Şebnem Çınar Yücel

• Ege University

Background: Blood pressure (BP) measurement, which is frequently used in clinical practice and is known to have a significant place in determining the patient's clinical picture, is performed by nurses. Objectives: This study aimed to examine the effect of providing arterial BP instruction via simulation on the nursing students' psychomotor skill l...

This descriptive type study was conducted in order to determine the anxiety levels experienced by nursing students during IV intervention and the factors causing anxiety. The study was completed with a total of 260 students, 86 of whom were year-2, 72 were year-3, and 102 were year-4 students, who voluntarily participated in the study. Data were co...

Giriş: Hasta mahremiyeti, hemşirelik girişimleri sırasında korunması gereken en önemli ilkelerden biridir. Hemşirelerin hastayla 24 saat iletişim halinde olması rol ve sorumluluklarının artması sonucunda da çözümü zor etik sorunlarla karşılaşmalarına neden olmaktadır. Karşılaşılan bu etik sorunların tanılanması ve etkin bir şekilde çözülebilmesi iç...

Introduction: Bone Marrow Aspiration and Biopsy (BMAB) is a painful procedure that can causes anxiety in patients. Music can help reduce pain and anxiety levels in patients by directing their attention from negative stimuli towards pleasant and encouraging thoughts. Objective: This study aims to determine the effect of classical Turkish music on pa...

Purpose: The purpose of this research was to investigate the music therapy (MT) effect on blooddonation anxiety and vital signs of participants. Materials and Methods: The study is a simple blind, controlled, randomized clinical trial. Participants were allocated by means of randomized controlled sampling. The study was performed in the blood donat...

Aim: This research was planned to identify nurse managers' opinions on artificial intelligence and robot nurses. Background: As the concepts of artificial intelligence and robot nurses are becoming widespread in Turkey, nurse managers are expected to guide and cooperate with nurses in the future in regards to these technologies. Methods: The s...

Bu araştırma öğrenci hemşirelerin, hemşirelik alanındaki inovatif farkındalığının ve yenilikçilik düzeyinin belirlenmesi ve bu konuda farkındalık artırmak amacıyla planlanmıştır. Tanımlayıcı nitelikteki araştırmanın örneklemini çalışmaya katılmayı kabul eden bir devlet üniversitesinin hemşirelik fakültesinde öğrenim gören 331 hemşirelik öğrencileri...

This study is a cross-sectional study whose purpose was to investigate the level of knowledge of nursing students regarding Therapeutic Touch (TT).

Background PIVC is one of the essential procedures of modern medicine, and is one of the most widely used and important treatments in the clinical setting. Nevertheless, it is one of the most difficult skills to teach in nursing education, and it is the skill which causes the most anxiety in nursing students. Objectives The aim of the study was to...

Amaç: Bu araştırma, intörn hemşirelerin bireyselleştirilmiş bakım (BB) hakkında görüşlerini değerlendirmek amacıyla tanımlayıcı tipte yapılmıştır. Gereç ve Yöntem: Bu araştırmanın evrenini, bir hemşirelik fakültesinde okuyan 2015-2016 eğitim-öğretim yılı dördüncü sınıf öğrencileri (n=180), örneklemini ise araştırmaya katılmayı kabul eden 130 intörn...

Purpose: This study is a cross-sectional study whose purpose was to investigate the level of knowledge of nursing students regarding Therapeutic Touch (TT). Materials and methods: The study population was comprised of nursing students (N: 1200) in the 2017-2018 academic year. The sample group included 235 students. A questionnaire created by the co...

This study was carried out to investigate the effect of therapeutic touch on sleep quality in the elderly people living in the nursing homes. The study is a randomized controlled experimental study (pretest–posttest control group). The sample of the research consisted of 25 elderly people. As a result of the study, although there was a significant...

This study was carried out to investigate the effects of hand massage and therapeutic touch on comfort and anxiety in the elderly living in nursing homes. The study was designed as a randomized controlled, experimental study (with a pre- and posttest control group). The study population comprised 255 older people aged 65–89 living in a nursing home...

Aim: This systematic review was carried out to evaluate the studies about therapeutic touch which were conducted after the year of 2000. Methodology: The databases such as Pubmed, Cochrane and Medline were searched to find related articles. Key words such as touch, therapeutic touch, nursing, therapeutic touch nursing and touch therapy were used to...

The study was designed as a randomized controlled experimental study with a pretest/posttest and a control group. The study sample comprised 56 seniors who resided in a nursing home. The study data were collected using the "Mini-Mental State Examination," "Identification Form," "General Comfort Questionnaire," and "Beck Anxiety Inventory." While th...

Purpose: This research is an experimental randomized controlled study (pretest-posttest control group of the study) which is carried out to investigate the effect on sleep quality of two different types of music in older people who had poor quality of sleep in rest home.Method and material: Research was conducted in a rest home in İzmir between the...

Purpose: This research is an experimental study (randomized controlled) which is carried out to investigate the effect on anxiety of hand massage and acupressure therapy in patients having mechanical ventilation support. Method and material: This randomized controlled research was conducted in Intensive care units of Ege University Faculty of Medi...

Objective: The aim of this study was to compare the blood pressure measurements obtained using 22x32 cm (standard) and 32x42 cm (wide) cuffs in individuals with large arm circumferences. Method: A descriptive and cross sectional study was carried out in the obesity clinics of a university hospital between April and November 2011. The study included...

Purpose: Aim of this study is to examine the relationship between the sleep and life of rheumatoid arthritis patients and the factors affecting this relationship. Method and material: This research is a descriptive design study. This study was conducted in the Rheumatology polyclinic of a university hospital between January 2011 and June 2011 in İ...

This study was undertaken to determine sleep quality and quality of life, anxiety and depression in patients with type 2 diabetes in a Turkish university hospital in 2010. “The Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI)”, “the Short Form-36 Quality of Life Scale” (SF36), “Beck Depression Inventory” (BDI), “Beck Anxiety Inventory” (BAI) and self-designed...

Çinar Yücel Ş, Eşer İ, Kocaçal Güler E, Khorshid L. International Journal of Nursing Practice 2011; 17: 502–508 Nursing diagnoses in patients having mechanical ventilation support in a respiratory intensive care unit in Turkey This research was carried out to find out the nursing diagnoses in patients who have mechanical ventilation support in a re...

There are limited studies on nursing diagnoses of the elderly living in nursing homes worldwide. This study aimed to define the most frequent nursing diagnoses in the elderly residents of a nursing home elder care and rehabilitation center. Seventy-four elderly individuals were included in the study. Data were collected using the "Elderly Individua...