Nurse telephone follow-up is an acceptable and feasible form of patient contact and is a convenient and efficient way to offer patients the support and continuity of care they need.

Background and aim: Surgical intensive care nurses should have ethical sensitivity allowing them to identify ethical issues in order that they can recognize them and make the right decisions. This descriptive study was conducted with the aim of evaluating the ethical sensitivity of surgical intensive care nurses. Materials and methods: The research was carried out with the participation of 160 nurses in six Turkish hospitals, four state, one university, and one private. The data were collected using the “Nurse Description Form” developed by the researcher and the “Ethical Sensitivity Questionnaire.” The percent, mean, standard deviation, median, minimum and maximum values, significance test for the difference between two means, variance analysis, Mann–Whitney U test, and Kruskal–Wallis Variance Analysis test were used to evaluate the data. Ethical considerations: Ethical commission permission and the corporate permission of the hospitals were received before conducting the research. Results: It was determined that the ethical sensitivities of surgical intensive care nurses were moderate based on the Ethical Sensitivity Questionnaire total score and subdimension score averages. A statistical difference was determined between the Ethical Sensitivity Questionnaire total score of surgical intensive care nurses and the institution where they worked, the period of working in the occupation, and the period of working in the intensive care unit (p < 0.05). Conclusion: Based on the results of the research, the organization of training and studies devoted to the elimination of ethical sensitivity differences between institutions and workers is suggested.

The mobbing scale for academic nurses can be used to collect reliable and accurate data about mobbing experienced by academic nurses. If there is mobbing in nursing faculties and schools, appropriate precautions should be taken to protect people against mobbing, and a safe and comfortable atmosphere must be created in nursing faculties and schools.

Objective: To determine alexithymic characteristics and affecting factors in the elderly with diabetes mellitus. Methods: This study was planned as a cross-sectional and descriptive study and was conducted in a state Hospital with 120 elderly patients with diabetes. Data were collected using a personal information form and the Toronto Alexithymia Scale. Results: Alexithymia was found in 75.8% of the elderly with diabetes mellitus. It was determined that patients experienced higher than average difficulty in describing and identifying feelings. They also had more externally-oriented thinking styles. Patients’ income levels, family structure and illness duration affected their manifestation of alexithymic characteristics. Conclusion: Majority of elderly patients with diabetes exhibited alexithymic characteristics. However, these were not shown to be associated with sex, age, marital, educational or professional status. In addition, no connection was found between alexithymia and glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c), body mass index (BMI), postprandial glucose (PBG), and the treatment and complications of diabetes mellitus.

A AB BS S T TR RA AC CT T O Ob b j je ec c t ti i v ve e: : Day sur gery pro ce du res have in cre a singly been used nowadays as a re sult of im pro ve ments in sur gi cal tech ni qu es, anest he si a and anal ge si a tech ni qu es and they are pre ferred for the ir be ne fits to the pa ti ent and to the he althca re system. Ho we ver, it is known that day sur gery pa ti ents may fa ce many prob lems in the pe ri o pe ra ti ve pe ri od. This re se arch was con ducted de ter mi n the dif fi cul ti es ex pe ri en ced by day sur gery pa ti ents and the ir in for ma ti on re qu i rements. M Ma a t te e r ri i a al l a an nd d M Me et t h ho od ds s: : The study was de sig ned as a cross-sec ti o nal and des crip ti ve sur vey. It was con duc ted in 2003 for a to tal of 12 months, with the par ti ci pa ti on of 230 pa ti ents who had sur gery in uro logy, ort ho pe dics, ear no se thro at, oph thal mo logy, plas tic sur gery or ge ne ral sur gery cli nics and we re hos pi ta li zed in the day sur gery unit of a uni ver sity hos pi tal in An ka ra Pro vin ce. Da ta we re col lec ted using "Pa ti ent's Per so nal In for ma ti on and Know led ge Re qu i re ments" and "Dif fi cul ti es Ex pe ri en ced Af ter Hospital Disc har ge" forms. R Re e s su ul lt ts s: : The re se arch re sults sho wed that day sur gery pa ti ents had de fi ci ent know led ge re gar ding the day sur gery pro cess and they expe ri en ced prob lems af ter disc har ge at ho me es pe ci ally wit hin the first thre e pos to pe ra ti ve days. Ma inly, the prob lems we re re la ted to the sur gi cal si te and the res pi ra tory, di ges ti ve, ner vo us, urinary and mus cu los ke le tal systems. C Co on nc c l lu u s si i o on ns s: : Day sur gery pa ti ents ex pe ri en ced many prob lems in the pos to pe ra ti ve pe ri od and the ir know led ge on the solution of the se prob lems and the day surgery pro cess was in suf fi ci ent. The re fo re, we re com men d to gi ve the pa ti ents and the ir re la ti ves suffi ci ently de ta i led ver bal and writ ten in for ma ti on on the day sur gery pro cess. K Ke ey y W Wo or rd ds s: : Am bu la tory sur gi cal pro ce du res; pos to pe ra ti ve comp li ca ti ons Ö ÖZ ZE ET T A Am ma aç ç: : Gü nü bir lik cer ra hi pro se dür le ri cer ra hi tek nik ler, anes te zi ve anal je zi tek nik le rin deki ge liş me ler so nu cu gü nü müz de gi de rek ar tan şekil de kul la nıl mak ta ve has ta ya ve sağ lık ba kım sis te mi ne olan ya rar la rı nedeniyle ter cih edil mek te dir ler. An cak, gü nü bir lik cer ra hi has ta la rı nın pe ri o pe ra tif dö nem de pek çok so run la kar şı kar şı ya ka la bi le ce ği bi lin mek te dir. Bu araş tır ma gü nü -bir lik cer ra hi has ta la rı nın ya şa dı ğı güç lük le ri ve on la rın bil gi len dir me ge rek si nim le ri ni be lir le mek için ya pıl mış tır. G Ge e r re eç ç v ve e Y Yö ön n t te em m l le er r: : Bu ça lış ma ke sit sel ve ta nım la yı cı bir ça lış ma ola rak plan lanmış tır. 2003 yı lın da top lam 12 ay lık sü re bo yun ca üro lo ji, or to pe di, ku lak bu run ...