Examination of the COVID-19 fear levels of nurses and their compliance to isolation.

Background: It is very important for healthcare professionals to know the isolation precautions and apply the isolation rules correctly in COVID-19 process.

Aim: This study was conducted to determine the COVID-19 fear levels and isolation compliance levels of nurses.

Method: This descriptive, cross-sectional, and correlational study was conducted between December 2020-February 2021 with 217 nurses working in a public hospital in Istanbul/Turkey.

The Effects of Mindfulness-Based Breathing on Strain, Burden, and Burnout in Family Caregivers of Palliative Care Patients: Randomized Controlled Study.

The aim of this study was to assess the effects of online mindfulness-based breathing therapy combined with music on the levels of perceived strain, caregiver burden and burnout in caregivers of palliative care patients. This was a prospective, single-blind, randomized-controlled study. A total of 100 caregivers were randomly assigned to the intervention group (n = 50) and the control group (n = 50).

Inter-rater reliability in the assessment of consciousness in patients receiving palliative care in intensive care: A prospective cross sectional observational study.

Background: The Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) is one of the methods that has validity for evaluating the consciousness levels of patients in the literature and is accepted by health authorities.

Aim: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the inter-rater reliability of GCS in intensive care patients receiving palliative care.

Study Design: A prospective cross sectional observational study.

Hypoglycaemia fear, treatment adherence, and the quality of life in patients with type 2 diabetes and its determinants.

Aim: This work aims to evaluate the relationship between the fear of hypoglycaemia, treatment adherence, and the quality of life in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and its determinants.

Methods: This descriptive and cross-sectional study sample recruited 1060 T2DM outpatients in a health centre between January and July 2022. The Hypoglycemia Fear Survey (HFS), Type 2 DM Treatment Patient Compliance Scale, and the 5-Level EuroQol 5-Dimension (EQ-5D-5L) were used for data collection.

Effects of Orange Oil Aromatherapy on Pain and Anxiety During Invasive Interventions in Patients With Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplants.

Invasive interventions, such as peripheral intravenous cannula, port needle placement, and blood collection, are often required for both inpatient and outpatient follow-up patients with hematological malignancies and hematopoietic stem cell transplants. This prospective, randomized controlled experimental study assessed the effect of orange oil inhalation used in aromatherapy on pain and anxiety levels in invasive interventions with hematological malignancies and hematopoietic stem cell transplants. It was conducted prospectively with 80 patients with hematological malignancies who were treated in the adult bone marrow transplant unit and adult hematology service of a private hospital between May 2021 and April 2022.

The effect of occupational therapy on anxiety, depression, and psychological well-being in older adults: a single-blind randomized-controlled study.

Purpose: To evaluate the effect of occupational therapy on anxiety, depression, and psychological well-being in older adults.

Methods: This study is a single-blind, randomized-controlled prospective experimental study conducted with 84 older adult individuals, 41 in the intervention group and 43 in the control group, in a nursing home. Occupational therapy was applied to the patients in the intervention group, and all patients were followed for a week.

The correlation between death anxiety, loneliness and hope levels in patients treated in the cardiac intensive care unit.

Background: A sense of hope plays an important role in relieving stress and psychological distress of cardiology patients, as well as improving their physical well-being.

Aim: The aim of this study is to investigate the correlation between death anxiety, loneliness and hope levels in patients receiving treatment in a cardiac intensive care unit (ICU).

Design: This is a prospective, descriptive and correlational study.

The effects of post-COVID-19 fatigue in nurses on organizational outcomes.

This study was conducted to determine the effects of fatigue in nurses with confirmed COVID-19 infection on organizational outcomes. The study was carried out with the participation of 200 nurses who had tested positive for COVID-19 in the last eighteen months and had COVID-19-related fatigue complaints. Data were collected between October 2022 and February 2023 using a questionnaire consisting of the Chalder Fatigue Scale, the Work Alienation Scale, the Turnover Intention Scale, and the Employee Performance Scale.

Development of ethical conflict scale for nurses in extraordinary circumstances and psychometric testing.

Aim: The aim of this study was to develop and psychometrically test the Ethical Conflict Scale for Nurses in Extraordinary Circumstances (ECSNEC).

Design: This study is designed to develop and validate an instrument.

Methods: There are four basic steps in the development process of ECSNEC: (1) establishment of the conceptual framework, (2) creation of the item pool, (3) preliminary evaluation and (4) psychometric evaluation.

The Effect of Coffee in the Prevention of Oral Mucositis Associated with Head and Neck Radiotherapy.

Aim: This study investigates the effect of coffee on the management of oral mucositis associated with head and neck radiotherapy.

Method: Twenty-nine patients who underwent radiotherapy for the first time due to head and neck cancer between March 2019 and February 2020 were included in the experimental study. One cup/day of Turkish coffee (6 mg) was given to the patients in the intervention group every day for 3 weeks from the first day of radiotherapy.

Fear of COVID-19 and its influence on palliative care patients.

Background: Fear of COVID-19 may have adverse psychological effects on palliative patients; it may also reduce their quality of life, increase physical symptoms and lead to the postponement of treatment.

Aim: This study aimed to determine how the fear of COVID-19 influences factors (personal and disease-related characteristics) in palliative care patients.

Methods: A descriptive, cross-sectional design study was conducted on 110 patients.

Effects of a Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Program on Stress, Depression, and Psychological Well-being in Patients With Cancer: A Single-Blinded Randomized Controlled Trial.

Background: A mindfulness-based stress reduction program combined with music therapy is one of the interventions designed to help patients cope with stress and depression.

Objective: The aim of this study was to examine the effects of an online mindfulness-based stress reduction program combined with music therapy on stress, depression, and psychological well-being in adult patients with cancer.

Methods: This study was a single-blinded, prospective, randomized-controlled experimental design.

Professional values and ethical sensitivities of nurses in COVID-19 pandemic.

Background: Nurses are facing several ethical problems like the safety of the nurses, patients, co-workers, and families, allocation of scarce resources, and the changing nature of the relationships of nurses with patients and families during the COVID-19 pandemic. These have caused nurses to have feelings such as stigmatization, fear, anger, anxiety, uncertainty, work-related strain, and burnout. Identifying nurses' ethical sensitivities and professional values are highly important to ensure that nurses are placed in the right decision-making position.

Intensive and Critical Care Nursing of a COVID-19 Patient in Turkey: A Case Study.

Background: A multidisciplinary approach is required to provide holistic care and treatment in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. Being in the center of the multidisciplinary approach, nurses provide therapeutic, primary, and psychosocial care for the patients.

Objectives: This study was conducted to diagnose according to the North American Nursing Diagnosis Associations by determining the care needs of a case who was diagnosed with COVID-19, planning interventions, and observing the results.

The Effects of Disaster Nursing Education Program on Beliefs in General Disaster Preparedness, Disaster Response Self-Efficacy, and Psychological Resilience in Nursing Students: A Single-Blind, Randomized Controlled Study.

Aim: This study was conducted to evaluate the effects of a disaster nursing and management education program on beliefs in general disaster preparedness, disaster response self-efficacy, and psychological resilience in nursing students.

Method: The sample consisted of nursing students receiving undergraduate education in Istanbul, Turkey. Participants were randomly divided into the intervention ( n = 65) and control ( n = 66) groups.

The Effect of Acupressure on Clinical Stress Management in Nursing Students: A Randomised Controlled Study.

Background: Nursing students experience clinical stress frequently and severely. The application of acupressure is reported to be effective in stress management.

Objectives: This study was conducted to determine the effects of acupressure on reducing the stress of nursing students in clinical practice.

The Relationship of Death Anxiety With Loneliness and Psychological Well-Being in the Elderly Living in a Nursing Home.

This descriptive correlational study aimed relationship of death anxiety with loneliness and psychological well-being in the elderly living in a nursing home. The study was conducted on the elderly living in a nursing home in Istanbul, Turkey, between November 2021-February 2022. The study sample included 165 nursing home residents.

The Effect of Mindfulness-Based Breathing and Music Therapy Practice on Nurses' Stress, Work-Related Strain, and Psychological Well-being During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

Infectious diseases cause psychological problems for health care workers and especially nurses. Nurses who provided coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) patients with care experience negative feelings such as stress, work-related strain, discomfort, and helplessness related to their high-intensity work. The aims of this study are to investigate the effect of the mindfulness-based breathing and music therapy practice on stress, work-related strain, and psychological well-being levels of nurses who provided COVID-19 patients with care.

The effect of personal protective equipment use on nurses' tendencies to make medical errors and types of their medical errors: a cross-sectional study.

This study was conducted to determine the effect of nurses' use of personal protective equipment (PPE) during their care practices on their tendency to make medical errors and the types of medical errors. The study was conducted with 505 nurses in Turkey between May 2021 and June 2021. Descriptive statistics, the Kruskal-Wallis test, Spearman's correlation test and the Mann-Whitney test were used to analyze the data.

The efficacy of acupressure in managing opioid-induced constipation in patients with cancer: A single-blind randomized controlled trial.

Purpose: Opioid-induced constipation is one of the heath problems with a negative impact on the quality of life. This randomized-controlled trial aimed to investigate the effects of acupressure therapy on the management of opioid-induced constipation in patients with cancer.

Methods: The trial was conducted on 140 cancer patients, who were assigned to the acupressure (n = 70) and the control groups (n = 70).

Evaluation of the caregiving roles and attitudes of nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Background: Nurses play a critical role in providing care to patients, in particular, they work in the frontlines in caring for patients with complicated COVID-19 requiring hospitalization. Evaluation of the caregiving roles and attitudes of nurses is critical in the current crisis. Therefore, this study aimed to determine the caregiving roles and attitudes of nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Effect of COVID-19 Pandemic on Death Anxiety of Nursing Students.

Background: It is required to determine death anxiety of nursing students so that they who will become healthcare professionals can cope with the fast-spreading and high-mortality diseases such as COVID-19 infection upon graduation, can communicate with infected and dying patients, and can provide patients with the necessary support and care. The purpose of this study is to determine the death anxiety experienced by nursing students due to COVID-19, the related factors.

Subjects And Methods: This descriptive and correlational study was completed between June and September 2020.

Relationship between the depression levels and nutritional statuses of advanced stage cancer patients.

Objective: This study aimed to determine the depression and nutritional statuses of advanced stage cancer patients and investigate the relationship between depression and malnutrition.

Method: The descriptive, cross-sectional, and correlational study was conducted with 245 patients with advanced cancer. The data were collected by using an Information Form, the Visual Analog Scale, the NRS-2002-Nutritional Risk Score, and the Beck Depression Inventory.

Immunization in health employees: Relationship of confidence and attitude.

This is a cross-sectional online survey study performed to identify whether the health employees' confidence in the vaccine besides their confidence in the administrators about the vaccine had any effect on their attitudes toward the vaccine. The study was carried out on February 2021 with the participation of 402 health employees working in the pandemic hospitals. Approximately 33% of the participant health employees stated that they did not think of being vaccinated during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Shotblocker Use in Emergency Care: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

This study was conducted to evaluate the effect of ShotBlocker on the intramuscular injection pain and satisfaction in emergency adult patients. This research was designed as a randomized controlled, double-blind, experimental study. The study was conducted with 74 patients who applied to the adult emergency department.