes were identified; "self-motivators for participate in psychoeducation programme", "psychoeducation: a bridge to deal with fears", "ability to manage the fear of childbirth," and "change in birth type preference", with 10 subthemes.

Psychometric properties of the Kidney Disease Quality of Life-36 instrument: A systematic review using COSMIN methodology.

The Kidney Disease Quality of Life-36 (KDQOL-36) is a multidimensional measure of the quality of life regarding physical and mental functions, kidney disease burden, symptoms and problems, and the effects of kidney disease on daily life, which is commonly used in clinical evaluations of patients with chronic kidney disease. We conducted a systematic review of the psychometric properties of the KDQOL-36, searching databases from 1994 to December 2020 and selecting 15 studies for independent assessments of methodological quality, measurement properties, and quality of evidence according to COnsensus-based Standards for the selection of health Measurement INstruments (COSMIN) criteria. The KDQOL-36 demonstrated inconsistent, very low quality evidence for structural validity, internal consistency, reliability, and responsiveness, and inconsistent, low quality evidence for content validity and hypothesis testing.

Experiences of perinatal nurses regarding compassion fatigue and compassion satisfaction: a phenomenological study.

Aim: This study aims to understand the essence of perinatal nurses' experiences, thoughts, and feelings on compassion satisfaction and compassion fatigue.

Methods: The descriptive phenomenological design was used in this study. Data were collected at in-depth interviews with 16 perinatal nurses.

The experience of becoming a mother following successful in vitro fertilization: A grounded theory.

Aim: To develop a theory to explain women's experiences about becoming a mother following successful in vitro fertilization treatment.

Design: This study is a qualitative study based on a constructivist grounded theory approach.

Methods: Data were collected using a semi-structured interview guide initially that was later to be changed to a flexible interview guide between June 2018 and 2019.

Turkish adaptation and psychometric testing of the caring assessment tool-administration.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to adapt the Caring Assessment Tool-Administration (CAT-Adm) to Turkish and to test the psychometric properties.

Design And Methods: The study was carried out in a cross-sectional and methodological design. The sample consisted of 578 nurses.

Experiences of women undergoing infertility treatment from embryo transfer until pregnancy test and their conceptualization of their embryo.

Aim: This study aims to explore women's experiences with embryo transfer (ET) until pregnancy test and their conceptualization of their embryo.

Method: The sample of this descriptive phenomenology study consists of 17 women with ET. The data were collected through in-depth interviews.

Developing and psychometric properties of the caring behaviors assessment tool-patient version-short form.

Purpose: To develop and examine the psychometric properties of the caring behaviors assessment tool-patient version-short form (CBAP-SF) based on Human Caring Theory to evaluate caring behaviors by patients.

Methods: This methodological study was conducted with 400 patients. The data were analyzed with SPSS 23.

Comparison of the effect of educational and self-management interventions on adherence to treatment in hemodialysis patients: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.

Background: Adherence to fluid intake, diet, and drug management is very important in hemodialysis patients. Educational and self-management interventions are frequently used to improve adherence to treatment in hemodialysis patients.

Objectives: To synthesize a comparison of the effect of educational and self-management interventions on adherence to treatment in hemodialysis patients in randomized controlled trials.

Instruments to assess self-efficacy among people with cardiovascular disease: A COSMIN systematic review.

Background: Self-efficacy plays an important role in recovery. There is a need for valid tools that can assess self-efficacy in cardiovascular diseases to provide evidence-based practices.

Objective: To perform a psychometric review of self-efficacy instruments in cardiovascular disease according to the COSMIN checklist in order to facilitate the selection of the most suitable measuring instruments.

Development and psychometric properties of the Caring Behaviors Assessment Tool Nursing Version-Short Form.

Objectives: To develop and examine the psychometric properties of the Caring Behaviors Assessment Tool Nursing Version-Short Form (CBAN-SF) based on the Theory of Human Caring to assess the nurses' perceptions about caring behaviors.

Design: This study is based on the Consensus-based Standards for the Selection of Health Measurement Instruments checklist.

Setting: The study was conducted at the medical-surgical services of Akdeniz University Hospital between October 2019 and January 2020.

The effects of acupressure on post-cesarean pain and analgesic consumption: a randomized single-blinded placebo-controlled study.

Objectives: To assess the effects of P6 and LI4 acupressure on post-caesarean pain and analgesic consumption.

Design: This was a randomized, single-blinded, placebo-controlled study conducted in a university-affiliated obstetrics clinic between July 2017 and July 2018.

Participants: Women (n = 132) were randomly assigned to acupressure (n = 44), placebo (n = 44) and control (n = 44) groups.

Theory-Based Nursing Research: A Qualitative Evaluation of the Experiences of Nurse Educators.

Background And Purpose: Investigation of thoughts, experiences, and attitudes of nurse educators regarding theory-based research is important. Ultimately, nurse educators are the producers of nursing knowledge and providers of education. The aim of this study is to understand the experiences of nurse educators in selecting and using nursing theory to guide and inform the quality of their research.

A feasibility study of a psychoeducation intervention based on Human Caring Theory in nulliparous women with fear of childbirth.

Objective: To evaluate the effects of psychoeducation program based on the Human Caring Theory on the level of fear of childbirth (FOC) by comparing the antenatal education classes.

Methods: This feasibility study was conducted in a single-blinded, randomized controlled trial on 24 nulliparous women with FOC between July and October 2018. The women received five sessions of psychoeducation and four sessions of antenatal education.

Experiences of gynecologic oncology nurses regarding caring behaviors: a hermeneutic phenomenological study.

Purpose: This study aims to explore the caring behaviors experiences of gynecologic oncology nurses.

Methods: This study was conducted with phenomenological hermeneutical approach. This study was carried out 14 nurses working on women with gynecologic cancer.

Effectiveness of telehealth interventions as a part of secondary prevention in coronary artery disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Background: Coronary artery disease is one of the most important health problems among heart diseases in the world, with high morbidity and mortality. Lifestyle changes in particular are recommended in the latest guidelines for implementing secondary prevention.

Aim: The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of telehealth interventions as a part of secondary prevention compared to routine care in those with coronary artery disease.

Perception of compassion and professional values in nursing students: A cross-sectional multivariate analysis from Turkey.

Professional values have been acknowledged as the foundation of nursing care, and compassion is recognized as one of these professional values. The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between compassion and professional values and the factors that affect the perceptions of nursing students. A cross-sectional research design was used.

The effect of psychoeducation on fear of childbirth and birth type: systematic review and meta-analysis.

Objective: Psychoeducation is an evidence-based therapeutic intervention for women that provide information, support for a better understanding and coping with fear of childbirth (FOC). Although there have been some studies examining the effects of psychoeducation on FOC and cesarean section (CS), there is no high quality evidence. This systematic review and meta-analysis study aimed to investigate the effects of psychoeducation on FOC and CS rate.

Women's decision-making processes and experiences of vaginal birth after caesarean birth: A phenomenological study.

Aim: To discover, identify, and interpret the decision-making processes and experiences of women on vaginal birth after caesarean section.

Methods: This Husserlian phenomenological qualitative study was conducted using semistructured individual interviews with 12 women who experienced vaginal birth after caesarean section between August and December 2017. Colaizzi's qualitative analysis method was used.

"I try to act like a nurse": A phenomenological qualitative study.

Practicums help nursing students to become familiar with nursing roles and to acquire a proper understanding of nursing behavior, functions, and values. Initial clinical practice experiences are highly important, especially for first-year nursing students, in terms of professional socialization. The aim of this study was to explore the initial experiences of first-year nursing students during clinical practices.