Meningitis and Nursing Care According to the Model of Nursing Based on Activities of Living: a Case Report
Ebru Yıldız Karadeniz
Introduction. Meningitis is an infectious disease that seriously affects the health of the individual, can cause mortality and can be treated with emergency intervention. Aim. The aim of this study is to evaluate the holistic and systematic nursing care process of the patient with the diagnosis of meningitis on the basis of the described case, in line with the nursing model. Case Report. This is the case study of a male patient who was treated with the diagnosis of meningitis in the infectious diseases and clinical microbiology clinic. Nursing problems were determined and a care plan was created by interviewing the patient and his physician, observing and assessment with Model of Nursing Based on Activities of Living. Results. The patient, who has fever, chills, nausea, headache, ...
The Effect of Information and the Training for Coping with Anxiety Given to Women before Hysterectomy on their Levels of Anxiety: A Post-Test Randomized Controlled Experimental Study
Yılmaz, Mualla
Objective: It was aimed to determine the effect of information regarding hysterectomy and the training to cope with anxiety over their anxiety levels, which were given to women before they undergo hysterectomy. Methods: The parallel group post-test randomized controlled experimental design was used. The trial registration for the research protocol was obtained retrospectively from clinicaltrials.gov (NCT05436691) and the protocol was following the non-pharmacological intervention guidelines (CONSORT). The sample of the study consisted of 59 (intervention=30; control=29) women hospitalized in the Gynecology Oncology Clinic of a city hospital in the Eastern Mediterranean Region of Turkey, who were scheduled to undergo hysterectomy between July 15, and December 15, 2018. The women in the expe...