Publications by authors named "Seyda Seren"
This study examined the frequency of pediatric medication administration errors and contributing factors. This research used the undisguised observation method and Critical Incident Technique. Errors and contributing factors were classified through the Organizational Accident Model.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAim: To identify self-reported perceptions of the barriers to research utilisation by Turkish staff nurses working in a university hospital and to ascertain whether involvement in research-related activities influenced their perception of the barriers.
Background: Research utilisation in nursing has been a prominent concern for the last 30 years. While investigators in several countries have identified nurses' perception of barriers to research utilisation, this is the first study to investigate such barriers 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.
Purpose: This descriptive research aimed to identify and compare the conflict resolution skills of nursing students enrolled in a problem based learning (PBL) or conventional curriculum.
Method: The setting for the research was two nursing schools at public universities in Istanbul and Izmir, Turkey. The sample included 255 students enrolled in Conventional Method School and 141 students in the PBL School.
Purpose: To define organizational culture in hospitals that have received quality certificates and to identify attitudes of healthcare personnel toward change.
Methods: The population was all physicians and nurses (N=3,067) employed at four private hospitals that have received accreditation or the "ISO" certificate, and four public hospitals, all of which were located within Istanbul city limits. A proportional sample of 570 participants were selected from the eight hospitals.
Purpose: The purpose of this descriptive and comparative study was to define and compare the tendencies of nursing college and medical students in resolving conflicts.
Method: The scope of the research was all the students of the nursing college and faculty of medical. The sample included 359 students of the nursing college and 367 medical students.