The Effect of Palliative Spiritual Care Education on Nursing Students' Perception of Spiritual Care and Attitudes towards Death in Turkey: A Quasi-Experimental Study.

The aim of this study was to assess nursing students' perceptions of spiritual care, their attitudes toward death, and the impact of a palliative spiritual care course on these perceptions and attitudes. This study employed a quasi-experimental design with a pre-test/post-test structure and two groups. Data were collected through the Spirituality and Spiritual Care Rating Scale and Death Attitude Profile-Revised.

Moral sensitivity, spiritual care perception, and compassion fatigue of nurses caring for earthquake victims.

Background: Two major earthquakes occurred within 10 hours in Kahramanmaraş on February 6, 2023, which resulted in thousands of deaths and injured people within Turkey.

Aim: To determine the relationship between moral sensitivity, spiritual care perception, and compassion fatigue among nurses caring for earthquake victims.

Methods: The study population consisted of 483 nurses working in public, private, and university hospitals in earthquake-affected areas in Turkey.

The attitude towards Medical Device-Related Pressure Injuries Questionnaire: a Turkish validity and reliability study.

Background: The attitudes of nurses should be measured using valid and reliable tools to develop effective nursing care strategies for the prevention of medical device-related pressure injuries and to organize necessary training programs.

Purpose: This study was planned to conduct the Turkish validity and reliability study of the Attitude towards Medical Device-Related Pressure Ulcers/Injuries Questionnaire (MDRPU/I Questionnaire (the English-language version)) in nurses.

Methods: This methodological study included 134 nurses working in hospitals of different sizes and characteristics (public hospitals, training and research hospitals, and university hospitals) in Turkey.

Evaluation of glycyl-arginine and lysyl-aspartic acid dipeptides for their antimicrobial, antibiofilm, and anticancer potentials.

Antibacterial resistance and cancer are worldwide challenges and have been defined as major threats by international health organizations. Peptides are produced naturally by all organisms and have a variety of immunomodulatory, physiological, and wound-healing properties. They can also provide protection against microorganisms and tumor cells.

Spiritual Care Support Perception and Spiritual Care Competence of Nursing Students in Turkey: A Quasi-Experimental Study.

This study aimed to assess the spiritual care support perception and spiritual care competence of nursing students, and the effect of a spiritual care course on their perceptions and competence in this regard. The study was conducted within the Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Nursing located in the south of Turkey. Data were collected through the Descriptive Characteristics Form, Spiritual Support Perception Scale, and Spiritual Care Competence Scale.