The place and importance of palliative care in the fight against COVID-19.

Background: In a pandemic, existing palliative care units may be inadequate and palliative care may need to be provided in other hospital units.

Aims: To review and improve the palliative care approach applied during a pandemic.

Methods: Studies published between 2019 and 2020 were examined using the keywords 'fighting against COVID-19 'and 'organisation' in the PubMed, Ebsco, ScienceDirect and Web of Science databases.

The effect of non-compliance with diet and liquid restriction on fatigue in dialysis patients.

Objective: This study was conducted to determine the relationship between non-compliance with dietary and fluid restriction, body mass index, and the severity of fatigue in dialysis patients.

Method: A descriptive and cross-sectional study was conducted on 42 dialysis patients. The data were collected employing a "General Information Form", Body Mass Index, "Fatigue Severity Scale", and "Dialysis Diet and Fluid Non-Adherence Questionnaire.

The impact of sexual dysfunction on quality of life on nurses.

The study was conducted to determine the effect of nurses' sexual life on their quality of life. The study was conducted on 76 nurses working in a hospital in Bursa. Data were collected through Descriptive Data Collection Form, the Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI), and the SF-36 Quality of Life Scale.

Practices of the ABCDEF care bundle in intensive care units as reported by nurses: A cross-sectional study from Turkey.

Background: Recent critical care guidelines recommended the evidence-based ABCDEF care bundle for intensive care unit (ICU) patients. However, limited information is available on the implementation of the bundle in Turkish ICUs.

Aim: To assess the current practices of the ABCDEF care bundle as reported by ICU nurses.

The effects of Ankaferd hemostat on preventing oral mucositis in colorectal cancer patients receiving chemotherapy.

Introduction: New agents are introduced each day to be used in the prevention and treatment of mucositis in cancer treatment. One of those agents is the Ankaferd hemostat. Ankaferd hemostat has pleiotropic effects and anti-infective characteristics in tissue healing.

Evaluation of Sexual Dysfunction in Patients with Hematological Malignancies.

Objective: Physiological and/or psychological problems that affect the quality of life of the patients occur depending on the diagnosis and treatment of hematological malignancies. Cancer treatment causes sexual problems such as infertility, vaginal dryness, and erectile dysfunction in the patients. Erectile dysfunction and loss of sexual desire are the most common sexual problems of men, while dyspareunia and loss of sexual desire are the most common sexual problems of women.

The Sexual Development and Education of Preschool Children: Knowledge and Opinions from Doctors and Nurses.

This descriptive study was carried out in order to determine the knowledge levels and attitudes of doctors and nurses regarding children's sexual development and sex education. The study was conducted with doctors and nurses who work at various clinics of two state hospitals located in the province of Istanbul. The data collection tool consisted of 58 questions.

Psychometric properties of the self-efficacy for clinical evaluation scale in Turkish nursing students.

Aims And Objectives: To examine psychometric properties of the Self-Efficacy for Clinical Evaluation Scale (SECS) in a nursing student sample.

Background: Self-efficacy is a good choice to be used in order to make a prediction of nursing students' performance in clinical practice. The SECS, consisting of perceived self-efficacy and importance subscales, seems to be suitable to evaluate self-efficacy regarding care skills for patients with chronic diseases.

Long pentraxin-3 measured at late phase associated with GRACE risk scores in patients with non-ST elevation acute coronary syndrome and coronary stenting.

Objectives: We analyzed pentraxin 3 (PTX3) levels and the relation of PTX3 levels with GRACE risk scores in 39 patients with non-ST elevation acute coronary syndrome (ACS) and stabile angina after stenting.

Study Design: Seventeen patients with ACS and 22 patients with stabile angina who underwent coronary stenting were included in the study. PTX3 levels were measured serially at admission, at the 8th hour and at the 24th hour after stenting.

Beginning level nursing students' experiences with cancer patients in their first clinical placement: a qualitative appraisal in Turkey.

Objective: This study was conducted to evaluate beginning nursing students' point of view related to caring cancer patients in their first clinical placement.

Methods: Data were collected by evaluating the diaries kept by four beginning level nursing students who were assigned to do their fundamentals of nursing clinical practice in hematology clinic from February to May 2011. A qualitative research method was used and data were analyzed using inductive method.

The complementary and alternative medicine use among asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients in the southern region of Turkey.

The aim of this descriptive study was to investigate the complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) applications and factors associated and its use among asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients in the southern region of Turkey. The study sample consisted of 197 patients. A percentage of 86.

[Sexual dysfunction in patients with myocardial infarction].

Objective: This study has been performed in order to define the prevalence of sexual dysfunction (SD) in patients with myocardial infraction (MI), and to identify potential correlations between sexual dysfunction and socio-demographical attributes, cardio-vascular diseases, and factors that pose risks for SDs, as well as to define whether there is a relationship between sexual dysfunction and quality of life.

Methods: In this study, which was carried out with a total of 102 patients with MI (36 women, 66 men), the data were gathered via an information form that assesses socio-demographical attributes and risk factors related to cardiovascular diseases and sexual dysfunction; international sexual dysfunction assessment forms; Short Sexual Index Inventory for women (IFSF); Erection Function International Assessment Form (IIEF) for men; and SF-36 Quality of Life Scale. Obtained data were evaluated using statistical evaluations, Student t-test, Chi-square, Fisher precise Chi-square, Yates corrected Chi-square, and Pearson correlation tests.