The effect of theoretical and simulation training on medical errors of nurse students in Karadeniz Technical University, Turkey.

Objective: To assess the efficacy of theoretical training related to medical errors and patient safety and practical simulation training on students' knowledge and skill levels..

Methods: This experimental study was conducted from March 28 to May 18, 2016, at nursing department of a university and comprised of students attending the third grade of the nursing school.

Investigation of the working conditions of nurses in public hospitals on the basis of nurse-friendly hospital criteria.

Objective: This descriptive study reveals how nurses working in public hospitals rated their practice environments with respect to nurse-friendly hospital criteria.

Methods: This study was conducted on 460 nurses volunteering to participate this study among 735 nurses working in inpatient wards of three public hospitals. Data were collected using a personal information form and the Adapted Nursing Work Index-Revised.

The malpractices of student nurses in clinical practice in Turkey and their causes.

Objective: The study was conducted to identify whether or not student nurses made the medical errors as well as the reasons for the errors.

Methods: A study was conducted with 1067 student nurses studying at 12 universities in Turkey. The data were collected by using medical error scale and a questionnaire on demographic characteristics and malpractices.

A description of oncology nurses' working conditions in Turkey.

Purpose: This study was conducted to determine the problems about working conditions, employee rights and working life of oncology nurses in Turkey who administer cytotoxic drugs and to determine whether or not the existing practices are appropriate with national laws, comparing the current practices in private, university and government hospitals.

Method: The study was designed as an analytic descriptive survey. The research settings took place in nine hospitals of Istanbul, Turkey.

Measuring mobbing experiences of academic nurses: development of a mobbing scale.

Purpose: The aims of this study were to develop a mobbing scale for academic nurses and to determine their mobbing experiences.

Data Sources: Data were collected between January and June 2006 with a 60-item mobbing scale and a questionnaire composed of 6 questions concerning demographics and 10 questions regarding nurses' opinions about mobbing.

Conclusions: For the Mobbing Scale for Academic Nurses, the content validity index was 88%, item-to-total correlations ranged from .

Determining student satisfaction in a nursing college.

This study was carried out to determine the satisfaction and expectations of students in a nursing college in Turkey and is descriptive and prospective in nature. A student satisfaction scale developed by the researchers was used in this study. With no method of sampling employed, a total of 694 students attending the nursing college during the years of 1999, 2000 and 2001 were included in the study.