Effects of Orange Oil Aromatherapy on Pain and Anxiety During Invasive Interventions in Patients With Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplants.

Invasive interventions, such as peripheral intravenous cannula, port needle placement, and blood collection, are often required for both inpatient and outpatient follow-up patients with hematological malignancies and hematopoietic stem cell transplants. This prospective, randomized controlled experimental study assessed the effect of orange oil inhalation used in aromatherapy on pain and anxiety levels in invasive interventions with hematological malignancies and hematopoietic stem cell transplants. It was conducted prospectively with 80 patients with hematological malignancies who were treated in the adult bone marrow transplant unit and adult hematology service of a private hospital between May 2021 and April 2022.

Effect of Reflexology on Decreasing Postoperative Pain and Anxiety After Total Abdominal Hysterectomy.

Surgical patients experience both postoperative pain and anxiety, as they try to cope with pain. Despite technological advances, pharmacological methods are inadequate for decreasing postoperative pain and anxiety. Reflexology has been implemented and considered effective in these areas in many countries.

The Effects of Bed Bathing on Vital Signs and Oxygen Saturation in Children Who Are Connected to Mechanical Ventilation.

Aim: This study is a quasi-experimental research that was conducted to evaluate the effects of bathing on vital signs and oxygen saturation in intubated children who are connected to mechanical ventilation.

Methods: The study sample consisted of children who are treated in the pediatric intensive care unit, University of Istanbul Cerrahpasa Faculty of Medicine Hospital. A total of 60 children who met the criteria of the sample group were included in the study.

Consciousness assessment: A questionnaire of current neuroscience nursing practice in Europe.

Aims And Objectives: To study practice in consciousness assessment among neuroscience nurses in Europe.

Background: Over the years, several instruments have been developed to assess the level of consciousness for patients with brain injury. It is unclear which instrument is being used by nurses in Europe and how they are trained to use these tools adequately.

Nutritional status in patients with head and neck cancer undergoing radiotherapy: a longitudinal study.

Purpose: Patients with head and neck cancers are susceptible to malnutrition during radiotherapy. This study aimed to determine the changes in the nutritional status and its determinants in patients with head and neck cancer during radiotherapy.

Methods: This prospective observational study was performed in an outpatient Radiation Oncology clinic with a sample of 54 patients.

The relationship between critical thinking and emotional intelligence in nursing students: A longitudinal study.

Background: Emotional Intelligence and critical thinking are regarded as important traits that nurses have which may influence the quality of their work including clinical decision-making and reasoning ability and adoption of evidence-based practice and practice-based knowledge.

Objectives: The aim of this study is to investigate nursing students' critical thinking dispositions and emotional intelligence as an essential skill, over the course of the undergraduate nursing program.

Design: A longitudinal design.

Precautions Taken by Nurses about the Prevention of Hospital-Acquired Infections in Intensive Care Units.

Objective: To determine the precautions that nurses take for avoiding hospital-acquired infections in intensive care units of a State University Medical Faculty Hospital in Istanbul.

Methods: The research data were collected by a questionnaire developed by the authors. The study was conducted in intensive care units of a medical faculty hospital of a state university in Istanbul province.

Determining type 2 diabetes risk factors for the adults: A community based study from Turkey.

Aims: This study aimed to determine risk factors for type 2 diabetes among adults who were not diagnosed with diabetes.

Methods: Adults were included in this study within the public activities performed on World Diabetes Day (n=1872). Data were collected using the FINDRISC questionnaire and a short questionnaire.

The effect of different types of music on patients' preoperative anxiety: A randomized controlled trial.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to determine effect of three different types of music on patients' preoperative anxiety.

Method: This randomized controlled trial included 180 patients who were randomly divided into four groups. While the control group didn't listen to music, the experimental groups respectively listened to natural sounds, Classical Turkish or Western Music for 30 min.

Effect of Early Postoperative Feeding on the Recovery of Children Post Appendectomy.

The aim of this study was to determine the effect of early postoperative feeding on recovery after appendectomy in children. It was undertaken as a multicenter study. Patients were randomly assigned to 2 groups, each containing 46 children.

The level of collaboration amongst nurses in Turkey.

Aim: This study was conducted to determine the level of collaboration amongst nurses in Turkey.

Background: Collaboration amongst nurses is thought to increase nurse-physician collaboration and decrease medical mistakes. It has been connected with positive patient outcomes and increased job satisfaction for nurses.

Validity and Reliability of the Turkish Version of the Multiple Sclerosis-Related Symptom Checklist.

Introduction: Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a disease that causes different symptoms in each attack and has an individual-specific course. Detailed questioning and recording of MS symptoms is important for developing a management plan for individual-specific symptoms. The present study was planned to evaluate the validity and reliability of the Turkish version of "Multiple Sclerosis-Related Symptom Checklist" (MS-RS), which has been developed for patients to personally follow-up the symptoms they experience.

Fear of childbirth in urban and rural regions of Turkey: Comparison of two resident populations.

Objective: Childbirth is a natural physiological event experienced by many women; however, it is frequently also a source of fear in women. Rates of cesarean sections in Turkey are higher in the urban areas than in the rural areas. We hypothesized that lower fear of childbirth (FOC) rates would be observed in the city having the lowest cesarean section rates in Turkey.

Assessing Neonatal Pain, Duration of Crying and Procedure Time following Use of Automatic or Manual Heel Lances: A Randomized Controlled Study.

Objective: The objective of this study was to compare neonatal pain, duration of crying and procedure time following use of automatic or manual heel lancets.

Methods: This randomized trial was conducted with neonates undergoing heel prick procedures in a neonatal intensive care unit for routine blood bilirubin monitoring. An information form, an observation form and the Neonatal Infant Pain Scale (NIPS) were used.

The attitudes of emergency department nurses towards patient safety.

This research was planned to identify the attitudes of emergency department nurses towards patient safety. The study was performed as descriptive. The universe of the research the universe comprised hospitals defined as 3rd level according to Turkish health care classification, which provides service to all health disciplines in Istanbul.

Effects of swaddled and traditional tub bathing methods on crying and physiological responses of newborns.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of two bathing methods on crying duration and physiological measurements of newborns.

Design And Methods: A randomized trial design was used in this study. The sample consisted of newborns (n = 80) who were admitted to neonatal intensive care unit of a university hospital located in a large city.

The effect of education of nurses on preventing catheter-associated urinary tract infections in patients who undergo hip fracture surgery.

Aims And Objectives: The aim of the study was to investigate the effect of educating nurses on preventing catheter-associated urinary tract infections in patients who undergo hip fracture surgery.

Background: Urinary tract infections after hip fracture surgery are observed at a rate of 12% to 61%, and the most important risk factor associated with urinary tract infection is considered to be the presence of urinary catheters. Nurse education about the use and management of urinary catheters is important to decrease the risk of urinary tract infections.

[Nursing care in elderly patients with cardiovascular disease].

Aging is a process that has biological, physiological, psychological, sociological and chronological dimensions and can be defined from different directions. The incidence of cardiovascular diseases such as hypertension, coronary heart disease, heart failure, dysrhythmia and heart valve diseases is increasing with age. Cardiovascular diseases are the most common cause of death in people over 65 years of age.

Coping and Help-Seeking Behaviors for Management of Urinary Incontinence.

Objectives: To describe the coping strategies and help-seeking behaviors of women and men with urinary incontinence (UI).

Methods: In cross-sectional study, 156 women and 106 men Turkish with UI were interviewed using a questionnaire covering 29 questions.

Results: It was determined that 50.

Sexual life of women in the climacterium: A community-based study.

Our purpose of conducting this community-based study was to determine sexual functions of women in climacterium and effects of menopausal symptoms on sexual functions. It was descriptive, cross-sectional, and community-based. The study sample consisted of 282 climacteric women.

Validity and Reliability of the Turkish Version of the Monitoring My Multiple Sclerosis Scale.

Introduction: This research was conducted to adapt the Monitoring My Multiple Sclerosis (MMMS) scale, which is a scale used for self-evaluation by multiple sclerosis (MS) patients of their own health and quality of life, to Turkish and to determine the psychometric properties of the scale.

Methods: The methodological research was conducted in the outpatient MS clinic of a university hospital between January and September 2013. The sample in this study consisted of 140 patients aged above 18 who had a diagnosis of definite MS.

The future of Turkish nursing 2050: perceptions of nurses and nurse educators.

Aim: To explore the perceptions of nurses and nurse educators regarding the future of nursing by the year 2050 in Turkey.

Background: Social changes, rapid population growth, globalization and worldwide environmental problems will cause greater changes in the field of health and health care in the near future than they have in the past. Undoubtedly, these changes will directly affect nursing.

An Investigation of Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms in Women Aged 40 and Over.

Objective: The objective of this study was to determine lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) and associated risk factors in women aged 40 years and over.

Methods: The study was carried out with a total of 312 women. The data were collected between 1 January 2009 and 30 July 2010.

Psychosocial Adaptation and Depressive Manifestations in High-Risk Pregnant Women: Implications for Clinical Practice.

Background: High-risk pregnancy research has focused primarily on psychological well-being.

Aims: The aim is to determine psychosocial adaptation and depression levels of pregnant women who were admitted to hospital with diagnosis of high-risk pregnancy.

Methods: This study was descriptive.

An analysis of alumni performance: A study of the quality of nursing education.

Background: The professional performance level of their alumni is one of the quality indicators of educational institutions. Nursing education institutions can use their alumni's performance analysis results to enhance their curricula, eliminate deficiencies, improve the quality of education and graduate more highly qualified nurses.

Objective And Design: This is a descriptive, cross-sectional and comparative study, which aimed to determine the professional performances of nurses who graduated from the same nursing faculty.