An Investigation of the Relationship Between Attitudes Towards Caring for Dying Patients and Compassion.

The study aims to investigate the relationship between nurses' attitudes towards caring for dying patients and compassion levels. This cross-sectional study was conducted with the volunteer participation of 130 nurses working in various clinics in a hospital located in eastern Turkey between March and June 2019. Data were collected through the Socio-demographic Form, the Frommelt Attitude toward Care of Dying Scale (FATCOD), and the Self-Compassion Scale (SCS).

Relationship Between Religious Orientation and Death Anxiety in Elderly Individuals.

This study aims to identify the relationship between religious orientation and death anxiety in elderly individuals aged 65 and over. This study is cross sectional in nature. It was conducted with the participation of 250 individuals aged 65 and over who were registered in Family Health Centers in the city center located in the eastern part of Turkey between February and June, 2018.

Effects of the Training About Prostate Cancer and Screening Methods on Knowledge Level.

This quasi-experimental study aims to identify the effects of the training about prostate cancer and screening methods given to men aged 40 and over on their knowledge level. It was found that there were no differences between the experimental and control groups in terms of the perceived susceptibility, perceived seriousness, health motivation, perceived barriers, and perceived benefits subscale mean scores, but the posttest data revealed that the perceived susceptibility, health motivation, and perceived benefits subscale mean scores of the experimental group were higher and their perceived barriers mean score was lower; the differences between the mean scores were statistically significant ( < .05, < .

Development of the peripheral and central venous catheter-related bloodstream infection prevention knowledge and attitudes scale.

Background: Because of the necessities of modern medicine, catheters are frequently used for patients today. Mistakes made in catheter implementation frequently cause nosocomial infections.

Aims And Objectives: The purpose of this study was to develop a scale to be used for the evaluation of nurses' knowledge and attitudes about peripheral and central venous catheter-related bloodstream infection prevention.

Identification of nursing students' attitudes toward older people.

Objectives: The present study aims to identify nursing students' attitudes toward older people.

Methods: This descriptive study was conducted with 166 nursing department students enrolled in a four-year undergraduate programme in a university located in Eastern Turkey. The participants were chosen using convenience sampling method, and data were collected through the Descriptive Characteristics Form and Turkish version of Kogan's Attitudes toward Older People Scale (KAOPS).

Comparison of Attitudes Toward Death Between University Students Who Receive Nursing Education and Who Receive Religious Education.

This study aims to compare attitudes toward death between university students who receive nursing education and who receive religious education. This study is cross-sectional in nature. It was conducted with the participation of 197 university students in a university located in the Eastern part of Turkey between June and August, 2017.

Nurses' compliance with isolation precautions and the affecting factors.

Purpose: This study aims at identifying nurses' compliance with isolation precautions and the affecting factors.

Methods: The present study is descriptive and relational in nature. Data were collected through Descriptive Features Form and The Isolation Precautions Compliance Scale (TIPCS), which was developed in Turkey in 2010.

Validity and Reliability of Turkish Version of the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-Brain Questionnaire.

Background: Assessing the quality of life (QOL) of patients with brain tumors is ever more important, given increasing survivorship and the higher likelihood of developing potential morbidities associated with new therapies.

Objective: The aim of this study was to adapt the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-Brain (FACT-Br) Questionnaire for Turkish populations and test its validity and reliability.

Methods: The questionnaire was first translated into Turkish and back-translated, adapting it to the Turkish culture.

Patients' experience of pain after cardiac surgery.

Pain after Cardiac Surgery (CS) is the most common patient complaint. However the first 48 h after surgery, when patients' pain is the most severe, is generally spent in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). It is almost impossible for patients to report their pain because of their inadequate level of consciousness in the ICU.