Effect of moulage on nursing students' endotracheal suctioning knowledge and skills.

Aim: The study compares knowledge, skills, anxiety, satisfaction and self-confidence regarding suctioning between students trained using a partial task trainer with moulage and those using a low-fidelity simulator.

Background: Moulage application in simulation has been used in nursing skills training, such as intravenous therapy, pressure ulcer and burn care, but not for suctioning.

Design: A randomized controlled study with pre-test, post-test design.

The psychometric properties of the Turkish version of the Ostomy Self-Care Index and the Caregiver Contribution to Self-Care in Ostomy Patient Index.

Background: Living with an ostomy is a chronic condition, and self-care in such cases improves patient outcomes.

Purpose: To adapt and test the psychometric properties of the Turkish version of the Ostomy Self-Care Index (T-OSCI) and the Turkish version of the Caregiver Contribution to Self-Care in Ostomy Patient Index (T-CC-OSCI).

Methods: A psychometric study was conducted on a convenience sample of 202 adult patients with an ostomy and their 165 caregivers.

Retrospective investigation of pressure injury in COVID-19 patients followed on invasive mechanical ventilator support.

Aim: In this study, we aimed to investigate pressure injury (PI) and its associated factors in COVID-19 patients receiving invasive mechanical ventilation (IMV).

Methods: This was designed as a retrospective, descriptive and correlational study. In this study, there was no sample selection, and the data were collected by reviewing the files of 438 patients who had been followed up on IMV in the intensive care unit (ICU) with a diagnosis of COVID-19 between April 30, 2020, and April 30, 2022.

Risk factors for early ostomy complications in emergency and elective colorectal surgery: A single-center retrospective cohort study.

Background And Aims: The clinical significance of early ostomy complications has been emphasized worldwide, and the current evidence concerning the impact of emergency or elective surgery on ostomy complications is limited. This study aimed to investigate the effect of elective and emergency colorectal surgery on early ostomy complications and the risk factors associated with specific complications.

Methods: A mandatory colorectal recording system for consecutive ostomy patients between 2012 and 2020 was reviewed retrospectively.

The effects of open and closed system endotracheal suctioning methods on suctioning frequency, amount of secretion, and haemodynamics: A single-blind, randomised, 2 × 2 crossover trial.

Background: Several studies have revealed that clinicians cannot suction all available secretion in the trachea and perform more frequent suctioning with a closed suctioning system (CSS) than with an open suctioning system (OSS). There are also studies claiming that the CSS is as effective as the OSS, based on either the amount of secretion, the frequency of suctioning, or haemodynamic parameters alone. However, there is no study examining all at once.

Pain perception of patients in intensive care unit after cardiac surgery: A qualitative study using Roy's Adaptation Model.

Background: Although research on postoperative pain has increased, postoperative pain management is still a problem today. Most patients experience moderate to severe pain after cardiac surgery. As a result of pain, patients show inefficient adaptation behaviour in physiologic, role function, self-concept, and interdependence modes.

Physical Restraint Experiences of Family Caregivers of Patients With Stroke in Turkey: A Qualitative Study.

The purpose of this study was to explore the experiences and needs of family caregivers of stroke patients who require physical restraints. The themes and sub-themes that emerged included "the reason for the use of PR" (disruptive behaviors of the patient and personal reasons of caregivers), "the turmoil of having to use PR" (inevitableness, comparing benefits and harms, the emotional effect of PR, and physical effects), and "unmet needs and suggestions" (unmeet needs and suggestions). Nurses should take the experiences of patient relatives into account in the process of PR application, organize training programs, and determine application standards for PR.

The effects of an ethics laboratory program on moral sensitivity and professional values in nursing students: A randomized controlled study.

Background: Recently, moral sensitivity and professional values have become increasingly important in nursing education and have been tried to be improved.

Objectives: To investigate the effects of an ethics laboratory program integrated with the fundamentals of nursing course on the moral sensitivity and professional values of nursing students.

Design: The present study was designed as a randomized controlled study.

Missed nursing care and its relationship with perceived ethical leadership.

Background: Determination of the factors affecting missed nursing care and the impact of ethical leadership is important in improving the quality of care.

Aim: This study aims to determine the missed nursing care and its relationship with perceived ethical leadership.

Research Design: A cross-sectional study.

Evidence-based knowledge and emotional experiences of undergraduate nursing students regarding endotracheal suctioning: A cross-sectional, descriptive study.

Aim: This study evaluated the evidence-based knowledge and emotional experiences of undergraduate nursing students regarding endotracheal suctioning.

Research Methodology/design: A cross-sectional, descriptive, survey design was used. Nursing students' knowledge level was measured using the Suctioning Knowledge Questionnaire, and emotions were assessed using the Clinical Stress Questionnaire.

Spiritual care needs and associated factors among patients with ostomy: A Cross-Sectional Study.

Aims And Objectives: To investigate the spiritual care needs and associated factors in patients with ostomy.

Background: The significance of the spiritual care needs of the patients has been emphasised across countries and cultures in the literature.

Design: A descriptive, cross-sectional study.

Ostomy Complications, Risk Factors, and Applied Nursing Care: A Retrospective, Descriptive Study.

Purpose: This study aimed to describe the frequency of colostomy and ileostomy complications and types of nursing interventions as well as to examine patient and ostomy variables associated with early and late complications.

Methods: The records of 572 patients who received ostomy care from a wound ostomy care (WOC) nurse between 2013 and 2017 were abstracted. Patient demographic and ostomy variables, early period (< 30 days after surgery) and late period (> 30 days after surgery) complications, as well as documented nursing interventions were retrieved.

Nurses' knowledge and attitudes regarding physical restraint in Turkish intensive care units.

Background: Physical restraint is still widely used despite studies supporting a reduction in its use. The development of guidelines to reduce the use of PR first requires the identification of factors related to the use of alternative methods.

Aim: This study aimed to determine factors associated with the use of alternatives to physical restraint (PR) in intensive care units.

The relationship between moral sensitivity and medical errors attitude in nursing students.

The aim of this descriptive and correlational study was to determine the relationship between nursing students' moral sensitivity and attitudes towards medical errors. The study sample consisted of 309 fourth graders of the school of nursing of a university. Data were collected using a Descriptive characteristics form, the Moral Sensitivity Questionnaire (MSQ) and the Medical Errors Attitude Scale (MEAS).

Examination of nursing drug administration practices via central venous catheter: An observational study.

Aim: To determine the compliance with nursing drug administration procedure steps associated with access to the central venous catheter for bolus infusion in intensive care units.

Methods: This observational study was conducted with 30 nurses working in an intensive care unit of a university hospital. The drug administrations practiced by nurses via central venous catheter were monitored simultaneously at 12:00 a.

Relationships Among Spiritual Well-being, Adjustment, and Quality of Life in Patients With a Stoma: A Cross-sectional, Descriptive Study.

Unlabelled: Individual spiritual preferences and adjustment to a stoma may affect quality of life.

Purpose: This study aimed to investigate the relationship among and the factors that influence spiritual well-being, adjustment to a stoma, and quality of life in patients with a stoma.

Methods: A cross-sectional, descriptive study was conducted over 6 months among outpatients with a stoma recruited from general surgery and enterostomal therapy clinics of a university hospital in Turkey.

The impact of forensic nursing course on students' knowledge level on forensic evidence.

The study is designed as quasi experimental including pre-test and post-test. The sample of the study is consisted of 98 students who are taking the Forensic Nursing course in the second year of the School of Nursing at a university. The mean score obtained from the test on the knowledge of forensic evidence before the training was 23.

The effect of physical restraint on neurovascular complications in intensive care units.

Background: To reduce the neurovascular complications caused by physical restraint in intensive care patients, there is a need to examine the occurrence of neurovascular complications and their rate.

Objectives: The objective of this research was to investigate the effect of physical restraint on the occurrence of neurovascular complications and their rate.

Methods: A prospective observational cohort study was carried out.

Creating a change in the use of ventrogluteal site for intramuscular injection.

Purpose: This study was conducted to determine the impact of education on the knowledge, opinions and anxiety level of the nurses regarding the use of the ventrogluteal site for intramuscular injection.

Subjects And Methods: The research was conducted with a single group using a semi-empirical pre-test, post-test design. The sample consisted of 50 nurses who worked in clinics where intramuscular injection was frequently applied and who participated in training on the use of ventrogluteal site for intramuscular injection.

A scale-development study: Exploration of intensive-care nurses' attitudes towards futile treatments.

The study was conducted to determine the validity and reliability of the tool used to assess nurses' attitudes towards futility, and to explore intensive-care nurses' attitudes towards futility. Principal components analysis revealed that 18item scale was made up of four subdimensions that assess Identifying(beliefs), Decision-Making, Ethical Principles and Law, and Dilemma and Responsibilities related to futile treatments. The internal consistency of the scale was in the acceptable range, with a total Cronbach's alpha value of 0.

The effects of preoperative aromatherapy massage on anxiety and sleep quality of colorectal surgery patients: A randomized controlled study.

Aims: To examine the effects of aromatherapy massage on anxiety and sleep quality in patients undergoing colorectal surgery in the preoperative period.

Background: In recent years, there has been an increase in the number of studies conducted on aromatherapy massage. It is stated that studies conducted on aromatherapy massage for anxiety and sleep quality reveal contradictory results and that more research is required on the issue.

The effect of nurses' ethical leadership and ethical climate perceptions on job satisfaction.

Background: The development of ethical leadership approaches plays an important role in achieving better patient care. Although studies that analyze the impact of ethical leadership on ethical climate and job satisfaction have gained importance in recent years, there is no study on ethical leadership and its relation to ethical climate and job satisfaction in our country.

Objectives: This descriptive and cross-sectional study aimed to determine the effect of nurses' ethical leadership and ethical climate perceptions on their job satisfaction.

Effects of aromatherapy on sleep quality and anxiety of patients.

Background: In intensive care units (ICUs), patients cannot sleep well. Aromatherapy is used for depression, anxiety, relaxation and disorders related with sleep and stress.

Aim: This study aimed to investigate the effect of lavender essential oil on the sleep quality and anxiety level of patients in coronary ICU.

Moral distress in Turkish intensive care nurses.

Background: Moral distress is a common problem among professionals working in the field of healthcare. Moral distress is the distress experienced by a professional when he or she cannot fulfill the correct action due to several obstacles, although he or she is aware of what it is. The level of moral distress experienced by nurses working in intensive care units varies from one country/culture/institution to another.