The road to collaboration: The transformative effects of interprofessional education on students' interprofessional attitudes and readiness, socialisation and valuing in medical and nursing students.

Aim: This study aims to evaluate the impact of interprofessional education on first-year medical and nursing students' attitudes, readiness to learn and interprofessional socialization using a randomized controlled trial.

Background: Interprofessional collaboration is crucial in healthcare to enhance patient safety and outcomes. Interprofessional education (IPE) promotes teamwork, communication and understanding of professional roles among healthcare professionals.

Investigation of Hope and Spiritual Well-Being Levels among Relatives of Intensive Care Patients in Turkey.

This study was conducted to determine the levels of hope and spiritual well-being among relatives of intensive care patients. The data were collected using the Patient Descriptive Information Form, Trait Hope Scale, and Spiritual Well-Being Scale. The mean total scores on the Trait Hope Scale and the Spiritual Well-Being Scale were 48.

The effect of listening to music during continuous positive airway pressure on agitation levels and compliance of intensive care patients with COVID-19: A randomized controlled trial.

Background: Agitation and incompliance with the treatment may be observed in patients undergoing continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP), which may cause inadequate oxygenation, sedation, termination of CPAP or intubation of the patient.

Aim: This study was conducted to determine the effect of listening to music during CPAP on the agitation levels of intensive care patients who underwent CPAP as a result of COVID-19 and their compliance with the treatment.

Study Design: This study was a prospective, randomized, controlled clinical trial.

Effect of earplug/eye mask on sleep and delirium in intensive care patients.

Background: Environmental factors such as loud sounds and bright lights in intensive care units can cause sleep disorders and delirium.

Aim: The present study aims to investigate the effects of the overnight use of earplugs and eye masks by intensive care patients on their sleep quality and the degree of delirium.

Study Design: This randomized controlled experimental study was conducted on the patients admitted to a coronary intensive care unit.

The effect of watching funny and unfunny videos on post-surgical pain levels.

Objective: The aim of this study was to describe pain intensity before and after watching funny and unfunny videos on post-surgical pain levels.

Methods: Ninety patients were divided into three groups. Group A watched funny videos, Group B watched unfunny videos, Group C did not watch any videos.

The effect of foot reflexology and back massage on hemodialysis patients' fatigue and sleep quality.

Objective: The aim of this study is to examine the effectiveness of foot reflexology and back massage on optimizing the sleep quality and reducing the fatigue of hemodialysis patients.

Methods: The study includes 105 volunteer patients who were registered at a private dialysis clinic and were receiving hemodialysis treatment. Foot reflexology and back massage were administered to the patients two times a week for four weeks.

The effect of local dry heat pack application on recovering the bruising associated with the subcutaneous injection of heparin.

Aims And Objectives: To determine the effect of the local dry heat pack application on recovering or alleviating the bruising associated with the subcutaneous injection of heparin.

Background: In studies conducted to prevent the bruising associated with the subcutaneous injection of heparin, it is observed that bruising cannot be prevented completely; however, there is a decrease in frequencies and sizes of bruising. There is no study aimed at accelerating the bruising recovery.

Effect of aromatherapy massage on dysmenorrhea in Turkish students.

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of aromatherapy massage on dysmenorrhea. The study used a quasiexperimental design with the subjects as their own control. Every participant applied both aromatherapy massage with lavender oil and placebo massage with odorless liquid petrolatum [soft paraffin].

The pain response of infants in Turkey to vaccination in different injection sites.

This study was carried out with the aim of comparing pain responses of children who receive intramuscular (IM) vaccination in deltoid muscle versus the pain responses of those who receive IM vaccination in the vastus lateralis. A total of 185 infants were randomly assigned to one of the two study groups. The deltoid group and the vastus lateralis group were vaccinated respectively in the deltoid muscle and the vastus lateralis.

Violence experienced by Turkish nursing students in clinical settings: their emotions and behaviors.

Aim: This descriptive study aimed to determine the violence experiences of nursing students' in clinical settings, the types of violence, and the way their behaviors and emotions are affected after such an experience.

Background: The risk of being subjected to violence among health staff is very high and the students who worked in the same kind of work environments also faced similar risks.

Methods: The data of the study were obtained from the 380 nursing students who were studying at 2nd, 3rd, and 4th grades.

An evaluation of the hand and nasal flora of Turkish nursing students after clinical practice.

Aim: The purpose of this study was to evaluate and compare the hand and nasal flora of nursing students before and after the clinical practice.

Background: Hospitals are places where infective agents abound. Healthcare workers, relatives of patients and students practising in the hospital medium are often exposed to these infective agents.

Effect of injection duration on bruising associated with subcutaneous heparin: a quasi-experimental within-subject design.

Aim: The purpose of this study was to determine and compare the effects of three different injection durations on bruising associated with subcutaneous heparin.

Background: Subcutaneous administration of the anticoagulant heparin sodium is a frequently performed nursing intervention. Heparin preparations are widely used for the post surgical prophylaxis, deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary emboli.