Experiences of nurses providing care to hospitalized patients with acute mania in Türkiye: A phenomenological study.

The main purpose of this study was to determine the experiences of nurses who care for hospitalized patients experiencing an acute manic episode. This qualitative study was carried out with 15 nurses working in a psychiatric ward in Türkiye. Data were collected through semi-structured in-depth individual interviews and focus-group interviews in which the face-to-face interview technique was used.

Cancer Patients: Forgiveness, Discomfort Intolerance and Psychiatric Symptoms.

Cancer patients try to find answers in the light of their individual experiences and if they cannot adapt in line with the answers, various psychiatric symptoms may occur. There are studies supporting that "forgiveness" helps reduce the emotional burden of patients with cancer in their ability to discomfort intolerance of the disease, find meaning in the life. The aim of this study is to evaluate forgiveness, discomfort intolerance, and psychiatric symptoms in cancer patients.

Does the smartphone use affect the determination of daily goals: A nursing students' example?

Purpose: To examine how the risky use of smartphone in nursing students affects their daily goals.

Design And Methods: A total of 419 nursing students participated in this study. A Descriptive Data Form, Smartphone Addiction Scale-Short Version, and Daily Goals Scale were used to collect the data.

Resilience in nurses in terms of perceived social support, job satisfaction and certain variables.

Aim: This study investigated the resilience of nurses, the factors that contribute to resilience, and its relationship with perceptions of social support and job satisfaction.

Background: Resilience plays an important role in how nurses cope with work-related stressors.

Methods: A descriptive study was conducted with 242 nurses working at three public hospitals in Turkey.

Turkish Version of the Student Nurse Stress Index: Validity and Reliability.

Purpose: This study aimed to adapt the Student Nurse Stress Index (SNSI) for the Turkish nursing students and investigate its psychometric properties.

Methods: Research was conducted with 152 volunteer female students who attended a university college in Ankara, Turkey. Test-retest reliability was investigated for the scale internal consistency (Cronbach α) and stability.

The impact of using standardized patients in psychiatric cases on the levels of motivation and perceived learning of the nursing students.

Background: The use of standardized patients is not very common in psychiatric nursing education and there has been no study conducted in Turkey.

Aim: This study evaluated the impact of using standardized patients in psychiatric cases on the levels of motivation and perceived learning of the nursing students.

Design: This manuscript addressed the quantitative aspect of a doctoral thesis study in which both quantitative and qualitative methods were used.

The Effects and Stigma of Mental Illness in Turkey.

This study was planned to determine internalized stigma of patients who were monitored in the psychiatry clinics due to mental problems. It was determined that there was significant difference between the patients' mean internalized stigma total scores between subscale scores and their gender, job, the place that the patient was raised in, educational status, working status, income level, the period spent after the diagnosis, hospitalization status, the hospital monitoring the patient and the diagnosis. It is suggested that counseling services should be planned in order to identify negative impact of the factors that influence coping with internalized stigma.