Publications by authors named "Pelin Karacay"

Aim: This study aimed to assess the performance of Visual ChatGPT in staging pressure injuries using real patient images, compare it to manual staging by expert nurses, and evaluate its applicability as a supportive tool in wound care management.

Design: This study used a descriptive and comparative cross-sectional design.

Methods: The study analysed 155 patient pressure injury images from a hospital database, staged by expert nurses and Visual ChatGPT using the National Pressure Injury Advisory Panel guidelines.

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Aim: This study aimed to determine the quality of life of patients with pressure injuries and the factors associated with them.

Materials And Methods: This descriptive and correlative study was conducted between January 2022 and July 2023 at one private and two state hospitals in Türkiye. Data were collected using a demographic and clinical history form, the Pressure Ulcer Quality of Life Scale- Turkish.

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Background: There are no scales used by stoma and wound care nurses to evaluate the stoma care skills of individuals with a urostomy.

Purpose: This study was conducted to investigate the Turkish validity and reliability of the Urostomy Education Scale (UES).

Methods: The study sample consisted of 66 patients who had undergone radical cystectomy, were in the 0- to 7-day postoperative period, were older than 18 years of age, had no physical or mental disabilities, had no urostomy complications, and agreed to participate in the study.

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Background: When compared to face-to-face education, nursing students in online education should be highly motivated and self-disciplined. Therefore, revealing the factors associated with the online learning self-efficacy of nursing students is fundamental.

Aim: This descriptive cross-sectional study examined nursing students' online learning self-efficacy levels and associated factors.

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Aim: This study aimed to adapt the Pressure Ulcer Quality of Life instrument to Turkish and to determine the validity and reliability by using the Rasch model.

Materials And Methods: This methodological study used forward translation, expert opinion, back translation, pilot testing, and finalization for the language adaptation of the instrument. Prior to back translation, the instrument was assessed by five experts certified in wound care nursing.

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Self-regulated learning is essential to nursing students' professional development, especially in the management of their learning and adaptation to complex clinical learning environments. This study aimed to explore the self-regulated learning status and associated factors of nursing students in clinical practicum. The study was conducted with 764 second-, third-, and fourth-year nursing students from 135 nursing undergraduate programs in Turkey.

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Aim: This study aimed to explore faculty-to-faculty incivility in university nursing programmes and to identify the perceptions of faculty regarding the reasons and solutions for incivility.

Background: Incivility is a fundamental problem in nursing educational settings.

Methods: This cross-sectional and analytic study comprised 330 faculty members from different schools of nursing in Turkey.

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Aims: To assess the validity and reliability of the stoma self-efficacy scale for Turkish-speaking individuals with stoma.

Background: Self-efficacy in stoma care is one of the most important variables requiring compliance for an increase in the quality of life and well-being of individuals with stoma.

Design: A methodological study.

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Using high-fidelity simulations to facilitate student learning is an uncommon practice in Turkish nursing programs. The aim of the present study was to understand students' perceptions of the use of simulation in nursing courses. Subjects included 36 senior nursing students taking an intensive care course.

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This definitive study has been performed to assess the approach to pain relief in emergency trauma units. The study population consisted of patients seen at the emergency trauma clinics of three different, state-owned, research hospitals in the city of Istanbul. A total of 375 patients with an age range of 18-65 were included.

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