Purpose: This study aimed to assess anxiety, depression, and knowledge level in postpartum women during the COVID-19 pandemic.Design and Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted on 212 postpartum women using a web-based online survey in Ankara, Turkey.Findings: The prevalence of depression was 34.0%. The mean anxiety and COVID-19 knowledge scores were 42.69 ± 9.93 and 9.69 ± 1.94, respectively. There was a statistically significant difference between the anxiety scores and depression status (p < 0.001) of women. There were statistically significant differences between fear about being infected with COVID-19 for themselves (p = 0.01) and for babies (p = 0.01) and the postpartum depression (PPD).Practice Implications: During the COVID-19 pandemic, early detection and appropriate and timely intervention to prevent and detect anxiety and PPD are crucial to the well-being of a woman.

Nurse managers can use the results to plan interventions that improve resilience among nurses.

Results showed that the SNSI had a satisfactory level of reliability and validity in nursing students in Turkey. Multicenter studies including nursing students from different nursing schools are recommended for the SNSI to be generalized.

Bu ara tırma genç bireylerin, ya lı bireylere ili kin tutumlarını ve bu tutumu etkileyebilecek de i kenleri belirlemek amacıyla tanımlayıcı olarak yapılmı tır. Ara tırma, 2012-2013 e itim-ö retim yılında, Bilecik eyh Edebali Üniversitesi'nde e itim gören 485 üniversite ö rencisiyle yapılmı tır. Ara tırmada, "Sosyo-demografik Bilgi Formu" ve "Ya lı Ayrımcılı ı Tutum Ölçe i" kullanılmı tır. Bu ara tırmanın sonuçlarına göre; ö rencilerin, Ya lı Ayrımcılı ı Tutum Ölçe i toplam puan ortalamaları 70.69±8.72 (23-115) olarak belirlenmi olup, üniversite ö rencilerinin ya lı bireylere kar ı tutumlarının olumlu oldu u de erlendirilmi tir. Genel olarak ö rencilerin, sosyo-demografik özellikleri ile ya lı bireylere kar ı tutumları arasında bir ili ki belirlenmemi tir.

Purpose To evaluate the ability of nursing students to determine the psychosocial needs of patients and identify the needs and problems encountered by nursing students. Design and methods This study is a mixed method research. The nursing care plans of 40 nursing students that provided care to 129 patients with chronic medical diseases were examined retrospectively. Individual interviews were also conducted with five nursing students and six academicians. Findings It was determined that nursing students defined an average of 15.77 ± 11.55 physiological and an average of 3.05 ± 2.28 psychosocial nursing diagnoses for 129 patients. Data analysis of individual interviews revealed two main themes: (1) identifying psychosocial diagnoses: teaching difficulties and (2) identifying psychosocial diagnoses: learning difficulties. Practice implications This can facilitate the learning process of each student to include physiological and a psychosocial care focus in their nursing care through discussions and evaluation with their mentors and instructors.

The Internet is an essential part of everyday life, particularly for the younger generation. The aims of this study were to evaluate nursing students' problematic Internet use and time management skills and to assess relationship between Internet use and time management. This descriptive study was conducted with 311 nursing students in Ankara, Turkey, from February to April 2016. The data were collected using the Problematic Internet Use Scale and Time Management Inventory. The Problematic Internet Use Scale and Time Management Inventory median scores were 59.58 ± 20.69 and 89.18 ± 11.28, respectively. There were statistically significant differences between both nursing students' Problematic Internet Use Scale and Time Management Inventory median scores and some variables (school grade, the time spent on the Internet). Fourth-year students were more prone to excessive use of the Internet and the resulting negative consequences than students from other year levels (P < .05). A significant negative relationship was also found between problematic Internet use and time management (P < .05). This study demonstrates that the Internet use of participants was not problematic and their time management skills were on a moderate level.

The aim of this study was to determine the effects of the psychoeducation received by the family members of the patients with first-episode schizophrenia on the expressed emotion (EE) and the family functioning of the family members. This study has a quasi-experimental design with a control group. The sample of the study was 60 family members (30 experimental -30 control) of the patients with first-episode schizophrenia. The experimental group received 9 weeks of psychoeducation as a group. EE and family functioning were assessed at the beginning and at the end of the psychoeducation program. EE criticism/hostility and over involvement-protecting-intervention levels of the family members have decreased at the end of the psychoeducation (p < 0.05). Family functioning has changed too at the end of the psychoeducation (p < 0.05), and assessed as more healthy. Consequently, early psychoeducational groups may be effective in decreasing EE level and improving the family functioning for a family member of patient with first-episode schizophrenia.

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