Evaluation of Compliance of Clinical Nutrition Practices in with ESPEN Guidelines in Turkey

Objective: This study was planned to assess clinical nutrition practices and compliance with ESPEN guidelines in Turkey. Material and Method: The study was conducted on the online platform with 60 dieticians who were in the nutritional support team in different provinces of Turkey. The online form consists of sections on the particulars of the nutritional support team and an assessment of disease-specific nutrition practices. Results: Dietitians’ 60% stated that NST (Nutritional Support Team) in their institution had training in clinical nutrition. While all the participants stated that th ...Daha fazlası

Family Needs in Intensive Care: Comparison of Family-Nurse Perceptions

AYŞE AKBIYIK

Objective: The aim of this study was to determine the importance level of the needs of family members according to the perceptions of family members and nurses, and the satisfaction level of these needs. Material and Method: The research was carried out in the internal medicine and intensive care units of a university hospital. 100 family members and 105 nurses were participated. Critical Care Family Needs Inventory was used to determine the importance and satisfaction levels of the family members ‘needs. Results: According to the "Critical Care Family Needs Inventory", the needs of family ...Daha fazlası

An Application for Automated Diagnosis of Facial Dermatological Diseases

ABSTRACT Objective: Dermatological diseases are public health problems. Several factors including subjective diagnosis, lack of enough dermatologists, inability to go to a dermatologist due to old age, psychological problems or pandemic like coronavirus enforce to use automated techniques in dermatology. In the literature, there are many techniques on automated lesion classification to provide accurate, objective, reliable and reproducible results for the diagnosis of several dermatological diseases. However, although the techniques are promising, they become useless without a user interface ...Daha fazlası

‘I’m not a Schizophrenic!’ Qualitative Research on the Life Stories of Women Diagnosed with Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder

MELİKE TEKİNDAL

Objective: Making the life stories of women diagnosed with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder visible with a feminist social work approach. Material and Methods: In this study, narrative research with qualitative research method was used. In-depth semi-structured interviews were conducted with 12 women who were selected according to the purposive sampling method. The data were analyzed using thematic content analysis method and the MAXQDA 20 program. Results: In the content analysis of the data, three life focus themes emerged when the life stories of women with schizophrenia and bipolar diagn ...Daha fazlası

The Position of Nurses in the Healthcare Team in 2020

2020 is the International Year of the Nurse and Midwife and the 200th anniversary of Florence Nightingale’s birth; a year meant for celebration, and a deeper look at the importance of the nursing role in the future of healthcare. Today, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the role of the nurse and the urgent need for investment of this precious resource is at the forefront of many health policy makers’ agendas. As we entered 2020, many countries were already facing a nursing shortage. The World Health Organization’s first State of the World’s Nursing report, launched in April this year, reported a g ...Daha fazlası

Effect Of Face To Face Education On Patient’s Anxiety In Perioperative Period: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Objective: This study was conducted to examine the effect of preoperative introductory training, to be performed for patients who would undergo an operation for gynecological surgery, on anxiety level. Material and Method: This study designed as a randomized controlled trial. It constituted the research population 60 patients, who would undergo an operation for gynecological surgery for the first time. All patients were visited by the researcher in the clinic environment the day/night before the surgery, information was given about the study, the questionnaire and State-Trait Anxiety Scale wer ...Daha fazlası

Biochemical Relationship Between Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase Deficiency and COVID-19 And Effects Of Glutathione Supplements

ABSTRACT Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) is an enzyme in the pentose phosphate pathway involved in the production of the reduced form of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADPH). One of the most common inherited enzyme abnormalities is G6PD deficiency. G6PD enzyme deficiency facilitates human coronavirus infection due to glutathione (GSH) depletion. Depletion of glutathione due to blockage of the pentose phosphate pathway can hardly preserve the oxidative and anti-oxidative balance. GSH protects the body from the harmful effects of oxidative damage from excess reactive oxy ...Daha fazlası

Factors Affecting the Knowledge Level and Attitudes of Nurses about Pain Management

YASEMİN TOKEM

Amaç: Tanımlayıcı tipte planlanan bu çalışmanın amacı; ağrı yönetimi konusunda hemşirelerin davranışları ve bilgi düzeylerini etkileyen faktörlerin belirlenmesidir. Gereç ve Yöntem: Çalışmanın popülasyonu bir devlet hastanesinin dahili, cerrahi servisleri ve yoğun bakımlarında çalışan hemşirelerdir. Çalışmaya toplam 79 hemşire dahil edilmiştir. Veriler güncel literatürde bulunan “Hemşire Tanımlayıcı Bilgi Formu”, “Hemşirelerin Ağrı Üzerine Bilgi ve Tutum Anketi”, “Ağrıya Karşı Müdahale Uygulama Formu” formlarından elde edilen standart bir anket ile toplanmıştır. Bulgular: Araştırmaya katılan h ...Daha fazlası

Comparison of Student Satisfaction According to Three Different Education Models in Nursing Education

FEYZA DERELİ | HATİCE YILDIRIM SARI | YASEMİN TOKEM

Objective: The objective of the study is to determine student satisfaction in classical, integrated and problem-based learning education model used in nursing education. Material and Methods: The descriptive-comparative research design study consisted of 621 students from the third and fourth grades (senior-nursing students) in nursing schools with different education models. The data were collected by face to face interview method using the Socio-Demographic Attributes Form and Student Satisfaction Scale. Student Satisfaction Scale consists of the sub-dimensions of instructors, school adminis ...Daha fazlası

Attitudes Toward Evidence-Based Nursing: The Situation of Pre- and Post-Graduation

NURAY EGELİOĞLU CETİŞLİ | YASEMİN TOKEM | EKİN DİLA TOPALOĞLU ÖREN | GÜLŞEN IŞIK | SEDA ÇETİN AVCI

Amaç: Bu çalışmanın amacı kanıta dayalı hemşireliğe yönelik mezuniyet öncesinde ve sonrasında katılımcıların tutumlarını, etkileyen faktörleri belirlemek ve karşılaştırmaktır.Gereç ve Yöntem: Çalışmanın birinci aşamasında veriler, dördüncü sınıfta öğrenim gören (n=171) öğrencilere Birey Tanıtım Formu ve Öğrencilerin Kanıta Dayalı Hemşirelik Konusundaki Bilgi, Tutum ve Davranışları Ölçeği kullanılarak toplanmıştır. Araştırmanın ikinci aşaması mezunlar (n=103) ile yürütülmüştür. İkinci aşamada veriler Kanıta Dayalı Hemşireliğe Yönelik Tutum Ölçeği kullanılarak toplanmıştır. Bulgular: Katılımcıla ...Daha fazlası