Aim: This study was conducted to identify the determinants of the attitudes of postgraduate nurses towards postgraduate education.
Background: Postgraduate education in nursing contributes to many individual and professional gains. For this reason, nurses' attitudes towards postgraduate education are gaining importance.
Purpose: This study was aimed to review and analyze the evidence of the psychosocial interventions for survivors of childhood cancer.
Methods: Electronic databases (PubMed, Embase, Medline, Web of Science, Science Direct, and Scopus) and manuel search were performed for psychosocial randomised controlled trials (RCTs) conducted with survivors who were diagnosed under the age of 18 and have completed treatment. Meta-analyses were performed to evaluate the effects of interventions on psychosocial health outcomes.
Objective: This study aimed to explore the school re-entry experiences of Turkish survivors of childhood and adolescent cancer.
Data Sources: In this qualitative study, semistructured in-depth interviews were undertaken with parents of childhood cancer survivors who had completed treatment for at least 2 years (n = 20). Interviews were conducted via telephone or video conferencing.
Purpose: Mucopolysaccharidosis increases morbidity and mortality by causing physical and mental limitations in children. Parents experience various difficulties, mostly due to delayed diagnosis and difficult treatment processes. This study aims to examine the experiences of parents regarding their child's illness process.
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Purpose: It is important to determine the approaches for oral mucositis (OM) care in pediatric oncology clinics to reflect the profile of practices. The aim of this study was to report on current nursing care approaches for OM in Türkiye.
Methods: The descriptive, cross-sectional study was conducted with nurse managers in pediatric oncology centers in Türkiye between April and December 2022.
Aim: To explore how the nursing profession reflected on Twitter in Turkey about the Nursing Week celebration during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Background: The COVID-19 pandemic affected the whole world, made every aspect of life extremely difficult, and required excessive involvement by healthcare professionals-especially nurses. Nurses have played a key role in meeting the care needs of people during this time.
Objective: The aim of this study was to explore adolescent survivors' views and expectations about long-term follow-up care.
Methods: Semi-structured, in-depth interviews were conducted with 16 adolescent survivors of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukaemia. Survivors who had completed treatment at least 2 years ago were involved in the study.
Background: E-learning is a relatively recent and rapidly expanding trend of nursing education that increased particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic. Therefore, assessing the attitudes of nursing students towards e-learning with standardized tools has gained importance.
Aim: To determine the validity and reliability of nursing students' attitudes towards e-learning (NSA-E-learning) scale.
Background: In addition to increased survivorship in childhood leukemia, a small but significant number of survivors experience psychosocial challenges that affect their health-related quality of life (QOL) that require interventions to address these challenges.
Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of the technology-based, psychosocial education and counseling program on survivors' QOL, self-efficacy, and coping skills within the scope of a health promotion model for adolescent survivors of childhood leukemia.
Methods: The randomized controlled trial was conducted with adolescent survivors of childhood leukemia who were between the ages of 12 and 18 and had completed treatment at least 2 years previously.
Background: Simulation is an important learning-teaching tool for integrating theory and practice in nursing education.
Objective: The aim of this study was to develop and to conduct the validity and reliability of a self-evaluation scale for simulation laboratory practices (SES-SLP) with undergraduate nurses.
Methods: The study sample consisted of 220 undergraduate nursing students.
The aim of this study was to explore the perceptions of adolescents about spirituality via semistructured, in-depth interviews. A qualitative research design using interviews was performed with 17 adolescents in a mostly Muslim region in Turkey. Interviews were conducted via five open-ended questions.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFParents need to constantly monitor their children with inherited metabolic diseases (IMDs) and have difficulty coordinating care. The aim of this descriptive study was to determine the symptoms and problems in children with IMDs and factors affecting caregiver burden. The study was conducted in a pediatric hospital.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: The majority of problems and symptoms occur in the gastrointestinal system in children with cancer. Parents have difficulty in coping with the nutritional problems and changing routines of children and need support in this respect. This study aimed to assess the nutritional problems of children with cancer and the information needs of their parents.
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