Background: Catheters are commonly used in health care. As nurses play an active role in the prevention of catheter-related infections, their knowledge and attitudes on this subject are important. The goal of this study was to determine the effect of an educational intervention about catheter-related infection control precautions on nurses' knowledge levels and attitudes.
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September 2024
Background: Botulinum toxin, commonly referred to as botox, is frequently used in facial aesthetics, but also has therapeutic applications in various medical and surgical conditions such as bruxism treatment.
Objective: The aim of this research is to evaluate the information quality of only English resources available on the Internet regarding the use of botulinum toxin in the treatment of bruxism.
Methods: The terms "Botox + Tooth Grinding" selected for this study were searched on the Internet using the Google Search Engine, and the URLs of the top 150 websites containing only English pages were recorded and examined.
Objective: To identify the effect of stoma site marking on stoma-related complications.
Methods: The study sample included 639 individuals with stomas who were followed up in a stomatherapy unit in Turkey between January 1, 2017, and June 20, 2021. Researchers collected patient data from nursing records.