The effect of training about environmental toxicant Bisphenol-A exposure in pregnancy on maternal urine Bisphenol-A level.

Purpose: Bisphenol A (BPA) is an environmental toxin, clearly capable of initiating epigenetic modifications, leading to the development of numerous human illnesses such as metabolic, reproductive, and behavioural abnormalities. It also causes oxidative stress, which has been shown to be alleviated by selenium supplementation. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of training of BPA exposure during pregnancy on urine BPA levels.

Effect of the arterial needle bevel position on puncture pain and postremoval bleeding time in hemodialysis patients: A self-controlled, single-blind study.

Aim: This study aimed to investigate the effect of the bevel orientation (facing upwards or downwards towards the skin) of the needle inserted into the arterial limb of the arteriovenous fistula (AVF) on puncture pain and postremoval bleeding time.

Methods: This study, using a single-blind crossover design, was conducted on 35 maintenance hemodialysis patients who had been dialyzed for at least 6 months and in whom blood access was via an AVF. AVF cannulation was performed with the needle bevel pointing upward in the first six sessions and the needle bevel pointing downwards (towards the skin) in the subsequent six sessions.

Evaluating the Novel Coronavirus infection outbreak surveillance results in a state hospital: a retrospective study.

Background: Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has raised the global public health concern and has been declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization.

Objectives: This study was aimed to examine the clinical course and outcomes of the patients with COVID-19 in the southeastern part of Turkey.

Methods: This retrospective study was conducted on the files of 173 patients who were diagnosed with COVID-19.

Integrating simulation based learning into nursing education programs: Hybrid simulation.

Background: Hybrid simulation can be developed with mannequins of any fidelity and tabletop simulators with a standardized patient to create a complex, high-level learning activity.

Objective: The aim of this study is to analyze the effects of a hybrid simulation technique used with nursing students in a scenario about the emergency setting.

Methods: This one-group pre-test post-test model quasi-experimental study was carried out with 39 students in Ankara, Turkey, from October 2014 to July 2015.

The reliability and validity of three questionnaires: The Student Satisfaction and Self-Confidence in Learning Scale, Simulation Design Scale, and Educational Practices Questionnaire.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to adapt the "Student Satisfaction and Self-Confidence in Learning Scale" (SCLS), "Simulation Design Scale" (SDS), and "Educational Practices Questionnaire" (EPQ) developed by Jeffries and Rizzolo into Turkish and establish the reliability and the validity of these translated scales.

Methods: A sample of 87 nursing students participated in this study. These scales were cross-culturally adapted through a process including translation, comparison with original version, back translation, and pretesting.

Investigation of the knowledge and attitudes of patients who are undergoing hemodialysis treatment regarding their arteriovenous fistula.

Purpose: The major cause of morbidity in hemodialysis patients is arteriovenous fistula deficiency. The patient should have adequate knowledge to ensure arteriovenous fistula patency. Our aim is to investigate the knowledge and attitude of the patients undergoing hemodialysis treatment regarding arteriovenous fistula.

Care Burden and Self-Efficacy Levels of Family Caregivers of Elderly People in Turkey.

The aim of this research was to determine the level of burden and self-efficacy among family caregivers of elderly people in Turkey. This study is descriptive and cross-sectional. A total of 658 family caregivers of elderly people were included in the study.

Evaluation of the effect on patient parameters of not monitoring gastric residual volume in intensive care patients on a mechanical ventilator receiving enteral feeding: A randomized clinical trial.

Purpose: This study aimed to evaluate the effects of not measuring gastric residual volume (GRV) in intensive care patients on a mechanical ventilator and receiving enteral feeding on the feeding intolerance, gastroesophageal reflux (GER) risk, and nutritional adequacy.

Methods: This randomized clinical study was performed in 2 medical intensive care units of 2 university hospitals in Ankara, Turkey. The patients were randomized into 2 groups.

Relationship between dialysis adequacy and sleep quality in haemodialysis patients.

Aim And Objectives: The aim of this study is to examine the relationship between dialysis adequacy and sleep quality in haemodialysis patients.

Background: Sleep problems are common in haemodialysis patients. Dialysis adequacy is one of the factors associated with sleep quality.

Determination of nursing students' expectations for faculty members and the perceived stressors during their education.

Background: In nursing education, there are several different factors which can affect the efficacy and quality of the education besides the interaction between the students and the educator. The necessity of giving theoretical and clinical education together may lead to various difficulties.

Purpose: We aimed to determine the features of faculties that are most sought after by nursing students and to identify the conditions that lead to stress in the education process.

Determination of the relationship between adequacy of dialysis and quality of life and self-care agency.

Aim And Objectives: To investigate the relationship between the dialysis adequacy and the quality of life and self-care agency.

Background: Haemodialysis (HD), which is the leading treatment option for chronic renal failure (CRF), leads to significant changes in the life of the patient. These changes affecting almost all the dimensions of life also negatively affect the quality of life and self-care agency.

Evaluation of an education and follow-up programme for implantable cardioverter defibrillator-implanted patients.

Aims And Objectives: To determine the experiences, problems and the need for care and education of implantable cardioverter defibrillator-implanted patients and to assess the effects of an education and nurse follow-up programme on their quality of life, anxiety, depression and knowledge level.

Background: Although implantable cardioverter defibrillator has become a well-established therapy for people experiencing potentially lethal dysrhythmias, implantable cardioverter defibrillator patients may have physical and psychosocial problems due to the implantation. Applying a planning education and follow-up programme to implantable cardioverter defibrillator-implanted patients may prevent the need for more intensive treatment during the postimplantation period.

Effectiveness of local cold application on skin burns and pain after transthoracic cardioversion.

Background: Transthoracic cardioversion (TTC) is widely used in emergency departments and daily clinical practice. TTC may cause skin lesions on the application of apical and sternal paddle areas. The lesions are characterised by redness, erythema and blister(s), and can be defined as first degree burns locally causing pain and increased sensitivity.

Health promotion and risk behaviors among adolescents in Turkey.

Adolescents experience the onset and development of several health-related behaviors. The purpose of this study is to determine health risk and promotion behaviors of adolescents between the ages of 11 and 19 who were attending and to test the reliability and validity analysis of the Turkish version of Adolescent Health Promotion Scale (AHPS). The study was a cross-sectional survey and the sample consisted of 1,351 participants.

Patient and nurse perceptions of stressors in the intensive care unit.

The objective of the study was to determine the perceptions of a group of patients on intensive care units' (ICUs) stressors and the perceptions of nurses on ICU patients' stressors in Turkey, and compare the differences in patients' and nurses' perception of the stressors in ICUs. In this descriptive study, 155 patients who were admitted to medical or surgical ICUs and 152 nurses who are employed in the same units of two training and research hospitals in Turkey were enrolled in this study. The ICU Environmental Stressor Scale (ICUESS) was used to determine intensive care stressors.

Women's breast cancer risk perception and attitudes toward screening tests.

This study's objective is to identify women's breast cancer risk perceptions and their attitudes and knowledge on screening tests. The cross-sectional research. Gulhane Military Medical Academy, Ankara, Turkey.

Analysis of patient-related barriers in cancer pain management in Turkish patients.

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the validity and reliability of the Barriers Questionnaire II (BQ-II) for Turkish patients and to define the patient-related barriers to cancer pain management in Turkey. For this, 170 patients with cancer who used or were still using analgesic medication for pain related to cancer participated in the study. It was found that patients have beliefs that may be barriers to optimal pain management, mostly in relation to addiction, and to a small extent, physical side effects.

Nurses' perceptions of the barriers to and the facilitators of research utilization in Turkey.

The aim of this study was to determine nurses' perceptions of the barriers to and facilitators of research utilization in Turkey. Barriers Scale was utilized in the research, and the population was 631 nurses. According to the research results, the first three important barriers were inadequate authority (63.

Global case management: using the case management model for the care of patients with acute myocardial infarction in a military hospital in Turkey.

This study was planned in an experimental manner to use the "case management model" for the care of patients with acute myocardial infarction (MI), and to determine the effect of this method on the quality of care, patient and nurse satisfaction, and the patient's inpatient duration at the hospital. Data for the study were obtained using the Patient Information Form, Acute MI Care Protocol (Clinical Pathway), Care Monitoring Scale and Scoring Form, Acute MI Nursing Care Plan, Patient Education Booklet, and a Patient and Nurse Satisfaction Evaluation Survey. Evaluation results showed that the patient group where the case management model was used had increased quality of care, decreased inpatient stay, and increased satisfaction of the patient and the nurse.