Nurses' Alarm Fatigue Levels in Adult Intensive Care Units and Their Strategies to Reduce Fatigue: A Convergent Parallel Design.

Background: Alarm fatigue is a challenge for nurses and patients. Also, feasible strategies to reduce/manage alarm fatigue are still unclear.

Aim: This study aimed to identify adult intensive care nurses' alarm fatigue levels and strategies to reduce alarm fatigue.

Intern nursing students' perceptions of patient safety culture and their experiences with factors affecting the safety of care in hospital settings: A mixed method study.

Background: Patient safety culture is a globally studied subject as it plays a significant role in preventing and reducing errors. There is limited mixed-method research into the in-depth investigation of intern nurses' views on patient safety in hospital settings and the factors affecting it.

Objective: This study was conducted to determine intern nursing students' perceptions of patient safety culture and their experiences with exploring factors affecting the safety of care in hospital settings.

The Effect of Prewarming on Perioperative Hypothermia: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Randomized Controlled Studies.

Purpose: One of the methods for maintaining perioperative normothermia is prewarming. This study was conducted to investigate the effect of a preoperative prewarming intervention on perioperative body temperature.

Design: Systematic review and meta-analysis.

Nurses' experiences of using a computer-based triage decision support system in the emergency department.

Background: Emergency department triage is a vital and complex decision-making process. There is limited knowledge about nurses' experiences with triage decision support systems in emergency departments.

Aim: This study was conducted to examine nurses' experiences with a computer-based triage decision support system in the emergency department.

Bariatric Surgery and Weight Gain: Bibliometric Analysis.

Purpose: Bariatric surgery is the most successful method for weight loss; however, weight regain may occur in the long term. It depends on eating habits and self-management. The study aimed to conduct a bibliometric analysis on bariatric surgery and weight gain and to determine the content and trends in the literature.

Study protocol: The effect of motivational interviewing on self-management in adult kidney transplant recipients (MIAKTR).

Background: The aim of the study is to examine the effect of motivational interview sessions on self-management that will be conducted in accordance with the post-discharge requirements of adult kidney transplant recipients. Patient-centered motivational interviews make a significant contribution to activating patients' sense of being capable of changing to realize their self-management.

Material And Methods: This study is a single-center, single-blind, prospective randomized controlled trial.

The effect of computer-based decision support system on emergency department triage: Non-randomised controlled trial.

Background: Deciding on triage in emergency departments is difficult and requires comprehensive knowledge and experience.

Purpose: This study was conducted to evaluate the effect of a "computer-based emergency department triage decision support system (DSS)," which was designed and integrated into the hospital information management system, on triage decision accuracy and triage duration by using real patient data.

Methods: Single-group, pretest-posttest non-randomised clinical trial.

Pressure Injury Prevalence and Risk Factors: A National Multicenter Analytical Study.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine the point prevalence (PP) of general pressure injuries (PIs), hospital-acquired PIs, PI-related risk factors, and PI preventive interventions performed by nurses.

Design: Descriptive, multicenter, prospective, analytical study.

Subjects And Setting: The sample comprised 5088 patients cared for in 13 hospitals in 12 geographic regions of Turkey.

The effect of discharge training with the teach-back method on post-discharge challenges in lumbar disc herniation patients: A quasi-experimental study.

Background: Shortened length of hospital stay in patients undergoing lumbar disc herniation surgery forces to undertake interventions that facilitate optimal patient outcomes.

Aim: The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of discharge training given by teach-back method, and counseling based on individual needs and a study-specific training booklet on postoperative pain and challenges experienced by lumbar disc herniation patients.

Methods: This study had a quasi-experimental design and was conducted with 94 patients.

Molecular Cloning, Expression and Characterisation of a Bacterial Myrosinase from Citrobacter Wye1.

Glucosinolates are plant natural products which on degradation by myrosinases give rise to the beneficial bioactive isothiocyanates. Recently, a myrosinase activity was detected in a Citrobacter strain isolated from soil. This enzyme was purified enabling its amino acid sequence and gene sequence (cmyr) to be determined.

Impact of tailored training about pressure injuries on nurses' knowledge levels and pressure injury point prevalence: The case of Turkey.

Aim: This study was conducted to determine the impact of tailored training provided to nurses for preventing pressure injuries (PIs) on nurses' knowledge levels and the PI point prevalence (PP).

Materials And Methods: This interventional study was carried out in a university hospital with a bed capacity of 1114 in an urban center in Turkey. Ethics committee approval (28.

Emergency nurse triage in the hospital information management system: A quality improvement study.

Background: Assessment of nurse triage decision accuracy and triage times is currently carried out through paper-based methods. This quality improvement study aims to develop a method that can assess the accuracy and duration of nurse triage decisions based on a computerized system and to share an example of the application of this method.

Methods: This is a descriptive quality improvement study.

Knowledge and practices of operating room nurses in the prevention of pressure injuries.

Background: Operating room (OR) nurses play an important role in preventing the pressure injuries (PIs) that may develop during the perioperative process. This study was conducted to determine OR nurses' level of knowledge about PIs, and how they manage them.

Methods: This is a cross-sectional, quantitative and descriptive study.

Perceptions of Clinical Nurses About the Causes of Medication Administration Errors: A Cross-Sectional Study.

Aim: This study was conducted to determine the perceptions of nurses about the causes of medication administration errors and the rates of reporting errors made or witnessed by them.

Method: This methodological, descriptive, multicenter, and cross-sectional study sample of this study included 590 clinical nurses working in an inpatient setting in Turkey. The data were collected using the Medication Administration Error Reporting Survey, which is a self-report questionnaire.

Factors affecting the accuracy of nurse triage in tertiary care emergency departments.

Objectives: The accuracy and duration of triage is vital in emergency departments. However, patient density, diversity of cases, and time pressure make triage difficult. Triage performed properly and at the right time prevents patients from experiencing any untoward incidents that may occur because of waiting.

A bridge to transplantation: The life experiences of patients with a left ventricular assist device.

Background: The Left Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD) is a rapidly spreading treatment given to patients with advanced heart failure due to organ donor shortage. Thus, there is a need to study the life experience of patients who underwent LVAD implantation as a bridge to transplantation.

Objective: To examine the life experiences of patients who underwent LVAD implantation as a bridge to transplantation.

Avocado-Soybean Unsaponifiables: A Panoply of Potentialities to Be Exploited.

Avocado and soybean unsaponifiables (ASU) constitute vegetable extracts made from fruits and seeds of avocado and soybean oil. Characterized by its potent anti-inflammatory effects, this ASU mixture is recommended to act as an adjuvant treatment for osteoarthritic pain and slow-acting symptomatic treatment of hip and knee osteoarthritis; autoimmune diseases; diffuse scleroderma and scleroderma-like states (e.g.

Effects of Web-Based Educational Intervention on Self-Management in Kidney Recipients.

Information technology and the Internet are rapidly becoming effective tools for teaching. Selfmanagement skills are important for adaptation and long-term survival in kidney recipients. Web-based training may help patients develop self-management skills through information access.

Obesity in the Kidney Transplant Process.

Obesity, which has become an increasing problem worldwide, poses a risk for kidney transplant recipients both before and after surgery. In this literature review, we studied the effects of obesity before and after kidney transplant. There are numerous studies and different opinions on the effects of obesity on graft function before and after transplant.

Discovery of a Bacterial Glycoside Hydrolase Family 3 (GH3) β-Glucosidase with Myrosinase Activity from a Citrobacter Strain Isolated from Soil.

A Citrobacter strain (WYE1) was isolated from a UK soil by enrichment using the glucosinolate sinigrin as sole carbon source. The enzyme myrosinase was purified using a combination of ion exchange and gel filtration to give a pure protein of approximately 66 kDa. The N-terminal amino acid and internal peptide sequence of the purified protein were determined and used to identify the gene, which, based on InterPro sequence analysis, belongs to the family GH3, contains a signal peptide, and is a periplasmic protein with a predicted molecular mass of 71.

Nursing students' medication errors and their opinions on the reasons of errors: A cross-sectional survey.

Objective: To determine number and type of medication administration errors made by nursing students, and to explore the rate of reportings, emotions after the errors and the causes of errors.

Methods: The cross-sectional study was conducted at the two schools of nursing, Akdeniz University, Antalya, Turkey, in February 2009, and comprised students having worked in hospital settings for a minimum of one semester and who had been involved in administering medications. SPSS 13 was used for statistical analysis.

Identification of Proteins Possibly Involved in Glucosinolate Metabolism in L. agilis R16 and E. coli VL8.

This study was aimed to identify sinigrin-induced bacterial proteins potentially involved in the metabolism of glucosinolate in two glucosinolate-metabolising bacteria Lactobacillus agilis R16 and Escherichia coli VL8. Sinigrin (2 mM) was used to induce the proteins in both bacteria under anaerobic incubation for 8 h at 30 °C for L. agilis R16 and 37 °C for E.

The matrix effect of blueberry, oat meal and milk on polyphenols, antioxidant activity and potential bioavailability.

In recent years, ready-to eat breakfast cereals prepared with fruit ingredients have gained particular attention due to their polyphenolic contents and health promoting effects. In this study, the matrix effect of blueberry, oat meal, whole milk or skimmed milk on polyphenols, antioxidative potential as well as their potential bioavailability were investigated. The phenolic properties of whole milk, skimmed milk, blueberry and oat meal were investigated and the changes in combinations of the ingredients were determined.