Two significant concepts in organ donation: Empathic tendency and altruism.

Introduction: The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of an empathic tendency and altruism on organ donation.

Material And Method: This descriptive and relationship-seeking research included adults who responded to a questionnaire delivered by e-mail with the snowball sampling method. The sample comprised 269 subjects according to 99% power and significance level of α = 0.

Validity and reliability of the Turkish version of the Obesity-Related Well-Being Questionnaire (ORWELL 97-TR).

Purpose: This study aimed to perform the validity and reliability of the Turkish version of the Obesity-Related Well-Being Questionnaire (ORWELL 97-TR) for the Turkish society.

Design And Methods: This methodological study involved 125 people for obesity treatment. Data collection tools were the Patient Information Form, the ORWELL 97-TR, and the Obesity and Weight-Loss Quality of Life Instrument (OWLQOL).

Healthcare professionals' social distance towards immigrant patients: A descriptive cross-sectional study.

Objective: This study aimed to determine the attitudes, beliefs, experiences, and the level of social distance among healthcare professionals who provide healthcare to refugee patients.

Design: Descriptive cross-sectional study.

Place And Duration Of Study: The researchers obtained the ethical approval of the study from the Non-Interventional Ethical Committee of Sakarya University Faculty of Medicine on 23/11/2018.

Mirror Therapy in the Management of Phantom Limb Pain.

In this case study, we investigated the efficacy of mirror therapy and online counseling in the management of phantom limb pain. The patient was a 28-year-old woman who experienced phantom limb pain after a traumatic transhumeral amputation three and a half months before initiating therapy. After a 40-minute educational session with a nurse researcher experienced in pain management and surgical nursing, the patient practiced mirror therapy at home for four weeks and kept in contact with the nurse using a mobile chat application.

The Elephant in the Room: Nurses' Views of Communication Failure and Recommendations for Improvement in Perioperative Care.

Perioperative communication failures endanger patient safety and may reduce efficiency. The objective of our phenomenological research study was to determine the reasons for and consequences of perioperative communication failures and to seek recommendations for improvement. Fourteen perioperative nurses participated in this study.

Acupressure on Anxiety and Sleep Quality After Cardiac Surgery: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

Purpose: To determine the effect of acupressure on anxiety and sleep quality after cardiac surgery.

Design: A randomized pre-post test control group design.

Methods: Patients after cardiac surgery were divided into two groups: the intervention group (n = 50), who received acupressure on four different acupoints plus standard care, and the control group (n = 50), who received only standard care.

The effect of hospital clown nurse on children's compliance to burn dressing change.

Background And Aim: Pediatric burn injury is a traumatic experience which affects the child both physically and psychologically. Following the burn injury, repetitive dressing changes are one of the main problems, and to manage the level of distress caused this procedure, various distraction strategies are being used. However, the effect of hospital clown during burn dressing change among children has not been studied before.

Staff Nurse Decisional Involvement in the United States and Turkey.

Unlabelled: The purpose of this descriptive comparative study is to compare the levels of decisional involvement of staff nurses between one Midwestern health care system in the United States with a nongovernmental University hospital in Turkey. The Decisional Involvement Scale was used for data collection. U.