A New Adaptation of the Authentic Leadership Questionnaire in Turkish: Evidence From Nursing.

There is a wide range of leadership approaches, and it is important to measure the types and impact of leadership in nursing. This study aimed to adapt the Authentic Leadership Questionnaire and test its suitability in the Turkish nursing context. Employing a two-phase cross-cultural research design in accordance with STROBE guidelines, language adaptation was conducted following ISPOR guidelines.

The Turkish version of nursing practice readiness scale: Cross-cultural adaptation and psychometric evaluation.

Aim: This study aims to adapt the "Nursing Practice Readiness Scale" to Turkish culture, and evaluate its psychometric properties.

Background: New graduates' nursing practice readiness can impact their work adaptation and performance.

Design: The research employed a methodological design.

Comparison of self-competency and executive (charge) nurse competency assessments of clinical nurses.

Aim: This study compared nurses' self-competency assessments and their managers' nurse competence assessments.

Background: Nurse competence is important for nursing care quality and patient safety. Executive (charge) nurses play a main role in the nurse competency assessment.

Opinions of emergency nurses in Turkey on their work environment during the COVID-19 pandemic and its relationship with their health: A qualitative study.

Introduction: COVID-19 patients being admitted to emergency service pose a high risk of exposure and infection to emergency nurses. Therefore, one of the primary responsibilities of hospital management is to provide an appropriate work environment for nurses.

Aim: To analyze the opinions of emergency nurses about their work environment, and to understand how the working environment is related to their health during the COVID-19 pandemic.

An authentic leadership training programme to increase nurse empowerment and patient safety: A quasi-experimental study.

Background: Authentic leadership and empowered nurses are necessary if a healthy work environment is to be created and patient safety maintained; however, few studies have examined the impact of authentic leadership, on nurse empowerment and the patient safety climate.

Purpose: The aim of the study was to investigate the impact of an educational intervention delivered through a multi-faceted training programme on nurses' perceptions of authentic leadership, nurse empowerment (both structural and psychological) and the patient safety climate.

Design: A quasi-experimental study using a one-group pretest-posttest design consistent with TREND guidelines.

Evaluation of the cost-effectiveness of a multicomponent fall prevention program in hospitalized patients.

The aim of this pre- and post-interventional study was to analyze the cost-effectiveness of the multicomponent fall prevention program in hospitalized patients. To achieve this aim, cost-effectiveness analysis performed using decision tree modeling was compared with the implementation of the fall prevention program and usual care. The primary outcome was the number of patient falls.

Development and psychometric validation of the Sickness Presenteeism Scale-Nurse.

Aim: This study's aim is to develop and psychometrically assess the Sickness Presenteeism Scale-Nurse.

Background: Evaluation of the effects of sickness presenteeism on nurses' performance and productivity is important for healthcare quality.

Design: This was an instrument development and validation study.

The effect of interventions made in intensive care units to reduce alarms: A systematic review and meta-analysis study.

Objectives: This study examines the effects of the interventions in alarm management in intensive care units on reducing alarms on the basis of current evidence.

Methodology: This systematic review and meta-analysis study was conducted between January 1, 2010 and October 31, 2021 by searching 16 databases through an independent search by three researchers. The acronym of PICOS was used and the keywords as well as inclusion/exclusion criteria were determined.

Scientific View of the Global Literature on Medical Error Reporting and Reporting Systems From 1977 to 2021: A Bibliometric Analysis.

Background: Error reporting is vital for the prevention of medical errors. Despite the importance of error reporting, underreporting of medical errors is a common reality in many countries. Therefore, barriers to error reporting and reporting systems are a constantly evolving field of research.

Nurses' view of implementation evidence-based fall prevention interventions: A qualitative study.

Aim: The purpose of this descriptive qualitative study was to evaluate nurses' views of implementation evidence-based fall prevention interventions.

Methods: The study was conducted with participation of nurses who worked in a training and research hospital after evidence-based fall prevention interventions had been implemented. Interviews were done with 17 nurses who participated in all training courses.

Examining the Effectiveness of Strategies Developed to Create an Error Reporting Culture.

Purpose: This study was conducted to develop strategies for creating an error reporting culture and to assess their effectiveness.

Design: This study was planned to explore how to improve patient safety. The study used a quasi-experimental 1-group pre-post design.

Adaptation and validation of the Compliance with Standard Precautions Scale amongst nurses in Turkey.

Aims: To adapt and psychometrically test the Compliance with Standard Precautions Scale for use by Turkish nurses.

Background: Measurement of standard precautions compliance is important to manage the safety of both patients and health care teams.

Methods: This two-phase methodological study employed a correlational design with repeated measures.

Medical error reporting software program development and its impact on pediatric units' reporting medical errors.

Objective: The purpose of this quasi-experimental study was to developing web-based, anonymous reporting system to increase reporting of medication errors, blood transfusion errors and patient falls in pediatric units and to compare the computerized system with the written system already in use at the institution.

Methods: This study was conducted in all pediatric units of a research hospital. All physicians and nurses working in these units agreed to participate in the study.

Role of job satisfaction and work environment on the organizational commitment of nurses: a cross-sectional study.

: Nursing shortage is a major global concern about healthcare. In this regard, nurses' organizational commitment is an important issue that should be focused on. Since limited data are available about the factors associated with nurse organizational commitment, further research is needed.

Cross-cultural adaptation and psychometric evaluation of the Turkish version of the Self-Efficacy for Preventing Falls-Nurse.

Aim: The aim of this study was to test the psychometric properties of the Turkish version of the Self-Efficacy for Preventing Falls-Nurse.

Background: Patient falls have negative effects on patients and health care services. Nurses' self-efficacy for preventing falls can affect their performance in interventions to prevent falls.

Nurses' view of their work environment, health and safety: A qualitative study.

Aim: This study aims to determine the nurses' view of the work environment on nurses' health and safety.

Background: The creation of positive work environments has become one of the key determining factors to improve nurse outcomes.

Methods: The research, a qualitative descriptive design, was conducted between January and October 2017 with a total of 17 nurses.

Nurses' identification and reporting of medication errors.

Aims And Objectives: To investigate hospital nurses' involvement in the identification and reporting of medication errors in Turkey.

Background: Medication safety is an international priority, and medication error identification and reporting are essential for patient safety.

Design: A descriptive survey design consistent with the STROBE guidelines was used.

Views of key stakeholders on the causes of patient falls and prevention interventions: A qualitative study using the international classification of functioning, disability and health.

Aims And Objectives: To examine the views and suggestions of healthcare professionals, patients and family members on the causes of inpatient falls and fall-prevention practices.

Background: Patient falls are one of the most prevalent medical errors in the hospitals. In order to prevent patient falls, it is necessary to identify and classify the situations causing falls in detail and preventive interventions for these situations need to be developed.

Operating room professionals' attitudes towards patient safety and the influencing factors.

Objective: To determine operating room professionals'attitudes towards patient safety and the influencing factors.

Methods: This study was conducted in research hospitals in Izmir, Turkey using descriptive, cross-sectional and correlation research designs. The sample of this study consisted of 477 individuals including nurses, physicians and anesthesia technicians.

The influence of authentic leadership on safety climate in nursing.

Aim: This study analysed nurses' perceptions of authentic leadership and safety climate and examined the contribution of authentic leadership to the safety climate.

Background: It has been suggested and emphasised that authentic leadership should be used as a guidance to ensure quality care and the safety of patients and health-care personnel.

Methods: This predictive study was conducted with 350 nurses in three Turkish hospitals.

The work environment and empowerment as predictors of patient safety culture in Turkey.

Aim And Background: As scant research based information is available regarding the work environment, empowerment and patient safety culture, this study from a developing country (Turkey) in which health care institutions are in a state of transition, aimed to investigate further the relationships between these three variables.

Method: A cross-sectional descriptive design was employed. The sample comprised 274 nurse participants working in a university hospital located in Izmir (Turkey).

Barriers to Medical Error Reporting for Physicians and Nurses.

The purpose of the study was to determine what barriers to error reporting exist for physicians and nurses. The study, of descriptive qualitative design, was conducted with physicians and nurses working at a training and research hospital. In-depth interviews were held with eight physicians and 15 nurses, a total of 23 participants.

The Cost of Serious Patient Fall-Related Injuries at Hospitals in Turkey: A Matched Case-Control Study.

Patient falls cause economic loss in hospitals, as well as patient injuries. This study aimed to calculate the additional hospital cost and length of stay (LOS) due to fall-related serious injuries and to identify the determining factors for both outcomes. A matched case-control design was used in the study.

Factors influencing nurses' perceptions of occupational safety.

To determine nurses' perceptions of occupational safety and their work environment and examine the sociodemographic traits and job characteristics that influence their occupational safety, we studied a sample of 278 nurses. According to the nurses, the quality of their work environment is average, and occupational safety is insufficient. In the subdimensions of the work environment scale, it was determined that the nurses think "labor force and other resources" are insufficient.

Nurses' perceptions of and factors promoting patient safety culture in Turkey.

This descriptive and cross-sectional study included 561 nurses in hospitals located in Istanbul, Turkey. The Patient Safety Questionnaire was used for data collection. The type of hospital and the amount of education nurses obtained about patient safety and quality improvement were positively associated with patient safety culture.