Identifıcation of Healthy Life Style Behaviors and Emotional States of Syrian Woman Refugees
Yılmaz, Mualla | Yaman, Zeliha | Temel, Gülhan
Introduction and purpose: Syrian refugee women are one of the risk groups in the field of health. The purpose of this study is to determine the healthy lifestyle behaviors and mental states of Syrian refugee women with low socio-economic status living outside the camps. Method: The universe of the descriptive study consisted of 120 Syrian refugee women enrolled in the Turkish language course at the Karacaoğlan Public Education Center in the Akdeniz district of Mersin in the spring semester of 2015-2016. The sampling method was not used, and 87 women who attended the course, were literate, could answer the questions in the data collection form, had a cognitive health level and volunteered to participate in the study. Personal Information Form, Healthy Lifestyle Behaviors Scale II and Brief ...
CHAPTER 20. WHY IS CULTURAL COMPETENCE IMPORTANT IN PSYCHIATRIC NURSING CARE PRACTICES
Yılmaz, Mualla | Boğahan, Münevver | Yaman, Zeliha
Cultural competence is defined as having the attitudes, knowledge and skills that are necessary for providing quality care to culturally different groups; in other words, it is the capacity to provide culturally satisfactory care (Douglas et al., 2009; Loftin et al., 2013). To be able to provide a culturally satisfactory care service, it is necessary to know the culture of the people to whom the service is being delivered because culture influences all health-related behaviors. This involves experiencing various difficulties when providing culturally responsive care in all stages of service provision in the healthcare system. Familiarity with the patient’s health-related views, values, beliefs and attitudes is important in delivering a quality healthcare service to the patient. Health prof...
Feelings, thoughts and experiences of nurses working in a mental health clinic about individuals with suicidal behaviors and suicide attempts
Yılmaz, Mualla
Background: It is of the utmost importance to determine the views of nurses about patients with suicidal behavior and who attempt suicide so that they can help such individuals. Aim: The aim of this study was to investigate the feelings, thoughts and experiences of nurses working in a mental health clinic regarding individuals with suicidal behaviors and suicide attempts. Methods: A qualitative study design was employed. Data in this research study were collected through individual in-depth interviews. The study population included 121 nurses working at a Mental Health and Diseases Hospital in Turkey. The study sample consisted of 33 nurses who had been working at the hospital for at least one year, had experience working with patients who attempted suicide, and agreed to participate in th...
Terminal Dönemdeki Çocuklarda Öfke, Yalnızlık ve Delirium Yönetimi
Yılmaz, Mualla
Bu derlemenin amacı; zor ve hassas bir süreç olan terminal dönemde öfke, yalnızlık ve delirium deneyimleyen çocuklara yardımcı olmada hemşirelere önemli ipuçları sunmaktır. Ayrıca çocuğu anlamanın gerekliliğine vurgu yapılarak, hemşirelik literatürüne katkı sağlamaktır. Terminal dönemdeki çocuğun bakımından sorumlu hemşirelere öfke, yalnızlık, delirium ve risk faktörleri, çocukta delirium oluşumunu önlemek için yapılabilecekler ve çocuğun bakımı konusunda eğitimler verilmesi gerekmektedir. Terminal dönemdeki çocuklarda geçerli, güvenilir bir izleme aracı kullanarak bir delirium izleme protokolü oluşturulmalıdır The purpose of this article is to provide important clues to nurses as they help children who experience anger, loneliness and delirium in the terminal period which is a difficult ...
Diaries of Nursing Students during the COVID-19 Pandemic: AQualitative Descriptive Study
Yaman, Zeliha | Yılmaz, Mualla | Boğahan, Münevver
Little is known about the experiences of nursing students during the pandemic process. This research was conducted to determine the feelings, thoughts, and experiences of nursing students during the COVID-19 pandemic process. This qualitative study was conducted with 47 first-year nursing students of a faculty that experienced the COVID-19 pandemic between 3–30 April 2020. Student nurses stated that they felt fear and anxiety; they liked this situation in the beginning due to the constraints during the pandemic process, but due to the prolongation of this process, they experienced boredom due to monotonous extraordinary days of doing the same things every day and realized that every moment before the pandemic was very valuable. In addition, the students stated that rich and poor are equal ...