Nurses' experiences and teaching suggestions regarding electronic patient record systems: Qualitative method study.

Aim: The study was conducted to determine nurses' experiences with electronic patient record systems and their suggestions for incorporating them into undergraduate nursing education.

Background: The integration of computers into healthcare represents one of the most significant developments of the 21st century. Understanding nursing professionals' experiences with electronic patient record systems and the innovations they seek in teaching can provide effective methods for training future users.

Nursing students' perceptions and experiences in pressure injury risk assessment: A qualitative study.

Aim: This study aims to capture the perspectives of senior undergraduate nursing students concerning pressure injury risk assessment, shedding light on their practical experiences and insights.

Background: Pressure injuries pose a significant challenge in healthcare, demanding vigilant attention from healthcare professionals. Central to mitigating this challenge is the imperative role of risk assessment, placing nurses at the forefront of prevention strategies.

Effectiveness of a nurse-led personalized patient engagement program to promote type 2 diabetes self-management: A randomized controlled trial.

PHEinAction® is a theory-based nurse-led patient engagement intervention developed among an Italian older adult population with various chronic diseases to facilitate cognitive, emotional, and behavioral processes in promoting individuals' active roles. This study aims to adapt and evaluate the effectiveness of PHEinAction® on diabetes self-management (DSM) among Turkish type 2 diabetes mellitus patients. First, the generic content of the intervention was customized for diabetes management and adapted for the Turkish population, including back-forward translation and expert panel evaluation; then, a randomized controlled trial was conducted with 51 adult diabetes patients randomly assigned to intervention or the control group receiving the usual care.

Adaptation of the Workflow Integration Survey to Turkey: A Validity and Reliability Study.

Electronic health record systems (EHRSs) are widely used to record patients' data and should be compatible with nurses' workflow. The purpose of this study was to adapt the Workflow Integration Survey (WIS) to the Turkish language and examine the reliability and validity measures of the Turkish version of the scale. In this methodological study, data were collected between December 2019 and February 2020 from 120 nurses.

Nurse educators' and students' experiences on electronic patient records: A multiple-methods study.

Background: The storage of patient records in electronic media is one of the most outstanding developments of the 21st century. This transformation in health required the teaching staff and students in nursing to adapt to this change.

Objectives: To determine nurse educators' and students' views and experiences about electronic patient records.

Mediation role of patient engagement on the association between health literacy and self-care behaviours in individuals with type 2 diabetes.

Aim: This study examined the relationship between health literacy and self-care behaviours among individuals with type 2 diabetes and whether the association is mediated by patient engagement.

Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted between November 2019 and September 2020. The sample consisted of 218 participants with type 2 diabetes, older than 18 years old, applying to two endocrine outpatient clinics in Turkey.

Pressure injury prevention practices of intensive care unit nurses in Turkey: A descriptive multiple-methods qualitative study.

Objective: To examine the thoughts, deliberations and actual practices of intensive care unit (ICU) nurses regarding pressure injury (PI) prevention.

Design: and Methods: This descriptive multi-method qualitative study was conducted using maximum variation sampling. Data were collected through semi-structured non-participating observations and semi-structured face-to-face interviews.

The Effect of Web-Based Nursing Process Teaching on Senior Nursing Students' Care Planning Skills.

Objective: To evaluate the effect of web-based nursing process teaching on senior nursing students' care plan preparation skills.

Methods: Pretest-posttest intervention design was used. A total of 131 senior nursing students were evaluated for 5 weeks.

Pressure injury risk assessment in intensive care units: Comparison of the reliability and predictive validity of the Braden and Jackson/Cubbin scales.

Aims And Objectives: To compare the reliability and predictive validity of the Braden and Jackson/Cubbin PI risk assessment scales in intensive care unit patients.

Background: Risk assessment with a standardised tool is the usual intervention for preventing pressure injury. Therefore, tools used to assess pressure injury risk should be valid and reliable for the designated patient population.

A Quasi-experimental Study to Explore the Effect of Barrier Cream on the Peristomal Skin of Patients With a Tracheostomy.

Peristomal skin problems represent one of the most common complications of a tracheostomy. A quasi-experimental study was conducted among patients ages 18 to 65 years hospitalized in a Turkish university hospital ear-nose-throat clinic between August 15, 2013, and December 15, 2013, to compare the effect of using or not using a barrier cream on the peristomal skin with regard to pH, moisture, temperature, color, odor, turgor, infections, and lesions after tracheostomy surgery. Patients were selected using a purposeful sampling method and included if they had not undergone another operation for a complication (eg, pneumothorax, tube misplacement, hemorrhage) within 24 hours following the tracheostomy operation.

Nurses' knowledge and care practices for infection prevention in neutropenic patients.

Background: Neutropenia-associated infections can prolong hospitalization, increase re-admission, mortality and morbidity rates.

Aim: To determine nurses' knowledge and infection control care practices in neutropenic patients.

Design: This descriptive study was conducted between January 2012 and May 2012, at oncology adult inpatient units of a university hospital in Turkey.

Ethical problems observed by student nurses.

This descriptive study was conducted to determine nursing students' observation of ethical problems encountered in their clinical practice. Data were collected through a questionnaire from 153 volunteer nursing students at a university-based nursing school in Ankara, Turkey. The students reported that some patients are either physically or psychologically mistreated by doctors and nurses; they were not given appropriate information; they were subjected to discrimination according to their socio-economic situation; and their privacy was ignored.