The effect of end-of-life care awareness education on the knowledge, attitudes and behaviours of intensive care nurses: A randomized controlled trial.

Background: Education in end-of-life care (EoLC) is essential for improving the knowledge, attitudes and behaviours of intensive care nurses.

Aim: This study aimed to evaluate the effect of online awareness education, based on the End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium, on the knowledge levels, attitudes and behaviours of intensive care nurses.

Study Design: This single-centre randomized controlled study.

Relationship between altered taste and smell with malnutrition among hemodialysis patients.

Introduction: Alterations in taste and smell are among the most distressing symptoms experienced by haemodialysis patients. There is limited research on the relationship between these two symptoms and malnutrition in haemodialysis patients. This study aimed to investigate alterations in taste and smell in hemodialysis patients and their relationship with malnutrition.

Nursing Students' Operating Room Experiences: A Qualitative Metasynthesis.

Purpose: This study was conducted to analyze the findings of qualitative studies about nursing students' experiences with operating room (OR) practices. There is a need to conduct metasynthesis studies to highlight the overarching dimensions of nursing students' experiences in the OR learning environment, identify and summarize key elements, draw attention to the professional implications of the experience, and then help define the future research agenda. This original study is the first metasynthesis of qualitative studies focusing on nursing students' OR practice experiences.

Nursing Students' Perception of Missed Perioperative Nursing Care: Hermeneutic Phenomenology.

Purpose: Missed nursing care is a condition that is likely to be encountered frequently in the surgical care process and is generally related to the educational and emotional needs of the patients. Perception of and witnessing missed care can affect nursing images, expectations, and experiences by causing nursing students to experience professional disappointment. The purpose of the study was to explore nursing students' perception of perioperative missed nursing care (PMNC) according to "role theory" and Benner's "novice to expert" theories.

Sexuality experiences of women with multiple sclerosis reporting overactive bladder: a qualitative study.

Background: To effectively manage sexual dysfunction in women reporting overactive bladder, it is essential to know how patients perceive these problems, their lives, and their strategies.

Aim: In this study we aimed to understand the sexual life experiences of women with multiple sclerosis (MS) who report overactive bladder from their point of view.

Methods: This study included 12 women with MS and was conducted as a qualitative study with a hermeneutic phenomenological framework.

Investigation of the relationship between the attitudes of patients with type 2 diabetes toward insulin therapy and complementary alternative medicine.

Aim: This study aimed to determine the attitudes of patients with type 2 diabetes toward insulin treatment and complementary alternative medicine and to examine the relationship between them.

Method: A cross-sectional design was used in the study. A total of 293 patients with type 2 diabetes were included in the study.

Anxiety During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Turkey: Relationship to Protective Behaviors and Complementary and Alternative Medicine Approaches.

Context: Today, almost all countries have implemented programs to fight COVID-19, which has spread rapidly to every location around the world. In addition, the negative effects of COVID-19 on psychological health have also captured attention.

Objective: The study aimed to determine the anxiety levels of individuals who used primary healthcare services during the COVID-19 pandemic and to analyze the relationship of anxiety levels to participants' demographic characteristics, protective behaviors, and complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) approaches.

Motherhood Experiences of Women With Multiple Sclerosis: A Thematic Meta-Synthesis.

The nature and unpredictable prognosis of multiple sclerosis (MS) make pregnancy and motherhood challenging experiences for women with the disease. Using the thematic synthesis method, we aimed to systematically interpret and synthesize data from qualitative research examining the motherhood experiences of women with MS. The analyses revealed three analytical themes: "Deciding to become a mother," "The journey during pregnancy, childbirth, and the postpartum period," and "Surviving as a mother with multiple sclerosis.

Experiences of nurses providing care for patients with COVID-19 in acute care settings in the early stages of the pandemic: A thematic meta-synthesis study.

Aim: The aim of this work is to synthesize and interpret qualitative research examining the experiences of nurses providing care for patients with COVID-19 in acute care settings in the early stages of the pandemic in different countries.

Background: The prevalence of disasters, including the pandemic, is increasing globally. It is important to understand nurses' experiences in depth to effectively manage extraordinary events that may occur in the future.

The Effect of Modified Epley Maneuver Implementation on the Anxiety and Comfort Levels of Patients with Posterior Canal Bening Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo: A Prospective Study.

To evaluate the effects of the modified Epley maneuver during Posterior Canal Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (BPPV) on patients' anxiety and comfort levels. The study, organized as a prospective, worked with 72 patients who were diagnosed with Posterior Canal BPPV through Dix-Hallpike maneuver. The data for the study was collected through Descriptive Characteristics Form, General Comfort Questionnaire Short Form, and Beck Anxiety Inventory.

Dyadic adjustment and the relationship between sexual self-consciousness and sexual dysfunction in individuals with spinal cord injuries: A descriptive study.

Purpose: This study was conducted to determine the dyadic adjustment between individuals with SCI and their spouses and the relationship between their sexual self-consciousness and sexual life and to evaluate it according to the objectification theory.

Method: This descriptive and cross-sectional study was conducted with 131 married individuals with SCI registered in the physical therapy and rehabilitation outpatient clinic of a university hospital between February 2020 and April 2021. The data of the study were collected using a Descriptive Information Form, the American Spinal Injury Association Impairment Scale (ASIA), the Dyadic Adjustment Scale (DAS), the Sexual Self-Consciousness Scale (SSCS), and the Arizona Sexual Experiences Scale (ASEX).

Life Experiences of Patients With Multiple Sclerosis About Their Spasticity: A Phenomenological Study.

Spasticity is one of the main symptoms that is most common in patients with Multiple Sclerosis and causes increased disability. The aim of this study is to understand the experiences of patients with Multiple Sclerosis about their spasticity from their perspective. This study was conducted as a qualitative study with a Hermeneutic phenomenological framework.

Investigation of the relationship between the use of complementary alternative medicine and illness perception and illness cognition in patients with diabetic foot ulcer.

Objective: to examine the relationship between illness perception, illness cognition, and other sociodemographic characteristics of individuals with diabetic foot ulcer (DFU) and their complementary alternative therapies (CAM) use within the framework of self-regulation model (SRM).

Material And Methods: This cross-sectional descriptive study was carried out with 220 individuals with DFU in the Endocrinology and Metabolic Diseases outpatient clinic of two training and research hospitals between December 5, 2020, and June 5, 2021. Research data were collected by using the Patient Information Form, Brief Illness Perception Scale (BIPS), and Illness Cognition Questionnaire (ICQ).

The effect of inadequately conducted compulsory distance education on the professional identity development process from nursing students' perspective: A phenomenological qualitative study.

Purpose: This study was conducted to explore the effect of inadequately conducted compulsory distance education on the professional identity (PI) development process from nursing students' perspective.

Design And Methods: The study used a qualitative design based on Heidegger's hermeneutic phenomenological approach. The data were analyzed by using Van Manen's thematic analysis.

"I Felt Alienated in the Operating Room": A Phenomenological Qualitative Study.

Purpose: To investigate the clinical practice experiences of nursing students in the operating room and to evaluate these experiences in terms of professional socialization.

Design: This study was designed as a qualitative study based on Heidegger's hermeneutic phenomenological approach.

Methods: The study was conducted with second-year nursing students who attended the operating room (OR) as an observer for 10 hours as part of the Surgical Nursing course.

The Relationship between Malnutrition and Subjective Taste Change Experienced by Patients with Cancer Receiving Outpatient Chemotherapy Treatment.

Taste changes and malnutrition are two important problems in patients with different types of cancer. This study was conducted to evaluate the relationship between malnutrition and subjective taste changes experienced by cancer patients receiving outpatient chemotherapy. The study used a cross-sectional design and was carried out with 1382 patients with cancer receiving outpatient chemotherapy.

The problems of women working in greenhouse agriculture in rural area in Turkey: A phenomenological study from health and social perspective.

Working in agriculture may cause serious health problems due to heavy working conditions and chemical exposure. This Husserlian phenomenological qualitative study was conducted with 22 women working in greenhouse agriculture to investigate the health and social problem(s). In the evaluation of the data, Colaizzi's seven-step content analysis method and thematic analysis were used.

Breast Cancer Perception Scale: Psychometric Development Study.

Objective: The Breast Cancer Perception Scale was developed using a well-supported theory, thought to be associated with breast cancer prevention behaviors. The aim of this study is to develop the Breast Cancer Perception Scale based on the Health Belief Model and conduct psychometric analysis.

Materials And Methods: The study was conducted with women aged 20 or above with a methodological design.

The Relationship of Preseptoplasty and Postseptoplasty Early Period Comfort Level With Nasal Obstruction, Sleep Quality, and Fatigue Severity: A Prospective Study.

Purpose: The aim of this study was to compare the comfort level, nasal obstruction, sleep quality, and fatigue of patients with septal deviation preseptoplasty and postseptoplasty.

Design: A prospective study conducted on 65 patients diagnosed with septal deviation.

Methods: The data of the study were collected using an Introductory Information Form, a Short General Comfort Questionnaire, the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index, the Fatigue Severity Scale, and the Nasal Obstruction Septoplasty Effectiveness Scale.

The effect of instructors' clinical experience on professional socialization from the perspective of nursing students: A phenomenological qualitative study.

Nursing students spend efforts to be familiar with their professional roles and professional values and to understand professional behaviors, functions, and values correctly in clinical practices. First and second-year nursing students are in the early stages of professional socialization in clinical practice. In the third year, students start to reach a level at which they are aware of the professional behaviors of instructors in clinical practice in terms of professional socialization.

The relationship between the fear of breast cancer, risk factors, and early diagnosis behaviors of women by age groups.

Purpose: This study investigates the relationship between fear of breast cancer, risk factors, and early diagnosis behavior of women aged 20 or above.

Method: It is a descriptive cross-sectional study.

Findings: It was found that 17.

Relationship between nursing students' perceptions of clinical instructor caring and their professional behaviors.

Purpose: To examine the relationship between nursing students' perceptions of clinical instructor caring and their professional behaviors.

Method: This study used a descriptive and cross-sectional design. The data were analyzed with Pearson's correlation and Linear regression analyses.

Experiences of patients and their partners with sexual problems after spinal cord injury: A phenomenological qualitative study.

: This study aimed to examine the experiences of patients and their partners about their sexual lives after Spinal Cord Injury (SCI). This qualitative study was based on Heidegger's hermeneutic phenomenological approach. The Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Outpatient Clinic of a city hospital in the Central Anatolia Region in Turkey.

Caring behaviors, moral sensitivity, and emotional intelligence in intensive care nurses: A descriptive study.

Purpose: To evaluate the relationship of caring behaviors with moral sensitivity, emotional intelligence and descriptive characteristics in intensive care nurses.

Method: Descriptive study. The sample of this study consisted of 156 nurses.