Effects of the supportive care needs of patients with cancer on their comfort levels.

Background: Providing supportive care to patients with cancer and improving their comfort levels can promote their adjustment to the disease, compliance with treatment and improve their quality of life.

Aim: The aim of this cross-sectional, descriptive study was to identify the effects of the supportive care needs of cancer patients on their comfort levels.

Methods: The study was performed in the oncology department of a university hospital.

The effect of sexual health courses on the level of nursing students' sexual/reproductive health knowledge and sexual myths beliefs in Turkey: A pretest-posttest control group design.

Purpose: Identified the effect of sexual health courses on the level of sexual health knowledge and sexual myths beliefs among Turkish university students.

Design And Methods: This study used a pretest-posttest control group quasi-experimental research design. Data were collected from 130 students using questionnaire form, sexual health knowledge test (SHKT), and sexual myths form (SMF).

The effect of duration of pressure on bruising and pain in the subcutaneous heparin injection site.

Aim: The aim of this study was to determine the effect on pain and bruising of pressure applied for different durations after subcutaneous heparin injection.

Methods: This research was a quasi-experimental study. The research was performed with 60 patients.

Investigation of the effect of the virtual reality application on experimental pain severity in healthy.

Objective: This study aimed to investigate the effect of virtual reality application on experimental ischemic pain created with a blood pressure instrument in healthy volunteers.

Methods: The research sample consisted of 172 volunteer adult students who conformed to the inclusion criteria. These individuals were assigned into an experimental (n=86) and a control group (n=86) by a simple randomization method.

Pain experiences of patients with advanced cancer: A qualitative descriptive study.

Purpose: Uncontrolled pain, especially in patients with advanced cancer, affects quality of life negatively and causes negative physical and psychological conditions. The aim of this study was to explore the pain experiences of patients with advanced cancer and how they manage with pain, and to present a view of pain management approaches of nurses from the perspectives of the patients.

Methods: This was a qualitative descriptive study of sixteen hospitalized patients with advanced cancer.

Research on Sleep Quality and the Factors Affecting the Sleep Quality of the Nursing Students.

Purpose: This research has been conducted in order to examine the quality of sleep and the factors affecting the sleep quality.

Material/methods: The sample of this descriptive research is comprised of 223 volunteer students studying at Uludağ University Faculty of Health Sciences Department of Nursing. Research datas have been collected through personal features survey and Pittsburg Sleep Quality Index(PSQI).