Coronaphobia, Job Satisfaction, and Languishing Levels of Intensive Care Nurses: A Cross-sectional and Correlational Study

Objective: This study investigated the association between coronaphobia, job satisfaction, and languishing levels in intensive care nurses. Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional and correlational study was conducted with 106 intensive care nurses. The coronavirus disease-2019 phobia scale, Mental Health Continuum-Short form, and Nurse Job Satisfaction scale were used for data collection. Results: The total score of coronaphobia was 49.41±12.39, 36.57±13.60 for the mental health continuum, and 94.28±12.82 for nurse job satisfaction. There was a weak correlation between coronaphobia and emotional well-being. There was no relationship between coronaphobia and nurse job satisfaction. However, there was a moderate positive relationship between the mental health continuum and nurse job satisfaction. Conclusion: Intensive care nurses had a moderate mental health continuum in languishing. Psychosocial support and psychological counseling should be provided to intensive care nurses to eliminate feelings of emptiness, improve their concentration and motivation, and increase their working capacity

Evaluation of violence against healthcare Workers in a Training and Research Hospital: a cross-sectional study

Dünya Sağlık Örgütüne göre sağlık çalışanlarının %8- 38’i kariyerlerinin bir noktasında fiziksel şiddete maruz kalmaktadır. Bu nedenle bu çalışmada, sağlık çalışanlarına yönelik şiddetin, özelliklerinin ve sonuçlarının tanımlanması amaçlanmıştır. Gereç ve Yöntemler: Kesitsel türdeki araştırmanın örneklemini, bir eğitim ve araştırma hastanesinde çalışmakta olan 317 sağlık personeli oluşturmuştur. Veriler, araştırmacılar tarafından hazırlanan anket formu ile toplanmıştır. Verilerin değerlendirilmesinde sayı, yüzde, ortalama ve standart sapma gibi tanımlayıcı istatistikler ile ki-kare analizi kullanılmıştır. Bulgular: Araştırmaya katılan sağlık personelinin yaş ortalaması 33,01±8,07 olup %61,8’i kadın, %63,4’ü evli, %56,4’ü hemşire, %27,8’i doktor ve %56,5’i lisans mezunudur. Sağlık çalışanlarının %58,4’ü şiddete maruz kalmıştır. Şiddete maruz kalanların %57,8’i hemşire, %26,5’i doktor ve %15,7’si acil tıp teknisyenidir. Şiddete maruz kalan sağlık personelinin %41,8’inin çalışma verimi azalmış, %33,2’si mesleği bırakmak istemiş, %30,7’sinin sosyal yaşamı ve ilişkileri bozulmuştur. Şiddet gören ve görmeyen sağlık personeli cinsiyet, medeni durum, meslekte çalışma süresi ve şu an bulundukları kurumda çalışma süresi gibi özellikler açısından farklılık göstermiştir (p<0,05). Sonuç: Sağlık çalışanlarının yarısından fazlasının şiddete maruz kaldığı ve şiddetin en çok sözel şiddet olarak yaşandığı belirlenmiştir. Şiddete uğrayanların yaklaşık yarısı beyaz kod bildiriminde bulunduklarını beyan etmiştir. Sağlık çalışanlarının bildirimde bulunma ve hukuki olarak haklarını arama konusunda desteklenmeleri gerekmektedir. Ayrıca sağlıkta şiddet konusunda hukuki yaptırımların ivedilikle gözden geçirilmesi önemlidir.According to the World Health Organization, 8-38% of healthcare professionals experience physical violence at some point in their careers. Therefore, this study aimed to define violence against healthcare workers, its characteristics and consequences. Material and Methods: The sample of the cross-sectional study consisted of 317 healthcare personnel working in a training and research hospital. The data were collected by a questionnaire form prepared by the researchers. Descriptive statistics such as number, percentage, mean and standard deviation and chi-square analysis were used in the evaluation of the data. Results: The mean age of the health personnel participating in the research was 33.01±8.07; 61.8% were women, 63.4% were married, 56.4% were nurses, 27.8% were doctors, and 56.5% had a bachelor's degree. Of healthcare workers, 58.4% were exposed to violence. Of the victims, 57.8% were nurses, 26.5% were doctors, and 15.7% were emergency medical technicians. The working efficiency of healthcare personnel who were exposed to violence decreased (41.8%), 33.2% wanted to leave the profession, and social life and relationships of 30.7% had deteriorated. There was a significant difference between healthcare personnel who were exposed to violence and those who were not exposed according to characteristics such as gender, marital status, working time in the profession, and working time in the institution, they are currently working in (p<0.05). Conclusion: More than half of the healthcare workers were exposed to violence, and they mainly experienced verbal violence. Nearly half of the victims reported a white code notification. Healthcare professionals should be supported in reporting and seeking their legal rights. In addition, it is essential to review the legal sanctions on violence in health urgently

The programs and its features used in the prevention of child abuse

Çocuğun büyüme ve gelişmesini engelleyen bir olgu olan çocuk istismarı çok boyutlu bir sorundur. Özellikleri, dinamikleri, nedenleri ve sonuçları bakımından karmaşık bir yapıya sahiptir. Bu nedenle multidisipliner yaklaşımların bir arada uygulanmasını gerektirmektedir. Bu amaçla aileye, okula ve topluma yönelik çocuk istismarını önleme programları geliştirilmektedir. Geliştirilen programların içeriğini, hedef grubunu, özelliklerini bilmek, çocuk istismarının önlenmesinde aktif rol alan toplum ruh sağlığı hemşirelerine önemli bir bakış açısı kazandıracaktır. Bu nedenle bu makalede çocuk istismarını önlemek için yürütülen programlar tartışılacak, farklı alanlarda yapılan çalışmalardan örnekler sunulacak ve ruh sağlığı hemşireleri için önerilerde bulunulacaktır.Child abuse that is a phenomenon preventing the child’s growth and development, is a multi-faceted problem. It has a complex structure in terms of its characteristics, dynamics, causes, and conseguences. Therefore, it is required that it should be a combination of multidisciplinary approaches. For this purpose, family, school, and community based child abuse prevention programsa re being developed. Knowing the contents, target group, and properties of these programs will provide an important insight for community mental health nurses which play an active rol in the prevention of child abuse. For this reason, in this article, programs implemented to prevent child abuse will be discussed, examples from studies in different areas will be presented, and recommendations for mental health nurses will be offered

Şiddete Maruz Kalan Kadınlara Uygulanan Güçlendirme Programının Kendilik Değerini Artırmaya ve Stresle Başetme Biçimlerine Etkisi

The research was carried out as a pre-test, post-test, follow-up patterned and kontrol group intervention research to assess the effect of empowerment program on selfesteem and coping ways of women exposed to violence. Sixty women exposed to violence and accepting to take part in the study constituted the intervention and kontrol groups of the study. The study was conducted in two phases. In the first phase of the study qualitative data on violenceperception and experiences of women were collected through semi-structured interviews. Empowerment program was carried out in the two phase of the study. Each session of the empowerment program taking place totally 10 weeks, was carried out in Giresun Family Counseling Center for 90 minutes. Data was collected with Questionnaire, Coopersmith Self-Esteem Scale, Learned Helplessness Attributional Style Questionnaire, Rosenbaum Learned Resourcefulness and The Ways of Coping Inventory. One way variance analysis in repeated measures and content analysis were used for statistical analysis. Qualitative data were grouped into five main themes. These are “to see all forms of violence”, “everything is excuse for violence”, “forgetting femininity”, “having to continue her marriage” and “to have to do certain behaviors to experience less violence”. Mean scores of self-esteem and learned resourcefulness of women increased significantly in post-test and follow-up (p<0.05). Mean scores of self confident, optimistic and social support seeking approach in The Ways of Coping Inventory increased significantly, unconfident and submissive approach scores decreased significantly (p<0.05). Empowerment program wasn’t effective on learned helplessness scores of them (p>0.05). In the direction of these findings, the implementation of empowerment programmes for women exposed to violence were suggested.Araştırma, güçlendirme programının şiddete maruz kalan kadınların kendilik değeri ve stresle baş etme biçimlerine etkisini değerlendirmek amacıyla ön test, son test ve izleme desenli ve kontrol gruplu müdahale araştırması olarak yapılmıştır. Müdahale ve kontrol gruplarını, şiddete maruz kalan ve çalışmaya katılmayı kabul eden 60 kadın oluşturmuştur. Araştırma iki aşamadan oluşmuştur. Birinci aşamada yarı yapılandırılmış görüşme yoluyla kadınların şiddet algılarını ve şiddet deneyimlerini tanımlamaya ilişkin nitel veriler toplanmıştır. İkinci aşamada ise güçlendirme programı uygulanmıştır. Güçlendirme programı her bir oturumu 90 dakika süren 10 oturumdan oluşmuş ve oturumlar Giresun Aile Danışma Merkezi’nde gerçekleştirilmiştir. Veriler; Anket Formu, Coopersmith Benlik Saygısı Ölçeği, Öğrenilmiş Çaresizliğe Özgü Açıklama Biçimi Ölçeği, Rosenbaum Öğrenilmiş Güçlülük Ölçeği ve Stresle Başa Çıkma Tarzları Ölçeği kullanılarak toplanmıştır. Verilerin değerlendirilmesinde içerik analizi ve tekrarlı ölçümlerde varyans analizi kullanılmıştır. Nitel veriler beş ana temada gruplandırılmıştır. Bunlar; “şiddetin her türlüsünü görmek”, “şiddet için her şey bahane”, “kadınlığın unutulması”, “istenmediği halde evliliği sürdürmek zorunda olmak” ve “şiddetin daha az yaşanması için istemeden bazı davranışları yapmak zorunda olmak”tır. Araştırmada güçlendirme programına katılan kadınların benlik saygısı ve öğrenilmiş güçlülük puan ortalamaları son ölçüm ve izleme ölçümünde istatistiksel olarak anlamlı düzeyde artmıştır (p<0.05). Stresle Başa Çıkma Tarzları Ölçeği’nde “kendine güvenli”, “iyimser” ve “sosyal destek arama” yaklaşımları puan ortalamaları istatistiksel olarak anlamlı düzeyde artarken, “çaresiz” ve “boyun eğici” yaklaşım puan ortalamaları ise azalmıştır (p<0.05). Güçlendirme programı kadınların öğrenilmiş çaresizlik puanları üzerinde etkili olmamıştır (p>0.05). Bu bulgular doğrultusunda, şiddete maruz kalan kadınlara güçlendirme programlarının uygulanması önerilmiştir

The relationship between nursing students' professional values and their attitudes towards the elderly people: A cross-sectional study

International Congress on Multidisciplinary Approach to Elderly Health and Care -- MAR 22-23, 2018 -- Ankara, TURKEYBahadir Yilmaz, Emel/0000-0003-1785-3539WOS: 000445986500002PubMed: 30125868Background: Professional values involve standards that are effective in solving problems, interacting with patients, making decisions on patient care and forming the student's attitude. Throughout the course of the nursing students occupational education, these standards shape their attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors regarding the provision of care for individuals. Objective: The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between nursing students' professional values and their attitudes towards the elderly. Design: A cross-sectional research design was used in this study. Settings: This study was conducted at a university in the northeast of Turkey. Participants: 2nd-year (n = 93), 3rd-year (n = 101) and 4th-year (n = 81) nursing students. Method. The data for the study were collected using a Personal Information Form, the Nursing Professional Values Scale-Revised (NPVS-R) and the Ageism Attitude Scale (AAS). In the data analysis, independent samples t-test, ANOVA and Spearman Correlation were used. Results: The study found that the nursing students' average total NVPS-R score was 86.4 +/- 16.2 and their average total AAS score was 82.7 +/-.8.8. Furthermore, a significant correlation was observed between the professional values of the students and their attitudes towards the elderly (r = 0.407, p = 0.000). A positive, moderately strong correlation was determined between the total NPVS-R scores and the 'restricted life of elderly people' and 'positive attitudes towards elderly people' sub-scales of AAS (r = 0.418, r = 0.317, p < 0.005, respectively). Conclusion: The present study has demonstrated that the nursing students' professional values are associated with their attitudes towards the elderly. In the light of these results, it is suggested that professional values be taught and that courses on values be added to the curriculum in order to improve the attitudes of the students towards ageism

The effectiveness of empowerment program on increasing self-esteem, learned resourcefulness, and coping ways in women exposed to domestic violence

WOS: 000424943000005PubMed: 29028364This study was conducted to assess the effectiveness of empowerment program on increasing self-esteem, learned resourcefulness, and coping ways in women exposed to domestic violence. This experimental study was conducted between October 2012 and June 2014 in the obstetrics and gynaecology departments of the Giresun Maternity Hospital, and at the Family Counseling Center (FCC) in Turkey. Sixty women who agreed to participate in the study were randomly assigned into two groups. Data were collected by the Coopersmith Self-Esteem Inventory (SEI), The Rosenbaum's Learned Resourcefulness Scale (RLRS), and the Ways of Coping Inventory (WCI). The assessment of the women before and after the empowerment program showed that women in the intervention group showed significant improvements in the SEI, RLRS, and WCI scores compared with controls. These results suggest that the empowerment program is an effective practice for increasing the levels of self-esteem, learned resourcefulness, and coping ways of women exposed to domestic violence

Evaluation of the psychological problems experienced by university students during the COVID-19 outbreak and suggestions

During the COVID-19 outbreak, studies determining the problems and psychological distresses experienced by university students had been conducted. University students had more negative feelings, psychological symptoms, and economic/social concerns than the general population because of academic delays, economic effects of the pandemic, and its effects on their daily life.4-6 The students also experienced serious mental problems such as depression, anxiety, alexithymia, stress, and posttraumatic stress disorder.7, 8 Due to all these problems experienced during the outbreak, Grubic et al.5 emphasized that academic institutions should especially plan interventions to develop coping skills for students by taking some precautions and identifying the deficiencies in educational progress to reduce negative academic and psychosocial outcomes

Correlation between depression, psychological wellbeing, and attitudes toward psychological help seeking in surgical patients

The aim of this study was to investigate the correlation between depression, psychological well-being, and attitudes towardpsychological help seeking in surgical patients.Material and Methods: This was a correlative descriptive study conducted. In the study, the whole of the population was triedto be reached without using sample selection and the study was completed with 333 patients hospitalized in surgical clinicsbetween October 2018 and February 2019. The Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), Attitudes towards Seeking Psychological HelpScale-Shortened (ASPH-S) and the Psychological Well-being Scale (PWBS) were used for the data collection. Mann-Whitney U testwas used for the comparison of two variables, and Kruskal-Wallis test was used for the comparison of more than two variables.Cronbach’s Alpha reliability analysis test were used to assess the data. Spearman’s correlation test was used to analyze therelationship between BDI, ASPH-S and PWBS.Results: It was found that patient’s age, gender, educational status, marital status, number of children, family structure, having achronic disease, being applied to a psychiatrist in the last year and using a psychiatric drug had a statistically significant effect onBDI scores (p <.05). Patient’s educational status, socioeconomic status and having a chronic disease had a statistically significanteffect on PWBS scores (p <.05). Patient’s socioeconomic status, where they came from, being applied to a psychiatrist in the lastyear and using a psychiatric drug had a statistically significant effect on ASPH-S scores (p <.05). There was also a negative andweak relationship between BDI and PWBS (r=0.298, p <.05) and ASPH-S (r = 0.209, p <.05) and a positive and moderate relationshipbetween PWBS and ASPH-S (r=0.317, p <.05).Conclusions: Patient’s sociodemographic characteristics affected the BDI, PWBS and ASPH-S scores of the patients with surgicalproblems. The nurses should determine the positive and negative predictors of attitudes toward seeking professional psychologicalhelp in patients hospitalized in surgical clinics

Nursing student attitudes toward nursing profession and their state anxiety level during COVID-19 outbreak

This study was designed to investigate nursing students’ attitudes toward the nursing profession and ex-amine their state anxiety level during the coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Methods: The population for this descriptive research was Turkish university nursing students. The study sample consisted of 1653 nursing students who participated in the study between April 25 and May 10, 2020. The Attitude Scale for Nursing Profession (ASNP) and the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) were used to collect the study data. The Mann-Whitney U test, Kruskal-Wallis test, and the Spearman correlation test were used to evaluate the findings. Results: The mean score of the preference for the nursing profession (PNP) subscale of the ASNP was 51.13±8.61 and the mean score of the general attitude toward the nursing profession (GATNP) subscale score was 34.82±2.80. The mean STAI mean score was 43.95±11.17. There was a weak, negative relationship between the STAI and the PNP (r=-0.279) and the GATNP (r=-0.140) (p<0.05). The 2 most important predictors of state anxiety level were motivation to join the nursing profession and being a female (p<0.01). Conclusion: The students who participated in the study reported a moderate state anxiety level. Mental health assessments of student nurses are recommended, as well as efforts to increase their psychological resilience and ability to cope with stress