Bahar Candas

Karadeniz Technical University · Department of Surgical Disease Nursing

Online-learning has been adopted as an alternative learning method in Turkey during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) quarantine to fill the gap left in academia due to the nationwide pandemic-related quarantine. The aim of the study is to examine the relationship between academic self-efficacy and motivation, as well as the mediator role of anxie...

Objective To find out the opinions concerning vaccine hesitancy of people and influencing factors who had not received COVID-19 vaccination. Methods This is a descriptive cross-sectional study. It was carried out between February and April 2022 with individuals who were not vaccinated against COVID-19. It included 634 participants registered at a...

The shortening of the discharge time due to technological developments requires the patients to be discharged with sufficient information about the recovery process they will spend at home. Consequently, discharge planning and patient education are becoming more and more important in surgical patient care day by day. The aim of the study is to dete...

Aim The aim of this study was to determine the effect of web‐based patient education on anxiety in patients scheduled for thyroid surgery. A secondary aim was to evaluate the patients' postoperative recovery outcomes. Design This study is a randomized controlled trial. Method The study was conducted at a university hospital in Turkey between Sept...

Aim and Background: Identifying the learning styles is important to ensure full and effective learning in nursing students studying in a field that requires clinical practice and experience. For this aim, determined the dominant learning styles of nursing students and to evaluate the affecting factors using the decision tree method. Methods: The st...

Background Core outcome sets (COS) should be relevant to key stakeholders and widely applicable and usable. Ideally, they are developed for international use to allow optimal data synthesis from trials. Electronic Delphi surveys are commonly used to facilitate global participation; however, this has limitations. It is common for these surveys to be...

Background 80% of individuals with cancer will require a surgical procedure, yet little comparative data exist on early outcomes in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs). We compared postoperative outcomes in breast, colorectal, and gastric cancer surgery in hospitals worldwide, focusing on the effect of disease stage and complications on...

p>Background: 80% of individuals with cancer will require a surgical procedure, yet little comparative data exist on early outcomes in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs). We compared postoperative outcomes in breast, colorectal, and gastric cancer surgery in hospitals worldwide, focusing on the effect of disease stage and complications...

This descriptive study was conducted to identify the motivation levels of university students, factors affecting their motivation, and students' opinions concerning their professions. The study sample consisted of 211 students attending the Vocational School of Health Services. Data were assembled using a “Questionnaire Form” and the “Motivation So...

The study was conducted to opinions the knowledge and opinions of Karadeniz Technical University Health Services Vocational School students on Complementary applications. The sample of this descriptive study consisted of 230 students studying at KTU Health Services Vocational School. The data were collected using a questionnaire. Number and percent...

Aim:Nutritional screening tools are mainly used to identify patients at risk of malnutrition. We aimed to compare commonly used nutritional tools in assessing the nutritional status of patients undergoing surgery for gastric cancer.Methods:Consecutive patients undergoing surgery for gastric cancer between January 2017 and May 2019 were retrospectiv...

Aims: To examine the incidence of intraoperative peripheral nerve injury, symptoms, risk factors, functions and quality of life in patients undergoing robotic-assisted laparoscopic surgery to lithotomy positioning with steep Trendelenburg. Design: A systematic review. Data sources: The Cochrane Library catalogue, PubMed, EMBASE, CINHAL and Sve...

Foods that are consumed in the form of food with a daily diet, without a synthetic component, are defined as functional foods, with nutrients that reduce the risk of disease formation with different factors, health and good condition enhancing properties. The aim of this study is to determine the factors that affect the consumption level, knowledge...

This presentation is related to a research results about operating room nursing

Care bundle is defined as the implementation of interventions together that when each one of them are executed individually, the patient outcomes are affected positively. All of the interventions that constituted the concept of the care bundle, which were initiated by the Institute for Healthcare Improvement in 2001, are in accordance with evidence...

Enhanced Recovery After Surgery Protocol and Nurse's Role Today, with advances in surgical practices and anesthesia techniques, as distinct from the traditional approach, the patient care in surgical process is based on evidence-based practice. Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) protocol or so called Fast Track Surgery (FTS) is located among th...

Aim: Although retained foreign bodies are a rare and preventable problem, it is one of the medical errors in surgery can have heavy medico-legal consequences. Retained sponges can cause significant morbidity, prolonged hospital stay, postoperative complications, pain and disabilities. Also the costs associated with treatment of retained surgical it...

Aim: Although retained foreign bodies are a rare and preventable problem, it is one of the medical errors in surgery can have heavy medico-legal consequences. Retained sponges can cause significant morbidity, prolonged hospital stay, postoperative complications, pain and disabilities. Also the costs associated with treatment of retained surgical it...

Purpose: The purpose of this research study was to determine the effect of preoperative visits by the operating room (OR) nurse on patient stress levels before undergoing surgery. Design: This research was a quasi-experimental study. Methods: The research sample included patients (N = 179) who were hospitalized for surgery during 6 months in t...

Providing “Patient Safety in Surgery” is one of the main elements of patient safety. Providing safe surgery is achieved with the collaboration of inpatient service, operating room and postoperative care unit at each phase of surgical care and treatment. Because operating rooms are the places where the personnel work hard with heavy burden and stres...

Objectives: The study was designed to determine the sensitivity of physicians and nurses regarding ethical dilemmas experienced during patient care delivery in intensive care units (ICU). Materials and Methods: The study included a total of 41 physicians and 130 nurses working in the ICUs of a university hospital, three state hospi- tals, and a pri...