Psychosocial consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic and its effects on professional resilience and self-care on nurses: an example of Ankara.

The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly impacted nurses, who are frontline care providers, with high infection risk, disease transmission to relatives, and adverse psychosocial effects. This descriptive and correlational study examines the psychosocial impact of COVID-19 on 224 nurses, focusing on their professional resilience and self-care during active care of COVID-19 patients from December 2022 to August 2023. Data was collected through demographic information forms, questionnaires, and scales.

Emotional labor among Turkish nurses: A cross-sectional study.

Nurses are the closest healthcare providers to patients and emotional labor is the most invisible part of nursing work. However, the management of emotions to promote organizational goals and to ensure patient satisfaction may have both positive and negative impacts on nurses' working life. The purpose of this cross-sectional, descriptive study was to examine the emotional labor behaviors of nurses and their opinions on emotional labor.

Game-based learning in undergraduate nursing education: A systematic review of mixed-method studies.

Aim: To investigate game-based learning in nursing education and summarize findings of its impact on nursing students' learning outcomes.

Background: Nurses are the first point of contact for care and make up the largest proportion of the global health workforce. To respond effectively to the care needs of the population, nurses need to be adequately trained during their professional education.

Nurses' Perspectives and Experiences Regarding Organ Transplantation in Turkey: A Qualitative Study.

As professionals, nurses are often required to provide care for patients from different cultural and religious backgrounds during an organ transplantation process. It is therefore important to understand the views and experiences of nurses regarding the organ transplantation process. The aim of this study was to explore nurses' perspectives and experiences in providing care to donors and transplant recipients.

Views of nursing students on using standardized patient and in-class case analysis in ethics education.

Background: It is important to use student-centred, active teaching strategies in ethics education to develop students' skills in dealing with ethical problems.

Objectives: This study sought the opinions, suggestions, and thoughts of students receiving ethics education with in-class case analysis (ICCA) and standardized patient (SP) practice.

Research Design And Participants: A phenomenological and interpretive design based on qualitative interviews was used.

Effects of using standardized patients on nursing students' moral skills.

Background: Nurses and nursing students increasingly confront ethical problems in clinical practice. Moral sensitivity, moral reasoning, and ethical decision-making are therefore important skills throughout the nursing profession. Innovative teaching methods as part of the ethics training of nursing students help them acquire these fundamental skills.

Psychometric Evaluation of the Caring Behaviors Inventory in Turkish Nurses and Patients.

Background And Purpose: Instruments developed specifically to measure nurse caring behaviors need to be assessed in different cultural contexts. The purpose was to translate the Caring Behaviors Inventory (CBI) into Turkish and evaluate its psychometric properties.

Methods: This was a methodological study with 356 nurses and 363 patients.

Turkish nurses' perceptions of professional values.

This study aimed to examine the professional values of nurses in Turkey. This descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted with 310 nurses employed at public, university, and private hospitals between May-June 2015. Data were collected using a data collection form and the Nurses' Professional Values Scale-Revised, and they were analysed using descriptive statistics.

Turkish adaptation and psychometric characteristics of the Nursing Authority and Autonomy Scale.

Aim: To adapt the Nursing Authority and Autonomy Scale (NAAS) into Turkish the Nursing Authority and Autonomy Scale (NAAS) to Turkish and assess its psychometric properties for Turkish nurses and nurse managers.

Background: The NAAS is a tool that specifically measures nursing authority and autonomy from the perspectives of nurses and nurse managers.

Methods: The study sample consisted of 160 nurse managers and 266 staff nurses.

Effects of Web-Based Instruction on Nursing Students' Arithmetical and Drug Dosage Calculation Skills.

Drug dosage calculation skill is critical for all nursing students to ensure patient safety, particularly during clinical practice. The study purpose was to evaluate the effectiveness of Web-based instruction on improving nursing students' arithmetical and drug dosage calculation skills using a pretest-posttest design. A total of 63 nursing students participated.

The effects of using high-fidelity simulators and standardized patients on the thorax, lung, and cardiac examination skills of undergraduate nursing students.

Background: Existing research literature indicates that the use of various simulation techniques in the training of physical examination skills develops students' cognitive and psychomotor abilities in a realistic learning environment while improving patient safety.

Objectives: The study aimed to compare the effects of the use of a high-fidelity simulator and standardized patients on the knowledge and skills of students conducting thorax-lungs and cardiac examinations, and to explore the students' views and learning experiences.

Design: A mixed-method explanatory sequential design.

Nursing students' perceptions of faculty members' ethical/unethical attitudes.

Background: Through education, individuals acquire knowledge, skill and attitudes that facilitate professional socialization; it involves intellectual, emotional and psychomotor skill development. Teachers are role models for behaviour modification and value development.

Objective: To examine students' perceptions of faculty members' ethical and unethical attitudes during interactions in undergraduate nursing.

Using Standardized Patients in Nursing Education: Effects on Students' Psychomotor Skill Development.

The present study used a quasi-experimental design to examine the effects of using standardized patients for the psychomotor skills development of nursing students. The performance of the experimental group in blood pressure measurement was significantly higher than that of the control group; however, there was no significant difference between the groups with regard to their administration of subcutaneous injections. The results indicated that standardized patients can be integrated into nursing education for developing psychomotor skills of students.

Effects of planned group interactions on the social adaptation of individuals with an intestinal stoma: a quantitative study.

Aims And Objectives: To investigate the effects of a planned group interaction method on the social adjustment of individuals with an intestinal stoma.

Background: Individuals with a stoma often experience physiological, psychological and social problems that affect their social adaptation.

Design: Quasi-experimental.

Effect of web-based education on nursing students' urinary catheterization knowledge and skills.

Background: Nursing is a practice-based discipline that requires the integration of theory and practice. Nurse educators must continuously revise educational curricula and incorporate information technology into the curriculum to provide students with the necessary knowledge and skills.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to assess the effect of web-based education on students' urinary catheterization knowledge and skills.

Evaluation of nursing documentation on patient hygienic care.

This study was conducted to evaluate nursing documentation on patient hygienic care and to analyze the consistency between actual care given by nurses and that of documented in nursing record. Data were collected from 85 nurses employed at critical care units, on whom 255 sets of observations were performed through a structured participant observation form, which could be used to record the observation episodes and to audit nursing records. Results indicated that the most frequent performed hygienic care was oral care, perianal care, hand washing and bed bathing.

Knowledge about anti-tuberculosis treatment among nurses at tuberculosis clinics.

Nurses are primary responsible for Direct Observation Therapy Strategy and administration of anti-tuberculosis (TB) medications. Lack of knowledge might result with medication errors and ineffective TB control. The purpose of this study was to assess knowledge of nurses about anti-TB treatment.

Trust in nurse-patient relationships: a literature review.

The aim of this study was to report the results of a literature review of empirical studies on trust within the nurse-patient relationship. A search of electronic databases yielded 34 articles published between 1980 and 2011. Twenty-two studies used a qualitative design, and 12 studies used quantitative research methods.

Ethical decision-making and professional behaviour among nurses: a correlational study.

This study examined the relationship between nurses' ethical decision-making levels and their professional behaviours. Data were collected from 225 nurses who were recruited from university hospitals in Ankara using proportionate sampling. Data were analysed using descriptive statistics and Pearson correlations.

Trust and trustworthiness in nursing: an argument-based literature review.

Caring requires nurses to establish trusting relationships with patients and to be trustworthy professionals. This article provides insight into the conceptual understanding of trust and trustworthiness in nursing through an argument-based literature review of 17 articles published between 1980 and 2010. Trust is characterized as an attitude relying with confidence on someone.

Leyla Dinç interviewed by Elizabeth Niven.

The intention behind this series of interviews with members of the Nursing Ethics Editorial Board by other Board members is to introduce members of the Board to readers. Here, Elizabeth Niven from New Zealand interviews Leyla Dinç, from Turkey. Elizabeth and Leyla have known each other for over five years.

Ethics in Turkish nursing education programs.

This descriptive study investigated the current status of ethics instruction in Turkish nursing education programs. The sample for this study comprised 39 nursing schools, which represented 51% of all nursing schools in Turkey. Data were collected through a postal questionnaire.

The psychological impact of genetic testing on parents.

Aim And Objectives: The aim of this descriptive study was to explore the psychological impact of genetic testing on parents whose children have been referred for genetic testing.

Background: Genetic tests enable individuals to be informed about their health status and to have the opportunity of early diagnosis and treatment of their diseases. However undergoing genetic testing and receiving a positive test result may also cause stress and anxiety.