Kangaroo Mother Care on Perfusion Index, Heart Rate, and Oxygen Saturation in Premature Infants Who were Discharged Early and Admitted to The Neonatal Intensive Care Unit: A Randomized Control Tria.

Aim: To determine the effect of kangaroo mother care (KMC) on perfusion index, heart rate, and oxygen saturation in premature infants who were discharged early and admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) in the following days.

Methods: This study has a randomized controlled experimental design and uses a pretest-posttest control group model. This study included infants between December 2019 and December 2020 who were discharged early and subsequently admitted to the NICU.

Observational Retrospective Cohort Two Centred Study on External Ventricular Drain-Related Infections in US and Turkey.

Aim: To compare external ventricular drain-related infection (EVD-RI) rates of two Academic Medical Centers in Turkey and the US in order to determine the key factors.

Material And Methods: We performed an observational retrospective cohort study to compare the EVD-RI rates between two hospitals (Hospital T in Turkey; Hospital A in US). We analyzed data gathered from 736 patients (Hospital T, n=237; Hospital A, n=499), in a total of 736 EVD cases which occurred between January 1, 2013 and December 31, 2018.

The Effects of Training on Knowledge and Beliefs About Breast Cancer and Early Diagnosis Methods Among Women.

Objective: Breast cancer (BC) is the most common female malignancy in the world and Turkey. Its prevalence and mortality are surprisingly increasing at a rapid rate. The objective of this study was to determine the effectiveness of training sessions on women's knowledge of relevant risk factors of BC and screening methods, screening behaviors and health beliefs among of healthy women in Turkey.

Turkish translation and adaptation of Champion's Health Belief Model Scales for breast cancer mammography screening.

Aims And Objectives: To examine the translation and adaptation process from English to Turkish and the validity and reliability of the Champion's Health Belief Model Scales for Mammography Screening. Its aim (1) is to provide data about and (2) to assess Turkish women's attitudes and behaviours towards mammography.

Background: The proportion of women who have mammography is lower in Turkey.

Sleep quality of hospitalized patients in surgical units.

Aim: The aim of this study was to determine the sleep quality of the patients hospitalized in surgical units and the factors that influence it.

Method: The research was a randomized descriptive study. It was conducted in the surgical clinics of Sivas Cumhuriyet University Health Services Research Hospital.

The nurse's role in providing information to surgical patients and family members in Turkey: a descriptive study.

In 2008, we conducted a nonexperimental, cross-sectional, descriptive study in the surgical services department of a hospital in Istanbul, Turkey, with the aim of determining how much information was required by perioperative patients and their family members, the extent to which this information was provided, and the role that nurses play in this process. We included a total of 394 outpatients and inpatients and their family members (ie, 197 patients, 197 family members) and 30 nurses in the study. We collected the research data by using one questionnaire for patients, a second for family members of patients, and a third for nurses.

The effect of analgesic education on pain in patients undergoing breast surgery: within 24 hours after the operation.

Aim: The goal of this study was to assess the effect of patient information about the analgesics used after breast surgery, on patient's level of pain and mobilisation ability.

Background: Pain needs to be managed efficiently; in particular, for surgical cases, postoperative pain must be effectively controlled. Information about analgesic helped reduce the severity of pain.

Reasons for nursing telephone counseling from individuals discharged in the early postoperative period after breast surgery.

Unlabelled: The aim of this study was to determine the rate of and causes of asking for telephone counseling in patients undergoing modified radical mastectomy (MRM) and breast-conserving surgery (BCS), and discharged one night after surgery.

Method: This is a randomized descriptive study. This study was conducted on surgery service of a university hospital in Istanbul, Turkey, with MRM and BCS patients.