Sexual and Reproductive Health Service Seeking Scale (SRHSSS): development, validity, and reliability.

Background: Young adults are a diverse group with diverse cares, choices and preferences in accessing and using Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH) services, they should be at the center of the development of new managed models and solutions for the delivery of SRH services. The purpose of the study is to develop a valid and reliable measurement tool that can be used to determine the knowledge and attitudes of young adults about SRH and the barriers for accessing services, and to evaluate the attitudes and needs of young adults to receive SRH services.

Methods: In this study, the questions of the scale were developed through literature review, focus group interview with 8 people and expert evaluation were made, and a pre-test application was also carried out.

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.

Addressing the psychosocial needs of patients: Challenges for nursing students.

Purpose: To evaluate the ability of nursing students to determine the psychosocial needs of patients and identify the needs and problems encountered by nursing students.

Design And Methods: This study is a mixed method research. The nursing care plans of 40 nursing students that provided care to 129 patients with chronic medical diseases were examined retrospectively.

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.

The communication skills and the empathic tendency levels of nursing students: a cross-sectional study.

Background: The most basic component of communication skills is the complex and multidimensional skill of empathy.

Aim: This study was conducted to assess the communication skills and empathic tendency levels of female nursing students Turkish university.

Methods: This cross-sectional study sample consisted of 342 nurse student.

An evaluation of a course on the rational use of medication in nursing from the perspective of the students.

Background: The objectives of educational instruction on the rational use of medication are to teach students about frequent pharmaceutical applications, dosage calculations, observation of adverse side effects and patient training. A simulation project was used in nursing education/medical staff education to effectively gain knowledge and skills.

Objectives: In this study, our first aim was to investigate the effect of using a simulated patient as a teaching method on the performance of students in medication administration.

Effects of relaxation training on sleep quality and fatigue in patients with breast cancer undergoing adjuvant chemotherapy.

Aim: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of progressive muscle relaxation training on sleep quality and fatigue in Turkish women with breast cancer undergoing adjuvant chemotherapy.

Background: Sleep problems and fatigue are highly prevalent in patients with breast cancer. Progressive muscle relaxation training is a promising approach in ameliorating the sleep quality and reducing the fatigue associated with cancer and its treatment.

Infertility history: is it a risk factor for postpartum depression in Turkish women?

Purpose: The aim of this cohort study was to assess postpartum depressive symptoms in women who had been successfully treated for primary infertility at 2 teaching hospitals in Turkey in 2008.

Methods: The study groups comprised 51 fertile and 105 infertile women. The number of participants lost to follow-up was 28 fertile and 8 infertile women.

Validity and reliability study for the NEI-VFO-39 scale in chronic ophthalmic diseases--Turkish version.

Purpose: To test the reliability and validity of National Eye Institute Visual Function Questionnaire (NEI-VFQ-39) in patients with glaucoma, cataract, diabetic retinopathy and age-related macular degeneration.

Methods: The study was carried out on 210 patients and 51 control subjects. The data were collected by using a data collection form and NEI-VFQ-39.

Living with a malignant musculoskeletal tumor: experiences of family caregivers.

Purpose: To describe the experiences of the family caregivers of patients with malignant musculoskeletal tumors.

Design And Methods: Descriptive qualitative approach using a semi-structured interview guide.

Setting: Orthopaedics Department of the Gulhane Military Medical Academy in Ankara, Turkey.