Turkish nurses' knowledge, attitudes and practices in the management of incontinence associated dermatitis: A descriptive and cross-sectional study.

Objective: This study aimed to determine nurses' current knowledge, attitudes, and practices in adult intensive care units and palliative care clinics regarding incontinence-associated dermatitis (IAD).

Materials And Methods: This descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted with 355 nurses in adult intensive care and palliative services at two hospitals. Data were collected between 5.

Comparison of the escape room and storytelling methods in learning the stress response: A randomized controlled pilot study.

Aim: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of the Escape Room and Storytelling methods on nursing students' learning about the topic of stress response.

Background: It is recommended that new generations be trained using innovative teaching methods that differ from traditional teaching methods. The Escape Room and Storytelling methods are among the techniques that have been used and recommended for this purpose.

Intensive care nurses' knowledge and practices regarding medical device-related pressure injuries: A descriptive cross-sectional study.

This study aims to determine the levels of knowledge and practices of intensive care nurses regarding medical device-related pressure injuries (MDRPIs). This descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out between September 2023 and February 2024, involving 143 nurses working in intensive care units across three hospitals in Türkiye. The data were collected using the demographic form and the Medical Device-related Pressure Injuries Knowledge and Practice Assessment Tool (MDPI-ASSET).

Factors affecting care burden and life satisfaction among parents of children with type 1 diabetes.

Aim: Parents in the caregiving role for children with type 1 diabetes (T1D) are affected from many aspects including physically, psychologically, socially, financially and spiritually. The aim of this study was to determine the factors affecting the care burden and life satisfaction of parents caring for a child with T1D and to examine the relationship between them.

Method: This research was completed with 293 parents of children with T1D aged 3-18 years, attending the pediatric health and diseases clinics in two state hospitals located in [redacted for peer review] from May 2023 to September 2023.

Incidence of medical device-related pressure injuries in the intensive care unit and related risk factors.

Aim: At present, physicians employ medical devices extensively in the treatment of numerous diseases and in the care and follow-up of patients. However, these medical devices are a potential cause of pressure injuries.The study aimed to investigate the incidence and affecting risk factors of medical device-related pressure injuries (MDRPIs) in an adult intensive care unit.

The effect of knowledge levels of intensive care nurses about pressure injuries on their attitude toward preventing pressure injuries.

Aim: The aim of this study was to determine the current knowledge levels of intensive care nurses about pressure injuries and their attitudes toward preventing pressure injuries, and to reveal the relationship between these variables.

Materials And Methods: This descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted with 152 nurses, working in the Adult Intensive Care Units of a Training and Research Hospital. Data were collected between 10.

Effects of Cold Therapy on Pain and Anxiety During Needle Removal From Implanted Ports.

This study was conducted as a quasiexperimental, single-blind study to examine the effect of cold therapy on pain and anxiety during port needle removal. Patients in the experimental group received cold therapy 10 minutes before port needle removal. Patients in the control group received no intervention before port needle removal.

Medical device-related pressure injuries: Knowledge levels of nurses and factors affecting these.

Aim: The knowledge level of nurses plays a key role in preventing medical device-related pressure injuries. This research aimed to investigate the knowledge levels of nurses with regard to medical device-related pressure injuries and the factors affecting these.

Materials And Methods: This descriptive and cross-sectional study was conducted with 355 nurses between December 15, 2020 and March 31, 2021.

Pressure injury knowledge of Turkish internship nursing students.

Aim: This study aimed to describe the pressure injury (PI) knowledge of Turkish internship nursing students (INSs).

Materials And Methods: This descriptive study was performed using the Turkish version of the Modified Pieper Pressure Ulcer Knowledge Test. The study population consisted of INSs in a nursing program in the West Black Sea Region, Turkey.

The relationship between nursing students' technology addiction levels and attitudes toward e-learning during the COVID-19 pandemic: A cross-sectional study.

Purpose: This study aimed to determine the relationship between nursing students' levels of technology addiction and their attitudes toward e-learning during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Design And Methods: The study had a cross-sectional design and was conducted at a Department of Nursing in a Faculty of Health Sciences in Turkey. The study sample consisted of 434 nurses chosen by stratified sampling method.

Preventive effect of extra virgin olive oil on pressure injury development: A randomized controlled trial in Turkey.

Background And Purpose: Different moisturizing products are used in the prevention of pressure injuries, but there is a limited number of studies on the effectiveness of extra virgin olive oil, which is an herbal and natural product. The aim of this study was to examine the effect of topically applied extra virgin olive oil on the prevention of pressure injuries.

Methods And Materials: This was a randomized controlled experimental study conducted between February and October 2015 with a total of 129 patients, of whom 64 were in the control group and 65 in the extra virgin olive oil group.

Use of Physical Restraints in Critical Care Units: Nurses' Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices.

Background: Various factors affect the use of physical restraints in the intensive care unit, with nurses' knowledge and attitudes being the strongest determinants.

Objective: To determine Turkish intensive care unit nurses' knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding physical restraints and factors influencing them.

Methods: This cross-sectional, correlational study was conducted in the intensive care units of state and university hospitals.

Correlation between smartphone addiction and loneliness levels in nursing students.

Purpose: This study aimed to determine the correlation between smartphone addiction and loneliness levels in nursing students.

Design And Methods: The study has a descriptive and cross-sectional study design and was carried out with 682 nursing students. In the study, a "Student Information Form", the "Smartphone Addiction Scale-Short Form", and the "University of California Los Angeles Loneliness Scale" were used.

Factors contributing to medication errors in Turkey: nurses' perspectives.

Aim: The aim of this study was to describe the experiences of nurses with regard to medication errors.

Background: Medication errors result in a significant proportion of the deaths related to avoidable medical errors in hospitals.

Design: A descriptive cross-sectional study.