ObjectiveUniversity students are a large group of the population who should be vaccinated to prevent the spread of the pandemic. This research aimed to determine the effect of COVID‐19 vaccine literacy on the attitudes towards the COVID‐19 vaccine among university students.MethodsThis descriptive and cross‐sectional study was conducted with 2384 university students via online survey in September and October 2021. ‘Demographic Information Form’, ‘COVID‐19 Vaccine Literacy Scale’, and ‘Attitudes towards the COVID‐19 Vaccine Scale’ were used to collect the data. Data were evaluated via descriptive statistics, independent group t‐test, ANOVA, Tukey HSD, and Pearson Correlation analysis.ResultsThe mean score on the COVID‐19 Vaccine Literacy Scale was 27.26 ± 6.49 (moderate). Demographic differences that significantly affected students' vaccine literacy scales included parents' education levels (lower levels of parental education associated with higher communicative/critical vaccine literacy). Health sciences students had more positive attitudes to the COVID vaccine than students of other disciplines. The higher the level of mother's education, the more positive the student's attitude towards the vaccine, and similarly the higher the student's socio‐economic background the higher the positive attitude towards the vaccine. Examination of the relationship between the vaccine literacy scale and the attitudes towards the vaccine showed low levels of correlation.DiscussionStudents who had parents of lower education levels may have more responsibilities for explaining vaccination to their parents, thus improving their communicative/critical vaccine literacy.ConclusionA vaccine literacy scale with separate functional literacy score and critical/communicative score helps to explain some of socio‐demographic differences in students' scores, and similarly for attitude towards the COVID‐19 vaccine (positive and negative attitude sub‐scales).

Doğum sonrası dönem anne ve bebek için fiziksel ve ruhsal yönden pek çok değişikliğin olduğu bir süreçtir. Erken postpartum dönemde emzirmenin bir an önce başlatılması ve etkili bir şekilde devamının sağlanması anne, bebek sağlığı açısından çok önemlidir. Bebeğin anne sütü ile beslenmesinin kesintiye uğramasının nedenlerinden birisi olan meme başı ağrısı ve çatlağının erken postpartum dönemde tedavisinin yapılması ve emzirmenin kesintiye uğramasının önüne geçilmesi son derece önemlidir. Bu çalışma emziren annelerde erken postpartum dönemde meydana gelen meme sorunlarının tedavisinde kullanılan tamamlayıcı ve destekleyici bakım uygulamalarının kanıt düzeylerini incelemek amacıyla hazırlanmıştır. Çalışmamızda Scopus, Pubmed, Science of Direct, Google Scholar veri tabanlarında "Meme Başı Sorunları", "Meme Başı Ağrısı", "Nipple Problems", "Nipple Pain", anahtar kelimeleri ile tarama yapılmış ve çalışma konusu ile uyumlu 50 yayına ulaşılmış olup, tam metnine ulaşılan Türkçe veya İngilizce araştırma makaleleri, sistematik derlemeler, meta analiz çalışmaları incelenerek son 10 yıl içerisinde yayınlanan toplam 28 makale çalışmamıza dahil edilmiştir. Erken postpartum dönemde görülen meme sorunlarını gidermedeki etkililiği kanıt düzeyi yüksek olan çalışmalarla bildirilmiş ve en çok uygulanan müdahaleler derlememize dahil edilmiştir. Sonuç olarak emzirme sürecinde kadınlara zeytin yağı, lanolin, aloe vera ve nane suyu kullanımı önerilebilir. Konuyla ilgili daha fazla randomize kontrollü çalışmanın yapılması önemlidir.

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Midwifery and nurses are to obey specific ethical principles when realizing their professional practice. One of these ethical principles is the principle of privacy and secrecy. This research aimed to determine the correlation between the privacy consciousness of midwifery and nursing students and their attitudes toward the recording and protection of personal health data. A descriptive and cross-sectional design was used. The study was conducted with 283 midwifery and nursing students in December 2021. A self-reported survey comprising the Demographic Information Form”, “The Privacy Consciousness Scale” and “The Attitude Toward the Recording and Protection of Personal Health Data Scale were distributed to midwifery and nursing students as a online-based survey. The students obtained a total of 3.81±0.95 points from the Attitude Toward the Recording and Protection of Personal Health Data Scale and a total of 4.30±0.77 points from the Privacy Consciousness Scale. It was determined a significant correlation between the privacy consciousness of midwifery and nursing students and the the Attitude Toward the Recording and Protection of Personal Health Data Scale in a positive direction. This study showed that as midwifery and nursing students’ privacy consciousness and attitudes toward the recording and protection of personal health data were determined to be high.

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Objective: This study was carried out to determine the effects of massage and hot-pack applications in the first stage of labor on perceptions of labor pain and duration of delivery. Methods: This randomized controlled experimental trial was conducted in an obstetrics and pediatrics hospital. The research sample comprised 120 pregnant women, 40 of whom were in the massage group, 40 of whom were in the hot-pack application group, and 40 of whom were in the control group. Patient identification forms, labor process monitoring forms, and a visual analogue scale (VAS) were used to collect data. Results: It was determined that the massage and hot-pack applications shortened the durations of the active and transition phases of labor. The massage and hot-pack applications also reduced perceptions of pain in the active and transition phases. Mean VAS scores of the massage and hot-pack application groups were lower than those of the control group (p

Bebekler için en uygun beslenme şekli, ilk 6 ay sadece anne sütü almak, iki yaş ve ötesine kadar uygun ek gıdalarla birlikte emzirmenin sürdürülmesini sağlamaktır. Emzirmenin anne ve bebek açısından ömür boyu birçok faydası bulunmaktadır. Ancak bazı durumlarda anneler emzirmeyi gerekenden daha önce sonlandırmaktadır. Emzirmeyi sonlandırmanın nedenlerinden birisi de annenin emzirme sürecinde gebe kalmasıdır. Ancak anne sağlıklı bir gebelik geçiriyorsa ve kontrendike bir durum yoksa bebeğini güvenle emzirebilir. Bu konuyla ilgili annelere yeterli danışmanlık verilmelidir. Bu makalede bebeğini emzirirken gebe kalan ve her iki bebeğini de başarılı bir şekilde emzirmeye devam eden anneye yaklaşım güncel literatür eşliğinde ile tartışılmaktadır.

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