Background: Nurses often administer intramuscular (IM) injections. However, they do not use the ventrogluteal (VG) site, although it is highly recommended.
Aim: This study investigated whether a mobile-assisted training and counseling program (intervention) encouraged nurses to use the VG site to administer IM injections.
Aim: This study evaluated the effect of simulation on auscultation skills, self-confidence and anxiety levels.
Background: Auscultation is an essential topic in nursing education and patient care. Simulation is efficacious in improving auscultation skills and self-confidence and reducing anxiety levels.
Background: Interactive learning is one of the active learning methods used to develop students' knowledge and skills.
Objectives: This study was conducted to determine the effect of the interactive learning method with questions prepared according to Bloom's taxonomy on nursing students' learning of the need for movement.
Design: It is a randomized controlled study conducted in May 2023.
J Wound Ostomy Continence Nurs
November 2023
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine the point prevalence (PP) of general pressure injuries (PIs), hospital-acquired PIs, PI-related risk factors, and PI preventive interventions performed by nurses.
Design: Descriptive, multicenter, prospective, analytical study.
Subjects And Setting: The sample comprised 5088 patients cared for in 13 hospitals in 12 geographic regions of Turkey.
Aim: This study was conducted to determine the impact of tailored training provided to nurses for preventing pressure injuries (PIs) on nurses' knowledge levels and the PI point prevalence (PP).
Materials And Methods: This interventional study was carried out in a university hospital with a bed capacity of 1114 in an urban center in Turkey. Ethics committee approval (28.
Background: Music is a tool that can be used to reduce stress and anxiety, maintain vital signs at normal levels, and increase exam success.
Objectives: This study aimed to determine the effect of music therapy on nursing students' first objective structured clinical exam success, anxiety levels, and vital signs, and to reveal their views about music therapy in the context of an exam.
Design: Mixed-pattern single-blind randomized controlled qualitative study.
Unlabelled: Nurses play an important role in identifying, evaluating, monitoring, and managing patients with urinary incontinence (UI).
Purpose: This study was conducted to determine nurses' knowledge, attitudes, practices, and obstacles to managing patients' UI.
Methods: A descriptive study was conducted between September 2017 and February 2018 at 2 university hospitals, 2 private hospitals, and 4 state hospitals in a metropolitan city in Turkey.
Unlabelled: Nurses should be highly knowledgeable about and have a positive attitude toward pressure ulcer (PU) prevention.
Purpose: This descriptive study was conducted among intensive care unit (ICU) nurses in 6 hospitals in Turkey to identify their PU prevention knowledge, attitudes, and perceptions of barriers to care.
Methods: The study was conducted between January 1, 2017, and April 30, 2017, using supervised self-reporting, among nurses working in the ICUs of 3 education and research hospitals, 2 university hospitals, and a private hospital in Ankara, Turkey.