Urinary Catheter-Related Meatal Pressure Injury Risk Factors in Male Critical Care Patients: A Prospective Repeated-Measures Study.

Objective: Urinary catheter-related meatal pressure injury (UCR-MPI) is a preventable and serious complication of indwelling urinary catheter use. This prospective study aimed to determine the prevalence and risk factors of UCR-MPI in male critical care patients.

Methods: A total of 138 male patients 18 years and older using an indwelling urinary catheter were included in the study.

Acute Side effects and health care requirements in breast cancer patients treated with radiotherapy.

Objectives: To identify the unmet needs of breast cancer patients undergoing radiotherapy METHODS: A pretest-posttest single-group experimental design, a variation of the experimental research approach, was employed in this investigation. The study's sample consisted of 28 breast cancer patients undergoing radiotherapy at the radiation oncology clinic of a training and research hospital between November 2021 and April 2022. The sample size was determined using G*Power 3.

Validity and Reliability of the Baby Eating Behaviour Questionnaire in a Turkey Sample.

The research was centered on developing a Turkish version of the Baby Eating Behaviour Questionnaire (BEBQ), ensuring cultural and linguistic adaptation while upholding its reliability and validity. Employing a methodological approach, the study encompassed 202 mothers whose infants were aged between 0 and 6 months. Data collection took place from December 2022 to January 2023, utilizing the Parent Demographic Questionnaire and BEBQ.

Resistive Warming Mattress, Forced-Air Warming System, or a Combination of the Two in the Prevention of Intraoperative Inadvertent Hypothermia: A Randomized Trial.

Purpose: To prevent intraoperative inadvertent hypothermia (IIH), resistive products and forced-air warming systems are often used simultaneously. There is insufficient evidence to show whether this application is clinically more effective than a single active warming device. The aim of this study is to compare the efficacy a single intraoperative active warming method with combined methods in IIH prevention.

Healing Status of Pressure Injuries Among Critically Ill Patients in a Turkish Hospital: A Descriptive, Retrospective Study.

Unlabelled: Evaluating the healing status of pressure injuries is important to planning medical and nursing care.

Purpose: A descriptive, retrospective study was conducted to determine the healing status of pressure injuries among critically ill immobile patients.

Methods: Data were obtained via medical record review of all patients admitted to a Turkish university hospital's anesthesiology intensive care unit (ICU) between January 2008 and December 2015.

Forensic Cases in the Operating Room: Knowledge and Practices of Physicians and Nurses.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate physicians' and nurses' knowledge and practices regarding forensic cases in the operating room.

Design: This is a descriptive study.

Methods: The sample consisted of 139 physicians and 59 nurses working in the operating rooms of a university hospital.