BackgroundSevere damage was experienced in 10 provinces in Turkey, and the north of Syria, with t... more BackgroundSevere damage was experienced in 10 provinces in Turkey, and the north of Syria, with the earthquakes that hit Kahramanmaraş at midnight and afternoon on February 6, 2023.AimThe authors aimed to give brief information to the international nursing community about the situation related to earthquakes in the aspects of nurses.ConclusionThese earthquakes caused traumatic processes in the affected regions. Many people, including nurses and other healthcare professionals, died or were injured. The results demonstrated that the required preparedness had not been applied. Nurses went to these areas voluntarily or on assignment and cared for individuals with injured. The universities in the country passed to distance education because of the shortage of safe places for victims. This situation also negatively influenced nursing education and clinical practice by interrupting in‐person education one more time after the COVID‐19 pandemic.Implications for nursing and nursing policySinc...
<::al1 ma, kamu hastanelerinde r;,:alr an hem irelerin ve hem irelik yilksekokullannda gOr... more <::al1 ma, kamu hastanelerinde r;,:alr an hem irelerin ve hem irelik yilksekokullannda gOrevli akademisyen hem irelerin mesleki ve sendikal Orgtitler ve bu Orgiltlerin faaliyetleriyle ilgili dU Uncelerini belirlemek amac1yla, tan1mlay1c1 nitelikte bir ara tuma olarak planlanm1 ttr. <::ah rnada, istanbul Avrupa Yakas1ndaki Dniversite, Saghk Bakanhg1 ve SSK Hastanelerinden birer hastane ile bir hem irelik ytiksekokulu basit rast gele Orneklerne rnetodu ile ser;,:ilrni tir. Bu kurumlarda r;,:ah an hem ire ve ogretim liyesi say1s1n1n yans1na, toplamda 430 ki iye ula !lm1 t1r. Verilerin toplanmastnda ara t1rmac1 tarafi.ndan geli tirilen 28 soruluk veri toplama aract kullantlffil tlr. Veriler bilgisayar ortam1nda istatistiksel olarak analiz edilmi ve frekans dag1brnlan hesaplanm1 ttr. Bulgularda, hem irelerin o/o 71,9 gibi bir r;,:ogunlukla herhangi bir mesleki organizasyona Uye olmad1g1; bir mesleki organizasyona Uye olanlann ise sadece % 19,83'Uniln Orgtitlenme faaliyetlerine aktif olarak kattld1g1; btiytik r;,:ogunlugunun (% 86,7) mesleki organizasyonlan gerekli gOrdugu buna kar 1n, % 80,9 gibi bir r;,:ogunlugun hem irelikte glir;,:lli bir organizasyon olmad1gim dtiitindukleri saptanm1it1r . Sonug olarak; Ttirkiye' de klinik alanda veya akademik alanda r;,:ah an hem ireler meslek Orgtitlerini ve sendikal Orglitleri Onemli gOrmekle birlikte, r;,:ogunlukla ilye olmamaktadular. Anahtar Kelimeler: Mesleki organizasyonlar, Sendikal organizasyonlar, Hern ireJik.
SUMMARY A Pilot Study of Teaching Staff Satisfaction Scale and Determination of Satisfaction Leve... more SUMMARY A Pilot Study of Teaching Staff Satisfaction Scale and Determination of Satisfaction Level of Teaching Staff in Nursing College: This study was conducted as a descriptive study to develop a measurement t<)ol that will de used in measuring satisfaction of teaching staff in line of quality improvement efforts in education and to measure satisfaction level of teaching staff prospectivel, to determine dissatisfaction areas and to collect data for improvement studies in the C'Jllege. With this study, studies about development of staff satisfaction scale have begun and it was found that the scale consisted of 5 subgroups, correlation values were between 0.41 and 0.81( except for 4th item) and total cronbach alpha coefficient was 0.98, It was determined that satisfaction levels of staff in 1999 and 2001 were low (under n()rmal values) in all subgroups and in general and there was no statistical difference between them. Key Words: Teaching staff satisfaction, Nursing.
AimThis study examined the experiences of Syrian refugees in a community centre in Turkiye as the... more AimThis study examined the experiences of Syrian refugees in a community centre in Turkiye as they access mental health services and receive psychiatric nursing care.DesignA qualitative design was adopted in the study.MethodsData were collected from southern Turkiye between November and December 2021. The researchers conducted three semi‐structured focus group interviews. Colaizzi's phenomenological method was followed to analyse the qualitative data. A total of 19 Syrian refugees participated in the focus group interviews.ResultsThree key themes related to immigrants' experiences of receiving mental health services and nursing care were identified: barriers to receiving mental health services, coping with negative experiences in Turkiye and satisfaction with mental health services. The participants identified the barriers they experienced while receiving health services as those pertaining to language, discrimination and stigmatization. They also mentioned the methods of co...
Presenteeism occurs when workers are present at work but with diminished work capacity due to ill... more Presenteeism occurs when workers are present at work but with diminished work capacity due to illness, stress, or other causes. Recent studies report that nursing is one of the leading professional groups experiencing presenteeism. Although studies of illness-related presenteeism predominate, fewer studies have investigated stress-related presenteeism. Nurses in Turkey are particularly vulnerable to stress-related presenteeism because of the country’s low nurse-to-patient ratio. A scale for measuring presenteeism from job stress — the Job-Stress-Related-Presenteeism Scale—has been developed but not validated. This study had two objectives: to adapt the Job-Stress-Related-Presenteeism Scale to Turkish to use in measuring of presenteeism from job stress among nurses; and to assess the scale’s validity. We conducted a cross-sectional study to test the content validity, construct validity, reliability, and stability of a Turkish version of the Job-Stress-Related Presenteeism Scale on a ...
Objective: The effective management of nursing services, the main power in patients’ care and tre... more Objective: The effective management of nursing services, the main power in patients’ care and treatment in the front line of the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, and nurse managers’ effective leadership behaviors in the fight against the pandemic have been important key factors. It is thus critical to support nurse managers, strengthen them through training, and increase their competency so that they can successfully manage crises, disasters, or pandemics. This study aims to assess the effect of a web-based training program on the knowledge levels of nurse managers who worked during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: This is a randomized controlled experimental study. The study population consisted of the members of the Nurse Managers Association. The intervention group had 30 participants, and the control group had 31 participants in the final. Results: There was no statistically significant difference between the intervention and control groups’ mean number of correct pre-test re...
Aim To analyze the psychometric properties of the Quality Nursing Care Scale in Turkish Language.... more Aim To analyze the psychometric properties of the Quality Nursing Care Scale in Turkish Language. Background The quality of health services and nursing care effectively improves safe patient outcomes and reduces costs in healthcare organizations. There is a need for valid and reliable tools in order to use for evaluating the quality of nursing care. Methods The methodological and cross-sectional study included 225 nurses working in a research and training hospital. Content validity, construct validity, item analysis, and internal consistency analysis were used. Results The content validity index of the scale was 0.96. The item-total score correlation values of the items were 0.72 and higher. The factor loads of the items ranged from 0.42 to 0.90. Different from the original scale, Turkish form consisted of three sub-dimensions. The fit indices were acceptable or very good. The Cronbach’s alpha internal consistency coefficient was 0.99. Conclusion The Quality Nursing Care Scale was v...
PURPOSE This study aimed to test the psychometric properties of the Gender Roles Attitudes Scale-... more PURPOSE This study aimed to test the psychometric properties of the Gender Roles Attitudes Scale-Turkish Version (GRAS-TR) and evaluate nursing students' gender role attitudes. DESIGN AND METHODS This was a psychometric and descriptive study. The sample consisted of 916 nursing students at two state universities in Turkey. FINDINGS The content validity index of the scale was 0.89. The confirmatory factor analysis revealed that the fit indices were acceptable/good. Test-retest results and Cronbach alpha coefficient showed that the scale has high reliability. Nursing students scored above midlevel from GRAS-TR. PRACTICE IMPLICATIONS GRAS-TR is a valid and reliable instrument. Nursing students who were women, had postgraduate education, few siblings, and were not born/raised in the eastern region had a more egalitarian attitude.
The globalization of healthcare systems and information has increased the importance of internati... more The globalization of healthcare systems and information has increased the importance of international learning and mobility programs in nursing education. This research aimed to explore and describe the lived experiences of nurses studying abroad with the Erasmus program during their undergraduate education. This is a descriptive phenomenological study. The study sample consisted of 12 nurses who studied abroad during their undergraduate education. The data were collected through semi-structured, face to face in-depth interviews. Colaizzi's seven-step method and NVivo12 software were used to evaluate the data. The study results had five main themes: (1) adaptation process, (2) sources of support, (3) differences, (4) difficulties, and (5) benefits. The nurses considered studying abroad with the Erasmus program as an important opportunity. They reported that this experience made significant positive contributions to them in the personal, professional, cultural, and social aspects.
www.internationaljournalofcaringsciences.org Original Article Career Orientations of Nursing Stud... more www.internationaljournalofcaringsciences.org Original Article Career Orientations of Nursing Students: A Comparison of State and Private Universities Arzu Kader Harmanci Seren, PhD Assistant Professor, Department of Nursing Management, Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey Feride Eskin Bacaksiz, PhD Research Assistant, Department of Nursing Management, Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey Ulku Baykal, PhD Professor, Department of Nursing Management, Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey Correspondence: Feride Eskin Bacaksiz, Department of Nursing Manag ement, Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing, Istanbul University, Hurriyet C. 34381 Sisli, Istanbul, Turkey E-mail: eskin.f@gmail.com Abstract Objective: This study was designed to identify and compare th e career orientations of nursing students enrolled at state and private universities . Methods: A descript...
Background: Job crafting is the behavioral change that the empl oyees initiate of their own accor... more Background: Job crafting is the behavioral change that the empl oyees initiate of their own accord in order to increase their job skill and motivation and integra te their personal purposes with their jobs. Aim: The purpose of this study is to adapt the Job Craf ting Behaviors of Nurses into Turkish. Method: This is a methodological and cross-sectional stud y. The data were collected from two samples between February and June 2015. The first sample consisted of 240 nurses and the second sample consisted of 12 6 nurses. Data collection tools were an introductory form, th e Job Crafting Scale, and the Organizational Identi fica on Scale. Results: The adapted Turkish version consists of 15 items a nd 4 factors. Cronbach’s alpha coefficients for the factors were 0.95, 0.95, 0.81, and 0.83. Conclusions: The adapted version of the scale is a valid and r eliable tool for measuring the job crafting behavio rs f nurses in Turkey.
Backgrounds: Concepts aimed at increasing the performance of nur ses, who play a key role in deli... more Backgrounds: Concepts aimed at increasing the performance of nur ses, who play a key role in delivery of healthcare services, have an importance in increasi ng the efficiency of organisations. Obective: This study was performed to define organisational identification, employee-nurse performance and job crafting levels of nurses, as well as socio-demogra phic characteristics that affecting these concepts and the correlations between the concepts. Methods: The data were collected from 240 nurses that work in Istanbul between March-May 2015. The data collection tool involved an information form and fo ur scales. The data were analysed by using psychome tric, descriptive, comparative and correlational analyses in the IBM SPSS Statistics 21.00. Results: Positive, highly significant and moderately strong correlations were determined between all concepts. While the highest correlation was found between org anisational identification and employee performance (r=0.631, p<0.001), lowest co...
BackgroundSevere damage was experienced in 10 provinces in Turkey, and the north of Syria, with t... more BackgroundSevere damage was experienced in 10 provinces in Turkey, and the north of Syria, with the earthquakes that hit Kahramanmaraş at midnight and afternoon on February 6, 2023.AimThe authors aimed to give brief information to the international nursing community about the situation related to earthquakes in the aspects of nurses.ConclusionThese earthquakes caused traumatic processes in the affected regions. Many people, including nurses and other healthcare professionals, died or were injured. The results demonstrated that the required preparedness had not been applied. Nurses went to these areas voluntarily or on assignment and cared for individuals with injured. The universities in the country passed to distance education because of the shortage of safe places for victims. This situation also negatively influenced nursing education and clinical practice by interrupting in‐person education one more time after the COVID‐19 pandemic.Implications for nursing and nursing policySinc...
<::al1 ma, kamu hastanelerinde r;,:alr an hem irelerin ve hem irelik yilksekokullannda gOr... more <::al1 ma, kamu hastanelerinde r;,:alr an hem irelerin ve hem irelik yilksekokullannda gOrevli akademisyen hem irelerin mesleki ve sendikal Orgtitler ve bu Orgiltlerin faaliyetleriyle ilgili dU Uncelerini belirlemek amac1yla, tan1mlay1c1 nitelikte bir ara tuma olarak planlanm1 ttr. <::ah rnada, istanbul Avrupa Yakas1ndaki Dniversite, Saghk Bakanhg1 ve SSK Hastanelerinden birer hastane ile bir hem irelik ytiksekokulu basit rast gele Orneklerne rnetodu ile ser;,:ilrni tir. Bu kurumlarda r;,:ah an hem ire ve ogretim liyesi say1s1n1n yans1na, toplamda 430 ki iye ula !lm1 t1r. Verilerin toplanmastnda ara t1rmac1 tarafi.ndan geli tirilen 28 soruluk veri toplama aract kullantlffil tlr. Veriler bilgisayar ortam1nda istatistiksel olarak analiz edilmi ve frekans dag1brnlan hesaplanm1 ttr. Bulgularda, hem irelerin o/o 71,9 gibi bir r;,:ogunlukla herhangi bir mesleki organizasyona Uye olmad1g1; bir mesleki organizasyona Uye olanlann ise sadece % 19,83'Uniln Orgtitlenme faaliyetlerine aktif olarak kattld1g1; btiytik r;,:ogunlugunun (% 86,7) mesleki organizasyonlan gerekli gOrdugu buna kar 1n, % 80,9 gibi bir r;,:ogunlugun hem irelikte glir;,:lli bir organizasyon olmad1gim dtiitindukleri saptanm1it1r . Sonug olarak; Ttirkiye' de klinik alanda veya akademik alanda r;,:ah an hem ireler meslek Orgtitlerini ve sendikal Orglitleri Onemli gOrmekle birlikte, r;,:ogunlukla ilye olmamaktadular. Anahtar Kelimeler: Mesleki organizasyonlar, Sendikal organizasyonlar, Hern ireJik.
SUMMARY A Pilot Study of Teaching Staff Satisfaction Scale and Determination of Satisfaction Leve... more SUMMARY A Pilot Study of Teaching Staff Satisfaction Scale and Determination of Satisfaction Level of Teaching Staff in Nursing College: This study was conducted as a descriptive study to develop a measurement t<)ol that will de used in measuring satisfaction of teaching staff in line of quality improvement efforts in education and to measure satisfaction level of teaching staff prospectivel, to determine dissatisfaction areas and to collect data for improvement studies in the C'Jllege. With this study, studies about development of staff satisfaction scale have begun and it was found that the scale consisted of 5 subgroups, correlation values were between 0.41 and 0.81( except for 4th item) and total cronbach alpha coefficient was 0.98, It was determined that satisfaction levels of staff in 1999 and 2001 were low (under n()rmal values) in all subgroups and in general and there was no statistical difference between them. Key Words: Teaching staff satisfaction, Nursing.
AimThis study examined the experiences of Syrian refugees in a community centre in Turkiye as the... more AimThis study examined the experiences of Syrian refugees in a community centre in Turkiye as they access mental health services and receive psychiatric nursing care.DesignA qualitative design was adopted in the study.MethodsData were collected from southern Turkiye between November and December 2021. The researchers conducted three semi‐structured focus group interviews. Colaizzi's phenomenological method was followed to analyse the qualitative data. A total of 19 Syrian refugees participated in the focus group interviews.ResultsThree key themes related to immigrants' experiences of receiving mental health services and nursing care were identified: barriers to receiving mental health services, coping with negative experiences in Turkiye and satisfaction with mental health services. The participants identified the barriers they experienced while receiving health services as those pertaining to language, discrimination and stigmatization. They also mentioned the methods of co...
Presenteeism occurs when workers are present at work but with diminished work capacity due to ill... more Presenteeism occurs when workers are present at work but with diminished work capacity due to illness, stress, or other causes. Recent studies report that nursing is one of the leading professional groups experiencing presenteeism. Although studies of illness-related presenteeism predominate, fewer studies have investigated stress-related presenteeism. Nurses in Turkey are particularly vulnerable to stress-related presenteeism because of the country’s low nurse-to-patient ratio. A scale for measuring presenteeism from job stress — the Job-Stress-Related-Presenteeism Scale—has been developed but not validated. This study had two objectives: to adapt the Job-Stress-Related-Presenteeism Scale to Turkish to use in measuring of presenteeism from job stress among nurses; and to assess the scale’s validity. We conducted a cross-sectional study to test the content validity, construct validity, reliability, and stability of a Turkish version of the Job-Stress-Related Presenteeism Scale on a ...
Objective: The effective management of nursing services, the main power in patients’ care and tre... more Objective: The effective management of nursing services, the main power in patients’ care and treatment in the front line of the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, and nurse managers’ effective leadership behaviors in the fight against the pandemic have been important key factors. It is thus critical to support nurse managers, strengthen them through training, and increase their competency so that they can successfully manage crises, disasters, or pandemics. This study aims to assess the effect of a web-based training program on the knowledge levels of nurse managers who worked during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: This is a randomized controlled experimental study. The study population consisted of the members of the Nurse Managers Association. The intervention group had 30 participants, and the control group had 31 participants in the final. Results: There was no statistically significant difference between the intervention and control groups’ mean number of correct pre-test re...
Aim To analyze the psychometric properties of the Quality Nursing Care Scale in Turkish Language.... more Aim To analyze the psychometric properties of the Quality Nursing Care Scale in Turkish Language. Background The quality of health services and nursing care effectively improves safe patient outcomes and reduces costs in healthcare organizations. There is a need for valid and reliable tools in order to use for evaluating the quality of nursing care. Methods The methodological and cross-sectional study included 225 nurses working in a research and training hospital. Content validity, construct validity, item analysis, and internal consistency analysis were used. Results The content validity index of the scale was 0.96. The item-total score correlation values of the items were 0.72 and higher. The factor loads of the items ranged from 0.42 to 0.90. Different from the original scale, Turkish form consisted of three sub-dimensions. The fit indices were acceptable or very good. The Cronbach’s alpha internal consistency coefficient was 0.99. Conclusion The Quality Nursing Care Scale was v...
PURPOSE This study aimed to test the psychometric properties of the Gender Roles Attitudes Scale-... more PURPOSE This study aimed to test the psychometric properties of the Gender Roles Attitudes Scale-Turkish Version (GRAS-TR) and evaluate nursing students' gender role attitudes. DESIGN AND METHODS This was a psychometric and descriptive study. The sample consisted of 916 nursing students at two state universities in Turkey. FINDINGS The content validity index of the scale was 0.89. The confirmatory factor analysis revealed that the fit indices were acceptable/good. Test-retest results and Cronbach alpha coefficient showed that the scale has high reliability. Nursing students scored above midlevel from GRAS-TR. PRACTICE IMPLICATIONS GRAS-TR is a valid and reliable instrument. Nursing students who were women, had postgraduate education, few siblings, and were not born/raised in the eastern region had a more egalitarian attitude.
The globalization of healthcare systems and information has increased the importance of internati... more The globalization of healthcare systems and information has increased the importance of international learning and mobility programs in nursing education. This research aimed to explore and describe the lived experiences of nurses studying abroad with the Erasmus program during their undergraduate education. This is a descriptive phenomenological study. The study sample consisted of 12 nurses who studied abroad during their undergraduate education. The data were collected through semi-structured, face to face in-depth interviews. Colaizzi's seven-step method and NVivo12 software were used to evaluate the data. The study results had five main themes: (1) adaptation process, (2) sources of support, (3) differences, (4) difficulties, and (5) benefits. The nurses considered studying abroad with the Erasmus program as an important opportunity. They reported that this experience made significant positive contributions to them in the personal, professional, cultural, and social aspects.
www.internationaljournalofcaringsciences.org Original Article Career Orientations of Nursing Stud... more www.internationaljournalofcaringsciences.org Original Article Career Orientations of Nursing Students: A Comparison of State and Private Universities Arzu Kader Harmanci Seren, PhD Assistant Professor, Department of Nursing Management, Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey Feride Eskin Bacaksiz, PhD Research Assistant, Department of Nursing Management, Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey Ulku Baykal, PhD Professor, Department of Nursing Management, Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey Correspondence: Feride Eskin Bacaksiz, Department of Nursing Manag ement, Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing, Istanbul University, Hurriyet C. 34381 Sisli, Istanbul, Turkey E-mail: eskin.f@gmail.com Abstract Objective: This study was designed to identify and compare th e career orientations of nursing students enrolled at state and private universities . Methods: A descript...
Background: Job crafting is the behavioral change that the empl oyees initiate of their own accor... more Background: Job crafting is the behavioral change that the empl oyees initiate of their own accord in order to increase their job skill and motivation and integra te their personal purposes with their jobs. Aim: The purpose of this study is to adapt the Job Craf ting Behaviors of Nurses into Turkish. Method: This is a methodological and cross-sectional stud y. The data were collected from two samples between February and June 2015. The first sample consisted of 240 nurses and the second sample consisted of 12 6 nurses. Data collection tools were an introductory form, th e Job Crafting Scale, and the Organizational Identi fica on Scale. Results: The adapted Turkish version consists of 15 items a nd 4 factors. Cronbach’s alpha coefficients for the factors were 0.95, 0.95, 0.81, and 0.83. Conclusions: The adapted version of the scale is a valid and r eliable tool for measuring the job crafting behavio rs f nurses in Turkey.
Backgrounds: Concepts aimed at increasing the performance of nur ses, who play a key role in deli... more Backgrounds: Concepts aimed at increasing the performance of nur ses, who play a key role in delivery of healthcare services, have an importance in increasi ng the efficiency of organisations. Obective: This study was performed to define organisational identification, employee-nurse performance and job crafting levels of nurses, as well as socio-demogra phic characteristics that affecting these concepts and the correlations between the concepts. Methods: The data were collected from 240 nurses that work in Istanbul between March-May 2015. The data collection tool involved an information form and fo ur scales. The data were analysed by using psychome tric, descriptive, comparative and correlational analyses in the IBM SPSS Statistics 21.00. Results: Positive, highly significant and moderately strong correlations were determined between all concepts. While the highest correlation was found between org anisational identification and employee performance (r=0.631, p<0.001), lowest co...
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